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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
  • Category of Competitive Exams
  • All India Services:
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Q:

Which works are protected by copyright?

A) Ideas B) Architectural works
C) Procedures D) Names
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Architectural works

Explanation:

 

 Copyright law safeguards the expression of thoughts and facts, not simply the thoughts and actualities. Thoughts are fair diversion for everybody to express in their own words.

 

Works that are protected by copyright are ::

 

Literary works,

 

Musical works, including any accompanying words

 

Dramatic works, including any accompanying music

 

Pantomimes and choreographic works

 

Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works

 

Motion pictures and other audiovisual works

 

Sound recordings

 

Architectural works.

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Q:

The common name of sodium bicarbonate is _____.

A) baking soda B) borax
C) bleach D) epsom salt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) baking soda

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The Reserve Bank of India has recently constituted a high-level task force on Public Credit Registry (PCR) to suggest a road map for developing a transparent, comprehensive and near-real-time PCR for India. The task force is headed by

A) Sekar Kamam B) Vishakha Mulye
C) Sriram Kalyanaraman D) Y. M. Deosthalee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Y. M. Deosthalee

Explanation:

The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a 10-member ‘High Level Task Force on Public Credit Registry (PCR) for India’, which will, among other things, suggest a roadmap for developing a transparent, comprehensive and near-real-time PCR for India.Headed by YM Deosthalee, ex-CMD, L&T Finance Holdings, the task force includes Sekar Karnam, DMD & Chief Credit Officer, SBI; Vishaka Mulye, ED, ICICI Bank; Rashesh Shah, Chairman and CEO, Edelweiss Group; and Sriram Kalyanaraman, MD and CEO, National Housing Bank.

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Q:

The WHO has launched new Global Influenza Strategy for?

A) 2019 - 2022 B) 2022 - 2025
C) 2019 - 2030 D) 2019 - 2025
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2019 - 2030

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Q:

Where is the headquarters of National Centre for Good Governance?

A) Hyderabad B) Kolkata
C) Ahmedabad D) New Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) New Delhi

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Q:

Final goods and services refer to

A) goods and services purchased by ultimate users, rather than for resale or further processing B) goods and services whose value has been adjusted for changes in the price level
C) the excess of U.S. exports over U.S. imports D) goods and services that are unsold and therefore added to inventories
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) goods and services purchased by ultimate users, rather than for resale or further processing

Explanation:

Final goods and services refer to goods and services that have been purchased for final use and that cannot be resaled.

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Q:

When was the voting machine invented?

A) 1980 B) 1892
C) 1989 D) 1920
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1892

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Q:

Heat from the sun is called

A) radiation B) nuclear fusion
C) nuclear fission D) escavation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) radiation

Explanation:

Heat from the sun travels in the form of rays and are called as heat rays. This heat is called as radiation.

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