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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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Reykjavik is the capital of which country?

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

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The slogan No taxation without representation was first raised during the American Revolution in

A) Boston Tea Party B) Massachussets Assembly
C) Philadelphia Congress D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Massachussets Assembly

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Q:

For purifying drinking water alum is used

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

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In purifying drinking water alum is used for coagulation of mud particles.

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Q:

The output quality of a printer is measured by

A) Dots per line B) Dots printed per unit time
C) Dots per inch D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dots per inch

Explanation:

DPI [Dots Per Inch] is a measurement of output quality of printer resolution. It represents number of ink dots the printer can place in an area of one square inch. The lesser the DPI the less sharper the image and vice versa.

 

Therefore, a printer that may have 400 DPI, a printer that can print 400 x 400 per square inch or 1,60,000 dots per inch.

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The recipient of the first  ' Moortidevi literacy Award ' is 

A) Masud hussain Khan B) Swami Siva balayogi
C) C.K Nagaraja Rao D) Ramanlal Joshi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C.K Nagaraja Rao

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All of the following were Contemporaries of Emperor Akbar, except

A) Abbas the Great of persia B) Henry VIII of England
C) Elizabeth I of England D) Henry IV of France
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Henry VIII of England

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Which of the following soils is suitable for cotton production

A) Kankar B) Regur
C) Bhangar D) Khadar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Regur

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In which of the following wars, the French were completely defeated by the English?

A) Battle of Wandiwash B) Battle of Buxar
C) Battle of Plassey D) Battle of Adyar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Battle of Wandiwash

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