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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
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15% of an alloy was silver. If in a quantity of alloy there was 51 g of silver, what was the quantity of the other elements in the alloy?

A) 204 g B) 340 g
C) 300 g D) 289 g
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 289 g

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Where is India's first Sandalwood Museum being set up?

A) Thrissur, Kerala B) Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
C) Mysuru, Karnataka D) Hubballi, Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mysuru, Karnataka

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On 3 January 2018, Lok Sabha passed Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The Bill seeks to permit construction in ‘Prohibited areas’ for ______.

 

A) Private Purposes B) Public Purposes
C) Both public and private Purposes D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Public Purposes

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Who along with Bhagat Singh was the main accused in Assembly Bomb Case?

A) Batukeshwar Dutt B) Sukhdev Thapar
C) Asaf Ali D) Ram Prasad Bismil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Batukeshwar Dutt

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The ____ of a substance is defined as the mass per unit volume.

A) density B) viscosity
C) porosity D) luminosity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) density

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In June 2017, who has become the first local body in the country to issue ‘municipal bonds’ in nearly one and a half decade?

A) Municipal Corporation of Mumbai B) Municipal Corporation of Pune
C) Municipal Corporation of Delhi D) Municipal Corporation of Kolkata
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Municipal Corporation of Pune

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Which Indian author in May 2016 won the prestigious 2016 Scholastic Asian Book Award for her work 'Codex : The Lost Treasure of the Indus' ?

A) Anita Desai B) Aditi Krishna Kumar
C) Rupa Iyer D) Preethi Nair
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aditi Krishna Kumar

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From which of the following, is the GDP of a country not derived from?

A) Agricultural sector B) Industrial sector
C) International sector D) Service sector
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) International sector

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