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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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Which one of the following is not a tributary of the river Ganga?

A) Son B) Mahananda
C) Teesta D) Sharada
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Teesta

Explanation:
Tributaries -
left:
Ramganga, Gomti, Karnali, Gandaki, Koshi, Mahananda
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right:
Yamuna, Tamsa, Son, Punpun, Tons, Hindon, Kunta, Gir, Rishiganga, Hanuman Ganga, Sasur Khaderi
 
Sharda:
flows southeast another 100 km (62 mi) in Uttar Pradesh to join the Ghaghra (Karnali) as a right - bank tributary. Teesta is a tributary of Jamuna river.
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Name the metal that can be easily cut with a knife:

A) Copper B) Gold
C) Sodium D) Aluminium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sodium

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Which is the largest organ in human beings?

A) Skin B) Large Intestine
C) Small Intestine D) Liver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Skin

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Who among the following has been awarded the ‘Children’s Peace Prize-2017’?

A) Malala Yousafzai B) Mohamad Al Baruni
C) Mohamad Al Jounde D) Both A & B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mohamad Al Jounde

Explanation:

Mohamad Al Jounde (16 years old) from Syria was awarded the ‘Children’s Peace Prize-2017’ for his efforts to ensure the rights of Syrian refugee children. He set up a school with the help of his family in a Lebanese refugee camp which provides education to 200 children.

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Q:

.......... helps the eye to adjust the focal length of the lens.

A) Lens B) Ciliary body
C) Retina D) Entire eye ball
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ciliary body

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As per the structure and origin, the Highlands of Meghalaya is part of which of the following?

A) Himalaya range B) Purvanchal Hill
C) Arakan Yoma Mountain D) Peninsular plateau
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Peninsular plateau

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

The news has always ____________ predicated on informing the consumer. It speaks of — apart from the day’s most ____________ upheavals — the best and the worst that _____________ has managed to accomplish each day. This includes the medal-winners, the laureates, the record-breakers, the deal-makers _________the criminals, the villains, the corrupt. The news regales us ________ the highlights, a reel of the most provoking ones that made it into a window of a half-an-hour.

 

The news regales us ________ the highlights

 

A) at B) from
C) with D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with

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In which language were the Buddhist literary works generally written?

A) Prakrit B) Pali
C) Nepalese D) Sanskrit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pali

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