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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
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The per capita income in India was '20 in 1867-68, was ascertained for the first time by___________.

A) MG Ranade B) Sir W Hunter
C) RC Dutt D) Dadabhai Naoroji
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dadabhai Naoroji

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Name the professional Indian basketball player who became the first ever player to be drafted from India into the National Basketball Association (NBA).

 

A) SatnamSingh Bhamara B) Akilan Pari
C) Yadwinder Singh D) Ajmer Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) SatnamSingh Bhamara

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A ball of 0.1 kg is dropped from rest. When it falls through a distance of 2 m, the work done by the force of gravity is

A) 0.98 J B) -0.98 J
C) 1.96 J D) -1.96 J
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1.96 J

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What situation would result if Government expenditure exceeds the Government revenue on Current Account?

A) Deficit budgeting B) Zero­based budgeting
C) Performance­based budgeting D) Surplus budgeting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Deficit budgeting

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Who won Nobel prize for Physics in 2015?

A) Hiroshi Amano B) Takaaki Kajita
C) Isamu Akasaki D) Makoto Kobayashi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Takaaki Kajita

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When the car takes a bend, the force that pushes us to the outside of the curve is the

A) Centripetal Force B) Centrifugal Force
C) Frictional Force D) Tension Force
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Centrifugal Force

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Abutting

 

A) Touching   B) Far  
C) Bordering   D) Joining
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Far  

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A compressed spring possesses more energy than a spring of normal length because the compressed spring has

A) chemical energy B) potential energy
C) heat energy D) kinetic energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) potential energy

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