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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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Name the clan Buddha belonged to

A) Gnathrika B) Maurya
C) Sakya D) Kuru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sakya

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In which of the following animals is respiration done by skin?

A) Flying fish B) Sea horse
C) Frog D) Chemeleon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Frog

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The Basic Architecture of Computer was developed by

A) Charles Babbage B) Blaise Pascal
C) Garden Moore D) John Von Neumann
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) John Von Neumann

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Computer Architecture refers to how a computer system is designed and what technologies it is compatible with. In brief, Computer architecture is a specification detailing how a set of software and hardware technology standards interact to form a computer system or platform.  

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The Von Neumann Architecture, which is also known as the Von Neumann Model and Princeton architecture, is a computer architecture based on the 1945 description of computer by the mathematician and physicist John von Neumann.

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At present, scientists can determine the arrangement or relative positions of genes of DNA sequences on a chromosome. How does this knowledge benefit us?

1. It is possible to know the pedigree of livestock.
2. It is possible to understand the causes of all human diseases.
3. It is possible to develop disease-resistant animal breeds.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

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Reykjavik is the capital of which country?

A) Jamaica B) Jordan
C) Iceland D) Ireland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Iceland

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Santhal, a folk dance of India, belongs to which state?

 

A) Karnataka B) Odisha
C) West Bengal D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) West Bengal

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Santhal, one of the best tribal folk dances of India, belongs to the state of West Bengal.

 

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Ethanol is converted into ethoxy ethane,

A) by heating excess of ethanol with conc. H2SO4 at 140°C B) by treating with conc. H2SO4 at room temperature
C) by treating with conc. H2SO4 at 273 K D) by heating Ethanol with excess of conc. H2SO4 at 443 K
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) by heating excess of ethanol with conc. H2SO4 at 140°C

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The core of an electromagnet is made of soft iron because soft iron has 

A) small susceptibility and small retentivity B) large susceptibility and small retentivity
C) large density and large retentivity D) small density and large retentivity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) large susceptibility and small retentivity

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