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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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A bond formed by the transfer of electrons between atoms of the elements is called

A) Ionic bond B) Covalent bond
C) Co-ordinate bond D) Hydrogen bond
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ionic bond

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DTS supports which of the following choices?

A) Generation of Travel authorizations B) Route travel requests for approval
C) Trip reservations D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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Smallest bone of human body is _________

A) Nails B) Fibula
C) Bone of nose D) Stapes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Stapes

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Q:

National Commission for Backward Classes was set up in 

A) 1991 B) 1992
C) 1993 D) 1994
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1993

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Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?

A) Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini B) Sister Nivedita
C) Madamee Blavatsky D) Sarojini Naidu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini

Explanation:

Mataji Maharani Tapaswini was one of the strongest proponents of female education in India. Her greatest contribution came in the form of the Mahakali Pathshala which she set up in Kolkata in 1893.

The school was a completely indigenous affair which did not rely on either foreign aid or assistance. The education of girls was carried out on a strictly national basis in the hopes that they would be able to revive and regenerate Hindu society.

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Who Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell?

A) Otto Hahn B) John Dalton
C) Robert Brown D) Marie Curie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Robert Brown

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Robert Brown, Scottish botanist, Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell in 1831, London. When Brown was studying orchids under microscope when he observed an opaque area, which he called the "Areola" or "Nucleus", in the cells of the flower's outer layer.

The nucleus was also described by Franz Bauer in 1804 but in detail Robert Brown made it in 1831.

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How do you display current date and time in MS Excel ?

A) Time () B) Now ()
C) Date () D) Today ()
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Now ()

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To display current date and time in MS Excel, we use Now() method. 

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The only fil-maker to get Bharat Rartna was

A) Raj Kapoor B) Curies
C) Satyjit ray D) S.S.Vasan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Satyjit ray

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