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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 following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Fourteen kilometres ______ not a short distance, to reach to my office daily.

A) are B) has
C) have D) is
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) is

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Which country will host the ICC Women’s World T20 tournament 2018?

A) New Zealand B) India
C) Sri Lanka D) England
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

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The ICC Women’s World T20 championship 2018 will be held in the West Indies from 9 – 24th November this year.

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How many days moon takes to revolve around the earth?

A) 26.3 B) 27.3
C) 28.3 D) 29.2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 27.3

Explanation:

The Moon takes about 27.3 days to perform one complete orbit around the Earth.

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Name the Indian paralympic high jumper who won gold at the Rio Paralympics. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017.

A) Devendra Jhajharia B) Mariyappan Thangavelu
C) Narender Ranbir D) Varun Bhati
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mariyappan Thangavelu

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Which of the following elements has a total of 3 shells with 8 electrons in the last orbit?

A) Ar B) P
C) S D) Al
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ar

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Which one of the following does not directly refer to cholesterol?

A) Low density lipoprotein B) High density lipoprotein
C) Rhesus factor D) Packaged protein coat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rhesus factor

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Who discovered the ABO blood group system?

A) Karl Koller B) Maurice Hilleman
C) Karl Landsteiner D) Edward Jenner
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karl Landsteiner

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Which of the following gases are responsible for the greenhouse gas effect on Earth?

A) Water Vapour and Carbon dioxide B) Carbon dioxide and Nitrogen
C) Oxygen and Methane D) Ozone and Methane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Water Vapour and Carbon dioxide

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