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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?

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) MC = Price
(b) Firm will tend to set output so that it earns maximum profits.

A) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Pure Monopoly B) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic Competition
C) (a) Oligopoly, (b) Monopolistic Competition D) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Oligopoly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Pure Monopoly

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Name the plant important in sericulture

A) Pea B) Legumes
C) Mulberry D) Cassia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mulberry

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Reang (Bru) tribe belongs to which Indian State?

 

A) Assam B) Tripura
C) Nagaland D) Meghalaya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tripura

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Who is known as the father of Pentium Chip?

 

A) Vinod Krishnan B) Seymour I. Rubinstein
C) Sanjay Mokashi D) Vinod Dham
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vinod Dham

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A market situation when firms sell similar but not identical products is termed as

 

A) perfect competition B) imperfect competition
C) monopolistic competition D) oligopoly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) monopolistic competition

Explanation:

Monopolistic competition is a type of imperfect competition such that many producers sell products that are differentiated from one another (e.g. by branding or quality) and hence are not perfect substitutes.

In other words, large sellers selling the products that are similar, but not identical and compete with each other on other factors besides price.

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The word Gotra occurs for the first time in

A) Rigveda B) Samaveda
C) Yajurveda D) Atharvaveda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rigveda

Explanation:

The word Gotra occurs for the first time in Rigveda. In Hindu society, the term gotra is commonly considered to be equivalent to a clan. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor or patriline.

Generally, the gotra forms an exogamous unit, with the marriage within the same gotra being prohibited by custom, being regarded as incest.

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Who was the author of the Buddha Charita

A) Ashvaghosha B) Nagasena
C) Nagarjuna D) Vasumitra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ashvaghosha

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January 1 is observed as

A) Global family day B) World red cross day
C) World telecommunication day D) Common wealth day
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Global family day

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