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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
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Rihand dam is located in which of the following states?

A) Uttarakhand B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Telangana D) Arunachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh

Explanation:

Rihand damalso known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is located in Uttar Pradesh on Rihand river

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Which of the following is a secondary storage device?

A) ALU B) Disc
C) Projector D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Disc

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Q:

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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Q:

Farmers' cooperatives were most common among

A) Cotton producers B) Grain producers
C) Fruit growers D) Tobacco growers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fruit growers

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Q:

Who is shakespeare of India?

A) Kalidasa B) Ramadasu
C) Yesudas D) Devadas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kalidasa

Explanation:

Mahakavi Kalidasa is known as shakespeare of India.

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Q:

Which of the following is a hydrocarbon?

A) C2H6 B) C3H8
C) CH4 D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

The simplest organic compounds contain only the elements carbon and hydrogen, and are called hydrocarbons.

Here all the given options are hydrocarbons.

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Q:

Which alternative energy source is exhaustible?

A) tidal energy B) wind energy
C) solar energy D) geothermal energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) geothermal energy

Explanation:

Based on conventionality in deriving energy, energy sources could be classified as

 

Conventional ::

coal, oil, hydro, nuclear, etc... sources which can be used up or exhaustible.

(and)

Non - conventional ::

solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, biogas, etc... sources which are not exhausted.

 

Among the given options, Geothermal energy is the alternative energy source among all the choices that are given in the question, that is exhaustible.

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Which city ranks 40 among top 50 global cities for women entrepreneurs listing ?

A) Hyderabad B) Chennai
C) Delhi D) Bangalore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bangalore

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