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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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Which of the following is NOT a constitutional body?

A) National Advisory Council B) Law Commission
C) Election Commission D) Finance Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) National Advisory Council

Explanation:

National Advisory Council is NOT a constitutional body.

 

The National Advisory Council (NAC) of India was an advisory body set up by the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to advise the Prime Minister of India.

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Q:

Which industry is known as sunrise industry?

A) petrochemical industry B) steel industry
C) rice milling D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) petrochemical industry

Explanation:

An industry with fast economic growth from the starting days itself which has future importance. Industries like petrochemical industry, hydrogen fuel production, food processing industry, space tourism, and online encyclopedias.

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Q:

Why is india called bharat?

Answer

The name Bharat is derived from the legendary king Bharat who was ancestor of kauravas and pandavas, son of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala.


The name India is derived from the river Sindhu which flows in the north west of the country. The Greeks used to call us Indoi meaning the people of the Indus.

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Q:

Who among the following is called Bird man of India ?  

A) Salim Malik B) Saqlain Musthaffa
C) Iskandhar Meerja D) Salim Ali
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Salim Ali

Explanation:
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Q:

Right to Information Act in India applies to all States and Union Territories except

A) Jammu and Kashmir B) Nagaland
C) Goa D) Sikkim
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jammu and Kashmir

Explanation:
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Q:

Operating system functions may include

A) multiprogramming B) input/output control
C) virtual storage D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

An operating system has three main functions:

(1) manage the computer's resources, such as the central processing unit, memory, disk drives, and printers,

(2) establish a user interface, and

(3) execute and provide services for applications software.

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Q:

A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle.If the string snaps

A) the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
C) it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down

Explanation:

The centripetal force having  been removed the body cannot execute the curved path. (B) is Correct.

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Q:

When and where the WHO guidelines titled as "The Consolidated Guidelines on the use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection" was launched?

Answer

The Guidelines of World Health Organization (WHO) was leanched at the 2013 International AIDS Society Conference held in Kuala Laumpur, Malaysia on June 30, 2013.


Note: It was aimed to provide new guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the care of people living with HIV and the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection.

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