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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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Which of the following is NOT a Software?

A) Compiler B) Adobe
C) Microsoft Office D) Drivers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Compiler

Explanation:

A compiler is not a software.

Adobe, Microsoft office and Drivers are all software on a computer.

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India nationalised 14 major commercial banks in 1969 with deposits not less than 

A) Rs. 10 crore each B) Rs. 25 crore each
C) Rs. 50 crore each D) Rs. 100 crore each
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs. 50 crore each

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Q:

Gondwana coalfields are found in

A) Assam B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Meghalaya D) Jammu & Kashmir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh

Explanation:

Nearly 95% of india's coal is from the Gondwana formation (which is in the Satpuras) and is found in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Tertiary variety is found in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Jammu and Kashmir, Lingite reserves occur in Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Tamilnadu.

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Website address is a unique name that identifies a specific ___ on the web.

A) Link B) Web browser
C) PDA D) Web site
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Web site

Explanation:

Website address is a unique name that identifies a specific web site on the web.

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Who started the Saka Era which is still used by the Government of India ?

A) Asoka B) Samudra Gupta
C) Vikramaditya D) Kanishka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kanishka

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Temporary hardness is due to the presence of 

A) Calcium carbonate B) calcium bicarbonate
C) magnesium sulphate D) calcium sulphate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) calcium bicarbonate

Explanation:

Temporary hardness is due to the presence of soluble bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium in water. Permanent hardness is due to the presence of sulphates and chlorides of calcium and magnesium.

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Which of the following virus overtake computer system, when it boots and destroy information  ? 

A) System infectors B) Trojan
C) Stealth virus D) Boot infectors
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stealth virus

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Who among the following is a recipient of first World Sanskrit Award?

 

A) Pandit Shivashankar Tripathi B) John Merkel
C) Maha Chakri Sirindhorn D) Hassan Abbas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

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