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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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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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Who has topped the Forbes Magazine’s list of the world’s highest paid actors 2017 ?

A) Vin Diesel B) Jacky Chan
C) Dwayne Johnson D) Mark Wahlberg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mark Wahlberg

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Harsha was the last great royal parton of

A) Jainism B) Buddhism
C) Shaivism D) Bhagavatism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Buddhism

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During Mughal period there was continuous emigration of the .........to places ruled by Hindu Rajas

A) Nobles B) Poor
C) Middle Class D) Foreign residents
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Poor

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The cover of a solar coker is made of glass because 

A) it absorbs sun's rays B) it reflects sun's rays
C) it retains the heat inside by the green house effect D) it rediates heat better than metals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) it retains the heat inside by the green house effect

Explanation:

As the inside of the cooker is painted black, heat absorption is more producing heat waves of longer wavelength which cannot escape through glass and hence are trapped inside. Thus the food is cooked.

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What separates the components of a domain name?

A) apostrophes B) periods
C) spaces D) commas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) periods

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Is steel a compound?

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FALSE

Explanation:

Steel is not a compound or element. Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements and hence it is a mixture. Because of its high tensile strength and low cost, it is a major component used in buildings, infrastructure, tools, ships, automobiles, machines, appliances, and weapons.

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Which action is the best example of a direct observation?

A) listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute B) determining the seal population of an island by counting seals in 10 square meters of the island
C) identifying which bird was present by the tracks that it leaves in the sand at a beach D) reading numbers on a heat sensor to conclude that there is a deer in the night woods
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute

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Who gave the slogan Bharat Chhodo during the Quit India movement?

A) Gandhi B) Yusuf Meher Ali
C) Nehru D) Aruna Asif Ali
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gandhi

Explanation:

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi gave the slogan Bharat Chhodo during the Quit India movement.

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