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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
  • All India Services:
  • Group 'A' Services:
  • Group 'B' Services:
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Q:

The Gandhi-Irwin pact was signed in the year

 

A) 1930 B) 1931
C) 1932 D) 1933
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1931

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Q:

DRDL stands for

A) Defence Research and Development Laboratory B) Department of Research and Development Laboratory
C) Differential Research and Documentation Laboratory D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Defence Research and Development Laboratory

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Q:

The all India Census was

1.first attempted in 1872

2.regularly undertaken since 1881

3.always undertakenas a five-year exercise

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

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While it has been conducted every 10 years, beginning in 1872, the first completecensus was taken in the year 1881. Post 1949, it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

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Q:

Economic Survey is published by ___________.

 

A) Governments of India B) Indian Statistical Institute  
C) Ministry of Finance D) Planning Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ministry of Finance

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Q:

"Eco Mark" is given to the Indian Products that are ___________.

 

A) pure and unadulterated   B) rich in proteins
C) environment friendly D) economically viable  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) environment friendly

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Q:

The first newspaper published in India in 1780 was

A) The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser B) The Calcutta Chronicle
C) The Madras Courier D) The Bombay Herald
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Bengal Gazette or Calcutta General Advertiser

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Q:

Prime Minister of India is de-facto head of which of the following bodies?
 
I. NITI Aayog
II. National Integration Council
III. Indian Board of Wildlife

 

A) Only I B) Only II
C) Both II and III D) All I, II and III
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All I, II and III

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For internal financing of Five Year Plans, the Government depends on ___________.

 

A) taxation and public borrowing   B) taxation, public borrowing and deficit financing  
C) Only taxation D) public borrowing and deficit financing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) public borrowing and deficit financing

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