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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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Cretinism is due to the disorder of the glands

A) Thymus B) Parathyroid
C) Thyroid D) Adrenal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thyroid

Explanation:

Cretinism is a disease caused by hypothyroidism (less thyroxine formation) . The symptoms of the disease are retardation of mental, physical and sexual developments. potbelly, protruding tongue, dry skin etc are also indicative of this disease.

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The most imposing of all the pyramids is the Great Pyramid at Gizeh near Cairo, was built about 2650 B.C by the ____ of the Old kingdom.

A) Pharaoh Cheops (Khufu) B) King Tutankhamen
C) Hammunrabi D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pharaoh Cheops (Khufu)

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Which Rating agency has projected India’s GDP growth rate to 6.9 percent for the financial year 2017-18 ?

A) NOMURA B) ONICRA
C) FITCH D) ICRA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) FITCH

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Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT
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What is Rank of India in World business optimism ranking?

A) 4th B) 6th
C) 5th D) 7th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 7th

Explanation:

India slips to 7th position on the business optimism ranking.

The results of Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR), a quarterly global business survey, reveal that business optimism in India has slipped from 2nd position in the last quarter to 7th position in the 3rd quarter of 2017.

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Which of the following cities is the first mono rail inaugurated?

A) Delhi B) Mumbai
C) Kolkata D) Bangalore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mumbai

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The book ' All Under Heaven ' was written by

A) Pearl S. Buck B) Sydney Sheldon
C) D.H.Lawrence D) George Bernard Shaw
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pearl S. Buck

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Dr. Rabindranth Tagore received the Nobel Prize for his work

A) Evening Songs B) Morning Songs
C) Gitanjali D) Gora
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gitanjali

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First Indian woman, to win The silver medal in Rio Olympics 2016 ?

A) Sakshi Malik B) P V Sindhu
C) Dipa Karmakar D) Saina Nehwal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) P V Sindhu

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