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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.


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Which of the following statement is INCORRECT regarding Sodium?

A) Sodium reacts vigorously with oxygen and water B) A lot of heat is generated when sodium reacts with water and oxygen
C) It is stored in kerosene D) It is a non-metal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It is a non-metal

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Which one of the following statements is correct?

A) The rank of Second Lieutenant has been abolished. B) The Chief of Army Staff carries the rank of Field Marshal.
C) All officers posted to Andaman and Nicobar Islands wear the ranks of the Indian Navy. D) The rank of Major General is higher than the rank of Lieutenant General.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The rank of Second Lieutenant has been abolished.

Explanation:

The rank of 2nd Lieutenant/Act. Sub Lieutenant/Pilot Officer were removed because the salary of the officers holding these ranks were less compared to senior Non-Commissioned Officers i.e Subedar Major in army, Master Warrant Officer in air force and Master Chief Petty Officer -1st Class in navy.

Rest of the statements are incorrect.In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral, and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal.

 

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India's population growth is characterized by

A)  An increase in rate of death B)  An increase in the ratio of females
C) An increase in the birth rate and declining death rate D)  Increasing number of old people
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) An increase in the birth rate and declining death rate

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's longest rail-road bridge Bogibeel Bridge in which state?

A) Tripura B) Sikkim
C) Assam D) Arunachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Assam

Explanation:

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25th Dec 2018 inaugurated the 4.94 km long Bogibeel Bridge in Assam.
* It is India’s longest rail-cum-road road bridge, on the river Bramhaputra.
* The bridge is constructed at an estimated cost of 5,800 crore rupees.
* It is situated 17 km downstream of Dibrugarh city in Assam.

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Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to

A) the fact that sun emits only red colour at that time B) red light having longer wave length scatters away
C) that sun comes out of the mountains D) that all other colours scatter away except red
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) that all other colours scatter away except red

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Bhadravati Rapid Action Force (RAF) unit, which was making news recently, is the first such unit of which state?

 

 

A) Karnataka B) Telangana
C) Kerala D) Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Karnataka

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Which of the following gases turns lime water milky?

A) O3 B) CO2
C) O2 D) CO
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) CO2

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Which of the following is called the twin city of Kochi?

A) Ernakulam B) Alwaye
C) Alleppey D) Kottayam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ernakulam

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