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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
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What part of a check is the least important?

A) Memo line B) The check number
C) Routing number D) Signature line
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Memo line

Explanation:

The parts of a check are :

 

1. Name & Address

2. Date

3. Pay to the order of

4. Written amount

5. Numeric amount box

6. For or Memo line 

7. Signature line

8. Check number

9. Account number

10. Bank name etc... 

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Hence, the Memo line which describes the purpose of the check is of least important in all the parts of a check.

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Q:

Who planted the 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam?

A) Tipu Sultan B) Murshid Quli Khan
C) Hyder Ali D) Chin Quilich Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tipu Sultan

Explanation:

The Liberty Tree was a famous elm tree that stood in Boston before American Revolution.

 

The 'Tree of Liberty' at Srirangapatnam was founded in 1794 by French Republican officers with the support of Tipu Sultan.

 

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Q:

Which unit holds data temporarily?

A) Secondary storage unit B) Output Unit
C) Primary Memory Unit D) Input unit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Primary Memory Unit

Explanation:

Memory is the part of the computer that temporarily holds data and instructions before and after they are processed by the ALU.

 

Memory is also known as primary storage, primary memory, main storage, internal storage, and main memory.

 

Manufacturers often use the term RAM, which stands for random-access memory.​

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Q:

Which river has no mention in Rigaveda

A) Sindhu B) Saraswati
C) Yamuna D) Periyar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Periyar

Explanation:
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Q:

The KeyPress event will capture pressing the key

A) control. B) A.
C) Both a and b. D) shift.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A.

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Q:

This statesman,politican,scholar,inventor,and one of early presidents of USA invented the swivel chair,the spherical sundial,the moldboard plow,and the cipher wheel.

A) George Washington B) Alexander Hamilton
C) John Adams D) Thomas Jefferson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Thomas Jefferson

Explanation:

 Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801-1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776).

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Q:

What are two example of freeware?

A) WinZip and Linux B) Shareware and file sharing
C) Microsoft word and the Google toolbar D) Instant messaging and the Google toolbar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Instant messaging and the Google toolbar

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Q:

The instrument of instructions contained in the Government of India Act, 1935 has been incorporated in the constitution of India in the year 1950 as

A) Fundamental Rights B) Directive Principles of the state Policy
C) Fundamental Duties D) Emergency provisions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Emergency provisions

Explanation:
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