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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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Which nation won the highest number of medals at 2016 Rio Olympics?

A) Great Britain B) USA
C) China D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) USA

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Which one of the following is n ot an objective of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)?

A) To achieve convergence ofinvestment in irrigation at the fieldlevel B) To expand cultivable area underirrigation
C) To improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water D) To protect farmers against crop failure due to natural calamities
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To protect farmers against crop failure due to natural calamities

Explanation:

The major objective of the PMKSY is to achieve

•convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level,

•expand cultivable area under assured irrigation (Har Khet ko pani),

•improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water,

•enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop per drop),

•enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated municipal based water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investment in precision irrigation system.

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phraseand click the button corresponding to it.

Fish out of water

A) Dehydrated B) Comfortable position
C) An uncomfortable position D) Fish in an aquarium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) An uncomfortable position

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What is the name of the most ancient spiral galaxy that existed 11 billion years ago?

A) A1689 B01 B) A1689 B10
C) A1689 B20 D) A1689 B11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A1689 B11

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Who is the current supreme commander of Indian Defense forces?

A) Narendra Modi B) Sumitra Mahajan
C) Pranab Mukherjee D) Lt. Gen Dalbir Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pranab Mukherjee

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Where did Muhammad Bin Tughlaq shift his capital to from Delhi?

A) Daulatabad B) Aurangabad
C) Allahabad D) Shaharanpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Daulatabad

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Din-i-llahi was promoted by

A) Babur B) Bahadur Shah
C) Akbar D) Humayun
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Akbar

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 

A brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

 

as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing

 

A) once B) only
C) every D) each
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) each

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