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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?

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  • Railway Examinations
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A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be

A) a parabola B) a circle
C) a horizontal straight line D) a vertical straight line
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a parabola

Explanation:

Parabola, because when the coin is dropped at a particular point, it has the same velocity as the running train. So by Newton's first law, it continues its motion horizontally with that velocity. But then, it is also pulled down by earth's gravity continuously. In this situation its horizontal motion gives way to the parabolic motion until it reaches the ground.

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Q:

Streptomycin was invented by

A) Fleming B) Marie Curie
C) Walksman D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Walksman

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Q:

What is the most common form of iodine deficiency?

Answer

Goitre

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Q:

Smallest bone of human body is _________

A) Nails B) Fibula
C) Bone of nose D) Stapes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Stapes

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Q:

Headquarters of Competition Commission of India (CCI) is in 

A) New Delhi B) Hyderabad
C) Bangalore D) Kolkata
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) New Delhi

Explanation:

Competition Commission of India (CCI) was established on 14th October 2003. It headquarters in New Delhi.

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Q:

Which planet has the lowest density?

A) Earth B) Jupiter
C) Saturn D) Neptune
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Saturn

Explanation:

Saturn, the solar system's second largest planet that takes the prize for least dense. It's less dense than water, which has led many people to postulate that it would float.

However, even if it somehow found its way to a body of water large and deep enough to contain it, Saturn would break apart and its rocky core would sink.

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Who was appointed as Director General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI) ?

A) Uttam Singh B) Gurindar Chadha
C) Richard Verma D) John Joseph
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) John Joseph

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Which river has no mention in Rigaveda

A) Sindhu B) Saraswati
C) Yamuna D) Periyar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Periyar

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