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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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The sensitive information leaked in August 2016 concerns which one of the following defence platforms of India?

A) Fifty Generation Fighter Aircraft B) Combat Helicopters
C) Submarines D) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Submarines

Explanation:

In August 2016, The Government of India is seized of the reported leak of documents related to the ongoing Indian Scorpene submarine programme as reported in sections of the media. The documents that have been posted on the website by an Australian news agency have been examined and do not pose any security compromise as the vital parameters have been blacked out.

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Which state government along with WWF-India conducted the first organized census for the conservation of Indus dolphins on their population?

A) Maharashtra B) Kerala
C) Punjab D) Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Punjab

Explanation:

Punjab state government along with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India conducted the first organized census for the conservation of Indus dolphins on their population.

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Economic planning in India is in____

A) Union List B) State list
C) Concurrent List D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Concurrent List

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Choose the most appropriate answer:Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?

A) Lord Chelmsford B) Lord Reading
C) Lord Irwin D) Lord Wellington
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Irwin

Explanation:

On April 3, 1926 Lord Irwin was appointed 30th Viceroy and Governor-General of India. In 1927, British government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

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Which of the following metals displaces Iron from Iron Chloride?

A) Lead B) Zinc
C) Tin D) Silver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Zinc

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What is the common name of the solution of calcium hydroxide?

A) Lime water B) Diet soda
C) Salt solution D) Vinegar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lime water

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Any online 'demo' is

A) An interactive presentation B) A non-interactive presentation
C) Not a sequential presentation D) An active user interface
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A non-interactive presentation

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The oldest oil field in Asia is located in

A) Gujarat B) Assam
C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Nagaland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Assam

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