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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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Uranus takes _______years to orbit the sun

A) 48 B) 84
C) 50 D) 60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 84

Explanation:

Uranus is 2,870 million kilometers away from the sun and the time taken to complete one round at a speed of 6.8 km/sec is as  long as 84 years on earth

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Q:

Sales promotions include all of the following except

A) Online Ads B) Coupons
C) Free Samples D) Rebates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Online Ads

Explanation:

Sales promotion uses both media and non-media marketing communications for a pre-determined, limited time to increase consumer demand, stimulate market demand or improve product availability.

 

Sales promotions include Coupons, Rebates, Free Samples, etc... Online Ads come under advertising form.

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Which nation plans to build the first city on Mars by 2117 ?

A) India B) United Arab Emirates
C) China D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) United Arab Emirates

Explanation:

The President and Vice-President of United Arab Emirates Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Shaik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced in Febraury 2017 that they are planning to build the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars by 2117.

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are CORRECT?

A) Oxides of non-metals are basic B) Oxides of non-metals are acidic
C) Oxides of metals are acidic D) All options are correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Oxides of non-metals are acidic

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Q:

The Nobel Literature Prize 2018 has been awarded to

A) Bob Dylan B) Shashi Tharoor
C) George Saunders D) No one
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No one

Explanation:

This is for the first time that no Literature Prize will be given in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal.

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Q:

The book Mother India was authored by

A) Annie Besant B) Katherine Mayo
C) Mrinalini Sinha D) Lala Lajpath Rai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Katherine Mayo

Explanation:

The book Mother India (1927) is a polemical book by American historian Katherine Mayo which attacks Indian society, religion and culture.

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Q:

Sundarbans of Estern India is an example of

A) Forest Ecosystem B) Mangrove Ecosystem
C) Grassland Ecosystem D) Marine Ecosystem
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mangrove Ecosystem

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Who started the construction of Colosseum in Rome ?

A) Nero B) Titus
C) Victor D) Vespasian
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vespasian

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