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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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What is the value of acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the earth?

A) 9.6 cm/s2 B) 9.8 m/s2
C) 10.8 m/s2 D) 9.8 cm/s2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 9.8 m/s2

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Kailash Satyarthi won Nobel Prize for?

A) Literature B) Physics
C) Peace D) Economic Studies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Peace

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Which of the following is not correct?

A) Members of Chlorophyceae are commonly called green algae B) Members of Phaeophyceae are commonly called red algae
C) Members of Rhodophyceae are commonly called red algae D) Members of Phaeophyceae are commonly called brown algae
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Members of Phaeophyceae are commonly called red algae

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Q:

 The difference between exports and imports is called-? 

A) assets and liabilities  B) balance of payment 
C) GDP  D) balance of trade 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) balance of trade 

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The difference between exports and imports is called the balance of trade. If imports are greater than exports, it is sometimes called an unfavourable balance of trade. If exports exceed imports, it is sometimes called a favourable balance of trade.

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Choose the most appropriate answer:Who has been awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2014?

A) Pran B) Shashi Kapoor
C) DilipKumar D) Amitabh Bachchan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shashi Kapoor

Explanation:

In year 2014, Shashi Kapoor has been awarded with Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

Society and individuals will evolve __________ changing times. Technology will continue to play an increasingly ____________ role in our lives in the years to come. Passing the blame on to technology is the easiest thing to do, but how we _____________ to use technology is an individual decision. In an attempt to be connected with the world _______ large, are we getting disconnected with the people who mean the most to us? This is a question worth pondering _________.

 

Society and individuals will evolve __________ changing times.

 

A) by   B) so  
C) if D) with
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) with

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The Karnataka government launched the Bengaluru city logo- making Bengaluru the first Indian city to get its own logo - on 24 December 2017 for branding the city as a

A) tribal destination B) art and craft destination
C) tourism destination D) spiritual destination
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) tourism destination

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The famous Golconda Fort is situated in the state of

A) Madhya Pradesh B) Telangana
C) Karnataka D) Bihar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Telangana

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