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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.


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______________ kills the germs present in the water.

 

A) Evaporation B) Rehydration
C) Boiling D) Desiccation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Boiling

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Which of the following statements about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is/are correct?

1. He argued that India was a federation of ethnic communities based on common descent.

2. His philosophy was very similar to that of the Indian National Congress.

3. He imagined India as a Nation State based on individual citizen’s rights.

4. The curriculum at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College blended Muslim theology and European empiricism.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 only B) 2 and 3
C) 3 only D) 1 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1 and 4

Explanation:

Statements 1 & 4 are true with respect toSir Syed Ahmad Khan.

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Who is the principal spokesman of the Lok Sabha?

 

A) Prime Minister of India B) Finance Minister of India
C) Speaker of Lok Sabha D) Nominated Member of Lok Sabha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Speaker of Lok Sabha

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Who is the planet moving in the opposite direction than other planets in Solar System?

 

A) Neptune B) Pluto
C) Uranus D) Saturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Uranus

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The President can dismiss a member of the council of ministers

 

A) on his own B) on the recommendation of the prime ministers
C) only under emergency conditions D) with the consent of speakers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) on the recommendation of the prime ministers

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Every HTML file is a ___________ file.

 

A) Text B) Audio
C) Video D) Image
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Text

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Q:

How much longitude does the Earth move in an hour?

 

A) 12 deg B) 15 deg
C) 18 deg D) 20 deg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 15 deg

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Who was the first indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration?

A) Haider Ali B) Tipu Sultan
C) Murshid Quil Khan D) Malhar Rao Holkar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tipu Sultan

Explanation:

Tipu Sultan was the first indian ruler to apply the western methods to his administration. Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, also known as the Tipu Sahib, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore.

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Tipu Sultan introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including his coinage, a new Mauludi lunisolar calendar, and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of the Mysore silk industry.

He was one of the few South Indian kings to provide stiff resistance to British imperialism, along with Hyder Ali. He is applauded as a ruler who fought against British colonialism. Similarly he has been a controversial figure and criticized for his atrocities against Hindus, Christians, and Mappla Muslims.

 

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