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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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Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named

A) Geetanjali B) Rajtarangini
C) Chokher Bali D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Geetanjali

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The largest producer of fruits in the Anglo-American Region is _____

A) New - England Region B) Greak Lakes Region
C) California D) Application Region
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) California

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Q:

Study of fishes is called

A) Amphiology B) Phylumology
C) Zoology D) Ichthyology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ichthyology

Explanation:

Ichthyology is the branch of biology devoted to the study of fish.

 

It is also known as Fish science which includes bony fishes (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha).

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Q:

How many Nephrons are in each kidney?

A) 10,000 B) 1,00,000
C) 1,000,000 D) 1000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1,000,000

Explanation:

There are about 1,000,000 nephrons in each human kidney.

Nephron, functional unit of the kidney, the structure that actually produces urine in the process of removing waste and excess substances from the blood.

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Q:

The Reserve Bank of India has taken some initiatives to prevent a US type sub-prime Crisis in India. Which of the following is/ are such initiatives?

A. Banks are adviced to set up credit counselling centres. 

B. Banks should stop giving housing loans to big borrowers (Asking for loans of  Rs.50 lakhs and above )

C. Banks should not give loans to builders and property dealers/developers

A) Only (A) B) Only (B)
C) Only (C) D) All (A), (B), (C)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only (A)

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Which of the following is a Project to develop watersheds in India?

A) DRDO B) CARE
C) AVARD D) NWDPRA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) AVARD

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Q:

Name an animal that has eyes yet sightless?

Answer

Bats

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The Prestigious 'Ramanujan Mathematics Award' at Eighth National Mathematical Convention on January 28, 2014,  was awarded to

A) Mr. Sushanta Kumar B) Mr. Anand Kumar
C) Mr. Vinod Kumar Singh D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mr. Anand Kumar

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