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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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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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Which of the following movements was headed by Sitaram Raju?

 

A) Kuka Movement B) Rampa Movement
C) Pabna Agitation D) Bardoli Satyagraha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rampa Movement

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What is the name of the messaging platform to be used by the Indian Army shortly?

 

A) Safe Communication Network B) Secure Application for Internet
C) Safe Messaging Service D) Secure Instant Messaging
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Secure Application for Internet

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In which of the following festivals are boat races a special feature?

A) Rongali Bihu B) Onam
C) Pongal D) Navratri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Onam

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Onam is an annual Hindu festival with origins in the state of Kerala in India. It falls in the Malayalam calendar month of Chingam, which in Gregorian calendar overlaps with August–September. In this festival, boat races are famous.

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Which one of the following types of waves are used in a night vision apparatus?

A) Radio waves B) Microwaves
C) Infra-red waves D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Infra-red waves

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Q:

The 11th BRICS in 2019 will be hosted by

 

 

A) China B) Russia
C) Brazil D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Brazil

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The 2019 BRICS summit is the eleventh annual BRICS summit, an international relations conference attended by the heads of state or heads of government of the five-memberstates Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The summit will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the third time Brazil has hosted the summit after the 2014 summit.

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Isotopes of an element have ______.

 

A) Same physical properties B) Different chemical properties
C) Different number of neutrons D) Different atomic number
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Different number of neutrons

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Sound waves can not travel through a

 

A) copper wire placed in air B) silver slab placed in air
C) glass prism placed in water D) wooden hollow pipe placed in vacuum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) wooden hollow pipe placed in vacuum

Explanation:

Sound is a kind of energy created when something vibrates. When this vibration reaches an ear, it is translated into what we recognize as a sound. Sound vibration must travel through matter. Therefore, it can travel through air and water but not through vacuum.

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In December 2017, which Ministry launched a pilot project ‘Blue Flag’?

 

A) Ministry of Home Affairs B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change D) Ministry of Tourism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate change

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