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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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Who is the author of "Gently Falls: The Bakula"?

A) Amitav Ghosh B) Mitali Meelan
C) Ravinder Singh D) Sudha Murty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sudha Murty

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Which disease is caused due to deficiency of Iodine?

A) Rickets B) Scurvy
C) Goitre D) Growth retardation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Goitre

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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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Which dynasty came to power in India after the Tughlaq dynasty?

A) The Guptas B) The Khiljis
C) The Mughals D) The Sayyids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The Sayyids

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The Environment (Protection) Act of India was enacted in the year -

A) 1997 B) 1986
C) 2004 D) 2012
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1986

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A. R. Rahman won Oscars for the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" in the category of _____ .

A) Best Sound Mixing B) Best Original Score
C) Best Picture D) Best Foreign Language Film
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Best Original Score

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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’.

 

I’ve learned that what really counts in life, in the end, is not how many toys we have (1)/ collected or how much money we’ve accumulated, but how many of our (2)/ talents we have liberated and used for a purpose that add value to this world. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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Who discovered electron?

A) E. Goldstien B) J. J. Thomson
C) Ernest Rutherford D) J. Chadwick
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) J. J. Thomson

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