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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
  • All India Services:
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What is Altamira in northern Spain Famous for?

Answer

Caves with pre-historic paintings and engravings 

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Q:

Gamma rays are

A) high energy electrons B) low energy electrons
C) high energy electromagnetic D) high energy positrons waves
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) high energy electromagnetic

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Munda is a folk dance of _____.

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Jharkhand
C) Chhattisgarh D) Haryana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jharkhand

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Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?

A) Piyadassi B) Colin Mackenzie
C) Alexander Cunningham D) James Prinsep
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) James Prinsep

Explanation:

The inscriptions of Asoka were first deciphered by James Princep in 1837. They are written in Pali language and in some places Prakrit was used. The Brahmi script was employed for writing.In the northwestern India Asokan inscriptions were found in Karoshti script.

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Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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Q:

Student specific scholarships are awarded to students who

A) have impressive academic achievements B) are members of a certain group
C) have impressive athletic accomplishments D) demonstrates a specific skill
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) have impressive academic achievements

Explanation:

A scholarship is an award of financial aid that helps students to continue their studies further by a popular donor or from the scheme of the government. Student specific scholarships are awarded to students who have impressive academic achievements.

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Q:

Toricelli invented

A) Automobile B) Barometer
C) Stethoscope D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Barometer

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The first NBA Basketball School has been opened in which city ?

A) Delhi B) Bengaluru
C) Mumbai D) Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mumbai

Explanation:

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced the launch of NBA Basketball School, a network of tuition-based basketball development programs around the world open to international male and female players ages 6-18 in Mumbai.

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Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT
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Q:

How many years “Emu” birds can lives?

Answer

60 years

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Subject: Animals and Birds

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