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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
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
  • Category of Competitive Exams
  • All India Services:
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The sensitive information leaked in August 2016 concerns which one of the following defence platforms of India?

A) Fifty Generation Fighter Aircraft B) Combat Helicopters
C) Submarines D) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Submarines

Explanation:

In August 2016, The Government of India is seized of the reported leak of documents related to the ongoing Indian Scorpene submarine programme as reported in sections of the media. The documents that have been posted on the website by an Australian news agency have been examined and do not pose any security compromise as the vital parameters have been blacked out.

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What is the minimum age for becoming a Governor of state in India?

A) 25 B) 30
C) 35 D) 40
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 35

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What is the SI unit of Force?

A) Pascal B) Boyle
C) Newton D) Watt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Newton

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Who is the captain of Indian women hockey team?

A) Sunita Lakra B) Gurjit Kaur
C) Rani Rampal D) Deep Grace Ekka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rani Rampal

Explanation:

Rani Rampal is the captain of Indian women hockey team.

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 What is child sex ratio for 1000 males as per census 2011? 

A)  919 females  B) 921 females 
C) 927 females  D) 925 females 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  919 females 

Explanation:

As per the Census, 2011 the child sex ratio (0-6 years) has shown a decline from 927 females per thousand males in 2001 to 919 females per thousand males in 2011.

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 Damdama lake is in which state? 

A) Punjab B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Haryana

Explanation:

Damdamaa reservoir in Sohna, district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is one of the biggest lakes in Haryana and with an area of 3,000 acres. Damdama Lake was formed when a stone and earthen dam constructed by the British was commissioned for rain water harvesting in 1947. 

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

Critics of television often (1)/ focus on the prevalent of (2)/ violence in today’s programmes. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Formally put an end to a system, practice, or institution

 

A) Embark   B) Commence  
C) Initiate   D) Abolish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Abolish

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