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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?

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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

To understand the nature of electromagnetic radiation, it is imperative that we grasp the _______ nature of light.

A) twice B) dual
C) double D) dichotomous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) dual

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The method of soil conservation in which different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash is called?

A) Mulching B) Mulching
C) Rock dam D) Terrace farming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mulching

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Which is the CORRECT pair of inherited chromosomes for the child to be a girl?

A) X from father and Y from mother B) Y from father and X from mother
C) Y from father and Y from mother D) X from father and X from mother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) X from father and X from mother

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Which actress has been awarded with 64th National film Awards 2017?

A) Surabhi CM B) Tapasee Pannu
C) Trisha Krishnan D) Anushka Shetty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Surabhi CM

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Statement I :The    Poona    Pact    provided    for    151 reserved  seats  for  the  scheduled  castes  to be   elected   by   a   joint,   not   separate, electorate.

Statement II :Dr.  B.  R.  Ambedkar  withdrew  from  active politics   for   almost   a   decade   when   the Communal Award was revoked.

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation:

The  Poona  Pact  was  an  agreement between  Dr.  Babasaheb  Ambedkar and  Mahatma  Gandhi  which  was signed  on  24  September  1932  at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India, which asserted that there will be a single    Hindu    electorate,    with scheduled    castes    having    seats reserved     within     it,So     the representation of these classes was based  on  the  standards  of  joint electorates   and   reserved   seats. The  Communal  Award  was  made by    the    British    Prime    Minister Ramsay  MacDonald  on  16  August 1932    which    allowed    separate electorates  in  India,  and  it  was supported by Ambedkar.

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Port of Spain is the Capital City of _______.

A) Saudi Arabia B) North Korea
C) Czech Republic D) Trinidad and Tobago
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Trinidad and Tobago

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Ilmenite is an ore/mineral of _________.

A) Titanium B) Copper
C) Lead D) Manganese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Titanium

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How many days moon takes to revolve around the earth?

A) 26.3 B) 27.3
C) 28.3 D) 29.2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 27.3

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The Moon takes about 27.3 days to perform one complete orbit around the Earth.

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