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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
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Which Indian social theorist had argued that the idea of a homogenized the 'cultural arrogance of post-enlightenment Europe'?

 

A) Ashis Nandy B) Partha Chatterjee
C) T.K.Oommen D) Rajni Kothari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ashis Nandy

Explanation:

Ashis Nandy traced the roots of colonialism's mandate to absolutize the relative differences between cultures to the cultural arrogance of Enlightenment Europe.

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What are the four main functions of a computer?

A) Data, information, bits and bytes B) Hardware, software, modeling and operations
C) Input, processing, output and storage D) Learning, thinking, intelligence and virtuosity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Input, processing, output and storage

Explanation:

The four main functions of a computer are ::

 

1. Input,

2. Processing,

3. Output and

4. Storage

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In Excel, a data series is defined as what?

A) A collection of related data B) Chart
C) Cell reference D) A division of results
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A collection of related data

Explanation:

A data series which is represented in rows or columns or both in a excel work sheet is a collection of the related data.

 

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Centralisation is said to exist if 

A) Top Management retains most of the decision making authority B) Authority is shared with Managers at lower levels
C) Employees at all levels are allowed to take initiative in work related matters D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Top Management retains most of the decision making authority

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Who has scored the most runs in a single First class innings

A) Hanif Mohammad B) Brian Lara
C) Sir Donald Bradman D) Sachin Tendulkar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brian Lara

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Run out of steam

A) Lose impetus or enthusiasm.   B) To keep going even after losing all energy.
C) Have no more funds to proceed any further D) Build interest as you go along
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lose impetus or enthusiasm.  

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The Budget proposals also seek to provide relief to salaried tax payers by allowing a standard deduction of what amount in place of the present exemption allowed for transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses?

A) Rs. 20,000 B) Rs. 40,000
C) Rs. 50,000 D) Rs. 80,000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs. 40,000

Explanation:

The standard deduction of Rs. 40,000 is seek to provide relief to salaried tax payers in the Budget proposals in place of the present exemption allowed for transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses.

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Q:

Which of the following is an example of polygenic inheritance?

A) Skin pigmentation in humans B) Huntingtonʹs disease in humans
C) White and purple flower color in peas D) The ABO blood groups in humans
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Skin pigmentation in humans

Explanation:

Polygenic inheritance involves the determination of a particular phenotypic characteristic by many genes, called polygenes(group of genes influencing a quantitative characteristic), each having a small effect individually.

Height and skin colour in humans are examples of Polygenic characters.

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