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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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Entrepreneurship as a theory of business was propounded by

A) Thomas A. Coleman B) Joseph A. Schumpeter
C) Adam Smith D) Douglas McGregor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Joseph A. Schumpeter

Explanation:

Entrepreneurship as a theory of business was propounded by Joseph. A. Schumpeter.

 

Schumpeter’s Innovation Theory of Profit :


Definition:  The Innovation Theory of Profit was proposed by Joseph. A. Schumpeter, who believed that an entrepreneur can earn economic profits by introducing successful innovations.

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How many kilometers and represented by 1oof latitude?

A) 321 km B) 211 km
C) 111 km D) 91 km
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 111 km

Explanation:
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Which of the following physiographic feature of India is geologically the oldest?

A) Himalayan Mountain Chain B) Indus- Ganga Brahmaputra plain
C) The Peninsular Plateau D) The Coastal Plains
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The Peninsular Plateau

Explanation:

It is composed of Archaean gneisses and schists

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Q:

The planet nearest to the Sun is

A) Venus B) Mercury
C) Jupiter D) Saturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mercury

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What are the rungs of the DNA ladder made of?

A) phosphates and sugars B) nitrates and sugars
C) nitrates and phosphates D) sugars and hydrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) nitrates and phosphates

Explanation:

The rungs or the sides of the DNA ladder is made of Deoxyribose, which is a pentose, and a phosphate group are the two molecules together form the two sides of the DNA i.e, A sugar (deoxyribose) and a phosphate.

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Q:

During World War II, when did Germany attack France?

A) 1940 B) 1941
C) 1942 D) 1943
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1940

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The electrical domestic tube light gives white fluorescent light because of

A) colision between molecules of filled gas under electric current B) heavy current
C) vacuum inside the tube D) falling of ultra violet rays on the white inner coating of the tube
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) falling of ultra violet rays on the white inner coating of the tube

Explanation:

The ultraviolet rays have high frequency and shorter wavelength are converted to visible white light with lower frequency and greater wave length

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Which team became the first team in history to win 100 T20 matches  ?

A) Sunrisers Hyderabad B) Bangalore Royal Challengers
C) Kolkata Knight Riders D) Mumbai Indians
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mumbai Indians

Explanation:

Two times IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) reached a new milestone as they became the first team in history to win 100 T20 matches. The Mumbai outfit defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens by 9 runs in their final match of the league stage of IPL 2017.

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