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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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Which one of the following is the largest source of electricity in India?

A) Hydropower plants B) Nuclear power plants
C) Thermal power plants D) Wind energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thermal power plants

Explanation:

About 65% of the electricity consumed in India is generated by thermal power plants, 22% by hydroelectric power plants, 3% by nuclear power plants and rest by 10% from other alternate sources like solar, wind, biomass etc.

India is the sixth largest in terms of power generation.

 

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
The theatre was keeping a seat for you.

A) A seat was being kept for you by the theatre. B) Keeping of a seat for you has been done by the theatre.
C) The theatre has kept a seat for you. D) A seat would be kept for you by the theatre.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A seat was being kept for you by the theatre.

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Who is the Bengali writer who won the 31st Moortidevi Award for the year 2017?

A) Joy Goswami B) Taslima Nasreen
C) Subhro Bandhopadhyay D) Baby Halder
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Joy Goswami

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What is the rank of India in the Doing Business Report 2020, after the recent update of the World Bank?

 

 

A) 63 B) 72
C) 56 D) 85
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 63

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Which type of pathogen causes the water­-borne disease E. coli Infection?

A) Protozoan B) Parasitic
C) Bacterial D) Viral
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bacterial

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Alps mountain range is located in which continent?

A) Europe B) North America
C) South America D) Africa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Europe

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The term of a Governor is

A) 4 Years B) 5 Years
C) 6 Years D) 3 Years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 5 Years

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Which cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses amix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, publiccloud services with orchestration between the two platformsand it is particularly valuable for dynamic or highlychangeable workloads?

A) Dynamic Cloud B) Advance Cloud
C) Hybrid Cloud D) Sharing Cloud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hybrid Cloud

Explanation:

Hybrid cloud is a cloud computing environment whichuses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services with orchestration betweenthe two platforms. By using a Hybrid approach,companies can maintain control of an internallymanaged private cloud while relying on the publiccloud as needed

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