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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
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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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Sulphur Dioxide pollution is indicated by an excessive growth of which of the following?

A) Algal Blooms B) Lichens
C) Bryophytes D) Protozoa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lichens

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Immense B) Imense
C) Immiense D) Imminse
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Immense

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
I have poured the tea.

A) Pouring of the tea by me has been done. B) The tea is being poured by me.
C) The tea has been poured by me. D) The tea pouring was done by myself.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The tea has been poured by me.

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India's only Naval Aviation Museum is located in which state?

A) Kerala B) Goa
C) Tamil Nadu D) Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Goa

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Polyploidy is involved in which of the following examples?

A) XYY males B) Some plants alternate between haploid and diploid phases
C) XO females D) A normal watermelon has 22 chromosomes but seedless watermelons have 33 chromosomes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A normal watermelon has 22 chromosomes but seedless watermelons have 33 chromosomes

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Q:

Metal present in haemoglobin?

A) magnesium B) aluminium
C) iron D) copper
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) iron

Explanation:

Haemoglobin is a protein what carries oxygen in the blood and contains iron metal in it.

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The epic, Silappadikaram refers to the 

A) story of Rama B) Jaina elements in the storyline
C) culture of Sri Lankan Buddhists D) cult of Shakti worship
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jaina elements in the storyline

Explanation:

Silappadikaram is one of The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature. Epic revolves around Kannagi, who having lost her husband to a miscarriage of justice at the court of the Pandyan Dynasty, wreaks her revenge on his kingdom.

 

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Which one of the following fishing banks is located off the coast of the United Kingdom?

A) Great Fisher Bank B) Grand Banks
C) Dogger Bank D) Reed Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dogger Bank

Explanation:

Dogger Bank (Dutch: Doggersbank, German: Doggerbank, Danish: Doggerbanke) is a large sandbank.

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