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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.


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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.


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When a Cuttlefish is described as a Molluscs, it is at which level of classification?

A) Class B) Order
C) Family D) Phylum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Phylum

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Which   one   of   the   following   statements about the justice Party is not correct?

A) It  clamoured  for  the  same  kind  of separate  communal  representation  for the Non-Brahmins as had been granted to  the  Muslims  by  the  Morley-Minto Reforms. B) It   was   patronized   mainly   by   richer landowning   and   urban   middle   class Non-Brahmins.
C) It  succeeded  in  getting  the  provision for  28  reserved  seats  for  the  Non-Brahmins  in  the  Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms. D) It   supported  the   call   given   by   the Congress toboycott elections in 1920.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It   supported  the   call   given   by   the Congress toboycott elections in 1920.

Explanation:

The Justice  Party  was  a  political party in the Madras Presidency of British  India.  It  was founded    byT.    M.    Nairand P. Theagaraya     Chetty     in     1916. Communal division between Brahminsand non-Brahmins  began  in  the  presidency during   the   late-19th   and   early-20th century, mainly due to caste prejudices and disproportionate Brahminical representation in government jobs. The    Justice    Party's    foundation marked  the  culmination  of  several efforts to establish  an organisation to  represent  the  non-Brahmins  in Madras.  Founders  of  Justice  Party though  that  Congress  was  mainly Brahmin    party,    so    it    started opposing Congress

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Which one of the following Amendments to the Constitution of India has prescribed that the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15 percent of total number of members of the House of the People or Legislative Assembly in the States?

A) 91 St Amendment B) 87th Amendment
C) 97th Amendment D) 90th Amendment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 91 St Amendment

Explanation:

On July 7, the 91st Amendment to the Constitution, limiting the size of the Council of Ministers at the Centre and the States to no more than 15 per cent of the numbers in the Lok Sabha or the State Legislature, came into effect.

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Who discovered television?

A) Michael Faraday B) Joseph Henry
C) Abbe Caselli D) John Baird
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) John Baird

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At the Rio Olympics, who was the flagbearer of the Indian contingent?

A) Narsingh Yadav B) Abhinav Bindra
C) Dipa Karmakar D) Sania Mirza
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Abhinav Bindra

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In bio fortification technique plant breeders use breeding to overcome

A) Loss due to insect pests B) Decrease in food production
C) Deficiencies of micronutrients and vitamins D) Loss due to plant diseases
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Deficiencies of micronutrients and vitamins

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Find the similarity among the following: Makar Sankranthi, Pongal, Lohri, Baisakhi

A) All are festivals of North India B) All are names of harvest festivals
C) All are festivals celebrated in the month of January D) There is no similarity at all
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) All are names of harvest festivals

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The Mumbai Stock Exchange was set up in ____________.

A) 1880 B) 1930
C) 1847 D) 1875
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1875

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