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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
  • All India Services:
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  • Group 'B' Services:
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YUVA - a skill development programme under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, an initiative of ____.

A) Delhi Police B) Border Security Force
C) Central Industrial Security Forces D) Maharashtra Police
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Delhi Police

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In the case of bodies falling under gravity which of the following remains constant at a given place?

A) Kinetic energy B) Potential energy
C) acceleration D) all the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) acceleration

Explanation:

This acceleeration denoted by letter g varies from place to place. Unless stated otherwise, it can be taken 9.8 m/s2.

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Q:

Typewriter was invented by

A) Shockley B) Sholes
C) Howe D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sholes

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Which of the following books was written by Graham Greene

A) Of Human Bondage B) The Power and Glory
C) Crisis in India D) O' Jerusalem
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Power and Glory

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Who was the first captain of Indian Test Team

A) Vijay Hazare B) C K Nayudu
C) Lala Amarnath D) Vijay Merchant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) C K Nayudu

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Q:

The antiseptic compound present in dettol is

A) Biothional B) Cresol
C) Iodine D) Enloroxylenol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Enloroxylenol

Explanation:

The antiseptic compound present in dettol is Enloroxylenol.

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India is the largest producer of

A) Apples B) Grapes
C) Oranges D) Bananas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bananas

Explanation:

India is the World's largest producer of Bananas producing nearly 30 million tons a year.

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Who invented logarithms?

A) Mandeleef B) Shockley
C) Amundson D) John Napier
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) John Napier

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