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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
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  • Railway Examinations
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 On 2 January 2018, Parliament passed NABARD (Amendment) Bill, 2017 which seeks to amend ______.

 

A) NABARD Act, 1975 B) NABARD Act, 1961
C) NABARD Act, 1981 D) NABARD Act, 1991
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) NABARD Act, 1981

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During the reign of which Mughal ruler was the 'Jizya' re-imposed?

 

A) Akbar B) Aurangzeb
C) Jahangir D) Humayun
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aurangzeb

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___________ provides network backbone and e-governance support to government bodies in India.

 

A) NIC B) NASSCOM
C) Department of Information Technology D) State Bank of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) NIC

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In India, Which type of forest among the following occupies the largest area?

A) Montane Wet Temporate Forest B) Sub - tropical Dry Evergreen Forest
C) Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest D) Tropical Wet Evergreen Forest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest

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In India, Tropical Moist Deciduous Forest occupies the largest area. The tropical monsoon deciduous forests are found in areas receiving annual rainfall of 100 to 200 cms in India, with a distinct dry and rainy seasons and a small range of temperature. They occur on the wetter western side of the Deccan Plateau, the north-eastern part of the Deccan Plateau and the lower slopes of the Himalayas, on the Siwalik Hills from Jammu in the west to West Bengal in the east.

 

They cover parts of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkand, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

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Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

 

A) Loktak Lake - Manipur B) Sambhar Lake - Rajasthan
C) Lake Lonar - Maharashtra D) Hussain Sagar - Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hussain Sagar - Karnataka

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Who of the following leaders is NOT associated with Champaran Satyagraha?

 

A) Anugraha Narain Sinha B) J.B. Kripalani
C) Braj Kishore Prasad D) Sardar Patel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sardar Patel

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Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because

A) the infrared light kills bacteria in the body B) resistance power increases
C) the pigment cells in the skin get stimulated and produce a healthy tan D) the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) MR = MP
(b) Elasticity of demand depends on pricing policies of rivals

 

A) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic competition B) (a) Pure competition, (b) Oligopoly
C) (a) Pure competition, (b) Pure Monopoly D) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) (a) Pure competition, (b) Oligopoly

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