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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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First generation of computer was based on which technology?

A) Vaccum Tube B) VLSI
C) LSI D) Transistor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vaccum Tube

Explanation:

The first computers used vacuum tubes for circuitry and magnetic drums for memory, and were often enormous, taking up entire rooms.

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Select the synonym of
to preside

A) to acquiesce B)  to concur
C) to officiate D) to accord
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to officiate

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to “No improvement”.

The police had to break the door to get in

A)  to break up  B)  to break in 
C)  to break down  D)  No improvement 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C)  to break down 

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Q:

Which is the first payment bank in India?

A) Fino Payments Bank B) Airtel Payments Bank
C) Aditya Birla Payments Bank D) Paytm Payments Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Airtel Payments Bank

Explanation:

Airtel Payments Bank is the first payment bank in India. A payments bank is a new category of banks conceptualized by the Reserve Bank of India, which operates at a smaller scale than an actual bank and doesn't involve any credit risk. It can carry out most banking operations but can't advance loans or issue credit cards.

 


The RBI as of date has given licences to 11 payments bank of which six are currently operational. These include

  1. Aditya Birla Payments Bank,
  2. Airtel Payments Bank,
  3. India Post Payments Bank,
  4. Fino Payments Bank,
  5. Jio Payments Bank (and)
  6. Paytm Payments Bank.
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Q:

How many times Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a Member of Parliament?

A) 8 B) 10
C) 12 D) 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 12

Explanation:

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a Member of Parliament for 12 times i.e, 10 times for lok sabha and 2 times for rajya sabha.

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Q:

Which of the following is an example of secondary succession?

A) sedimentation on the bottom of drained lake B) landscaping at a golf course
C) reforestation of the cedar forests of the northwest D) scrub grasses growing on a newly exposed dune
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) reforestation of the cedar forests of the northwest

Explanation:

Secondary succession means in an ecosystem renewal of itself after all or a portion has been destroyed.

 

After a forest fire, the whole forest had destroyed but after that again renewal of that forest is also an example of secondary succession.

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Q:

Cybercards are most useful for

A) writing to-do lists B) creating new inventions
C) keeping a personal diary D) tracking Internet-based research
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) tracking Internet-based research

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Q:

The outermost layer of the earth is called

A) Core B) Mantle
C) Crust D) Inner core
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Crust

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