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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?

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Which disease is caused due to deficiency of Iodine?

A) Rickets B) Scurvy
C) Goitre D) Growth retardation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Goitre

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________, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old.

A) Humayun B) Akbar
C) Jahangir D) Babur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Babur

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Statement I :The    Poona    Pact    provided    for    151 reserved  seats  for  the  scheduled  castes  to be   elected   by   a   joint,   not   separate, electorate.

Statement II :Dr.  B.  R.  Ambedkar  withdrew  from  active politics   for   almost   a   decade   when   the Communal Award was revoked.

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation:

The  Poona  Pact  was  an  agreement between  Dr.  Babasaheb  Ambedkar and  Mahatma  Gandhi  which  was signed  on  24  September  1932  at Yerwada Central Jail in Pune, India, which asserted that there will be a single    Hindu    electorate,    with scheduled    castes    having    seats reserved     within     it,So     the representation of these classes was based  on  the  standards  of  joint electorates   and   reserved   seats. The  Communal  Award  was  made by    the    British    Prime    Minister Ramsay  MacDonald  on  16  August 1932    which    allowed    separate electorates  in  India,  and  it  was supported by Ambedkar.

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An economic system combining private and state enterprise is called as _____

A) Market economy B) Centrally planned economy
C) Private economy D) Mixed economy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mixed economy

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Which among the following is the major cause of acid rain?

A) Carbon dioxide B) Carbon monoxide
C) Nitrogen dioxide D) Oxygen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nitrogen dioxide

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) circummventing B) circumvanting
C) circumventing D)  circummvanting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) circumventing

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Which type of Ethanol is made from sources like molasses, sugarcane, sugar beet, sorghum and edible oil seeds?

 

A) 2G ethanol B) 1G ethanol
C) Clean ethanol D) 3G ethanol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1G ethanol

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In 1981, ISRO launched India's first geostationary satellite called -

A) Aryabhata B) APPLE
C) Bhaskara II D) INSAT 1B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) APPLE

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