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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
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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What does the term Jim Crow refer to? 

A) the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century B) northern whites who sympathized with African Americans
C) African American politicians during Reconstruction D) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

 

A) In 2017, Dani Pedrosa raced in MotoGP for Yamaha.

B) United Arab Emirates hosted the Badminton 2017 BWF World Senior Championships.

C) Johanna Konta won the Tennis 2017 Miami Open Women's Singles.

 

 

A) Only B B) Only C
C) Both A and C D) A, B and C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only C

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What are the original member states in Bank of Central African states

A) 5 B) 4
C) 3 D) 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5

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Giant Leatherback turtle nests in which location in India?

 

A) Andaman & Nicobar B) West Bengal
C) Goa D) Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Andaman & Nicobar

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Which Arab scientist could be given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm?

A) Al-Khwarizmi B) Ibn al -Haytham
C) Ibn Rushd D) Ibn Sina
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Al-Khwarizmi

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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, formerly Latinized as Algorithmi,was a Persianscholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography under the patronage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun of the Abbasid Caliphate.

He also developed the concept of the algorithm in mathematics, which is why some have called him the "grandfather of computer science".

His name gave rise to the terms algorism and algorithm.

 

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Which of the following pair is matched correctly?

A) Bharatanatyam - Andhra Pradesh B) Kuchipudi - Madhya Pradesh
C) Kathakali - Kerala D) Kathak - Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kathakali - Kerala

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Cognitive neuroscientists can examine the brain with

A) PET & MRI B) Gama images & electrolysis
C) electrolysis & PET D) MRI & electrolysis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) PET & MRI

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Tides in the sea are caused by 

A) Effect of Sun B) Effect of Moon
C) Combined effect of Moon and Sun D) Gravitational Force of Earth and Sun
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Combined effect of Moon and Sun

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