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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 was in command of the nationalist movement before Gandhi had assumed leadership of the Congress?

A) C.R.Das B) Motilal Nehru
C) Lala Lajpat Rai D) Lokmanya Tilak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lokmanya Tilak

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Which of the following does not contain the material particles

A) alpha - rays B) beta - rays
C) gamma - rays D) anode rays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gamma - rays

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Q:

The panchatantra was written during the

A) Maurya period B) Gupta period
C) Sultanate period D) Kushana period
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gupta period

Explanation:

The panchatantra was written by Vishnu sharma, an Indian scholar during the period of Gupta rule. It is during 3rd Century BCE.

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If a body weighs 12N on the surface of the earth, how much will it weigh on the surface of the moon where acceleration due to gravity is only one-sixth of that on earth's surface?

A) 12N B) 2N
C) 10N D) 6N
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2N

Explanation:

Weight is mass x g. Since mass is constant and g is only 16thof that on the earth. The weight on the moon is only 16th of that on the earth. 

Therefore 2N i.e (b) is the answer.

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What furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968?

A) Sofa bed B) Captain's chair
C) Waterbed D) Hammock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Waterbed

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Which company briefly touched $800 billion market valuation, making it the world's first ever company to hit the milestone  ?

A) Google B) Microsoft
C) Facebook D) Apple
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Apple

Explanation:

Apple briefly touched $800 billion market valuation, making it the world's first ever company to hit the milestone. At $800 billion, Apple's valuation was higher than the combined market cap of all the 30 Sensex companies, which stood at $784 billion. The world's most valuable company, Apple is followed by Google parent Alphabet, and Microsoft in market valuation.

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What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

A) 7-Up B) Yoo-Hoo
C) Pepsi D) Hawaiian Punch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 7-Up

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The Government has renamed NREGA schme and the name associated with the scheme is that of

A) Rajeev Gandhi B) Indira Gandhi
C) Mahatma Gandhi D) Jawaharlal Nehru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi

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