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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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India's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel announced a partnership with __________ to provide cyber security solutions to businesses in India.

A) Symantec Corp B) Mimecast
C) Cisco D) Raytheon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Symantec Corp

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As per "Swachh Survekshan 2017" records India's cleanest city is  ?

A) Hyderabd B) Tirupathi
C) Indore D) Bangalore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indore

Explanation:

i. The 'Swachh Survekshan 2017' survey results were recently announced by Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. The total 434 cities of India were surveyed. Indore in Madhya Pradesh is India’s cleanest city while Gonda in Uttar Pradesh is the dirtiest.

ii. Gujarat has the maximum of 12 cities among the top 50 clean cities, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh with 11 and Andhra Pradesh with eight. Uttar Pradesh accounted for half of the bottom 50 cities in the cleanliness ranking.

Top 10 clean cities of India in 2017 are:

Indore (MP)
Bhopal (MP)
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)
Surat (Gujarat)
Mysuru (Karnataka)
Tiruchirapally (Tamil Nadu)
New Delhi Municipal Council (New Delhi)
Navi Mumbai (Mumbai)
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
Vadodara (Gujarat).

Top 5 Dirtiest cities of India (with Rank) in 2017 are:

Gonda (UP)- 434,
Bhusawal (Maharashtra)- 433,
Bagaha (Bihar)- 432,
Hardoi (Uttarakhand)- 431,
Katihar (Bihar)- 430.

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Q:

The Manu Smirit Mainly deals with

A) Social order Laws B) laws
C) Economics D) State craft
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) laws

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What is a 'Cosmic year'?

Answer

The time taken for the earth and the solar system to complete one journey round the Milky Way.

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Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC

A) Bangladesh B) Afganistan
C) Buttan D) Nepal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Afganistan

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The invasion of which of these countries in 1939 widely regarded to have started World War II ?

A) Italy B) Germany
C) Poland D) France
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Poland

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Q:

The vitamin required for coagulation of blood

A) B6 B) c
C) k D) b
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) k

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Which state has the highest number of 55770 fully covered tribal habitations with the safe drinking water in the country followed by Odisha and Jharkhand?

A) Tamilnadu B) Kerala
C) Manipur D) Madhya Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Madhya Pradesh

Explanation:

Madhya Pradesh has the highest number of 55770 fully covered tribal habitations with the safe drinking water in the country followed by Odisha and Jharkhand.

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