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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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The Twelfth Five-year Plan focused on inclusive growth. Which of the following were considered as challenges for inclusiveness?

1.Poverty

2.Group inequality

3.Regional imbalance

4.Unemployment

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1, 3 and 4 only B) 1, 2, 3 and 4
C) 1, 2 and 4 only D) 2 and 3 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1, 3 and 4 only

Explanation:
All are correct except 2, as group inequality was not a challenge.
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India's only Naval Aviation Museum is located in which state?

A) Kerala B) Goa
C) Tamil Nadu D) Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Goa

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Who selects the Social Audit Committee under MGNREGA scheme?

A) Chief Minister B) Gram Sabha
C) Mayor D) B.D.O.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gram Sabha

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In economics, the cost of something is

A) the dollar amount of obtaining it B) what you give up to get it
C) often impossible to quantify, even in principle D) always measured in units of time given up to get it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) what you give up to get it

Explanation:

In economics, the cost of something is what you give up to get it.

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Another name for false productivity is

A) making poor decisions B) filling your mind with negative self-talk
C) driving toward success D) spinning your wheels
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) spinning your wheels

Explanation:

Another name for false productivity is Spinning your wheels. They use the term for false productivity because your wheels are spinning as you're doing work but you're not going anywhere i.e, making any progress.

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Select the antonym of
therapeutic

A) ameliorative B) analeptic
C) salubrious D) inimical
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) inimical

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The Shramjeevi Express Train runs between

A) Rajgir - New Delhi B) New Delhi - Howrah
C) Patna - Howrah D) Howrah - Rajgir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rajgir - New Delhi

Explanation:

The Shramjeevi Train is a daily superfast express train of Indian Railways, running between Rajgir, near Nalanda, Bihar, and New Delhi, the capital city of India. Previously it was running between Patna and New Delhi, later extended to Rajgir.

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Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called

A) Perception B) Habituation
C) Adaptation D) Sensation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sensation

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