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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.


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Which of the following are advantage of CD-ROM as a storage media?

A) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large amount of data and information B) CD-ROM disks retrieve data and information more quickly than magnetic disks do
C) CD-ROMS make less errors than magnetic media D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large amount of data and information

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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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Who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time  ? 

A) Anshu Jamsenpa B) Dickey Dolma
C) Lhakpa Sherpa D) Malavath Purna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Anshu Jamsenpa

Explanation:

Anshu Jamsenpa, the Indian mountaineer from Arunachal Pradesh, has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest for the fourth time. She will attempt a double ascent to the world’s highest peak to make it a total five successful climbs. If she is successful with her double ascent this time, Ms Jamsenpa will set a record five climbs of Mt Everest.

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What about Earth allows it to maintain bodies of water?

A) mountains B) tides
C) moderate tempatures D) comet crashes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) moderate tempatures

Explanation:

The moderate temperatures allow Earth to maintain bodies of water into its normal state.

Changes in the bodies of water in terms of volume and structure would change due to the change in temperature. 

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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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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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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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