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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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Which is Largest library in the world ?

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United State Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

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The Deccan Agriculturalists 'Relief Act of 1879 was enacted with which one of the following objectives?

A) Restore lands to the dispossessed peasants B) Ensure financial assistance to peasants during social and religious occasions
C) Restrict the sale of land for indebtedness to outsiders D) Give legal aid to insolvent peasants
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Give legal aid to insolvent peasants

Explanation:

The Deccan Riots Commission was set up which presented a report to the British Parliament in 1878.In 1879, the Agriculturists Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts.It was an Act for the relief of Indebted Agriculturists in certain parts of the Deccan.

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Jewar airport is proposed to be developed in which state ? 

A) Madhya Pradesh B) Uttarakhand
C) Punjab D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Uttar Pradesh

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Who was appointed as Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation in the year 2017 ?

A) Alok Kumar Verma B) Anil Sinha
C) Rakesh Asthana D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alok Kumar Verma

Explanation:

Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma, Delhi Police Commissioner was appointed as new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. He will have tenure of two years. He was selected by a three-member committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice J S Khehar and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. He will take over from interim director Rakesh Asthana, who was handed the reins of the premier investigating agency after former director Anil Sinha retired on December 2, 2016.

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Which of these places lies nearest to the Equator?

A) Singapore B) Lagos
C) Colombo D) Jakarta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Singapore

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The asia games were held in Delhi for the first time in

A) 1951 B) 1963
C) 1971 D) 1956
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1951

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The 'Ringgit' is the present day currency of which of the following country ?

A) Singapore B) Malaysia
C) Switzerland D) Thailand
 
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The Principal purpose of Akbar in following the Strategy of befriending Rajputs and seeking their cooperation was to 

A) Secure matrimonial alliances B) Strengthen the foundations of Mughal Empire in India
C) Wipe out Afghan power from the land D) Check the inflow of foreign invaders of india
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Strengthen the foundations of Mughal Empire in India

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