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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?

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  • Railway Examinations
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The period after parturition in which animal produces milk is called as _____

A) Calving period B) Lactation period
C) Dry period D) Conception
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lactation period

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The Essar group of companies has been promoted by  _____

A) Ambanis B) Kanorias
C) Ruias D) Goenkas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ruias

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Most websites have a main page , the ______ which acts as a doorway to the rest of the website pages.

A) Search engine B) Home page
C) Browser D) URL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Home page

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Which revolutionary died after a 64 days fast in jail?

A) Jatin Das B) Pulin Das
C) Subhash Chandra bose D) Both A & B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jatin Das

Explanation:

Jatindra Nath Das, also known as Jatin Das, was a revolutionary and Independence activist. He embraced death in Lahore jail after fasting for 64 days in 1929 at the age of 24 yrs.

 

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Branch of biology in which we study about cultivation of flowering plant

A) Phenology B) Floriculture
C) Agronomy D) Botany
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Floriculture

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The lines joining the place of equal intensity of seismic waves are known as

A) Seisimice line B) Isoseisimic line
C) Isogonal line D) Isogonic line
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Isoseisimic line

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Who of the following threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly along with Bhagat Singh ?

A) B.K. Dutt B) Sukhdev
C) Jatin Das D) Rajguru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) B.K. Dutt

Explanation:

Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt threw bombs in the Legislative Assembly as a protest against "Passage of public Safety bill".

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Fish and other aquatic creatures can live inside a deep frozen pond because 

A) fish are cold-blooded animals B) ice is a bad conductor of heat
C) there will always be water just beneath the ice level D) they can adapt themselves to live in ice
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) there will always be water just beneath the ice level

Explanation:

Water has the maximum density at 4oC. So at this temperature, it sinks down to bottom and stays here. If it cools further, it will become less dense and move up. So while the upper layers can cool enough to form ice, the bottom layers remain as water at  4oC .  

Therefore, (C) is correct.

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