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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.


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Who won Nobel prize for Physics in 2015?

A) Hiroshi Amano B) Takaaki Kajita
C) Isamu Akasaki D) Makoto Kobayashi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Takaaki Kajita

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Which one of the following events is not correctly matched with the year in which it happened?

A) Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic inter bank fund transfers worldwide—1985 B) Conclusion of the Uruguay Round of GATT—1994
C) Inauguration of the World Trade Organization—1995 D) Establishment of the first wholly electronic stock exchange (Nasdaq)—1971
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Inauguration of the SWIFT system of electronic inter bank fund transfers worldwide—1985

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•SWIFT was founded in the 1970s, based on the ambitious and innovative vision of creating a global financial messaging service, and a common language for international financial messaging.

•The Uruguay Round was the 8th round of multilateral trade negotiations (MTN) conducted within the framework of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), spanning from 1986 to 1994 and embracing 123 countries as "contracting parties".

•The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement.

•Founded by the National Association of Securities Dealers, the NASDAQ began trading on February 8, 1971, as the world's first electronic stock market.

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A serial port can

A) only transfer information from a hard drive B) only transfer information to a hard drive
C) transfer information both to and from a hard drive D) neither transfer information from nor to a hard drive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) transfer information both to and from a hard drive

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Where did the leader of the Individual Satyagraha movement, Acharya Vinoba Bhave started this movement?

 

A) Nashik B) Poona
C) Pavnar D) Nagpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pavnar

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Who awarded the Kaisar-i-Hind medal of the British to Mahatma Gandhi for his contribution to ambulance services in South Africa?

 

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Canning
C) Lord Hardinge D) Lord Curzon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Hardinge

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Chandrabhaga beach is located in which state?

A) Odisha B) Kerala
C) Chennai D) Gujarat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Odisha

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A high jumper runs for a while before taking a high jump so that the inertia of __ helps him take the long jump.

A) rest B) shape
C) motion D) direction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) motion

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Which of the following is NOT a radioactive element?

A) Uranium B) Plutonium
C) Titanium D) Thorium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Titanium

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