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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
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  • Railway Examinations
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  • UPSC Examinations
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Which of these Indian Music Legends is the exponent of the instrument, Sitar?

A) Bhimsen Joshi B) Ravi Shankar
C) Amjad Ali Khan D) Alla Rakha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ravi Shankar

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Who built the Moti Masjid in the Red Fort of Delhi?

A) Akbar B) Jahangir
C) Shah Jahan D) Aurangzeb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Aurangzeb

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What is the role of Pneumatophores?

A) Protect plant from animals B) Get oxygen for respiration
C) Supports plant in standing upright D) Helps plant for pollination
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Get oxygen for respiration

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TRIPS Agreement pertains to 

A) international tariff regime B) intellectual property protection
C) international practices on trade facilitation D) international taxation of property
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) intellectual property protection

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The Agreement   on   Trade-Related Aspects   of   Intellectual   Property Rights(TRIPS)   is   an international legal   agreement between   all   the member    nations    of    the World Trade  Organization(WTO).  It  sets down  minimum  standards  for  the regulation by national governments of    many    forms    of intellectual property(IP) as applied to nationals  of  other  WTO  member nations.TRIPS  was  negotiated  at the  end  of  the  Uruguay  Round  of the General  Agreement  on  Tariffs and  Trade  (GATT)  in  1994  and  is administered by the WTO

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Capital deepening refers to 

A) going for more fixed capital per worker B) emphasis on social overhead capital
C) constant capital-output ratio D) increasing capital-output ratio
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) going for more fixed capital per worker

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Capital deepening is a situation where the capital per worker is increasing in the economy. This is also referred to as increase in the capital intensity. Capital deepening is often measured by the rate of change in capital stock per labour hour.

 

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Highest percentage of carbon is found in which form of coal?

A) Anthracite B) Bituminous
C) Peat D) lignite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Anthracite

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

The power of silence is its ability to mediate the ______.

 

A) excitable B) irreconcilable
C) excusable D) fashionable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) irreconcilable

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Perpetual

 

A) Continual   B) Ceaseless  
C) Enduring   D) Transitory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Transitory

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