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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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What were the names of Atom Bombs dropped on Japan?

A) Little Boy & Fat Man B) Little Man & Fat Boy
C) Little Girl & Fat Woman D) Little Woman & Fat Girl
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Little Boy & Fat Man

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Who wrote the book -"The Argumentative Indian"?

A) Amartya Sen B) Anita Desai
C) Arun Shourie D) Arundhati Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amartya Sen

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

He built the theatre as a tribute to his rootings (1)/ and the thought of it outlasting him, (2)/ would surely have given him the greatest joy. (3)/ No error. (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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Which tax causes a burden on the poorer section of the society?

A) Direct Tax B) Indirect Tax
C) Both Direct and Indirect Tax D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Indirect Tax

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Which cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses amix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, publiccloud services with orchestration between the two platformsand it is particularly valuable for dynamic or highlychangeable workloads?

A) Dynamic Cloud B) Advance Cloud
C) Hybrid Cloud D) Sharing Cloud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hybrid Cloud

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Hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment whichuses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services with orchestration betweenthe two platforms. By using a Hybrid approach,companies can maintain control of an internallymanaged private cloud while relying on the publiccloud as needed

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The functioning of a very old model pendulum clock was completely

A) Mechanical B) Mechanical and electrical
C) Electrical D) Battery operated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mechanical

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Transperancy International (TI) has put India at rank ___ out of 168 countries in its Competition Perception Index as on January 2016.

A) 68 B) 76
C) 84 D) 101
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 76

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Pejorative

 

A) Right   B) Discussion  
C) Derogatory   D) Complimentary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Derogatory  

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