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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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Night blindness is caused due to deficiency of

A) Vitamin A B) Vitamin B
C) Vitamin K D) Vitamin E
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vitamin A

Explanation:

It is due to the deficiency of Vitamin A. Retinol which is present in vitamin A. Its deficiency causes night blindness. It is available in carrots. 

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) Heirarchy B) Hierachy
C) Hierarchy D) Hyrarchy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hierarchy

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Why does a fountain pen leak in aeroplane flying at a height?

A) Because of reduced viscosity of the ink in the pen B) Because of increased viscosity of the ink in the pen
C) Because of higher atmospheric pressure outside the pen D) Because of lower atmospheric pressure outside the pen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Because of lower atmospheric pressure outside the pen

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Which of the following elements were not found in Lothal as archaeological remains?

A) Couple Burial B) Persian seals
C) Harbour D) Fine variety of barley
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Fine variety of barley

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Which one of the following fishing banks is located off the coast of the United Kingdom?

A) Great Fisher Bank B) Grand Banks
C) Dogger Bank D) Reed Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dogger Bank

Explanation:

Dogger Bank (Dutch: Doggersbank, German: Doggerbank, Danish: Doggerbanke) is a large sandbank.

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Q:

The National song of India, Vande Mataram was composed in ____ language.

A) Pali B) Urdu
C) Bengali D) Sanskrit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sanskrit

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In India, planning commission was replaced by

A) UPSC B) NITI Aayog
C) National Development Council D) NMDC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) NITI Aayog

Explanation:

The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India started by Jawaharlal Nehru, The First Prime Minister of Independent India, in the year 1950. Later, this was replaced by NITI Aayog in 2015 by now and than Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process.

 

NITI Aayog means National Institute for Transforming India. Narendra Modi is the Chairman of NITI Aayog.

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The substances which have very low ignition temperature and can easily catch fire with a flame are called _____________ substances.

A) hazardous B) perilous
C) incombustible D) inflammable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) inflammable

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