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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
  • All India Services:
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Which one of the following has been proclaimed by UNESCO as a masterpiece of oral and intangible heritages of humanity

A) Parana B) Ram Lila
C) Geeta D) Mahabharata
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Geeta

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Safety matches contain

A) Sulphur B) Phosphorus
C) Magnesium D) Potassium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Phosphorus

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Which is the Lightest of all the metals?

A) Hydrogen B) Lithium
C) Sodium D) Pottasium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lithium

Explanation:

Lithium is the lightest of all the metals due to its low atomic number among meetals

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What is the theme of the 2017 World Thalassaemia Day (WTD) ?

A) Together for Humanity B) Access to Safe & Effective Drugs in Thalassaemia
C) Patients Rights Revisited D) Thalassemia: Knowledge is Strength
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Together for Humanity

Explanation:

The World Thalassaemia Day (WTD) is observed every year on May 8 to spread awareness about this deadly disease and the importance of blood donation and how it helps the millions of people suffering from Thalassemia worldwide. Thalassemia is genetic blood disorders characterised by reduction in the synthesis or absence of haemoglobin in the body. According to a WHO report, more than 90% patients with thalassaemia in western countries lead a normal life, whereas in India, roughly half of all patients die before reaching adulthood. Approx 3.9% of India’s population is a carrier for thalassemia. The 2017 theme ‘Together for Humanity’ highlights the need for unity and the efforts that are required to fight this fatal disease.

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Which is the largest of all the Deserts?

A) Thar B) Sahara
C) Kalahari D) Arabian
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sahara

Explanation:

Sahar is the largest desert.It is located in Africa

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What type of mirror is used in car headlights?

A) Concave B) convex
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Concave

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Concave type of glasses are used in the headlights of the vehicles as the light from the bulb which is at focus will converges out and spreads and reflects back parallely.

 

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Which IT company has developed Financial Core - a banking software product?

A) Wipro B) Satyam
C) Infosys D) TCS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Infosys

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What name, taken from a medieval fortress near London , was adopted as the official name of the British Royal family in 1917?

Answer

Windsor

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