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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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Where has the World's largest Monolithic statue of Buddha been installed

A) Bamiyan B) Hyderabad
C) Kandy D) Lhasa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bamiyan

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‘Asom Mala’ programme has been launched in which Indian state/UT?

 

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

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The difference in the duration of day and night increases as one moves from

A) West to East B) East and west of the prime meridian
C) Poles to equator D) Equator to poles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Equator to poles

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D.D.T. was invented by

A) Paul Muller B) John Dalton
C) Rudolf D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paul Muller

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Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Muller discovered DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) noted its effectiveness as a pesticide during World War II to control malaria and typhus among civilians and troops, a discovery that earned him a Nobel Prize in 1948.

 

It was first synthesized in the year 1874.

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C, BASIC, COBOL, and Java are examples of ............language

A) low-level B) programming
C) computer D) high-level
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) high-level

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Name the Scientist who stated that matter can be converted into energy

A) Boyle B) Lavoisier
C) Avogadro D) Einstein
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Einstein

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The ___________ has emerged as a convenient means of global communication, information sharing and services.

 

A) e-books B) Internet
C) Satellites D) Public telephone booths
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Internet

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Who is known as Man of Blood and Iron ?

A) Napoleon B) Bismarck
C) Ho Chi Minh D) Sir Walter Scott
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bismarck

Explanation:

Otto von Bismarck (Prince Bismarck), called “man of blood” from his great war policy, and “iron” from his indomitable will. Many years Chancellor of Prussia and Germany. (Born in September 1st 1815)

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