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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.


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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.


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In the Union Budget 2017-18, the MGNREGA allocation isto be ___________

A) Rs. 48,000 crore B) Rs. 38,000 crore
C) Rs. 56,000 crore D) Rs. 33,000 crore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs. 48,000 crore

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Filed Under: Indian Politics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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Mercantilism was the principle that

A) Wealth is created in business relations B) The goal is an active trade balance of trade
C) To serve protectionism, government subsidies and the issue of protective tariffs D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Mercantilism was the principle that wealth of a nation comes from trading with other nations and also comes by imposing government regulations on all of the nation's economic interests.

 

The main principles of mercantilism:

• the country's wealth is determined by the amount of precious metals in the country,

• Wealth is created in business relations (International Trade)

• The goal is an active trade balance of trade,

• to serve protectionism, government subsidies and the issue of protective tariffs.

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Filed Under: World History
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
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Which is called country of canals?

A) India B) Pakistan
C) Japan D) Myanmar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pakistan

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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What is the SI unit of Torque?

A) newton/meter B) newton meter
C) newton second D) newton/meter squared
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) newton meter

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Filed Under: Physics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1849
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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.


the British government took to more ____________ measures.

A) drastic B) angrier
C) repressive D) damaging
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) repressive

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Filed Under: English
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Shiva cave is located in _____.

A) Ajanta Caves B) Ellora Caves
C) Elephanta Caves D) Badami Caves
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Elephanta Caves

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Filed Under: Indian Geography
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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

India’s motto has been Vasudeva Kutumbakam or that the whole world is _____ community. There are a _____ of pillars upon which India’s policy of living in peace with and _____ peace among nations of the world rests. Policies of non-alignment, peaceful co-existence, economic and cultural cooperation disarmament and peaceful _____ of nuclear energy, _____ of International disputes through negotiations and peaceful means are some of the salient features that give credence to India’s commitment to world peace.

There are a _____ of pillars upon which India's policy

A) numerous B) number
C) many D) loop
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) number

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Filed Under: English
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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.

Accolade

A) Silence B) Mediocrity
C) Laurels D) Lowliness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Silence

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