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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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Who is known as ' Little Corporal '

A) Adolf Hitler B) Napolean Bonaparte
C) William E. Gladstone D) Classical Music
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Napolean Bonaparte

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In which state, the President's Rule was first imposed in India

A) Andhra Pradesh B) Bihar
C) Assam D) Arunachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh

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The Union Executive of India Consists of ______

A) The president, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only B) The president and the Council of Ministers only
C) The president, Vice-President, Council of Ministers and Lok Sabha Speaker D) The president, Prime Minister, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The president, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only

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Q:

Chandigarh was designed by

A) Le Corbusier B) Edward Lutyens
C) Christopher Wren D) Michelongo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Le Corbusier

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The philosophy  propounded in the Upanishads is known as 

A) Advaita B) Vedanta
C) Yoga D) Samkhya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Vedanta

Explanation:

The Upanishads are commonly referred to as Vedanta. 


The Upanishads alone are widely known and among the most important literature in the history of Indian religions and culture and their central ideas are at the spiritual core of Hindus.

 

The upanishads are a part of the Vedas and are ancient Sanskrit texts that contain some of the central philosophical concepts and ideas of Hinduism, some of which are shared with Buddhism, and Jainism.

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Which one is not metal

A) sulpher B) sugar
C) nitogen D) all of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) all of these

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A bucket of water is hung from a spring balance. A piece of iron is suspended in the water without touching the sides or touching the bottom of the bucket. The reading of the spring balance

A) will increase B) will decrease
C) does not change D) varies with the increase of depth of the immersion of the iron piece
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) will increase

Explanation:

When the piece of iron is lowered into the water, the water level in the bucket increases. And so the pressure at the bottom of bucket also increases. Thus the total thrust at the botto also increases. Therefore the spring balance reading increases.

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10 examples of computer hardware?

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A computer system consists of two major elements: hardware and software. Computer hardware is the collection of all the parts you can physically touch. Computer software, on the other hand, is not something you can touch. Software is a set of instructions for a computer to perform specific operations. You need both hardware and software for a computer system to work.


10 examples of computer hardware are ::


1. Monitor


2. Motherboard


3. CPU(Microprocessor) 


4. Main memory(RAM)


5. Expansion cards 


6. Power supply unit


7. Optical disc drive 


8. Hard disk drive (HDD)


9. Keyboard


10. Mouse

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