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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
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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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The instrument used to measure Blood Pressure is

A) Sphygmomano-meter B) Thermometer
C) ECG D) Stethoscope
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sphygmomano-meter

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Which of these countries got Independence from United Kingdom?

A) Uzbekistan B) Pakistan
C) Venezuela D) South Korea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pakistan

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Which one of the followingis notan allotrope of carbon?

A) Coal B) Diamond
C) Graphite D) Graphene
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Coal

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Allotropy is the property of some chemical elements to exist in two or more different forms, or allotropes, when found in nature. There are several allotropes of carbon like diamond, graphite, graphene, fullerene, etc.Coal is not an allotrope of carbon because it is not 100% carbon. It contains lot of silica, sulphur and other compounds of carbon apart from carbon.

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In a food chain, what is the difference between primary consumers and secondary consumers?

A) Primary consumers eat plants and other consumers, secondary consumers eat plants and decomposed matter B) Primary consumers eat only plants, secondary consumers eat primary consumers
C) Primary consumers eat plants and decomposed matter, secondary consumers eat plants and other consumers D) Primary consumers eat other consumers, secondary consumers eat only plants
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Primary consumers eat only plants, secondary consumers eat primary consumers

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Pakistani film industry is known as ___.

A) Pollywood B) Lollywood
C) Kollywood D) Mollywood
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lollywood

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NABARD sanctioned a loan assistance of Rs 1350 crore to Rajasthan under the ‘RIDF’. What does ‘R’ stand for in ‘RIDF’?

 

A) Rapid B) Re-arrange
C) Rural D) Response
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rural

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In Microsoft Word, ____________ view enables us to view our document as it would appear in a web browser such as the Internet Explorer.

A) Web Layout B) Normal Layout
C) Reading Layout D) Print Layout  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Web Layout

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Which empire is regarded as the Golden Age of Hinduism?

A) Maurya B) Mughal
C) Gupta D) Chola
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gupta

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