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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.


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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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According to a latest report by UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), released in November 2017, which region has been ranked as the world's most violent region for women?

 

A) Latin America and the caribean countries B) Sudan
C) Gulf Countries D) South East Asian Countries
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Latin America and the caribean countries

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Who constructed the Hawa Mahal?

A) Maharaja Bhagvat Singh B) Maharaja Jagatjit Singh
C) Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh D) Maharajah Jaswanth Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh

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Which of the following statements is Incorrect?

A) Atomic size increases from top to bottom B) All the elements of a group have same valency
C) Isotopes of the same elements are placed in the same group D) Atomic radius generally decreases from left to right
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Isotopes of the same elements are placed in the same group

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Who among the following has been awarded by the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award-2017 for his crucial mediating role and efforts to help children effected by the insurgency in his country?

 

A) Zannah Mustapha   B) Francois Gabart  
C) Sarah Mullally   D) Cyril Ramaphosa  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Zannah Mustapha  

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Can't judge a book by its cover

 

A) If you love something dearly then you have to protect it B) You shouldn't prejudge the value of something, by its outward appearance alone
C) To make a false opinion without even seeing that person is prejudice D) A bad book needs a good cover to make it saleable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) You shouldn't prejudge the value of something, by its outward appearance alone

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Who wrote the National song of India?

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
C) Mohammed Iqbal D) Chitragupta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

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Atomic mass of Carbon is 12 and that of Helium is 4. State which of the following statements is true for 1 mole of each of the elments?

A) 1 mole of Helium will contain 3 times more atoms than 1 mole of Carbon B) 1 mole of Carbon will contain the same number of atoms as present in 1 mole of Helium
C) 1 mole of Carbon will contain one-third the number of atoms present in 1 mole of Helium D) 1 mole of Carbon will contain 3 times more atoms than 1 mole of Helium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 mole of Carbon will contain the same number of atoms as present in 1 mole of Helium

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