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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?

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What does the term 'Call Money' refer to?

A) A loan made for a very short period of a few days or aweek B) Student loans to help cover the cost of highereducation
C) Loans to allow consumers to buy homes they can'tpay for upfront D) Personal loans for any personal expenses which don'thave a designated purpose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A loan made for a very short period of a few days or aweek

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Which male cricketer has been appointed as the UNICEF and Cricket for Good ambassador for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2017?

A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Shane Warne
C) Clive Lloyd D) Brian Lara
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Brian Lara

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Name the Russian chemist who stated that the properties of elements are a periodic function of their atomic masses?

A) Markovnikov B) Zelinsky
C) Mendeleev D) Zaitsev
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mendeleev

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Which country has replaced Saudi Arabia for the first time to become India's top crude oil supplier in the current fiscal year?

A) Iran B) Iraq
C) UAE D) USA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Iraq

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The market for sugar is in equilibrium. If the supply of sugar increases, the equilibrium price of sugar will ________ and the equilibrium quantity will _________.

A) increase; increase B) decrease; decrease
C) increase; decrease D) decrease; increase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) decrease; increase

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Which of the following places presents the oldest evidence of Neolithic Era?

A) Chirnd B) Mehrgarh
C) Burghome D) Daimabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mehrgarh

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Stagflation is defined as

A) low inflation, low growth, low unemployment B) high inflation, low growth, high unemployment
C) high inflation, high growth, high unemployment D) low inflation, high growth, low unemployment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) high inflation, low growth, high unemployment

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Statement I :The    Poona    Pact    provided    for    151 reserved  seats  for  the  scheduled  castes  to be   elected   by   a   joint,   not   separate, electorate.

Statement II :Dr.  B.  R.  Ambedkar  withdrew  from  active politics   for   almost   a   decade   when   the Communal Award was revoked.

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

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The  Poona  Pact  was  an  agreement between  Dr.  Babasaheb  Ambedkar and  Mahatma  Gandhi  which  was signed  on  24  September  1932  at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India, which asserted that there will be a single    Hindu    electorate,    with scheduled    castes    having    seats reserved     within     it,So     the representation of these classes was based  on  the  standards  of  joint electorates   and   reserved   seats. The  Communal  Award  was  made by    the    British    Prime    Minister Ramsay  MacDonald  on  16  August 1932    which    allowed    separate electorates  in  India,  and  it  was supported by Ambedkar.

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