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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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Dizzy is the nickname of what Australian player

A) Adam Gilchrist B) Jason Gillespie
C) Glenn McGrath D) Brett Lee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jason Gillespie

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

1. The author of the novel 'Dodgers' is Don Winslow.
2. The author of the novel 'Forty Thieves' is Bill Beverly.
3. The author of the novel 'The Corrections' is Thomas Perry.

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

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Who among the following is NOT a dancer of Odissi?

 

A) Sanjukta Panigrahi   B) Sonal Mansingh  
C) Madhavi Mudgal   D) Yamini Krishnamurthy  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Yamini Krishnamurthy  

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What happens when you boot up a PC?

A) Portions of the operating system are copied from disk into memory B) Portions of the operating system are copied from memory onto disk
C) Portions of the operating system are compiled D) Portions of the operating system are emulated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Portions of the operating system are copied from disk into memory

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The Indian football team made its first appearance at Olympics in

A) 1936 B) 1948
C) 1952 D) 1956
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1948

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Where did Lord Buddha breathe his last

A) Rajgir B) Bodh Gaya
C) Sarnath D) Kushinagar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kushinagar

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Three Presidency Banks viz., Bank of Madras, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Calcutta, were merged to form

A) New Bank of India B) Corporation Bank
C) Reserve Bank of India D) Imperial Bank of India(now SBI)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Imperial Bank of India(now SBI)

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Sound following a flash of lightning is called

A) Stoning B) Bolting
C) Thunder D) Cloud clash
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thunder

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The Sound Following the flash of lighting is because of Thunder.

 

Lightning is seen earlier than thunder because light travels much faster than sound.

 

The roar of thunder is the result of a shock wave produced when lightning super-heats the air through which it passes, causing that air to expand very rapidly. This rapid expansion of air creates a shock wave that travels outward at close to the speed of sound.

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