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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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Which country will become the World's first country to neutralise the gender pay gap ?

A) USA B) UK
C) Iceland D) France
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Iceland

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Which of the following became the first company to launch mobile payment service in India ?

A) Google B) Samsung
C) IBM D) Apple
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Samsung

Explanation:

Samsung has become the first company in India to launch its mobile payment service named Samsung pay.

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Cotton for texttile was first cultivated in

A) Egypt B) India
C) Mesopotamia D) Central America
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) India

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The oldest form of composition of Hindustan Vocal music is

A) Thumri B) Ghazal
C) Dhrupad D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dhrupad

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Who is the author of the Book 'Social Exclusion and Justice in India'?

A) Rakesh Kumar B) Arun Singh
C) M. Venkaiah Naidu D) P.S. Krishnan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) P.S. Krishnan

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Name another word for friend?

A) playfellow B) enemy
C) rival D) foe
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) playfellow

Explanation:

Friend is a person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.

 

Other names for friend are mate, bosom friend, classmate, buddy, ally,...

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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

Explanation:

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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Which metal, discovered in 1751, takes its name from the abbreviation of the German term for Devil's Copper?

Answer

Nickel

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