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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 of the statements given below are correct?

A) Sebastian Vettel won the Formula One 2017 Mexican Grand Prix.

B) In 2017, Per Mertesacker captained the Premier League team Arsenal.

C) Tan Zhongyi won the 2017 Women's World Chess Championship.

 

A) Only C B) Only B
C) Both B and C D) Both A and C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both B and C

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

A) In 2017, Gary Cahill captained the Premier League team Chelsea.

B) In 2017, Jordan Henderson captained the Premier League team Liverpool.

C) Canada hosted the 2017 AIBA World Boxing Championships.

 

A) Only B B) Both A and B
C) Both B and C D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both A and B

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Which one of the following rivers is recharged by subsoil water?

A) Godavari B) Damodar
C) Narmada D) Krishna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Narmada

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The International township built near Pondicherry in India in Collaboration with UNESCO is called

A) Broadway B) Gayaville
C) Auroville D) Elbaville
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Auroville

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Yellow colour of papaya is due to

A) Caricaxanthin B) Carotene
C) Lycopene D) Papain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Caricaxanthin

Explanation:

Papayas are yellow due to the presence of carotene and xanthophyll pigments i.e, Caricaxanthin present in the chromoplasts of the fruit pulp.

 

The coloration of the different tissues in plants is due to the plastids which are present in the cells. Leucoplasts are white in colour, chloroplasts are green in colour and chromoplasts are of various colours. These plastids can take any colour at different time. Therefore, green fruits ( chloroplasts) turn colurful (chromoplasts) at maturity.

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

 

A) Max Verstappen won the Formula One 2017 Singapore Grand Prix.

B) In 2017, Mohamed Salah played for the Premier League team Liverpool.

C) Jelena Ostapenko won the Tennis 2017 Australian Open Women's Singles.

 

A) Only A B) Only B
C) Both B and C D) A, B and C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only B

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Which one of the following substances does not have a melting point

A) bromine B) sodium chloride
C) mercury D) glass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) glass

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Which of the following mountains are the oldest according to geological history?

A) Nilgiris B) Satpura Range
C) Vindhyas D) Aravalli
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Aravalli

Explanation:

According to geological history, the important mountains of india arranged in the order of age starting from the oldest are the Aravallis , the westerm Ghats, Vindhya and Satpura, the Nilgiris , and the Himalayas.

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