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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Two identical resistors of 20 ohm each are connected in parallel. This combination, in turn, is connected to a 10 ohm resister. The equivalent resistance of the combination will be

A) 30 ohm B) 10 ohm
C) 5 ohm D) 20 ohm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 30 ohm

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On 30 January 2018, who among the following called for simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies?

 

 

A) The President of India B) The Finance Minister of India
C) The Speaker of Lok Sabha D) The Chief Justice of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The President of India

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Which of the following metals reacts vigorously with cold water?

A) Potassium B) Aluminium
C) Zinc D) Iron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Potassium

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The Government of India in the Month of November 2015 decided to allow foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to increase stakes in local defence units to 49%. What was the earlier permissible rate?

 

A) 10% B) 16%
C) 25% D) 24%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 24%

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Which Indian chief minister was awarded the "Transformative Chief Minister Award" by US-India Business Council (USIBC) in 2017?

A) K. Chandrashekhar Rao B) Naveen Patnaik
C) Siddaramaiah D) Chandrababu Naidu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Chandrababu Naidu

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Zika virus which damages the brain of the foetus is

A) Mosquito borne B) Water borne
C) Air borne D) Food borne
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mosquito borne

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What is the name of the spacecraft launched in 2019-20 by ISRO to study the sun?

A) Surya B) Aditya
C) Ravi D) Bhaskar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aditya

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 Which organisation is a policy think tank of the Government of India, established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to enhance cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottomup approach? 

A) RBI B) IRDAI
C) NITI Aayog  D) Planning Commission 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) NITI Aayog 

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The NITI Aayog (Hindi for Policy Commission), also National Institution for Transforming India, is a policy think tank of the Government of India, established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to enhance cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach.

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