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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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Who is the author of "The Guest"?

A) Mohit Goyal B) Mitali Meelan
C) Ashwini Parashar D) Anand Neelakantan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mitali Meelan

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Which one of the following issues was included in the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement of 2007?

A) India has 'advance right to reprocess' US-origin safeguarded spent fuel. B) India did not have the right to build a strategic fuel reserve with the help of the other supplier countries
C) India should not test a nuclear device D) The US will impede with the growth of India's nuclear weapons programme.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) India should not test a nuclear device

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The deal would indirectly bring India under purview of NSG and US laws that would not allow India to conduct nuclear test in the future. The issue of nuclear test was later clarified as the moratorium on nuclear test was unilateral and voluntary and there was no pressure on India from outside.

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Which part of the brain plays an important role in motor control?

A) Cerebellum B) Cerebrum
C) Medulla D) Pons
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cerebellum

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As per the 2016-17 Budget, the largest source of money to the Government of India is

A) Income Tax B) Corporation Tax
C) Non-tax revenues D) Borrowings and other liabilities
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Borrowings and other liabilities

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India has designed and developed pilotless target aircrafts named ___ and made successful test flight of its unmanned air vehicle (UAV).

 

1. Nishant

2. Lakshya

3. Astra

 

A) Only 2 B) Only 1
C) Only 2 & 3 D) Only 1 & 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Only 1 & 2

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If two coulomb of charge flows through any cross-section of a conductor in one second, what will be the current flowing through it?

A) 1 Ampere B) 1/2 Ampere
C) 1/4 Ampere D) 2 Amperes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2 Amperes

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Who is the newly appointed Foreign Secretary of India who took charge in early 2018?

A) Vijay Keshav Gokhale B) Usha Rani
C) Nitin Kumar Yadav D) Rajni Sekhri Sibal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vijay Keshav Gokhale

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The maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in a shell is indicated by the formula

A) 2n-2 B) 2n3
C) 2n D) 2n2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2n2

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