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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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Which statements are CORRECT?

I. In early 1930’s Nylon was prepared from coal, water and air.

II. Nylon was the first fully synthetic fibre.

III. Nylon fibre was strong, elastic and light.

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

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Which one of the following with regard to the term ‘bank run’ is correct?

 

A) The net balance of money a bank has in its chest at the end of the day’s business B) The ratio of bank’s total deposits and total liabilities
C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks D) The period in which a bank creates highest credit in the market
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A panic situation when the deposit holders start withdrawing cash from the banks

Explanation:

A bank run occurs when a large number of people withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may cease to function soon.

A banking panic or bank panic is a financial crisis that occurs when many banks suffer runs at the same time, as people suddenly try to convert their threatened deposits into cash or try to get out of their domestic banking system altogether.

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Which animal can create the loudest sound among any living creature?

A) Whale shark B) Gibbon
C) Humpback Whales D) Howler monkey
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Humpback Whales

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South West Monsoon generates in ___.

 

A) Arabain Sea B) Indian Ocean
C) Bay of Bengal D) Himalayas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Indian Ocean

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Which of the following gulf countries has imposed value added tax (VAT) from January 1, 2018?

 

A) Bahrain and Kuwait   B) Oman and Saudi Arabia  
C) Kawait and UAE   D) UAE and Saudi Arabia  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) UAE and Saudi Arabia  

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"Gilt-edged" means ___________.

 

A) bullion market   B) market of government securities  
C) market of guns D) market of pure metals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) market of government securities  

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Match the characteristics with their market structure:

(a) demand will tend to be inelastic
(b) Firm has control over quantity of output but it must take into account reactions of competitors

 

A) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly B) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Monopolistic Competition
C) (a) Pure Competition, (b) Oligopoly D) (a) Monopolistic Competition, (b) Pure Competition
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) (a) Pure Monopoly, (b) Oligopoly

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Reang (Bru) tribe belongs to which Indian State?

 

A) Assam B) Tripura
C) Nagaland D) Meghalaya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tripura

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