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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?

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The Sea that separates Greece and Italy is 

A) Mediterranean B) The Tyrrhenian
C) The Adriatic D) The Aegean
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The Adriatic

Explanation:

The Mediterranean Sea seperates the continents of Europe and Africa. Tyrrhenian Sea is found between Italy and Sardinia and Aegean Sea lies between Greece and Turkey. 

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MICR stands for

A) Magnetic Ink Code Reader B) Magnetic Ink Case Reader
C) Magnetic Ink Character Reader D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Magnetic Ink Character Reader

Explanation:

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MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Reader.

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If both the office of President and Vice-president vacant, who has been empowered the President function.

A) Chief Justice B) Prime Minister
C) Speaker of Loksabha D) Chief of Army Staff
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chief Justice

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By tradition, when does the presidential campaign begin?

A) When a candidate is officially nominated at the national convention B) With the New Hampshire primary
C) In September, following the national convention D) After a candidate has gained enough electoral votes in the primaries
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) When a candidate is officially nominated at the national convention

Explanation:

When a candidate is officially nominated at the national convention, then the presidential campaign begins.

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Who gave the title Father of The Nation to Mahatma Gandhi? 

A) Rabindra Nath Tagore B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) G.K. Gokel D) None of above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Subhas Chandra Bose

Explanation:

The title of Father of the Nation was given to Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi known as Mahathma Gandhi by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

He was the first who addressed Mahatma Gandhi as Father of the Nation on Singapore Radio on July 6, 1944.

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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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The purpose of the UNIA was to

A) Economic self sufficiency B) Racial pride
C) Formation of black nation D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

UNIA - Universal Negro Improvement Association.

 

It is primarily in the United States, organization founded by Marcus Garvey, dedicated to racial pride, economic self-sufficiency, and the formation of an independent black nation in Africa.

 

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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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