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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
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Books are our ______ friends. They are our guides. We can learn everything from them. The books contain all the great ______ of the world's leaders and we can learn them by reading the books. The books help us find ______ to our questions. The books never fail us. We should read as ______ books as we can. But all books are not good. So we should ______ only good books.

______ books as we can.

A) much B) many
C) few D) less
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) many

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Green House Effect' means

A) Pollution in houses in tropical region B) Prevention of ultra­violet radiation by the ozone layer
C) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric gases D) Damage to green painted buildings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Trapping of solar energy due to atmospheric gases

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. Ifa sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

The injustice from the sentence pronounced (1)/ above that great scientist, is (2)/ now evident to us all. (3)/ No error (4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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What is the name of the southernmost tip of the continent of South America? At this place the Pacific and Atlantic oceans converge.

A) Cape Town B) Cape of Good Hope
C) Cape Horn D) Cape Canaveral
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cape Horn

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Who devised the policy of Doctrine of Lapse?

A) Lord Curzon B) Lord Mountbatten
C) Lord Dalhousie D) Robert Clive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Dalhousie

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Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?

A) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Allan Octavian Hume D) Dadabhai Naorji
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee

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On 9 January 2018, the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 amended some provisions of ______.

A) Companies Act, 1956 B) Companies Act, 2011
C) Companies Act, 2013 D) Companies Act, 2014
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Companies Act, 2013

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The attenuation in optical fibre is mainly due to

A) Scattering B) Absorption
C) Both (a) and (b) D) Neither absorption nor scattering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scattering

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The reason for transmitting data over optical fibers, is because the speed of data transmission through optical wires are equal to the speed of light. The intense speed of data transfer speed, has lead to the use of optical fibers. The optical fiber uses the technology of transferring light beams, from one end to the other end of optical cables. The attenuation in optical fiber is due to Scattering. The reason why scattering is caused, due to the folding, in the wire.

 

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