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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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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.

 

We also need to work towards a re-engineering of procedures. It __________________ that fear of being scrutinised by the office of the Central Vigilance Commissioner has _________________ loan officers in the public sector into inaction. It is _______________ no use having a publicly-owned banking ___________ that does not extend credit to sound projects on grounds of __________________ scrutiny.

 

___________ that does not extend credit

 

A) system B) scheme
C) structure D) ideology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) system

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Who is known as the father of computing?

A) Charles Faraday B) Michael Jonathan
C) Charles Babbage D) Douglas Well
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Charles Babbage

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Which among the following is false about natural rubber?

A) It is an elastomer B) It is a monomer of cis­isoprene
C) Natural rubber is a polymer of chloroprene D) It is heated with sulphur compounds to improve its properties
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) It is a monomer of cis­isoprene

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Banks earn interest on

A) Deposits B) Loans
C) Demand Drafts D) Bills of Exchange
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Loans

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Which of the following has pH value 7?

A) Pure Water B) H2SO4
C) Sodium Carbonate D) HCl
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pure Water

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Jawaharlal Nehru was born in the year

A) 1789 B) 1839
C) 1889 D) 1939
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1889

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The longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere occur on _____.

A) 20th May B) 21st June
C) 20th July D) 21st August
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 21st June

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Stars twinkle but planets do not twinkle because

A) they emit light of a constant intensity B) their distance from the earth does not change with time
C) they are very far away from the earth resulting in decrease in intensity of light D) they are nearer to the earth and hence we receive a greater amount of light and therefore minor variations in intensity are not noticeable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) they emit light of a constant intensity

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