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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
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Safdar Hashmi is a name associated with

A) Drawing and Painting B) Journalism
C) Instrumental Music D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of these

Explanation:

Correct Answer : Safdar Hashmi is a name associated with Drama

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Which unit of valuation is known as paper gold?

A) SDR B) Eurodollar
C) GDR D) Petrodollar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) SDR

Explanation:

SDR means Special Drawing Rights.

 

SDRs are a measure of a country's reserve assets with IMF and, whereas not 'money' in the strict sense, have several characteristics of money as interest-bearing assets, store of value, and means of settling indebtedness.

 

International financing instrument created in 1970 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to coincide with the disfavor of the US dollar as the principal currency of the world trade. Also called paper gold, an SDR is neither paper nor gold but an accounting entry. It is not backed by any currency or precious metal and is used only among governments and IMF for balance Of payments settlements.

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
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India is the seventh largest country in the world and it covers a total area of approximately________

A) 2700000 sq.km B) 3000000 sq.km
C) 3200000 sq.km D) 3600000 sq.km
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3200000 sq.km

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Which sentence describes a legislative referendum?

A) Voters approve a measure that is nonbinding and can be ignored. B) Voters approve or reject a proposal without the legislature.
C) Voters sign a petition to gather support for an issue.  D) A legislature passes a bill that must be approved by voters.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A legislature passes a bill that must be approved by voters.

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Filed Under: Indian Politics
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In which state was the Nalanda University located in India

A) Bengal B) Bihar
C) Orissa D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bihar

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Filed Under: Indian History

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The tributary of River Indus which flows through Himachal Pradesh is 

A) Sutlej B) Beas
C) Ravi D) Hunza
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sutlej

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To conduct detailed study into disease causing organism in livestock,Biosafety Laboratory has been setup in India at

 

A) Ludhiana B) Bengaluru
C) Anand D) Allahabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Allahabad

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Tochi, Gilgit and Hunza are tributaries of

A) Ganga B) Indus
C) Brahmaputra D) Yamuna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Indus

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