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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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Akbar was __________ years old when he became emperor.

A) 16 B) 19
C) 13 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 13

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__________gives hardness to stainless steel.

A) Zinc B) Carbon
C) Lead D) Tin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Carbon

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The process of pollination by birds is also known as

A) Hydrophily B) Entomophily
C) Embryophily D) Ornithophily
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ornithophily

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According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, with spending of $55.9 Billion in 2016, which country became world’s fifth-largest military spender?

A) China B) USA
C) Russia D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) India

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People in all the following countries had to be resettled after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, except

A) Kazakhstan B) Belarus
C) Russia D) Ukraine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kazakhstan

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Which one of the following statements with regard to volcanoes is not correct?

A) Stratovolcanoes produce lava flows that initially follow valleys but are highly resistant to erosion. B) The surrounding areas can remain highlands, lava ridges or mesas.
C) Hawaiian shield volcanoes are eroded by steams that form deeply carved valleys with steeply sloping heads. D) The system of streams on a dissected volcano cone is not a radial drainage pattern.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The system of streams on a dissected volcano cone is not a radial drainage pattern.

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Stratovolcano,    also    known    as acomposite  volcano,  is  aconical volcanobuilt  up  by  many  layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice and ash. Because it is stratified, therefore  it  will  definitely  form  a volcano cone.

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Venn diagram was invented by

A) Lucien Vidi B) John Venn
C) Theophilus Van Kannel D) Lewis Urry
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) John Venn

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Oncology is associated with treatment of

A) Osteoporosis B) Diabetes
C) Cancer D) Renal failure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cancer

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