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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
  • All India Services:
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How many wickets Kapil Dev had taken in test matches when he retired

A) 450 B) 430
C) 435 D) 434
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 434

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Name the new Business Area which Sahara India Parivar has entered into:

A) Software B) Cement
C) Advertising D) Travel & Tourism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Travel & Tourism

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The Peshwa's Secretariat at Pune (poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as 

A) Huzur Daftar B) EI Beriz Daftar
C) Chalte Dafter D) Peshwa Dafter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Huzur Daftar

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Q:

Net National product of a country is

A) GDP minus depreciation allowances B) GDP plus net income from abroad
C) GNP minus net income from abroad D) GNP minus depreciation allowances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) GNP minus depreciation allowances

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Q:

Plants mainly receive their nutrients from

A) Sun light B) Soil
C) Pesticides D) Chlorophyll
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Soil

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Plants receive their nutrients mainly from Soil.

 

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Because Soil contains all Minerals, Water, Humus and some useful Microbes which are responsible for the proper Growth of the Plants.

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Q:

The book ' Discovery of India ' is written by

A) Maithilisharan Gupt B) Mahadevi Verma
C) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar D) Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

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What was the symbol of death of gautama buddha?

A) Stupa B) Bodhi tree
C) Lion D) Chaitya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Stupa

Explanation:

Stupa represents the symbol of death of Gautama Buddha. On the other hand, Bodhi Tree is the symbol of nirvana of Gautama Buddha.

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When white light passes through a glass prism we get a spectrum on the other side of the prism. In the emergent beam the ray which is deviated least is

A) the violet ray B) the red ray
C) the green ray D) the blue ray
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the red ray

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Red is deviated the least and violet the most

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