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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 acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth (mass M and radius R) is proportional to ___.

A) MR B) M/R2
C) M2/R D) M/R
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) M/R2

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In which of the following Five Year Plan was the growth rate target exceeded?

A) Eighth Five Year Plan   B) Ninth Five Year Plan  
C) Tenth Five Year Plan   D) Eleventh Five Year Plan  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ninth Five Year Plan  

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 Which organisation is a policy think tank of the Government of India, established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to enhance cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottomup approach? 

A) RBI B) IRDAI
C) NITI Aayog  D) Planning Commission 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) NITI Aayog 

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The NITI Aayog (Hindi for Policy Commission), also National Institution for Transforming India, is a policy think tank of the Government of India, established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to enhance cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.

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Who was appointed as the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund for 5 years starting July 5, 2016?

A) Strauss-khan B) Christine Lagarde
C) Jim Yong Kim D) Rodrigo de Rato
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Christine Lagarde

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Zika virus which damages the brain of the foetus is

A) Mosquito borne B) Water borne
C) Air borne D) Food borne
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mosquito borne

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Which is the only organ in the human boddy that can regrow/regenerate?

A) Pancreas B) Spleen
C) Brain D) Liver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Liver

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Earnings per share are calculated by dividing

A) (net income less preferred stock dividends) by average common shares outstanding. B) gross profit by average common shares outstanding.
C) net sales by average common shares outstanding. D) net income by average common shares outstanding.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) (net income less preferred stock dividends) by average common shares outstanding.

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

A) Jane Austen B) William Blake
C) Charles Dickens D) Margaret Mitchell
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Margaret Mitchell

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