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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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"Indo - ________" joint army exercise 'Prabal Dostyk 2017' has started in Himachal Pradesh.

A) Kazakhstan B) Japan
C) Sri Lanka D) Nepal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kazakhstan

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Which of these is a folk dance form native to "Araku valley" ?

A) Dhimsa B) Burrakatha
C) Maach D) Kavadi Chindu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dhimsa

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After the decline of the Chalukya kingdom of Kalyani at the close of the 12th and of the chola kingdom at the begining of the 13th century, the new kingdom which arose in South India were

A) Yadavas of Devagiri and Kakatiyas of Warangal B) Hoysalas of Dwarsamudra and Pandyas of Madurai
C) Vijayanagar and Bahamani kingdoms D) Both (a) and (b)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both (a) and (b)

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The book ' Around the World in Eighty Days ' was written by

A) Charles Dickens B) H.M.Munro
C) Jules Verne D) Sir Richard Burton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jules Verne

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Who invented the high level language C?

A) Dennis M. Ritchie B) Donald Kunth
C) Niklaus Writh D) Seymour Papert
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dennis M. Ritchie

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C, an early systems programming language, was developed by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson at Bell Labs between 1969 and 1973.

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If people sleep in closed rooms where charcoal fire is burning , they die due to 

A) carbon monoxide B) carbon dioxide
C) methane D) phosgene
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) carbon monoxide

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A closed room is aplace where charcoal is burnt in limited supply of air. There is every chance for the formation of the deadly poisonous carbon monoxide, which when inhaled, reacts with the iron in haemoglobin of blood and prevents the supply of oxygen. It is said to be treacherous as there can be no previous warning of its presence because it is an odourless and colourless gas.

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Who has written the book ' The Famished Road '

A) Zolla Emile B) VS. Naipaul
C) Ben Okri D) Din Mani
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ben Okri

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Which of the following is a film directed by Mr. Buddhadeb Das Gupta

A) Krantiveer B) Mohra
C) Character D) 1942 - A Love Story
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Krantiveer

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