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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
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The computer's processor consists of the following parts

A) CPU and Main Memory B) Hard Disk and Floppy Drive
C) Control Unit and ALU D) Operating System and Application
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Control Unit and ALU

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Animal without red blood cells

A) Frog B) Earthworm
C) Snake D) Peacock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Earthworm

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Who translated Ramayana into Persian?

A) Abdul Fazi B) Badauni
C) Isar Das D) Abdul Latif
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Abdul Fazi

Explanation:

In 1574 Akbar started a Maktab Khana or a house of translation works in Fatehpur Sikri. He endorsed the work to a few officials to make translations of the Sanskrit books Rajatarangini, Ramayana and Mahabharata into the Persian language.

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In that officials, Abdul Fazi translated Ramayana into Persian.

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Which one of the following with regard to the term ‘bank run’ is correct?

 

A) The net balance of money a bank has in its chest at the end of the day’s business B) The ratio of bank’s total deposits and total liabilities
C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks D) The period in which a bank creates highest credit in the market
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks

Explanation:

A bank run occurs when a large number of people withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may cease to function soon.

A banking panic or bank panic is a financial crisis that occurs when many banks suffer runs at the same time, as people suddenly try to convert their threatened deposits into cash or try to get out of their domestic banking system altogether.

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"Gilt-edged" means ___________.

 

A) bullion market   B) market of government securities  
C) market of guns D) market of pure metals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) market of government securities  

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Govind Ballabh Pant, was the first Chief Minister of which state?

 

A) Goa B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Gujarat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh

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Which of the following statements about the National Water Academy (NWA) is/are correct?

1. The primary objective of the NWA is to function as Centre of Excellence in training for in-service engineers from Central and State organizations on various aspects of water resource planning.

2. The NWA is located in New Delhi.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 only B) 2 only
C) Both 1 and 2 D) Neither 1 nor 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 only

Explanation:

National Water Academy (formerly known as Central Training Unit) was set up in Central Water Commission Opens in a new window by the Ministry of Water Resources, RD and GR, opens in a new window Govt. of India in the year 1988, to impart training to the in-service engineers of various Central/State organizations involved in the Development & Management of Water Resources. It was established under USAID assistance and strengthened with the subsequent assistance received from the World Bank.

It is located at Pune

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Who is known as 'the father of Indian missile technology'?

A) Dr. U.R. Rao B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
C) Dr. Chidambaram D) Dr. Homi Bhabha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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