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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
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World Blood Donar Day is observed on ___________

A) 14 - June B) 24 - June
C) 14 - November D) 24 - November
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 14 - June

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Orange Prize is given in the field of :

A) Literature B) Sports
C) Medicine D) Acting
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Literature

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A periscope works by the principle of

A) Total internal reflection B) Refraction
C) Diffraction D) Reflection & Refraction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Total internal reflection

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A periscope is an optical instrument that uses a system of prisms, lenses, or mirrors to reflect images through a tube.

 

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Light from a distant object strikes the top mirror and is then reflected at an angle of 90 degrees down the periscope tube. At the bottom of the periscope, the light strikes another mirror and is then reflected into the viewer’s eye.

 

Hence, A periscope works by the principle of Total internal reflection.

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' Misch metal ' is widely used in manufacture of which of the following

A) Material of car brake B) Smoke detectors
C) Cigarette lighters D) Emergency lights
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cigarette lighters

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Who among the following persons is called ' Desert Fox '

A) Walter Scott B) Erwin Rommel
C) Eisenhower D) Bismarck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Erwin Rommel

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Who had founded the first women's university in india?

A) Rani Ahilya Devi B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
C) Rani of Thomi D) Dhondo Keshav Karve
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dhondo Keshav Karve

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Name the bird that migrates from the north pole to the south pole and back?

A) Arctic tern B) Swallow
C) Crane D) Penguin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Arctic tern

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The outer membrane that covers the brain is

A) Myelin sheath B) Dura mater
C) Arachnoid membrane D) Pia mater
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dura mater

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