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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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Who has become the Asia's richest man according to Forbes report ?

A) Azim Premji B) Tadashi Yanai
C) Shiv Nadar D) Hui Ka Yan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hui Ka Yan

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ISRO has signed a memorandum of understanding with which of the following company to help develop low-cost lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles ?

A) SAIL B) DRDO
C) BHEL D) GAIL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) BHEL

Explanation:

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to help develop low-cost lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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The Buckingham Canal, which has been declared a National Waterway of India recently, is a canal running from

A) Punjab to Haryana B) Mumbai to goa
C) Vijayawada to Villupuram D) Cochin to Kozhikode
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vijayawada to Villupuram

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What is refractive index ?

A) it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in the medium to the speed of light in vacuum. B) it is defined as the product of speed of light in medium and in vacuum.
C) it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in the medium . D) None of above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) it is defined as the ratio of speed of light in vacuum to the speed of light in the medium .

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What is the capital of Bangladesh ?

A) Dhaka B) Chittagong
C) Khulna D) Sylhet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dhaka

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Which scientist discovered the radioactive element radium?

A) Isaac Newton B) Marie Curie
C) Benjamin Franklin D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Marie Curie

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Which of these is unique to flowering plants?

A) double fertilization B) an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue
C) haploid gametophytes D) pollen production
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) double fertilization

Explanation:

In flowering plants one sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg and the other sperm nucleus fuses with two other nuclei found within the ovule, thus forming triploid endosperm.

 

Hence, double fertilization is unique to flowering plants.

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In India, during the last decade the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant?

A) Rice B) Oil Seeds
C) Pulses D) Sugarcane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pulses

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