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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?

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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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Which among the following statements about the power to change the basic structure of the Constitution of India is/are correct?1. It falls outside the scope of the amending powers of the Parliament.2. It can be exercised by the people though representatives in a Constituent Assembly.3. It falls within the constituent powers of the Parliament.Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

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

Explanation:

The Parliament cannot amend those provisions which form the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution. This was ruled by the Supreme Court in the Kesavan and a Bharati Case. (1973)

Basic Structure of the Indian Constitution is not defined. But according to SC, the basic structure can be evolved but cannot be destroyed. Hence it falls within the constituent powers of the Parliament. Hence both 1 and 3 are correct.

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Henry T. Colebrooke was a Professor of Sanskrit in which one of the following institutions?

A) Fort William College B) Serampore Mission
C) Kashi Vidyapith D) Asiatic Society
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Fort William College

Explanation:

In 1782 Colebrooke was appointed through his father's influence to a writer-ship with the East a India Company in Calcutta.Lord Wellesley appointed him honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskrit at the college of Fort William.

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentencein Indirect/Direct Speech.

Shyam said, “My master is eating.”

A) Shyam inform that his master is eating. B) Shyam say that his master is eating.
C) Shyam and his master was eating. D) Shyam said that his master was eating.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Shyam said that his master was eating.

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A hard copy of a document is

A) stored in a pen drive B) read in floppy disc
C) printed on printer D) stored in hard disc
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) printed on printer

Explanation:

A hard copy of a document is a physical object which is printed on printer.

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Who is the inventor of WWW?

A) Ray Tomlinson B) Bill Gates
C) Charles Babbage D) Tim Berners-Lee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tim Berners-Lee

Explanation:

The English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the WWW in 1989. The World Wide Web, also known as the WWW and the Web, is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators, interlinked by hypertext links, and accessible via the Internet.

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

Such are the strata which we
X-species as those now living in the Mediterranean
Y-meet with in the south of Sicily, filled
Z-with shells for the most part of the same

A) YXZ B) XZY
C) XYZ D) YZX
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) YZX

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Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is called

A) Orographic rainfall B) Cyclonic rainfall
C) Frontal rainfall D) Convectional rainfall
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Convectional rainfall

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Which state won the Best State Award in cadaveric organ donation for the 4th consecutive year?

A) Karnataka B) Punjab
C) Tamilnadu D) Haryana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tamilnadu

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