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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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A shopkeeper mixed two verities of rice at Rs. 40/kg and Rs.60/kg in the ratio 3: 2 and sold the mixture at 10% profit. Find the  price per kg at which he sold the mixture?

A) Rs. 56 B) Rs. 58.8
C) Rs. 54 D) Rs. 52.8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs. 52.8

Explanation:

Ans.  CP of mixture = {(40*3+60*2)/2+3} = 48 SP of the mixture = 1.1 48 =52.8

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: CAT , GRE , TOEFL

0 1935
Q:

India's rank in 2018 Oxfam World Inequality Index-

A) 133 B) 147
C) 157 D) 127
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 147

Explanation:

Oxfam International's is a UK based charity 'Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index' ranks India in bottom 12 of its research. India ranks 147 among 157 countries in Inequality Index.

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

6 1935
Q:

Which country was responsible for the idea of the internet?

A) United States B) Japan
C) India D) China
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) United States

Explanation:

United States was the country that was responsible for the idea of the internet.

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Filed Under: General Awareness
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk , Bank PO

1 1935
Q:

Article 17 deals with?

A) Right to Privacy B) Fundamental Duties of every citizen
C) Abolition of Untouchability D) Right to Constitutional Remedies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Abolition of Untouchability

Explanation:

Article 17 deals with Abolition of Untouchability.

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Filed Under: Indian Politics
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT
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3 1935
Q:

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of

A) Epilepsy B) Schizophrenia
C) Psoriasis D) Eczema
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Schizophrenia

Explanation:

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, inhibits dopamine, reduces delusions, hallucinations, thought disorganization.

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Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams
Job Role: Analyst , Bank Clerk

3 1935
Q:

Which of the following pair is INCORRECT?
I. Parsec - Distance
II. Barrel - Liquid
III. Light year - Time

A) Only III B) Only I and III
C) Only II D) All are correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only III

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Filed Under: Physics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

3 1934
Q:

In human body, the cell growth and differentiation are highly controlled and regulated, but in cancer cells

A) there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to formation of benign and malignant tumors B) controlled cell divisionand over-production of genetic material occur  
C) RNA is mutated and produced in less amount D) DNA is mutated and produced in less amount
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to formation of benign and malignant tumors

Explanation:

In cancer cells, there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms. Normal cells show a property called contact inhibition by virtue of which contact with other cells inhibits their uncontrolled growth. Cancer cells appears to have lost this property. As a result of this, cancerous cells just continue to divide giving rise to masses of cells called tumors. Tumors are of two types: benign and malignant.

 

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Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

3 1934
Q:

Which among the following is not a dwarf planet?

A) Mars B) Makemake
C) Pluto D) Eris
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mars

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Filed Under: General Science
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT

1 1934