Sawaal
  • Home/
  • General Knowledge

General Knowledge Questions

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:
  • Group 'A' Services:
  • Group 'B' Services:
Popular Latest Rated
Q:

The country with longest coastline in the world is

A) Canada B) Norway
C) Russia D) Greenland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Canada

Explanation:

Canada has the longest coastline than any other countries in the world. It measures 1,51,020 miles long approximately. Norway, Indonesia, Greenland and Russia being in 2, 3, 4 and 5th places.

Related image

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Longest, Shortest, Deepest
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

11 4862
Q:

Of the following radiations, the most easily stopped by air

A) alpha - rays B) beta - rays
C) gamma -rays D) x - rays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) alpha - rays

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Chemistry

2 4862
Q:

MS-EXCEL is based on

A) OS/2 B) UNIX
C) WINDOWS D) DOS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) WINDOWS

Explanation:

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Computer
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO , Database Administration , IT Trainer , Network Engineer , Project Manager

4 4861
Q:

Who was the first Mughal Emperor to acquire Koh-i-nur diamond?

A) Humayun B) Akbar
C) Jahangir D) Shah Jehan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Humayun

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian History

2 4859
Q:

Which Bollywood actress has been appointed as the first Indian woman ambassador (Friend of Australia) for Tourism in Australia  ?

A) Priyanka Chopra B) Aliya Bhatt
C) Parineeti Chopra D) Shilpa Shetty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Parineeti Chopra

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Bank PO

7 4858
Q:

The headquarters of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is located in

A) Paris B) Madrid
C) New York D) Geneva
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Geneva

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: World Organisations

8 4854
Q:

What does NPP stand for

A) Nonprofit Partnership B) National Population Policy
C) Nobel Peace Prize D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Some more NPP Acronym stands for 

NPP New Patriotic Party

NPP Nuclear Power Plant

NPP Notice of Privacy Practices

NPP Non-Physician Practitioner

NPP New Progressive Party

NPP National Patriotic Party

NPP Notice of Proposed Procurement

NPP Neighbourhood Police Post (Singapore)

NPP Non-Paged Pool (memory)

NPP Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

4 4853
Q:

what is the source of energy for the water cycle?

A) Rain water B) Sun
C) Clouds D) Animals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sun

Explanation:

The water cycle is a term for the movement of water between the Earth's surface, the sky and underground. Water evaporates due to heat from the sun. Hence, the water cycle is driven primarily by the energy from the sun.

watercycle1531808968.gif image

This solar energy drives the cycle by evaporating water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, and even the soil. Other water moves from plants to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration.

Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Physics
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT , GATE
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

4 4849