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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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Countries with autocracy-based governments have

A) regular elections to select representative officials B) a single ruler who may be a monarch or dictator
C) a small group of leaders with similar political views D) shared decisions between citizens and leaders
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a single ruler who may be a monarch or dictator

Explanation:

Countries with autocracy-based governments i.e, Monarchy have a single ruler or a monarch until his death.

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Which of the folowing substances related to Dandi March Protestant ?

A) Sugar B) Pepper
C) Salt D) Water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Salt

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Which State's chief minister has announced five lakh rupees health-cum-life insurance scheme for farmers in the state?

A) Telangana B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Gujarat D) Andhra Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Telangana

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Organisms that live in the deep sea are mainly

A) Herbivores B) Carnivores
C) Detritivores D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Detritivores

Explanation:

Deep sea animals cannot produce food as there is no light. They have to depend upon the fall out of organic debirs raining down on them from surface layers. Hence they are detritivores.

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In which year Bartholomew Diaz reached Cape of Good Hope ?

A) 1480 B) 1487
C) 1495 D) 1500
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1487

Explanation:

Bartholomew Diaz reached the point in 1487, which the Portuguese named Cape of Good Hope (the southern most point of Africa).

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Which one of the following is the highest gravity dam

A) Beas Dam B) Nangal Dam
C) Bhakra Dam D) Hirakud Dam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bhakra Dam

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Kargil Fight held in

A) 1979 B) 1989
C) 1999 D) 1969
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1999

Explanation:

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay.

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Which of the following has introduced ‘style ideas’ on its Android app and web based search for fashion content ?

A) Amazon B) Flipkart
C) GOOGLE D) Microsoft
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) GOOGLE

Explanation:

To enhance user experience when searching for fashion content, Google on Thursday introduced a new feature called “style ideas” in Image Search on mobile web and in Google app for Android. “Style ideas” throws up high-quality images that show how someone will look while wearing or carrying the item you searched for.

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