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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?

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Architectural developments in india manifested themselves in their full glory during the period of  

A) Guptas B) Nandas
C) Mauryas D) Cholas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Guptas

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Which Commission made the recommendations which formed the basis for the Punjab Reorganisation Act which created the states Punjab and Haryana?

A) Dhar Commission B) Dass Commission
C) Shah Commission D) Mahajan Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shah Commission

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The substances that are composed of to or more different elements in fixed proportion by mass are called

A) mixture B) compound
C) element D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) compound

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First Afghan War took place in the year

A) 1849 B) 1839
C) 1858 D) 1869
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1839

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      • The First Anglo-Afghan War also known as Disaster in Afghanistan was fought between British imperial India and The Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842.
      • A British-Indian force attacks Ghazni fort during the First Afghan War, 1839.
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Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characters was challenged by 

A) August Weismann B) Hugo de Vries
C) Herbert Spencer D) Carl Linnaeus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Herbert Spencer

Explanation:

August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.

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Who among the following was elected unanimously as the Secretary General of the UNO  for the second term?

A) Nelson Mandela B) Hillary R Clinton
C) Jacob Mathew D) Bank-Ki moon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bank-Ki moon

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Which of the following is "Blue Planet" ?

A) Jupiter B) Mars
C) Earth D) Saturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Earth

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Which battle established British supremacy in India?

A) The Battle of Buxar B) The Battle of Plassey
C) The Battle of Mysore D) The Battle of Samergarh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Battle of Plassey

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The Battle of Plassey in the year 1757, victory of British East India company over Nawab of Bengal established British supremacy in India. The victory came under the leadership of Robert Clive.

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