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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 has a highest wind velocity ?

A) Loo B) Tornado
C) Typhoon D) Hurricane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tornado

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Which team won the 10th Indian Premier League trophy 2017  ?

A) Mumbai Indians B) Rising Pune Supergiants
C) Kolkata Knight Riders D) Sunrisers Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mumbai Indians

Explanation:

In Cricket, Mumbai Indians lifted the 10th Indian Premier League trophy for the third time, as they recorded a scintillating 1-run win against Rising Pune Supergiant in the title clash at Hyderabad during final.  Mumbai successfully defended a total of 129 and restricted Pune to 128/6 to lift their third IPL trophy. Krunal Pandya from Mumbai Indians was named the man of the match.

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The country which proposed the observance of the World Pulses Day?

 

A) Berlin B) Benin
C) Burkina Faso D) Nigeria
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Burkina Faso

Explanation:

Burkina Faso proposed the observance of World Pulses Day on 10th February.

 

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Q:

Light from the sun reaches us in nearly

A) 5 min B) 4.30 hrs
C) 8 min D) 5.30 hrs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8 min

Explanation:

The light from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth after it has been emitted from the sun's surface.

 

The time it takes for light to reach planets in our Solar System varies from about 3 minutes for Mercury to about 5.3 hours for Pluto.

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Q:

Pick out the only scalar quantity

A) power B) Electric field
C) magnetic momentum D) average velocity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) power

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Q:

Programs designed specifically to address general purpose applications and special-purpose applications are called ......

A) Management Information System B) System Software
C) Application Software D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Application Software

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What are the followers of buddhism called?

A) Buddhists B) Parsis
C) Noble Truths D) Bhikkhus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Buddhists

Explanation:

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520 million followers or over 7% of the global population. People who practice Buddhism are called Buddhists.

 

Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC.

There is no belief in a personal god.

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Q:

Moving from one website to another is called

A) Browsing B) Attaching
C) Downloading D) Uploading
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Browsing

Explanation:

Moving from one website to another is called Browsing.

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