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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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The 12th five year plan period -

A) 2007 - 2012 B) 2002 - 2007
C) 2012 - 2017 D) 2015 - 2020
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2012 - 2017

Explanation:

The 12th five year plan period was from 2012 to 2017. But from 2015, Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India replaced this planning commission of India by NITI Aayog. 

 

The main theme of the 12th five year plan was "faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth".

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Which fat is good Saturated or Unsaturated?

A) Saturated B) Unsaturated
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Unsaturated

Explanation:

Unsaturated fats are good fats that lowers cholesterol levels and risk of heart attack.

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) adoption B) crocusses
C) dollorous D) pallatine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) adoption

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A state of emotional or intellectual separation

A) Euphoria B) Ecstasy
C) Alienation D) Communion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Alienation

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Mandatory

A) Optional B) Voluntary
C) Essential D) Unnecessary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Essential

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Pick up the most effective word from the given words to fill in the blanks to make the sentence meaningfully complete.

Hari got the company car for a _____ price as he was the senior most employee in the company.

A) Reduced B) Discounted
C) Fixed D) Nominal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nominal

Explanation:

‘Nominal’ is most appropriate word.

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Which of the following acids is present in Red Ants?

A) Malic acid B) Formic acid
C) Tannic acid D) Oxalic acid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Formic acid

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National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) has been renamed as

A) BharatNet Project B) Broadband Connectivity for all
C) Gram Panchayat connectivity scheme D) Digital India Mission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) BharatNet Project

Explanation:

BharatNet is a project of national importance to establish, by 2017, a highly scalable network infrastructure accessible on a non-discriminatory basis, to provide on demand, affordable broadband connectivity of 2 Mbps to 20 Mbps for all households and on demand capacity to all institutions, to realise the vision of Digital India, in partnershipwith States and the private sector. The entire project is being funded by Universal service Obligation Fund (USOF), which was set up for improving telecom services in rural and remote areas of the country. The objective is to facilitate the delivery of e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-banking, Internet and other services to the rural India.

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