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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 company has launched secret Zuma Mission for United States government?

A) Sierra Nevada Corporation B) XCOR Aerospace
C) SpaceX D) Boeing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) SpaceX

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The method of soil conservation in which different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash is called?

A) Mulching B) Intercropping
C) Rock dam D) Terrace farming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Intercropping

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The  Ryotwari  experiment  in  land  revenue was started by

A) Henry Dundas B) Alexander Reed
C) David Ricardo D) Mountstuart Elphinstone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alexander Reed

Explanation:

The Ryotwari system was introduced by  Sir  Thomas  Munro and   Captain   Alexander   Read   in 1820.This system  was in operation for  nearly  30  years  and  had  many features  of  revenue  system  of  the Mughals,    Under    the    Ryotwari System  every  registered  holder  of land is recognised as its proprietor and pays direct to Government

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The   chemical   properties   of   an   element depend upon

A) the number of isotopes of the element B) the mass number of the element
C) the  total  number  of  neutrons  in  the element D) the    number    of    electrons    in    the outermost shell of the element
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the    number    of    electrons    in    the outermost shell of the element

Explanation:

Chemical  properties of  an element depend   on the number   and   the configuration   of   their   (valence) electrons.

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The Comptroller and Auditor General is closely connected with which of the following Committees of Parliament?

A) The Estimates Committee B) The Committee on Public Undertakings
C) The Public Accounts Committee D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The Public Accounts Committee

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If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within -

A) Six months from the date of dissolution B) Twelve months from the date of dissolution
C) Two months from the dateof dissolution D) One month from the dateof dissolution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Six months from the date of dissolution

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

We protested that we (was going) all the way to Haridwar.

 

A) is going   B) were going  
C) were went   D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) were going  

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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Misterous   B) Misterius  
C) Mysterous D) Mysterious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mysterious

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