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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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The oldest Monarchy in the world is that of

A) UK B) Nepal
C) Saudi Arabia D) Japan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Japan

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Q:

Emphasize most nearly means

A) Accentuate B) Calculate
C) Justify D) Demain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Accentuate

Explanation:

Emphasize means giving special importance or worth giving attention to in speaking or writing.

Here in the options, Accentuate is most nearly means Emphasize.

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Which of the following is not an agency of UN

A) World Health Organisation B) International Monetary Fund
C) International Committee of the Red Cross D) Food and Agricultural Organization
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) International Committee of the Red Cross

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Nation Police Academy in Hyderabad is named after which of the following leaders ?

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Sardar Vallabhai Patel D) Lal Bahaddur sastry
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhai Patel

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Which state gives Mewar award?

A) Rajasthan B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh D) West Bengal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rajasthan

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The Maharana Mewar Award is a Rajasthan State Award.

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This award has been instituted to honour work of permanent value to those who consider it their duty, like the Diwan of Shri Eklingji still do, to benefit society through services in the field of education, literature, social services, philanthropy and character building activities.

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What was the name of the atom bomb dropped by USA on Hiroshima in Japan during the second world war ?

A) Little Boy B) Little Fly
C) Little Devil D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Little Boy

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Which of the following is used by the international court of justice in disputes concerning riparian rights

A) Helsinki Agreement B) paris Agreement
C) Reykjavik Agreement D) Geneva Agreement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reykjavik Agreement

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What is the systematic name of Mg(NO3)2?

A) Manganese nitrite B) Magnesium nitrite
C) Magnesium nitrate D) Manganese nitrate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Magnesium nitrate

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Mg(NO3)2 is Magnesium nitrate.

 

In the case of Mg(NO3)2, the metal in the compound is magnesium (Mg), and the non-metal here is called the nitrate ion (NO3). This makes the name of the compound simply magnesium nitrate.

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