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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?

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Q:

Economics involves marginal analysis because

A) marginal benefits always exceed marginal costs B) much economic behavior is irrational
C) most decisions involve changes from the present situation D) marginal costs always exceed marginal benefits
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) most decisions involve changes from the present situation

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Q:

Which of the given below is not a hardware?

A) Assembler B) Monitor
C) Printer D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Assembler

Explanation:

Assembler is not the hardware among the given options. Hardware is what is made of IC's and circuits.

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Q:

What is the Focus of an Earthquake?

Answer

A Focus of an earthquake is the location where the earthquake begins. The ground ruptures at this spot, then seismic waves radiate outward in all directions.

At this focus point, the release of energy due to faulting actually occurs during an earthquake. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called Epicenter.


The focus is also called as Hypocenter as it is the synonym of the focus.

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3 2013
Q:

A big Naval expedition sent by Philip II against England was known as the

Answer

Spanish Armada

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2 2013
Q:

On January 3, 2018, RBI initiated ‘PCA’ against the Allahabad Bank. How many public sector banks have been covered under ‘PCA’?

 

A) 18 B) 17
C) 11 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 11

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Q:

Choose the word which is different from the rest?

A) Shimla B) Nagaland
C) Kohima D) Imphal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nagaland

Explanation:

Except Nagaland all other options are capital cities of the states in India. Nagaland is the north eastern state with Kohima as its capital city.

 

* Shimla is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. 

* Imphal is the capital city of Manipur.

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Q:

The book 'Sudhir Sukta' was written by

A) Vishnu Wagh B) Nazir Ahmad Wani
C) Andrea Levy D) Tian Er
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vishnu Wagh

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Q:

Who started Shudhi Movement?

A) Dayananda Saraswathy B) Sri Aurobindo
C) Swami Vivekananda D) Yashoda Bhai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dayananda Saraswathy

Explanation:

Shudhi Movement was started by Dayananda Saraswathy.

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3 2012