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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
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Laconic most nearly means

A) Talkative B) Wordy
C) Brief D) Long
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Brief

Explanation:

Laconic means using only few words in his/her speech or while talking.

In the given options, talkative, wordy and long are all opposite to laconic and brief is the only word which is similar in meaning of laconic.

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Which organelles in the cell, other than nucleus contains DNA?

A) Centriole B) Goalgi apparatus
C) Lysosomes D) Mitochondria
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mitochondria

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Electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature is evident by

A) Reflection B) Polarisation
C) interference D) Diffraction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Polarisation

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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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Which is the only golfer to win the Masters Tournament Six times

A) Yound Liwei B) Sergey Karjakin
C) Jack Nicklaus D) Erik Weihenmayer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jack Nicklaus

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A four-day Ministerial level meeting of G-20 and G-33 countries was held in June 2006 in 

A) Hong Kong B) Beijing
C) New Delhi D) Jakarta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Beijing

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Who is now the World’s Second Richest Person ?

A) Amancio Ortega B) Warren Buffett
C) Jeff Bezos D) Bill Gates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jeff Bezos

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Which sector of Indian Economy has shown remarkable expansion during the last decade

A) Primary sector B) Secondary sector
C) Terrrtiary sector D) Mining sector
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Terrrtiary sector

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