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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
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Nuclear Fission is caused by the impact of

A) Electron B) Neutron
C) Proton D) Deutron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Neutron

Explanation:

In nuclear physics, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei). The fission process often produces free neutrons and releases a very large amount of energy.

 

Thus, The Nuclear Fission is caused by the impact of Neutrons.

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The process of bones increasing in width is known as

A) appositional growth B) closing of the epiphyseal plate
C) concentric growth D) long bones reaching adult length and width
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) appositional growth

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Which of the following is a programme under which electric connection is given to people  below poverty line

A) MPLADS B) Kutir Jyoti
C) Ganga Kalyan Yojana D) Sangam Yojana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kutir Jyoti

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Q:

The percentage of Urban population to total population in India is 

A) 20.28 B) 22.52
C) 25.72 D) 27.80
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 27.80

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Q:

The boundary of which country does not seem to touch the Caspian sea?

 

 

A) Azerbaijan B) Russia
C) Ukraine D) Turkmenistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ukraine

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Who is the author of the book 'The Prince' ?

A) Niccolo Machiaveli B) Emile Zola
C) Bernard Shaw D) V.S. Sharma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Niccolo Machiaveli

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Tap water is placed in an open pad and allowed to evaporate. After some time the temperature of water 

A) increases to a great extent B) increases slightly
C) decreases slightly D) decreases rapidly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) decreases slightly

Explanation:

Evaporation causing cooling.Here the evaporation is less. Therefore cooling is less.

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‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ aims to achieve an Open Defecation Free (ODF) India by which date?

 

A) 2 October, 2020 B) 2 October, 2018
C) 2 October, 2019 D) 2 October, 2022
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2 October, 2019

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