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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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Sea water is saltier than rain water because

A) Sea animals are salt producing B) The air around the sea is saltish
C) Rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea D) Sea beds have salt producing mines
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rivers wash away salts from earth and pour them into the sea

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Which of the following High Courts is opened first e-Court in India?

A) Mumbai B) Hyderabad
C) Kolkata D) Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hyderabad

Explanation:

The e-court means a paperless court. India's first e-court was opened at Hyderabad, Telangana.

It was inaugurated by Justice Madan B. Lokur, The Supreme Court Judge of India.

 

Purpose ::

The purpose of e-court is to ensure seedy justice for the litigants and better access to justice for public.

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What was the goal of the temperance movement?

A) No alcohol B) No tobacco
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) No alcohol

Explanation:

The temperance movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was an exception in many ways: "Temperance" refers to the moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages.

 

However, in the context of the temperance movement, the term usually indicated complete abstinence, which means drinking no alcohol at all. The goal of the temperance movement in the United States was to make the production and sale of alcohol illegal. Supporters believed that prohibiting alcohol would solve a number of society's problems, making people safer, healthier, and more productive.

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The statue of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam that was unveiled at his Rameswaram memorial by Prime Minister Modi depicts him playing which musical instrument?

A) Tabla B) Violin
C) Mridangam D) Veena
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Veena

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A person who drives a train is called

A) Loco pilot B) Railway engineer
C) Railway man D) Freight engineer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Loco pilot

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Who was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first Indian woman to do so?

A) Vijaylakshmi Pandit B) Sarojini Naidu
C) Padmaja Naidu D) Fathima Bibi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sarojini Naidu

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

The doctor says that(A)/the patient will recover(B)/in few days(C)/No Error(D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C

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______ is used for making chemical apparatus like beakers, flasks etc.

A) Potash glass B) Hard glass
C) Jena glass D) Soda glass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hard glass

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