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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Where was the 7th edition of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsava held from 14 January to 20 January, 2018?

 

A) New Delhi B) Bengaluru
C) Jaipur D) Kanpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bengaluru

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Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.

Statement I :The Zamindars were an exploitative class in Mughal India.

Statement II :The Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry in a large number ofagrarian uprisings in North India in the seventeenth century.

A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement Iis true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

Explanation:

During the Mughal Empire, zamindars belonged tothe nobility and formed the ruling class. Emperor Akbar granted them mansabs and their ancestral domains were treated as jagirs.

In some respects of zamindars and the peasants were natural allies in any struggle against the Mughal government.

The Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry in many agrarian uprisings in North India in the seventeenth century.

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A team of scientists from which organisation has entered China, to probe the source of Coronavirus?

 

A) CDC B) FAO
C) John Hopkins University D) WHO
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) WHO

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On 11 October, 2017 the Supreme Court criminalized sex with underage wife aged below______ years.

 

A) 15 B) 18
C) 21 D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 18

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Seismic waves are recorded by an instrument called the ________________.

 

A) seismograph B) odograph
C) isograph D) lithograph
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) seismograph

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Which of the following causes acid rain?

I. SO2

II. NO2

III. CO2

 

A) Only I and II B) Only II and III
C) Only I and III D) All I, II and III
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only I and II

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India has donated a 'Digital cobalt therapy machine' developed by BARC, to which country?

 

 

A) Madagaskar B) Mali
C) Malaysia D) Maldives
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Madagaskar

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Which one of the following is not a scheme/project of the present Government?

 

A) AMRUT B) Swachh Bharat
C) AYUSH D) Jan Dhan Yojana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) AYUSH

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