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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Who invented Electrocardiograph(EKG)?

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The EKG was invented by Willem Einthoven in 1903 and is used to monitor and analyze past and present heart activity in an individual.

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The first martyrdom in Sikh history in the reign of Jehangir was of

A) Guru Ram Das B) Guru Teg Bahadur
C) Guru Angad D) Guru Arjan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Guru Arjan

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Which of the following is the farthest planet to the Sun

A) Mars B) Jupitar
C) Neptune D) Earth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Neptune

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The walled city of Old Delhi was originally named after who of the following Empereors ?

A) Akbar B) Humayun
C) Shajahan D) Jahangir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shajahan

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What kind of creature is the heart on its head?

A) Cockroach B) Snail
C) Shrimps D) Honey bee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shrimps

Explanation:

A Shrimps heart is located on its head.

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Who among the following introduced the subsidiary alliance system in India?

A) Lord Cunningham B) Lord Cliv
C) Lord Wellesley D) Lord Canning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Wellesley

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The doctrine of the subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805.

The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to enter into such an alliance in 1798. Tipu Sultan of Mysore refused to do so, but after the British victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was forced to become a subsidiary state in 1799.

The Nawab of Awadh was the next to accept the Subsidiary Alliance, in 1801.

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Virginia is a place in U.S.A. famous for growing _____ .

A) Weed B) Cannabis
C) Tobacco D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tobacco

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Dimond is

A) an element B) a compound
C) a mixture D) a liquid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) an element

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