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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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Diameter of a Ping Pong Ball?

A) 37 mm B) 38 mm
C) 40 mm D) 42 mm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 40 mm

Explanation:

The ball with which Table Tennis is played is called Ping Pong Ball.

According to the International rules, the diameter of the ping pong ball must be not less than 39.5 millimeters and not greater than 40.5  millimeters having a mass of 2.7 grams.

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Q:

The first lady to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was

A) Nargis Dutt B) Savitri Ganesh
C) Devika Rani Roerich D) Dina Pathak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Devika Rani Roerich

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Q:

The philosopphical essence, "The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul" may be traced to the 

A) Vedas B) Upanishads
C) Puranas D) Manusmriti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Upanishads

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Who was the first captain of Indian Test Team

A) Vijay Hazare B) C K Nayudu
C) Lala Amarnath D) Vijay Merchant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) C K Nayudu

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Q:

Pulitzer prize winners are selected by the Pulitzer prize Board and announced by the president of the

A) New York University B) Columbia University
C) Wesleyan University D) Cambridge university
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Columbia University

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Q:

World Homeopathy Day is observed globally on ___________.

A) 13th April B) 12th April
C) 11th April D) 10th April
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 10th April

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Q:

India is the largest producer of

A) Apples B) Grapes
C) Oranges D) Bananas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bananas

Explanation:

India is the World's largest producer of Bananas producing nearly 30 million tons a year.

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' A Valley of ten thousand smokes' is the name given to a zone near the volcano

A) Mauna loa of Hawaie B) Pinatabu of Philippines
C) Pelle in the Caribbean sea D) Katmai of Alaska
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Katmai of Alaska

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