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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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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the longest wavelength?

A) UV rays B) Radio waves
C) X rays D) Infrared waves
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Radio waves

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The color of human skin depends upon

A) melanin B) carotenoids
C) anthocyanins D) chlorophylls
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) melanin

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Which of the following is NOT correctly matched?

A) Sandstone - conglomerate   B) Limestone - Marble  
C) Granite - Basalt   D) Gabbro - Serpentine  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sandstone - conglomerate  

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Anti-defection law was passed in which Constitutional Amendment Act?

A) 41st Constitutional Amendment Act B) 46th Constitutional Amendment Act
C) 48th Constitutional Amendment Act D) 52th Constitutional Amendment Act
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 52th Constitutional Amendment Act

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Who wrote the book "The Arabian Nights"?

A) Stephen Hawkings B) Vikram Seth
C) Zoya Hasan D) Richard Burton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Richard Burton

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Humayun (1530–1540 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

A) Nanda B) Mughal
C) Maurya D) Haryanka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mughal

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What is an octroi ?

A) Tax B) Tax collection centre
C) Tax processing centre D) Tax information centre
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tax

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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.

________________ various signs of economic slowdown such as languishing industrial production and adverse __________________of the drought on rural livelihoods and demand, the government is apparently unable ____________________ unwilling to increase public spending to _________________ people’s material distress or to kick-start economic ____________________ to increase employment.


spending to _________________ people's material distress

A) cool off B) cut
C) less D) mitigate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) mitigate

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