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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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  • Railway Examinations
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If price of an article decreases from Rs 240 to Rs 220, when quantity demanded increases from 200 units to 210 units. Find point elasticity of demand?

A) 0.6 B) -1.8
C) -0.6 D) 1.8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) -0.6

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
There are two pens here and (either write) well.

A) either have written B) either wrote well
C) either writes D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) either writes

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In the following question, a sentence is given with some bold words which may contain errors. Below the sentence, a table is given with two columns in which column 'A' contains the list of bold words, and in column 'B' the suggested corrections are listed. You have to choose the best alternative among the four given options. If no correction is required against the given bold words, mark (E), i.e., "None of the above" as your answer. 

After learning that Ranjhi Rajak, a pilgrim from Madhya Pradesh had collapsed near Bhairo temple and needed immediate medical attention, SI Bahuguna carried Rajak on his back and walked uphill for over 2 kms till they reached the nearby hospital.

 

A) Both (1)-(5) and (4)-(8) B) (2)-(6)
C) (1)-(5) D) (3)-(7)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

All the words in the sentence are correct and require no changes. Hence, the correct answer is option 5.

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Q:

Which is the shortest River in the world?

A) Ganges B) Roe
C) Nile D) Amazon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Roe

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Q:

The term just noticeable difference is synonymous with

A) difference threshold B) separation threshold
C) change threshold D) response threshold
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) difference threshold

Explanation:

The term just noticeable difference is synonymous with difference threshold and refers
to the detection of change.

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Where did the exodusters migrate to?

A) Africa B) Kansas
C) California D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kansas

Explanation:

Exodusters migrate to Kansas and other western states as part of the Exoduster Movement or Exodus of 1879. It was the first general migration of black people following the Civil War.

 

Exodusters was a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century.

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Q:

Which mirror is used as rear view mirror in vehicles?

A) Concave B) Plane
C) Convex D) Any of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Convex

Explanation:

Convex mirror is used as rear view mirror in vehicles. Because the image is smaller, more image can fit onto the mirror, so a convex mirror provides for a larger field of view than a plane mirror. This is why they are useful.

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Q:

"Pandvani" is a major folk dance form of which states?

A) Uttarakhand B) Chhattisgarh
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chhattisgarh

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