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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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Limba Ram is associated with which of the following fields

A) Motion Pictures B) Sports
C) Social Service D) Politics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sports

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State funding of elections takes place in

A) Germany and Austria B) USA and Canada
C) France and Italy D) Britain and Switzerland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Germany and Austria

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Lightning heats the surrounding air to

A) 300 deg Cent B) 3000 deg Cent
C) 30000 deg Cent D) 300000 deg Cent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 30000 deg Cent

Explanation:

Lightning is extremely hot — a flash can heat the air around it to temperatures five times hotter than the sun’s surface. This heat causes surrounding air to rapidly expand and vibrate, which creates the pealing thunder we hear a short time after seeing a lightning flash.

Lightning heats the surrounding air to about 30,000 degrees Centigrades.

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Who is the First Test Tube Twins Babies in the World?

A) Louise Brown & Vesli Multinder B) Stephan & Amanda
C) Harsha & Indhira D) Elizabeth Car & Carl Wood
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Stephan & Amanda

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Purushasukta is founded in the

A) Bhagavad Gita B) Rigveda
C) Manusmriti D) Athrvaveda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rigveda

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The First Battle of panipat was fought between the forces of 

A) Akbar and Hemu B) Abdali and the Marathas
C) Humayun and Sher Shah Suri D) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi

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When was the first ' International Non-Smoking Day' observed all over the world

A) 04.07.1988 B) 08.02.1989
C) 26.01.1950 D) 28.01.1950
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 04.07.1988

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Natural radioactivity was discovered by

A) Rutherford B) Becquerel
C) Curie D) Schmidt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Becquerel

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