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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
  • All India Services:
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  • Group 'B' Services:
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U- Tant award is given for

A) Social service B) Contribution to east-west understanding
C) Community leadership D) Journalism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Social service

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

1. The author of the novel 'Atonement' is Ian McEwan.
2. The author of the novel 'The Sound and the Fury' is L. Ron Hubbard.
3. The author of the novel 'White Teeth' is Zadie Smith.

A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3 D) 1, 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 and 3

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Which country successfully launched the first high-throughput communication satellite "Shijian-13" which will enable passengers of high-speed trains to watch high-definition videos smoothly and help those at the scene of natural disasters ?

A) Japan B) China
C) Singapore D) Indonesia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) China

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Which British Governor General is also known as the maker of Modern India?

A) Lord Dalhousie B) Lord Amherst
C) Lord Canning D) Lord Wiliam Bentinck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lord Dalhousie

Explanation:

Lord Dalhousie was appointed as Governer General of India from 1848–1856. The first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane was laid under his authority in 1853 and is known as the maker of Modern India. He made way For Telegraph Services in India. 

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He is also called as Father of Indian Railways.

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Which of the following groups of countries has almost 50% share in global emission of carbon every year?

A) US, China, India, South Africa B) India, China, Russia, Britain
C) South Africa, Nepal, Myanmar D) Us, Russia, China & India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Us, Russia, China & India

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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting was organised in September 2007 in which of the following places?

A) Sydney B) New York
C) Tokyo D) Beijing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sydney

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Extrusive volcanoes are not found in which one of the following mountains?

A) Alaska B) Rocky
C) Andes D) Himalayas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Himalayas

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Volcanic mountains are very common along the destructive plate boundaries i.e. Oceanic-continental plate boundaries which are yet uncovered in the rock folded mountains formed due to continental –to continental plate collision.The Himalayas are also a plate-to-plate collision tectonic boundary. In this case, the Indian Plate [of the Indian Subcontinent] is colliding head-on with the Eurasian Plate. Both plates are comprised of continental lithospheric crust, so there is no appreciable distinction in density.

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The headquarters of the International court of Justice is situated at _____ ?

A) Sweden B) Geneva
C) London D) Hague
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hague

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International court of Justice (ICJ) is the main judicial organ or branch of the United Nations, sometimes people call it the World Court. ICJ was established in the year 1945 and has its headquarters at The Hague, Netherlands.

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