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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
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Which of the following is a vector quantity

A) momentum B) pressure
C) Energy D) work
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) momentum

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Who was the first person to cross the Alps with army

A) Hannibal B) Napolean
C) Alexander D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Hannibal

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Which one of the following waterfalls in india has the most height _____

A) Barchipani Falls B) Kunchikal Falls
C) Meenmutty Falls D) Jog Falls
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kunchikal Falls

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When was first train steamed off in India

A) 1848 B) 1853
C) 1875 D) 1880
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1853

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Who termed the Indian Constitution as  "Quasi Federal" ?

A) D.D. Basu B) K.C. Wheare
C) Ivor Jennings D) M.V. Paylee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) K.C. Wheare

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Which of the following is a regenerated fibre?

A) Terylene B) Rayon
C) Nylon D) Silk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rayon

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Terylene and nylon are synthetic fibres produced by a process of polymerisation. Terylene is a polyester and nylon, a poyamide.

Silk is purely a natural product obtained from silk worms.

Rayon is a man-made material which consists of purified cellulose in the form of long fibres. Cellulose occurs in the cell wall of plants. Rayon fibre is chemically identical to cotton but has a shine like silk. Since it is  basically derived from a natural source (cellulose) it is called a regenerated fibre.

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A button that makes characters either upper or lower case and numbers to symbols___

A) Shift B) Ctrl
C) Space bar D) Back space
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shift

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The Lumbini was the birth place of Buddha is attested by an inscription of

A) Ashoka B) Pushyamitra Sung
C) Kanishka D) Harsha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ashoka

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