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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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__ was a Chinese Buddhist monk, who studied Buddhist Scriptures at Nalanda and is famous for his 17 year long trip to India between AD 627 to 643.

A) Megasthenes B) Hiuen Tsang
C) Fa-hien D) Al Beruni
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hiuen Tsang

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Which hormone is released from the testes?

A) Insulin B) Testosterone
C) Thyroxin D) Estrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Testosterone

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A lens has a power +2.0 D. The type of lens and its focal length will be

A) Concave, -0.5 m B) Convex, 0.5 m
C) Concave, 0.5 m D) Convex, -0.5 m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Convex, 0.5 m

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Which is the first metallic element in the Modern Periodic Table?

A) Li B) Na
C) He D) H2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Li

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Which one of the following is not an International Human Rights Treaty?

A) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights B) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
C) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities D) Declaration on the Right to Development
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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The International Bill of Human Rights has been further supplemented by various other international treaties, conventions and declarations. They are usually regarded as “human rights instruments”. The important among them are as follows....

•Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979)

•Declaration on the Right to Development (1986)

•Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006).

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Which of the following Cryptocurrency Dealers launched India’s first mobile ‘Bitcoin trading' app for transacting in virtual currencies?

A) EtherDelta Exchange B) BitFin Exchange
C) Venus Exchange D) Pluto Exchange
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pluto Exchange

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Pluto Exchange, a Dubai-based Cryptocurrency Dealer has launched the India’s first mobile ‘Bitcoin trading app’ fortransacting in virtual currencies. Users of Pluto Exchange’s app will be able to buy, sell, store and spend bitcoins via mobile number using four-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN).

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India has designed and developed pilotless target aircrafts named ___ and made successful test flight of its unmanned air vehicle (UAV).

 

1. Nishant

2. Lakshya

3. Astra

 

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

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Involuntary actions in human beings such as blood pressure, salivation and vomiting are controlled by the

A) Spinal cord B) Hypothalamus
C) Pons D) Medulla
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Medulla

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