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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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Which of the following is a storage device?

A) Floppy discs B) hard disk drive
C) Optical disc D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

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All of the above given options are storage devices.

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Q:

The largest fresh water lake in India is

A) Pulicat Lake B) Veeranam Lake
C) Chilka Lake D) Kolleru Lake
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kolleru Lake

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In the binary Language each letter of  the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of  _________

A) eight bytes B) eight kilobytes
C) eight characters D) eight bits
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) eight bits

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The discovery of neutron became very late because

A) it is present in nucleus B) it is a fundamental particle
C) it does not move D) it does not carry any charge
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) it does not carry any charge

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Q:

India nationalised 14 major commercial banks in 1969 with deposits not less than 

A) Rs. 10 crore each B) Rs. 25 crore each
C) Rs. 50 crore each D) Rs. 100 crore each
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs. 50 crore each

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Q:

_ pompous he was an entertaining person.

A) Though B) Never
C) Despite D) Before
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Though

Explanation:

From the given options, Though is the only word which gives sense for the sentence. Hence, Though pompous he was an entertaining person.

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Vikramshila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of

A) Pushyabhuti Dynasty B) Barman Dynasty
C) Sen Dynasty D) Pala Dynasty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pala Dynasty

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What is the theme of 2017 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD)  ?

A) Entrepreneurship for social impact B) Reduce digital divide
C) Promote digital education for social welfare D) Big data for big impact
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Big data for big impact

Explanation:

The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is observed every year on May 17 to mark the anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention (ITC) and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The purpose of the day is to help raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide. The 2017 theme “Big Data for Big Impact” focuses on the power of Big Data for development and aims to explore how to turn imperfect, complex, often unstructured data into actionable information in a development context.

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