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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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Which of the following statements about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan is/are correct?

1. He argued that India was a federation of ethnic communities based on common descent.

2. His philosophy was very similar to that of the Indian National Congress.

3. He imagined India as a Nation State based on individual citizen’s rights.

4. The curriculum at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental College blended Muslim theology and European empiricism.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Explanation:

Statements 1 & 4 are true with respect toSir Syed Ahmad Khan.

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Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

 

A) First Five Year Plan : 1951-56   B) Second Five Year Plan : 1956-61  
C) Third Five Year Plan : 1961-66   D) Fourth Five Year Plan : 1966-71  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Fourth Five Year Plan : 1966-71  

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Who among the following holds the office during the pleasure of President?

I. Attorney General of India

II. Governors of states

III. Comptroller and Auditor General of India

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

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Which Five Year Plan was a failure due to India-China war followed by Indo-Pakistan?

 

A) Fourth Five Year Plan B) Seventh Five Year Plan
C) Third Five Year Plan D) Rolling Plan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Third Five Year Plan

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On what basis Greek thinker Aristotle classified the animals for the first time?

 

A) Habitat B) Size
C) Locomotion D) Food
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Habitat

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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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Which of the following is not a good polling technique?

 

A) using a large sample B) asking clear questions
C) using a random sample D) using a push poll
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) using a push poll

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During which five year plan the growth rate of agricultural production was negative?

 

A) Third Plan B) Second Plan
C) First Plan D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Third Plan

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