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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
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What is the India’s GDP growth predict for Financial Year 2017-18, according to the Economic Survey of India (ESI) 2016-17 ?

A) 6.25 % to 7.5% B) 6.55 % to 7.25%
C) 6.55 % to 7.5% D) 6.75 % to 7.5%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 6.75 % to 7.5%

Explanation:

The Economic Survey for 2016-17, which is recently tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament, has expected India’s GDP growth estimation to be in 6.75 % to 7.5% for Financial Year 2017-18.

 

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The Teesta River is flowing through which two Indian states ?

A) Haryana & Punjab B) Sikkim & West Bengal
C) West Bengal & Manipur D) Assam & Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sikkim & West Bengal

Explanation:

The Teesta River is a 309 km long river flowing through the Indian states of West Bengal and Sikkim, before going to Bay of Bengal through Bangladesh.

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Which of the following nations in India sub-continent generates about 5000 mw electricity the excesss of which would be imported by india?

A) Nepal B) Bhutan
C) Bangladesh D) Myanmar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bhutan

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Q:

Arjuna Award was introduced in _____ ?

A) 1971 B) 1961
C) 1951 D) 1987
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1961

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Emma Morano, world’s oldest person who died at age 117 was a citizen of which country ?

A) France B) Greece
C) Italy D) England
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Italy

Explanation:

She was born on November 29, 1899. She was from Italy. She held the Guinness World Record titles for oldest living person and oldest living woman.

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Losoong is a festival which is celebrated in 

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Sikkim
C) Kerala D) Madhya Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sikkim

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Who became the first woman in the world to ski to the North Pole

A) Alexandra Pavid B) Meera Sahib
C) M.Patanjali D) Ann Bancraft
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ann Bancraft

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The grouping of blood is based on substances called

A) antibodies B) antigens
C) antitoxin D) enzymes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) antigens

Explanation:

The red blood corpuscles or Erythrocytes usually carry antigens and there are two types of antigens. The A group persons have antigen A in their red corpuscles and the B group have antigen A in their red corpuscles.The AB group persons have both antigen A and antigen B in their erythrocytes.The 'O'group persons have no antigens in their red corpuscles.

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