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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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Full form of BCG is 

A) Bacillus Cholera Germ B) Bacillus Calmette Guerin
C) Bacillus Curative Gene D) Bacillus Cholera Guerin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bacillus Calmette Guerin

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During rainy season wooden doors are difficult to open or closure because of  ?

A) Imbibition B) Plasmolysis
C) Diffusion D) Osmosis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Imbibition

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Pen name of Rabindranath Tagore?

A) Bhanu Simha B) Gurudev
C) Kabiguru D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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Pen names have had a certain place of their own in the world of writing. Pen names are something which every writer comes across at some time in their careers.

 

Indian author to use a pen name Bhanu Simha is Rabindranath Tagore. He also has Gurudev, Kabiguru as his pen names.

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_______ uses laser technology to store large amount of information

A) Floppy disk B) CD-ROM
C) Hard disk D) ED-ROM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) CD-ROM

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Name the only US president who also served as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

 

A) John Quincy Adams B) William Howard Taft
C) Lyndon B. Johnson D) Zachary Taylor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) William Howard Taft

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Q:

Paper currency first started in India in _____ ?

A) 1542 B) 1601
C) 1861 D) 1880
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1861

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The list of sixteen Mahajanapadas is available in

A) Mahabharat B) Chhandogya Upanishad
C) Anguttar Nikaya D) Samyukta Nikaya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Anguttar Nikaya

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Who was the first Indian ruler who had territory outside India ?

A) Kanishka B) Chandra Guptha Maurya
C) Huvishka D) Ashoka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kanishka

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