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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?

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Who among the following introduced the subsidiary alliance system in India?

A) Lord Cunningham B) Lord Cliv
C) Lord Wellesley D) Lord Canning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Wellesley

Explanation:

The doctrine of the subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805.

The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to enter into such an alliance in 1798. Tipu Sultan of Mysore refused to do so, but after the British victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was forced to become a subsidiary state in 1799.

The Nawab of Awadh was the next to accept the Subsidiary Alliance, in 1801.

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Niagara Falls are in

A) Australia B) South Africa
C) U.S.A D) U.K.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) U.S.A

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evtlesnioi-Arrange this word

A) Elevision B) Television
C) Senivion D) Telsion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Television

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Which Country has launched Sahara Forest Project near the southern port city of Aqaba to turn the desert land into farming Land ?

A) Iran B) Jordan
C) Iraq D) Libya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jordan

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Which object, initially called the 'Whirlwind', was invented by Ives McGaffey in 1869 ?

A) Washing machine B) Electric mixer
C) Vacuum cleaner D) Blender
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vacuum cleaner

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what is the source of energy for the water cycle?

A) Rain water B) Sun
C) Clouds D) Animals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sun

Explanation:

The water cycle is a term for the movement of water between the Earth's surface, the sky and underground. Water evaporates due to heat from the sun. Hence, the water cycle is driven primarily by the energy from the sun.

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This solar energy drives the cycle by evaporating water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, and even the soil. Other water moves from plants to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration.

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Every year " National Maritime Day of India " is observed on

A) 1st April B) 2nd Aril
C) 4th April D) 5th April
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5th April

Explanation:

National Maritime Day of India is observed every year on 5th April. On this day in 1919, S S Loyalty, the first ship of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company, journeyed to the United Kingdom.

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India's first experimental telecommunication satellite APPLE was put into orbit from a launch site in 

A) USA B) Russia
C) French Guiana D) Mexico
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) French Guiana

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