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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.


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Which one of the following is not related to wind erosion ?

A) Wind gap B) Zeugen
C) Dreikanter D) Demoiselle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Wind gap

Explanation:

Demoiselles

These are rock pillars which stand as resistant rocks above soft rocks as a result of differential erosion of hard and soft rocks.

Zeugen

A table-shaped area of rock found in arid and semi-arid areas formed when more resistant rock is reduced at a slower rate than softer rocks around it.

A Dreikanter

It is a type of ventifact that typically forms in desert or periglacial environments due to the abrasive action of blowing sand.

A wind gap is a gap through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of stream capture.

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The first indian to enter the Indian Civil Service was

A) Gokhale B) Satyendra Nath Tagore
C) Ramanuja D) Rabindranath Tagore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Satyendra Nath Tagore

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Tribes belonging to which one of the following groups earn their livelihood through food - gathering and hunting?

A) Bushman, Pigmy and Eskimo B) Masai, Kirghiz, and Boro
C) Pigmy, Eskimo and Kirghiz D) Boro, Bushman, and Masai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bushman, Pigmy and Eskimo

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Which country has recently become fifth largest military spender  ?

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

Explanation:

1. India's military expenditure grew around 8.5 percent in 2016, making it the world's fifth largest spender at $55.9 billion, figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

2. As per the figures, the US remains the world's largest military spender registering a growth of 1.7 percent between 2015 and 2016 to $611 billion.

3. China is second and Russia is on the third position in the list.

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Q:

What is the capital of Jamica?

A) Jerusalem B) Kingston
C) Nairobi D) Dublin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kingston

Explanation:

Capital of jamica is Kingston

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Which year did India hosted and participated in Asian games for the first time ?

A) 1930 B) 1933
C) 1948 D) 1951
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1951

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Q:

Rutherford's alpha-scattering experiment related to the size of the

A) nucleus B) atom
C) electron D) neutron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) nucleus

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Who is known as the Iron man of India

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Balgangadar Tilak
C) Sardar Vallabhabai Patel D) Mahatma Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhabai Patel

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