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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.


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Two bulbs are fitted in a room in the domestic electric installation. One of them glows brighter than the other. Then

A) the brighter bulb has smaller resistance B) the brighter bulb has larger resistance
C) both the bulbs have the same resistance D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the brighter bulb has smaller resistance

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Q:

Netherlands is hosting a festival of India at which cities in 2017 ?

A) Hague B) Amsterdam
C) Groningen D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

A Festival of India is being organized in the Netherlands from 26 January – 27 March 2017. The events will be held in the cities of The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam/Maastricht, Utrecht, Eindhoven and Groningen.

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Q:

The ________  part of india receives maximum insolation

A) northern B) eastern
C) western D) southern
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) southern

Explanation:

southern region is closest to equator and thus receives sunlight for longer duration than any other part of India

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Q:

Nathu La pass is in

A) Sikkim B) Bhutan
C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Jammu and Kashmir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sikkim

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Q:

Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by Indians?

Answer

Because it was made up of Britishers.

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Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”  ?

A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Salman Khan
C) Soumitra Chatterjee D) Shahrukh Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Soumitra Chatterjee

Explanation:

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour” for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray’s films including ‘Apur Sansar’, ‘Debi’,’ Aranyer Din Ratri’, ‘Ghare Bairey’ and ‘Ganashatru’. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.

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Q:

Indian Water falls "Kunchikal falls" is in which state ?

A) Odisha B) Maharastra
C) Rajasthan D) Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Karnataka

Explanation:

Kunchikal falls of India is of height 1493 ft is in Karnataka state of the river Varahi.

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Clouds usually form when

A) air temperature reaches the dew point B) evapouration has warmed the surrounding air
C) relative humidity is 0% D) condensation nuclei have been removed from the air
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) air temperature reaches the dew point

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