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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
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Which team has won the ICC T20 World Cup 2014?

A) Sri Lanka B) India
C) Australia D) Pakistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sri Lanka

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Who has been described as the "destroyer of the Sakas, the Yavanas and the Pallavas"?

A) Skanda Gupta B) Gautamiputra Satakarni
C) Simuka D) Satakarni I
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gautamiputra Satakarni

Explanation:

Gautamiputra Satakarni has been described as the "destroyer of the Sakas, the Yavanas and the Pallavas".

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Q:

Mycolog is the branch of botany in which we study about

A) Algae B) Fungi
C) Bacteria D) Virus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Fungi

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Q:

Concatenation of text can be done using

A) Ampersand (&) B) Hash (#)
C) Apostrophe (') D) Exclamation (!)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ampersand (&)

Explanation:

Concatenation of text means adding a word with other word. It can be done using Ampersand (&).

For example :

'Amper' & 'sand' = Ampersand 

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Q:

Numismatics is the study of

A) Numbers B) Coins
C) Stamps D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Coins

Explanation:

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers. Who was on second position in the list ?

A) Xi Jinping B) Vladimir Putin
C) Donald Trump D) Kim Jong-un
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Donald Trump

Explanation:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers, surpassing US President Donald Trump.

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Which of the following is true of kinetochores?

A) They are the primary centrosome structures that maintain the attachment of the sister chromatids prior to mitosis. B) They are the sites at which microtubules attach to chromosomes.
C) They are located at the center of the centrosome and organize tubulin into spindle fibers. D) They cross at the cell's equator and move against each other, causing the cell to elongate.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) They are the sites at which microtubules attach to chromosomes.

Explanation:

They are the sites at which microtubules attach to chromosomes.

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Which of the following elements has the lowest electronegativity

A) Bromine B) Fluorine
C) Carbon D) Lithium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lithium

Explanation:

Electronegativity is the tendency for an atom to attract electrons. There are general trends on the periodic table which you can use to determine the relative electronegativity for different elements, but otherwise you can also look at their valence shell and effective nuclear charge to determine their relative electronegativity.

 

Here from the given options, Lithium has least tendency to attract electrons and thus has a lower electronegativity.

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