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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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What was the name of the mission that first landed men on the moon?

Answer

Apollo 11

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Akshay kumar being a (1)/ good actor he is (2)/ presented with the National Award. (3)/ No Error (4)/

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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Choose the word which is different from the rest?

A) Shimla B) Nagaland
C) Kohima D) Imphal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nagaland

Explanation:

Except Nagaland all other options are capital cities of the states in India. Nagaland is the north eastern state with Kohima as its capital city.

 

* Shimla is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. 

* Imphal is the capital city of Manipur.

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Which property would be classified as expendable?

A) Food given to Army B) Cement
C) Paint D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Expendable properties are those properties that are consume in use or that lose their identity in use. It also include those properties that become an integral part of other property when put to use and those properties which have an expected service life of less than one year.

 

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In oil painting, linseed oil acts as

A) Binder B) Primer
C) Wet plaster D) Pasting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Binder

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Father (would have been appreciated) your efforts if you had informed him.

A) would be appreciated B) would have appreciated
C) should have been appreciated D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) would have appreciated

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The term central nervous system refers to the

A) brain and spinal cord B) autonomic and peripheral nervous systems
C) brain and cranial nerves D) brain, spinal cord, and cranial nerves
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) brain and spinal cord

Explanation:

The central nervous system is that part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system (CNS) is one of the two major divisions of the nervous system. The other is the peripheral nervous system (PNS) which is outside the brain and spinal cord.

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AT&T designed its first commercial modem, specifically forconverting digital computer data to analog signals fortransmission across its long distance network. What is thename of the modem?

A) Telex B) Memex
C) CompuServe D) Bell 103 dataset
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

In 1960s AT&T introduces its Data phone, the firstcommercial modem. The first commercial modem made for converting digital computer data at analog signalsfor transmission across long distance networks

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