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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
  • All India Services:
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Which part of the brain is responsible for triggering actions like thinking, intelligence, memory and ability to learn?

A) Diencephalon B) Hypothalamus
C) Cerebrum D) Control
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cerebrum

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.:

 

"I'm off to the games. Where are you going?"

A) He said he would be off to the games and wanted to know where I was going. B) He said he was going off to the games and wanted to know where I was planning to go.
C) He said he is going off to the games and asked me where I was planning to go. D) He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.

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Blood group AB has

A) No antigen B) No antibody
C) Neither antigen nor antibody D) Both antigen and antibody
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) No antibody

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Which one of the following Amendments to the Constitution of India has prescribed that the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15 percent of total number of members of the House of the People or Legislative Assembly in the States?

A) 91 St Amendment B) 87th Amendment
C) 97th Amendment D) 90th Amendment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 91 St Amendment

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On July 7, the 91st Amendment to the Constitution, limiting the size of the Council of Ministers at the Centre and the States to no more than 15 per cent of the numbers in the Lok Sabha or the State Legislature, came into effect.

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Where is the headquarters of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) located?

A) Rome, Italy B) Geneva, Switzerland
C) New York City, US D) Montreal, Canada
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Geneva, Switzerland

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Who made the first chocolate bar?

A) Nestle B) The Hershey Company
C) Joseph Fry & Sons D) Pearson's
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Joseph Fry & Sons

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Researchers from Columbia University Medical Centre in United States of America have converted which of the following into the world’s smallest data recorder?

A) Natural bacterial immune system B) Magnetic tape
C) Viral snippet copies D) No option is correct.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Natural bacterial immune system

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Ghatotkacha (who ruled in the years 290–305 B.C.) was a king from which dynasty?

A) Gupta Dynasty B) Kanva Dynasty
C) Shunga Dynasty D) Maurya Dynasty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gupta Dynasty

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