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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
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Which one among the following stars is nearest to the earth?

A) Sirius B) Arcturus
C) Spica D) Proxima Centauri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Proxima Centauri

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Proxima Centauri is the nearest star, and on August 24, 2016 astronomers announced it likely has a planet. This star is the nearest of a triple star system, which we on Earth see with the eye alone as the single star Alpha Centauri, visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

In a work ____________ art, each layer and texture, colour ____________ perspective creates an individualistic vision, which can mean different things to different viewers and even to its creator at different points of time. The audience does not ____________ see the struggle or uncertainty of the _____________ process, only its outcome. And sometimes, ___________ in the case of icons, the passage of time reveals the glow within.

 

uncertainty of the _____________ process,

 

A) creativity B) creatively
C) create D) creative
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) creative

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Where did Muhammad Bin Tughlaq shift his capital to from Delhi?

A) Daulatabad B) Aurangabad
C) Allahabad D) Shaharanpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Daulatabad

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Q:

Fruits and vegetables are good sources of

A) Fats & Fibre B) Vitamins & Fats
C) Minerals & Vitamins D) Calories & Fats
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Minerals & Vitamins

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Which type of pathogen causes the water­borne disease Cholera?

A) Algal B) Bacterial
C) Protozoan D) Viral
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bacterial

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Name the respiratory organs of insects

A) Skin B) Body Surface
C) Gills D) Tracheae
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tracheae

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UDP is a

A) connection ­ oriented protocol B) connectionless protocol
C) user-­defined protocol D) security protocol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) connectionless protocol

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________, succeeded to the throne of Ferghana in 1494 when he was only 12 years old.

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

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