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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.


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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.


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In India, which festival coincide with the festivals of Songkran in Thailand, Thingyan in Myanmar and Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka ?

A) Guru Poornima B) Makar Sankranti
C) Holi D) Baisakhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Baisakhi

Explanation:

The harvest festival of Baisakhi popularly celebrated in North India coincides with the Songkran festival of Thailand, the Thingyan in Myanmar and the Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka. In all the latter three festivals, the coming of a New Year is the central theme and involves various indigenous ways of celebrations.

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P.V. Sindhu defeated which player in the finals to win her maiden India Open Super Series title on 2 April 2017 ?

A) Wang Yihan B) Greysia Polii
C) Sung Ji-Hyun D) Carolina Marin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Carolina Marin

Explanation:

India’s P.V. Sindhu avenged her Rio Olympic final defeat to Spain’s Carolina Marin in an emphatic style with a straight game 21-19, 21-16 win in the women’s singles final of India Open Super Series at a packed Siri Fort Sports Complex on 2 April 2017.

– It is worth mentioning that Sindhu had lost to Marin the Rio Olympic women’s singles final. But she avenged her Olympic final defeat to Marin in an imperious fashion with a straight game. This was Sindhu’s first India Open Super Series title.

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The international township built near Pondicherry in India in coloration with UNESCO is called

A) Elbaville B) Auroville
C) Gayaville D) Broadway
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Auroville

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The idea of including the Emergency provisions in the Constitution of india has been borrowed from the_________

A) Constitution of Canada B) Weimar Constitution of Germany
C) Constitution of Ireland D) Constitution of USA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Weimar Constitution of Germany

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Q:

Light compensation zone refers to

A) where light is available in plenty B) where light is maximum
C) beyond which light does not penetrate D) where all light is used
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) beyond which light does not penetrate

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Which of the following physical quantities have the same dimensions

A) momentum and impulse B) power and young modulus
C) Energy and angular Momentum D) force constant and moment of inertia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) momentum and impulse

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The Greatest conqueror among the Gupta rulers was

A) Samudragupta B) Chandragupta II
C) Kumaragupta D) Skandagupta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Samudragupta

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The noval ' Post office ' was written by

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) K.M. Munshil
C) R.D.Dinkar D) Neeraj
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore

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