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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
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Who among the following was NOT a contemporary of other there

A) Bimbisara B) Gautama Buddha
C) Milinda D) Prasenjit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Milinda

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What is the International Date Line ?

A) It is the equator B) It is the 0 degrees longitude
C) It is the 90 degrees longitude D) It is the 180 degrees longitude
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It is the 180 degrees longitude

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The age of a lion can be determined from its

A) hair B) nose
C) nails D) tail
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) nose

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By seeing the color of the nose we can determine the age of lions.

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Who is the father of Green Revolution in India?

A) Jayanth C Narlikar B) Amartyasen
C) RK Pachowry D) M.S. Swaminathan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) M.S. Swaminathan

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LONGEST RIVER IN ODISHA

Answer

Mahanadi

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Who is the first Indian woman to receive in Borlaug award and in which year

A) Dr. Maduri V.Patel, 1991 B) Dr. Maduri V.Patel, 1992
C) Dr. Amita Patel, 1991 D) Dr. Amita Patel, 1992
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dr. Amita Patel, 1992

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ESCAP stands for

A) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific B) European Society Council for Africa and Pacific
C) Economic and Social Commission for Africa and Pacific D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific

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A woman’s voice is shriller than a man’s voice due to

A) weak vocal chords B) lower frequency
C) higher frequency D) higher amplitude
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) higher frequency

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As the frequency of sound is higher, women have shriller voices than men.

The shrillness or pitch of a sound is determined by its frequency. The higher the pitch shriller the voice. As the sounds produced by vocal cords of women are higher than men so women have shriller voices than men. Because their vocal cord is of smaller size. As their vocal cord is more stretched than men's.

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