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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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The abundance of which type of mangrove tree has lent its name to the saltwater swamp which forms in the lower part of the Ganges delta?

Answer

Sundari

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The amount of Matter in an Object is

A) Weight B) Mass
C) Volume D) Space
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mass

Explanation:

Mass means the amount of matter in an object. Anything that has Mass and takes up Space is called Matter.

 

The Study of Matter and and how matter changes is called Chemistry.

 

Matter has some mass and occupies some space. Space occupied by an object is called its Volume.

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A mixture of sand and naphthalene can be seperated by __________

A) Fractional distillation B) Sublimation
C) Chromatography D) Any of them
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sublimation

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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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Which Bank has become the first bank in India to launch DigiPOS, a Point of Sale (POS) machine ?

A) Yes Bank B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank D) SBI
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) HDFC Bank

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Q:

The rate of heartbeat is accelerated by the harmone

A) adrenaline B) acetylcholine
C) thyroxine D) pituitrin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) adrenaline

Explanation:

The hormone adrenaline also called epinephrine is known as a stress harmone. In emotional upset (like fear, anger etc.) this harmone is poured into the blood and it accelerates heart beat. The hormone acetylcholine decelerates heartbeat rate.

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India's rank in the State of World's Mothers Index 2014

Answer

137

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Which State Government has approved one per cent reservation for orphans in government jobs under general category?

A) Haryana B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Maharashtra

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