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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


Where we need General Knowledge?

  • Bank Exams
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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Ayurveda originated from which veda?

A) Rig Veda B) Yajur Veda
C) Atharva Veda D) Sama Veda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rig Veda

Explanation:

Rig veda   =  ayurveda


Yajur veda =  dhanurvedha


Samavedha  =  gandharvavedha


Atharvaveda  =  shilpa veda

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Q:

When our constitution came into act there were exactly

A) 395 articles B) 415 articles
C) 400 articles D) 405 articles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 395 articles

Explanation:

When our constitution came into act there were exactly 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules.

At present there are :

- 448 articles in 25 parts

- 12 schedules

- 103 Amendments

- Appendices 5.

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The process of acquiring oxygen from outside the body and to use it in the process of breakdown of food sources for cellular needs is commonly called______.

A) respiration B) nutrition
C) digestion D) transportation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) respiration

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Q:

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

 

No love lost

A) Complimentary B) A seer’s last creation
C) Self satisfied D) Intense dislike
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Intense dislike

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Somebody told me that there had been a robbery in the jewellery exhibition.

A) I was informed that there was a robbery in the jewellery exhibition. B) I was told by somebody that there has been a robbery in the jewellery exhibition.
C) I was told by somebody about a robbery in the jewellery exhibition. D) I was told about a robbery in the jewellery exhibition.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I was told by somebody that there has been a robbery in the jewellery exhibition.

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Cloven hoof

A) A difficult situation B) The evil intention
C) Win approval D) Additional success
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The evil intention

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Bandwidth is the

A) a measure of the width of a range of frequencies B) the rate of data transfer
C) both a & b D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) both a & b

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Atom bomb discovered by

A) J. Robert Oppenheimer B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Felix Adler D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) J. Robert Oppenheimer

Explanation:

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for their role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. The first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico.

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