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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?

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  • Railway Examinations
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  • UPSC Examinations
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California - based private spaceflight company Space X has launched which secret mission for United States government?

A) Sprint B) Zuma
C) Cygnus D) Dream Chaser
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Zuma

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Which of the following leaders formed 'India Home Rule Society'?

A) Shyamji Krishna Varma B) Annie Besant
C) Lala Hardayal D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shyamji Krishna Varma

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The study of individual markets of demand and supply in which the 'players', or the decision makers, were also individuals (buyers or sellers, even companies) who were seen as trying to maximize their profits (as producers or sellers) and their personal satisfaction or welfare levels (as consumers) is called?

A) Macroeconomics B) Econometrics
C) Microeconomics D) Heterodox Economics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Microeconomics

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Charles Darwin, the famous evolutionist, proposed his theory in which one of his books ?

A) The families of flowering plant B) The origin of species
C) The life on earth D) The story of the living world
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The origin of species

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Which  one  of  the  following  indices  is  now used  by  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India  to measure the rate of inflation in India?

A) NASDAQ Index B) BSE Index
C) Consumer Price Index D) Wholesale Price Index
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Consumer Price Index

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The  Wholesale  Price  Index  (WPI) was  main  index  for  measurement of  inflation  in  India  till  April  2014 when  RBI  adopted  new  Consumer Price   Index   (CPI)   as   the   key measure of inflation.

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Q:

"An Extraordinary Life, An Indian Destiny" is a biography on

A) Manmohan Singh B) Sonia Gandhi
C) Shashi Tharoor D) Indira Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sonia Gandhi

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Common salt (NaCl) is made up of

A) a weak acid and a weak base B) a strong acid and a weak base
C) a weak acid and a strong base D) a strong acid and a strong base
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a strong acid and a strong base

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

 

Impetus

 

A) Implication B) Encouragement  
C) Evidence   D) Hinderance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Encouragement  

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