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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
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The hormone that helps in Parthenocarpy

A) Abscisic acid B) Gibberellin
C) Ethylene D) Cytokinin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gibberellin

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Which of the following names is NOT associated with the insurance business in India?

A) Bajaj Allianz B) LIC
C) GIC D) GE Money
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) GE Money

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This animal fasts for about 8 months in a year and yet is active, gives birth, and nurses its young while fasting. Name the animal

A) Polar Bear B) Frog
C) Reindeer D) Lion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Polar Bear

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Vivipary is defined as germination

A) during storage B) within the fruit
C) with cotyledons coming out of soil D) with cotyledons remaining inside the soil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) within the fruit

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Vivipary means germination even when attached to the mother plant. Usually the saline marsh plants (Halophytes) have their seeds growing even when they are inside the fruits attached to the tree.

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In MS-Word, for what does ruler help?

A) to set indents B) to change page margins
C) to set tabs D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

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In MS-Word, the Ruler function helps align the text, graphic, tables or other elements in your document.

 

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In which state, the President's Rule was first imposed in India

A) Andhra Pradesh B) Bihar
C) Assam D) Arunachal Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh

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Anna Hazare was awarded the Padma Bhushan in recognition for

A) His war against corruption and launching Bharashtachar Virodhi Jan Andolan B) His service to the Indian army
C) His remarkable social service in the Adivasi areas of Bihar D) Transfoming a barren-dry village called Ralegan Siddhi in Maharastra's Ahmednagar district into a model village of self sufficiency,ecofriendly and harmony
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Transfoming a barren-dry village called Ralegan Siddhi in Maharastra's Ahmednagar district into a model village of self sufficiency,ecofriendly and harmony

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Which of the following are advantage of CD-ROM as a storage media?

A) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large amount of data and information B) CD-ROM disks retrieve data and information more quickly than magnetic disks do
C) CD-ROMS make less errors than magnetic media D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CD-ROM is an inexpensive way to store large amount of data and information

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