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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
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Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched

A) West Bengal - Highest density of population B) Himachal Pradesh - Highest sex ratio
C) Uttar Pradesh - Highest percentage of Scheduled Castes population D) Nagaland - Highest percentage of Scheduled Tribes population
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) West Bengal - Highest density of population

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Which is the first talkie film

Answer

The Jazz Singer in 1927

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The International Atomic Energy Agency was created under the aegis of the UN in

A) 1945 B) 1946
C) 1955 D) 1957
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1957

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In which of the following years, India's first Prime Minister Shri JawaharlalNehru was awarded with India's highest civilian honour BharatRatna?

A) 1955 B) 1953
C) 1951 D) 1950
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1955

Explanation:

In 1950 India's first Prime Minister Shri JawaharlalNehru was awarded with India's highest civilian honour BharatRatna.

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Why did charles babbage invent the computer?

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Charles Babbage, the father of computer, invented the first general-purpose computer in an effort to prevent the mathematical errors that were prevalent in the human-calculated mathematics of his time.

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Father of Indian Engineering -

A) James Hickey B) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
C) Nandalal Bose D) M.Visweswariah
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) M.Visweswariah

Explanation:

M.Visweswariah is known as the Father of Indian Engineering.

 

Father of Indian Printing - James Hickey

Father of Indian Green Revolution - Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Father of Indian Painting - Nandalal Bose.

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Which of these cities has one part of it is in Asia and other part in Europe ?

A) Moscow B) London
C) Istanbul D) Saint Peteresburg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Istanbul

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Who was the first woman to walk on the moon?

A) Sally Ride B) Svetlana Savitskaya
C) Valentina Tereshkova D) Williams
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Valentina Tereshkova

Explanation:

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to walk on the moon.

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