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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 among the following is set to become the youngest-ever "Messenger of Peace," for 'United Nations' ?

A) Rashi Anand B) Shikha Patra
C) Bedadyuti Jha D) Malala Yousafzai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Malala Yousafzai

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Which is not a sediment transporting agent?

A) Stratification B) Windstorms
C) Glacial Ice D) Stream water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Stratification

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Stratification as actually the settling down of sediments with different properties to form layers/strata over years. Stratification especially occurs on the bed of water bodies such as oceans.

 

Stratified sedimentary rocks are used to study the ecological conditions over previous years/eras.  

 

The other choices like Windstorms, Glacial Ice and Stream water are mediums which sediments are transported.

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A........ can operate at high speeds and can support hundreds of users

A) Micro computer B) Mainframe computer
C) Super computer D) Mini computer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mainframe computer

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What is amodem connected to?

A) processor B) mother board
C) printer D) phone line
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) phone line

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World Health Day is observed on ________

A) April 7 B) April 14
C) April 21 D) April 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) April 7

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The First Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in NorthEastern States will be set up in the State of :

A) Manipur B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Nagaland D) Mizoram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mizoram

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What is the name of the writer of indian origin whose novel, "The Inheritance of Loss" has bagged Man Booker Prize?

A) Vikram Seth B) Kiran Desai
C) Salman Rushdie D) V.S Naipaul
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kiran Desai

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Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

A) Troposphere B) Stratosphere
C) Thermosphere D) Mesosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Stratosphere

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The ozone layer is a region of Earth's Stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It contains high concentrations of ozone (O3) in relation to other parts of the atmosphere, although still small in relation to other gases in the stratosphere.

 

The Atmosphere is divided into 4 layers according to major changes in temperature. They are :

1. Troposphere,

2. Stratosphere,

3. Mesosphere  and

4. Thermosphere.

The farther away from earth, the thinner the atmosphere gets.

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