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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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Find the person who does not belongs to the group.

 

A) MS Dhoni B) Sunita Williams
C) Kalpana Chawla D) Rakesh Sharma  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sunita Williams

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Which of the following countries is not a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group(NSG)

A) France B) Russia
C) USA D) Iran
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Iran

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Who among the following is a recipient of 2017 Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice?

 

A) Kangana Ranaut B) Priyanka Chopra
C) Dipika Padukone D) Diya Mirza
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Priyanka Chopra

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Q:

Smallest of all the continents?

A) Asia B) Australia
C) Africa D) America
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Australia

Explanation:

Australia is the smallest of all the continents

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Q:

When a bottle of perfume is opened in one corner of a room the smell spreads soon throughout the room. This is an example of

A) surface tension B) capillarity
C) viscosity D) diffusion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) diffusion

Explanation:

Diffusion is the spreading  - mixing of gases through molecular motion.

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Q:

The largest fresh water lake in India is

A) Pulicat Lake B) Veeranam Lake
C) Chilka Lake D) Kolleru Lake
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kolleru Lake

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Q:

Which of the statements given below are correct?

1. The author of the novel 'Forty Thieves' is Thomas Perry.
2. The author of the novel 'Half of a Yellow Sun' is Jennifer Egan.
3. The author of the novel 'Middlesex' is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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

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Q:

In India, planned economy is based on

A) Mixed Economy System B) Capitalist System
C) Gandhian System D) Socialist System
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Socialist System

Explanation:

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In India, planned economy is based on Socialist System.

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