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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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Rotameter is used to measure

A) Vortex flow B) Density of fluids
C) Velocity of fluid in pipes D) Flow of fluids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Flow of fluids

Explanation:

A rotameter is a flow meter that measures volumetric flow of liquids and gases.

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Who is the inventor of WWW?

A) Ray Tomlinson B) Bill Gates
C) Charles Babbage D) Tim Berners-Lee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tim Berners-Lee

Explanation:

The English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the WWW in 1989. The World Wide Web, also known as the WWW and the Web, is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators, interlinked by hypertext links, and accessible via the Internet.

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Which year was declared as the National Mathematical Year as a tribute to Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?

A) 2012 B) 2013
C) 2011 D) 2010
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2012

Explanation:

Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. The Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 and died on 26 April 1920.

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Q:

Which place receives the highest rainfall in India?

A) Agumbe B) Mawsynrum
C) Cherrapunji D) Mahabaleshwar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mawsynrum

Explanation:

The top 7 places that experience the highest rainfall in India are ::

1. Mawsynram
2. Cherrapunji
3. Agumbe
4. Mahabaleshwar
5. Pasighat
6. Amboli
7. Gangtok

 

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Q:

Which of the following was not advocated by Mahatma Gandhi?

A) Prohibition B) Heavy Industries
C) Village Panchayat D) Dignity of Labour
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Heavy Industries

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Q:

The buying and selling of goods is called

A) Commerce B) Telecommunication
C) Trade D) Business
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Trade

Explanation:

The buying and selling of goods is called Trade. Trade is a part of business where goods and services are exchanged for mney and mainly to earn profit. Commerce is used to describe trade and all the other business activities and services which make trade possible like banking, insurance, transport and advertising.

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) immpenetrable B) impenetrable
C) impanetrable D) immpanetrable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) impenetrable

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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) ANTICEPTIC B) ANTECEPTIC
C) ANTICEPTIQUE D) ANTISEPTIC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ANTISEPTIC

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