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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
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The marginal propensity to consume lies between ____________.

A) 0 to Infinity B) 0 to 1
C) 1 to Infinity D) 0 to 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 0 to 1

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Which of the following does not come under Fundamental Duty?

A) To safeguard public property B) To protect and improve the natural environment
C) To promote harmony D) To protect freedom of speech and expression
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To protect freedom of speech and expression

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Which  one  of  the  following  was  the  earlier name of Tokyo?

A) Osaka B) Kyoto
C) Samurai D) Edo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Edo

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Tokyo officially became the Japanese capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo.

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Plants utilise ________ from the atmosphere foe photosynthesis

A) oxygen B) nitrogen
C) Carbon dioxide D) hydrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Carbon dioxide

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An echo is returned in 3 s. What is the distance of the reflecting surface from the source, considering the speed of sound as 342 ms-1?

 

A) 513 m B) 644 m
C) 342 m D) 171 m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 513 m

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Thumba in Kerala is famous because ___.

A) it has several tea gardens B) it has backwaters and lagoons
C) it is a rocket launching station D) it has an ayurvedic centre
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) it is a rocket launching station

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate itby selecting the appropriate option.


Corruption not only generates black money but ______ criminals.

A) creeps B) breeds
C) deeds D) seeds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) breeds

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When two liquids do not mix with each other to form a solution, what is it called?

A) Solvent B) Solute
C) Immiscible D) Decantation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Immiscible

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