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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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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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The memory unit is one part of

A) Input Device B) Central Processing Unit
C) Control Unit D) Output device
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Central Processing Unit

Explanation:

In a computer, memory is one part of Central processing unit i.e, CPU.

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The First Battle of panipat was fought between the forces of 

A) Akbar and Hemu B) Abdali and the Marathas
C) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri D) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi

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Q:

When was the first ' International Non-Smoking Day' observed all over the world

A) 04.07.1988 B) 08.02.1989
C) 26.01.1950 D) 28.01.1950
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 04.07.1988

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In the context of stock Market, the abbreviation IPO stands for

A) Immediate Payment Order B) Internal Policy Obligation
C) Initial Public Offering D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Initial Public Offering

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Q:

The first effective vaccine against polio was prepared by ?

A) Robert Edwards B) James Simpson
C) H Gibbon D) Jonas E Salk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jonas E Salk

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Which of the following is not a Jovian planet?

A) Jupiter B) Earth
C) Saturn D) Neptune
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Earth

Explanation:

Earth is not a Jovian Planet as it is a Terrestrial planet.

A planet designated as Jovian is hence a gas giant, composed primarily of hydrogen and helium gas with varying degrees of heavier elements.

 

Within the Solar System, four Jovian planets exist – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Though these planets vary in terms of size, mass, and composition, they all share certain characteristics that cause them to differ greatly from the terrestrial planets located in the inner Solar System.

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Q:

A hybrid of a donkey and a horse

A) Panthera and Mule B) Mules and Hinnys
C) Liger and Hinnys D) Wholphin and Mule
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mules and Hinnys

Explanation:

Donkeys and horses can be breed to make mules and hinnys.

A hinny is a domestic equine hybrid that is the offspring of a male horse, a stallion, and a female donkey, a jenny. It is the reciprocal cross to the more common mule, which is the product of a male donkey, a jack, and a female horse, a mare.

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Which statement about interstate compacts is true?

A) States cannot form compacts with foreign states. B) They may involve no more than two states.
C) Congress generally must approve interstate compacts. D) Most are between the national government and foreign states.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Congress generally must approve interstate compacts.

Explanation:

Agreements made between two or more states are known as Interstate compacts. These may involve several states.

 

* Congress generally must approve interstate compacts.

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