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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
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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Who has been elected as 13th Vice President of India ?

A) M Venkaiah Naidu B) Gopalkrishna Gandhi
C) Hamid Ansari D) Ram Nath Kovind
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) M Venkaiah Naidu

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Which is the first bank established in India?

A) General Bank of India B) Bank of Calcutta
C) Bank of Hindustan D) Bank of Baroda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bank of Hindustan

Explanation:

The first bank established in India in the year 1770 was Bank of Hindustan followed by the General Bank of India in the year 1786. The State Bank of India (SBI) was the still existing oldest bank which was established in the year 1806 in the name of Bank of Calcutta.

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Which Bollywood actress has been appointed as the first Indian woman ambassador (Friend of Australia) for Tourism in Australia  ?

A) Priyanka Chopra B) Aliya Bhatt
C) Parineeti Chopra D) Shilpa Shetty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Parineeti Chopra

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What does PMKSY stands for ?

A) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Sampada Yojana B) Pradhan Mantri Kalyan Sampada Yojana
C) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana D) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Seva Yojana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana

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Q:

ICF (integral Coach Factory) is at 

A) Alwaye B) Coimbatore
C) Chennai D) Bhadravati
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chennai

Explanation:

Railway Coaches and wagons are manufactured in Perambur, Chennai.

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Q:

A particle which is four times in mass and two times in charge that of proton is

A) helium atom B) an alpha particle
C) deuteron D) tritium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) an alpha particle

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When was the Internet available to the Public?

A) 1970 B) 1980
C) 1990 D) 2000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1990

Explanation:

Internet service providers (ISP's) emerged in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990.

By 1995, the Internet was fully commercialized in the U.S., when the NSFNet was decommissioned, removing the last restrictions on use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic.

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Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who has won the prestigious ' Grammy Awards ' is an exponent in which of the following musical instuments

A) Sarod B) Tabla
C) Violin D) Mohan Veena
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mohan Veena

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