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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
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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In the year 2011, the ace badminton player Saina Nehwal was honoured with which sports award?

A) Dronacharya award B) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
C) Arjun award D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

Explanation:

In the year 2011, Saina was selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the country's sporting honour, for her outstanding achievements in badminton.

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Which Indian state has the longest Coastline?

A) Kerala B) Gujarat
C) Andhra Pradesh D) Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gujarat

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Sea water is saltier than rain water because

A) Sea animals are salt producing B) The air around the sea is saltish
C) Rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea D) Sea beds have salt producing mines
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea

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Australia Day is observed on?

A) Jan 26 B) Jan 27
C) Jan 28 D) Jan 29
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jan 26

Explanation:

Australia Day is observed on January 26 every year since 1788.

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Who called 1st time as Mahatma?

A) Ravindranath Tagore B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Lala Lajpath Roy D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ravindranath Tagore

Explanation:

Ravindranath Tagore called 1st time Gandhi as Mahatma.

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Filed Under: Indian History
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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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Filed Under: Biology
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______________ of a wave is the rate of transfer of energy per unit area perpendicular to the direction of travel of the wave.

A) Interference B) Rectification
C) Intensity D) Diffraction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Intensity

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First Indian to win an Individual Olympic medal?

A) Milkha Singh B) P.T. Usha
C) Leander Paes D) K.D. Jadhav
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) K.D. Jadhav

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Filed Under: Honours and Awards
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