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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
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Recently, the 2017 Global Hunger Index is published. What is the position of India in this index?

A) 97th B) 98th
C) 100th D) 102nd
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 100th

Explanation:

India ranks 100th(last year 97thposition) out of 119 countries on the 2017 Global Hunger Index which is published by International Food Research Institute.India has “serious” hunger problems, and has third highest score in all of Asia.

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Which was a cause of the French Revolution?

A) Poitical B) Cultural & Social
C) Financial D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

The causes for the French Revolution in the year 1780 includes Social, Cultural, Political, Financial and Economical.

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Who won the Dream11 Indian Premier League 2020 held at UAE?

A) Delhi Capitals B) Mumbai Indians
C) Sunrisers Hyderabad D) Kolkata Knight Riders
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mumbai Indians

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Software that helps run the computer hardware

A) proprietary software B) beta software
C) system software D) none of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) system software

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Which of the following planets has the highest revolutionary motion?

A) Mercury   B) Venus
C) Mars D) Jupiter  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jupiter  

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Which of the following do economists consider to be capital?

A) a construction crane B) a savings account
C) a share of IBM stock D) a pair of stockings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a construction crane

Explanation:

In economics, there are four factors of production. They are :

1. Land

2. Labour

3. Capital

4. Organization

 

Here in the given options, a construction crane acts like capital.

 

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Which of these is not a database management system (DBMS)?

A) Sybase B) SAP HANA
C) MySQL D) Cosmos
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cosmos

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Which of the following will cause an increase in the demand for coffee?

A) Price of coffee falling in foreign markets B) Coffee prices are expected to fall rapidly in domestic markets
C) Average income falls in the country D) Increase in price of tea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Increase in price of tea

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