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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?

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At which one of the following places do two important rivers of India originate;while one of them flows towards north and merges with another important river flowing towards Bay of Bengal, the other one flows towards Arabian Sea?

A) Amarkantak B) Badrinath
C) Mahabaleshwar D) Nasik
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amarkantak

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Species containing same number of electrons are called

A) Isotopes B) Isobars
C) Isoelectronic D) Isotones
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Isoelectronic

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Alexander, the Great invaded India during the rule of ?

A) Mahapadma Nanda B) Dhana Nanda
C) Ajatshatru D) Bimbisara
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dhana Nanda

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The headquarters of the coffee board of India is

A) Bangalore B) Mysore
C) Chennai D) Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bangalore

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The Coffee Board of India is an organisation managed by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the government of India to promote coffee production in India. The headquarters of the coffee board of India is located in Bangalore, Karnataka.

 

The Coffee Board of India was established by an act of Parliament in 1942.

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Dronacharya Award Is Given To

A) Sports Editors B) Umpires
C) Sportsmen D) Coaches
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Coaches

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The Dronacharya Award, formally known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports training honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a character from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata of ancient India.

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Van der Waal's equation explains the behaviour of _____

A) Ideal gases B) Real gases
C) Mixture of gases D) Diatomic gases
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Real gases

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In the history of Indian population, Which duration period is referred to as ' a great leap forward '

A) 1921 - 1931 B) 1941 - 1951
C) 1951 - 1961 D) 1971 - 1981
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1951 - 1961

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A group of eight bits is called

A) buzz B) nibble
C) byte D) word
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) byte

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A group of eight bits is called as a byte and that of 4 bits is called as a nibble.

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