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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
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Soils, which have undergone gleying and are associated with marshes , swamps or poorly drained upland are called ____

A) calcimorphous soils B) hydromorphic soils
C) halomorphic soils D) sierozems
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) hydromorphic soils

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Consider the electromagnetic radiations having wavelengths 200 nm, 500 nm and 1000 nm. Which wavelength (s) of the following can make visual sensation to a human eye?

A) 200 nm and 500 nm B) 500 nm and 1000 nm
C) 500 nm only D) 200 nm and 1000 nm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 500 nm only

Explanation:
Visual image of human eye is 390-700 nanometer. So, approximate value is 500 nanometer only.
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Smallest units of meaning in a language

A) Pragmatics B) phoneme
C) morpheme D) syntax
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) morpheme

Explanation:

A morpheme is the smallest unit of a word that provides a specific meaning to a string of letters.

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The Hollong Modular Gas Processing Plant (HMGPP), which is in news recently, is located in which state?

A) Haryana B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Assam D) Arunachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Assam

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Which of the following Indian Universities has topped the list of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry ? 

A) Jawaharlal Nehru University B) Banaras Hindu University
C) IISc-Bengaluru D) Delhi University
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) IISc-Bengaluru

Explanation:

The Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc)- Bengaluru has topped the list of best universities of country's official higher education rankings, recently announced by the HRD Ministry.

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'Sphinx' is associated with which of the following civilizations?

A) Egyptian Civilization B) Arab Civilization
C) Chinese Civilization D) Roman Civilization
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Egyptian Civilization

Explanation:

The 'sphinx' is a mythological animal with the body of a lion and the head of man. Each Sphinx was carved out of a single solid stone.

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Synchronous motor can operate at

A) Lagging power factor only B) Unity power factor only
C) Leading power factor only D) At any power factor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) At any power factor

Explanation:

synchronous motor can operate at lag lead and unity power factor also why because it is mainly depends on excitation

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Privately owned businesses are common in which type of economy?

A) Capitalist economies B) Socialist economies
C) Gift economies D) Planned economies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Capitalist economies

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