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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
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Which one of the following is a landlocked harbour  ?

A) Mumbai B) Haldia
C) Vishakapatnam D) Ennore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vishakapatnam

Explanation:
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Eminent poet, litterateur and Jnanpith awardee C. Narayana Reddy who passed away in June 2017, he was a famous poet of _________ and ____________ language.

A) Kannada and Hindi B) Telugu and Malayalam
C) Hindi and Urdu D) Telugu and Urdu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Telugu and Urdu

Explanation:

Eminent poet, litterateur and Jnanpith awardee C. Narayana Reddy, popularly known as CiNaRe, passed away.  CiNaRe was known for his use of Telugu in its pure form, and would not be swayed by filmmakers on the use of the language. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1977 and the Padma Bhushan in 1992. His compilation of poems, titled ‘Viswambhara’, got him the Jnanpith award in 1988. In 1997, he was nominated as a Member of the Rajya Sabha.

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In which ecosystem grassland is included?

A) Terrestrial B) Marine
C) Artificial D) Fresh water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Terrestrial

Explanation:

Grasslands are found in most ecoregions of the Earth.

For example, there are five terrestrial ecoregion classifications of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecosystem, which is one of eight terrestrial ecozones of the Earth's surface.

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Ozonolysis of an organic compound gives formaldehyde as one of the products. This confirms the presence of :

A) An acetylenic triple bond B) Two ethylenic double bonds
C) A vinyl group D) An isopropyl group
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A vinyl group

Explanation:

C=}CH2→OzonolysisHCHO

Vinylic group.

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Africa is seperated from Europe by

A) Red Sea B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Atlantic Ocean D) Persian Gulf
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mediterranean Sea

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Who is the 14th President of India ?

A) Meira Kumar B) Sreedharan
C) Ram Nath Kovind D) Vaidyanathan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ram Nath Kovind

Explanation:

BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind registered an emphatic win over his rival and Opposition candidate Meira Kumar. Succeeding Pranab Mukherjee, Kovind sworn in as the 14th president of India on July 25, 2017.

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Unresolved dissonance is a characteristic of

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When the tension is unresolved, we have unresolved dissonance. Unresolved dissonance is a characteristic of the baroque music.


The general characteristics of Baroque music is movement, energy, and tension.

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Any letter, number, or symbol found on the keyboard that you can type into the computer...........

A) Output B) Type
C) Character D) Print
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Character

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