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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
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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Nuclear energy is a mineral based source, it is derived from

A) Uranium B) Thorium
C) Plutonium D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of these

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The Greatest conqueror among the Gupta rulers was

A) Samudragupta B) Chandragupta II
C) Kumaragupta D) Skandagupta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Samudragupta

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The noval ' Post office ' was written by

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) K.M. Munshil
C) R.D.Dinkar D) Neeraj
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rabindranath Tagore

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The Indian Subcontinent was partitioned into

A) India and Tibet B) Pakistan and Bangladesh
C) India and Bangladesh D) India and Pakistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) India and Pakistan

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The partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan after World War-II along the ''Radcliffe line'' following the Indian Independence Act of 1947 was based on religion conflicts.

 

Pakistan was a Muslim-majority country, while India's population consisted mostly of Hindus. Originally, Pakistan was divided into two regions, East Pakistan and West Pakistan. However, East Pakistan won its independence in 1971, and is now called Bangladesh.

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1990 was declared as the SAARC year

A) Of shelter for the homeless B) Of girl child
C) Of mutual cooperation D) Against drug abuse
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Of shelter for the homeless

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During Pleistocene epoch, four glacial phases were identified. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order in which they appeared during this epoch from early times?

A) Gunz - Mindel - Wurm - Riss B) Gunz - Mindel - Riss - Wurm
C) Wurm - Riss - Mindel - Gunz D) Mindel - Gunz - Riss - Wurm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gunz - Mindel - Riss - Wurm

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Which of the following authors won the booker prize twice

A) Margaret Atwood B) Ian Mc Ewan
C) J.M. Coetzee D) Graham Swift
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) J.M. Coetzee

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Where are Alluvial Soils found in India?

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1. In India Alluvial Soils are most likely found in Indo-Gangetic Plains that stretches across almost East and North India. 


 


2. Indo-Gangetic Plains has got this name after the two rivers The Indus and The Ganges Drain th plain.


 


3. These soil cover more than the 35% of the total land in India.


 


4. These Soils are suitable for Wheat, Vegetables, Cotton, Bajra, Oil seeds,...


 


5. These soils tend to be sandier and has quick draining properties than many other soils in India.

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