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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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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

to cry over spilt milk

 

A) to dwell pointlessly on past misfortunes B) to feel sorry for others' misfortunes
C) to immediately start crying after making a mistake to avoid punishment D) to acknowledge one's mistake and move ahead
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to dwell pointlessly on past misfortunes

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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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Which of the following is the largest satellite of the Solar System?

A) Titan B) Miranda
C) Moon D) Ganymede
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ganymede

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Who among the following is a renowned campaigner against manual scavenging who was recently conferred with the prestigious Magsaysay award?

A) T.M. Krishna B) Bezwada Wilson
C) Anshu Gupta D) Sanjiv Chaturvedi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bezwada Wilson

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The 7.6% growth rate registered by Indian economy during the year 2015-16 is based on 

A) Gross   National   Product   at   market prices B) Gross Value Added at constant prices
C) Gross   Domestic   Product   at   market prices D) Gross  Domestic  Product  at  constant prices
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gross  Domestic  Product  at  constant prices

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The Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme   Implementation,   has released  the  provisional  estimates of national income for the financial year 2015-16 and quarterly estimates    of    Gross    Domestic Product    (GDP)    for    the    fourth quarter  (January-March)  of  2015-16,   both   at   constant   (2011-12) and current prices.

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Who stated the following law : 'The properties of the elements are the periodic function of their atomic masses'?

A) Dobereiner B) Moseley
C) Newlands D) Mendeleev
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mendeleev

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A section of DNA that provides information for one protein is called the ___.

A) lysosome B) gene
C) chromosome D) nucleus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) gene

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Why are the Indian workers less skilled than the workers of western countries?

A) Low level of wages B) Inferior quality of capital provided to labourers  
C) High level of illiteracy   D) Strong trade unions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) High level of illiteracy  

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