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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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Buland Darwaza is located in?

A) West Bengal B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Uttar Pradesh

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There is no reason (that life may exist) P (in great profusion) Q (why we should not be willing to think) R (in other worlds) S

The correct sequence should be

A) R S P Q B) P Q S R
C) R P Q S D) R Q S P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) R P Q S

Explanation:

Since, the sentence starts talking about the reason; R will be the continuing statement as it goes with the flow of the statement. The continuing statement talks about the existing of life i.e. P. Thus, all other options are eliminated. The correct formation would be, ‘There is no reason why we should not be willing to think that life may exist in great profusion in other worlds.’

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Separate B) Saparate
C) Saperate D) Seperate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Separate

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Q:

What is the natural source of Oxalic acid?

A) Tomato B) Sour milk
C) Ant sting D) Tamarind
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tomato

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On 8 June 2017, Law Ministry cleared the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2017. It will help in legalising ______

A) Jalikattu B) Cockfight
C) Bailgadi Shariat D) Kambala
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kambala

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Q:

The first official International Women’s Day took place in?

A) 1901 B) 1911
C) 1975 D) 1951
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1911

Explanation:

The first official International Women’s Day took place in 1911.

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Q:

Which describes the work of Nicolaus Copernicus?

A) Inventing analytic geometry B) Experimenting on Human Bodies
C) Studying prisms and the nature of light D) Developing a Heliocentric Theory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Developing a Heliocentric Theory

Explanation:

Nicolaus Copernicus was decribed by his work on "The Heliocentric Theory" which is based on that the earth revolves around the Sun.

 

This theory was developed in parts by different astronomers over many years, namely Aristarchus, Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.

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Q:

Electric power is measured in units of

A) Volt B) Joule
C) Watt D) Ampere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Watt

Explanation:

Electric power is the rate per unit time, at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The power of electricity is measured in watts and kilo watts.

1 Watt is the unit of electrical power equal to one ampere under the pressure of one volt.

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