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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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Which atomic power station in India is built completely indigenously?

A) Rawat Bhata B) Kalpakkam
C) Tarapore D) Narora
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kalpakkam

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Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located at Kalpakkam about 80 kilometers (50 mi) south of Chennai, India, is a comprehensive nuclear power production, fuel reprocessing, and waste treatment facility that includes plutonium fuel fabrication for fast breeder reactors (FBRs) is the only atomic power station in India that was built completely indigenously.Which_atomic_power_station_in_India_is_built_completely_indigenously1547792929.jpg image

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The articles 17 and 18 of Constitution provide

A) Social Equality B) Economic Equality
C) Political Equality D) Religious Equality
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Social Equality

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Panini, the first Grammarian of Sanskrit language in India,lived during the

A) 2nd Century BC B) 6th-5th Century BC
C) 2nd century AD D) 5th-6th Century AD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 6th-5th Century BC

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Who among the following has been crowned Miss Universe in Las Vegas on November 26, 2017?

 

A) Shraddha Shashidhar B) Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
C) Iris Mittenaere D) Laura Gonzalez
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

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The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavation of Mohenjodaro was made up of

A) terracotta B) Steatite
C) bronze D) red limestone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) bronze

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Who was the chairman of the Provincial Constitution Committee of the Constituent Assembly

A) Dr. B.R Ambedkar B) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Dr.Rajendra Prasad D) Sardar Patel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sardar Patel

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Optical fiber works on the principle of

A) Scattering B) interference
C) total internal reflection D) refraction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) total internal reflection

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Optical fiber works on the principle of total internal reflection.

 


The Total Internal Reflection is the phenomenon in which the complete reflection of a light ray reaching an interface with a less dense medium when the angle of incidence exceeds the critical angle.

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Pashmina shawl is made from the hair of 

A) Sheep B) Goat
C) Rabbit D) Yak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Goat

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