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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
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During the recent Venus transit (June 2012), the planet appeared as a tiny black circle moving on the Sun. The black colour on the sun is because the planet :

 

A) Is black in colour B) Obstructed all light from the sun
C) Was invisible due to bright rays from the Sun D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the third Mahamana Express running between_______ .

A) Delhi and Lucknow B) Vadodara and Varanasi
C) Patna and Delhi D) Vadodara and Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Vadodara and Varanasi

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An object with a constant speed

A) is not accelerated B) might be accelerated
C) is always accelerated D) also has a constant velocity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) might be accelerated

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Q:

Navy day is observed  on

A) Dec 4 B) Oct 28
C) Nov 7 D) Nov 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dec 4

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Who was the first Indian to win an individual medal in Olympics

A) Milkha Singh B) P.T.Usha
C) Karanam Malleswari D) K.D.Yadav
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) K.D.Yadav

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World’s largest aircraft supercarrier USS Gerald R Ford belongs to _____ country.

A) Russia B) India
C) China D) USA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) USA

Explanation:

1. US Navy commissioned world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford into the fleet. The commissioning ceremony was held at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in presence of US President Donald Trump.

2. USS Gerald R. Ford is the first ship in this new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States Gerald Ford and has been built by Newport News Ship Building Company. The massive 1,106-foot-long carrier is powered by two new generation nuclear reactors.

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 What is the name of autobiography of Adolf Hitler ?

A) First Attack B) Mein Kampf
C) My Spirit D) Ray of Hope
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mein Kampf

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With which of the following was U. R. Rao who passed away at 85 is associated with ?

A) Scientist B) Poet
C) Politics D) Auther
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scientist

Explanation:

1. Eminent space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away due to age related ailments. He was 85.

2. He was currently serving as the chairman of the governing council of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad. Rao served as the chairman of ISRO for 10 years from 1984-1994.

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