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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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Acetic Acid is another name for which of the following?

A) Vinegar B) Baking Soda
C) Copper Sulphate D) Magnesium Oxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vinegar

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Yogeshwar Dutt is associated with which sport?

A) Discus Throw B) Wrestling
C) Shooting D) Pole Vault
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Wrestling

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Equinox occurs when the sun is vertically above .....

A) Tropic of Capricorn B) Tropic of Cancer
C) Poles D) Equator
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Equator

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Which of the following relation is true regarding the amounts of genetic material contributed by the father and mother to the child?

A) Father >> Mother B) Father << Mother
C) Father = Mother D) No relation can be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Father = Mother

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The method of soil conservation in which different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash is called?

A) Mulching B) Intercropping
C) Rock dam D) Terrace farming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Intercropping

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Which  one  of  the  following  is  a  Peacetime Gallantry Award?

A) Shaurya Chakra B) Vir Chakra
C) Yudh Seva Medal D) Param Vir Chakra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shaurya Chakra

Explanation:

Peacetime Gallantry Awards recognize  courage  or  self-sacrifice away  from  battlefield  and  include Ashok  Chakra,  Kirti  Chakra  and Shaurya   Chakra   which   is   first,second  and  third  respectively  in order of precedence  ;  while  Param Vir   Chakra   and   Vir   Chakra   are Wartime   Gallantry   Awards   and recognizes self-sacrifice at battlefield.   Yudh   Seva   Medal   is military   decorations   for   service during wartime

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

The coverage of schemes remain /patchy because of rampant / leakages, and poor execution / and monitoring. / No error

A) The coverage of schemes remain B) patchy because of rampant
C) leakages, and poor execution D) and monitoring
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The coverage of schemes remain

Explanation:

'The coverage of schemes remains' should be used to make the sentence correct. Here the noun is 'coverage' that’s why we should use 'remains' instead of 'remain'.

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A difference between 2 longitudes at equator is nearby equivalent to _____ km.

A) 101 B) 111
C) 121 D) 91
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 111

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