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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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Central processing unit is combination of

A) Arithmetic and Control unit B) Control and Output unit
C) Control and Storage unit D) Arithmetic logic and input unit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Arithmetic and Control unit

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The English East India Company laid the foundation of Fort St.George at Madras during the regin of 

A) Akbar B) Aurangzeb
C) Jahangir D) Shah Jahan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Shah Jahan

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Q:

Who is known as Punjab Kesari?

A) Bhagat Singh B) Dada Saheb Phalke
C) Lala Lajpat Rai D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lala Lajpat Rai

Explanation:

Lala Lajpat Rai is known as Punjab Kesari.

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Which district in Andra Pradesh won the MGNREGA annual award for effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ?

A) Vizianagaram B) Vizag
C) Guntur D) Srikakulam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vizianagaram

Explanation:

The Ministry of Rural Development has selected Vizianagaram as one among the 17 districts across the nation for the MGNREGA annual award for effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during 2015-16. The award would be presented at the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Sammelan to the district programme coordinator and District Collector on June 19, 2017 in New Delhi.

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In which of the following mammals estrous cycle is absent ?

A) Rabbit B) Horse
C) Cow D) Monkey
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Monkey

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Q:

Milk is an example of a

A) Emulsion B) Solution
C) Gel D) Suspension
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Emulsion

Explanation:

Milk is an emulsion of oil in water (o/w).


Emulsion: A suspension of droplets of one liquid in another.

Constituents of milk :

The principal constituents of milk are water, fat, proteins, lactose (milk sugar) and minerals (salts). Milk also contains trace amounts of other substances such as pigments, enzymes, vitamins, phospholipids (substances with fatlike properties), and gases.

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Q:

The Constituent Assembly of India started functioning from

A) 9th December,1946 B) 1st January, 1947
C) 26th January, 1947 D) 15th August, 1947
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 9th December,1946

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Which one of the following cities is called the 'zero mile centre ' of India

A) Kanpur B) Allahabad
C) New Delhi D) Nagpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nagpur

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