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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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India's Largest tractor manufacture Mahindra & Mahindra had recently made a take over bid on a European company, Universal Tractors. The Company is based in 

A) England B) Finland
C) Norway D) Romania
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Romania

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Which of the following is a secondary storage device?

A) ALU B) Disc
C) Projector D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Disc

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The oldest news agency in the world is

A) Associated Press B) Agence France-Presse
C) Reuters D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Associated Press

Explanation:

Associated Press (AP) is world's oldest news agency followed by Reuters and Agence France - Presse.

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When is World Day for Water, recognised by the UN observed?

A) January 21 B) March 22
C) October 27 D) February 24
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) March 22

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What type of bone is a phalanx?

A) Short bones B) Joints
C) Long bones D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Long bones

Explanation:

The phalanges or a phalanx are/is digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes have two phalanges while the other digits have three phalanges. The phalanges are classed as long bones.

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The first lion safari of Rajasthan has come up at which of the following parks?

A) Nahargarh Biological Park B) Keoladeo National Park
C) Sariska Tiger Reserve D) Ranthambore National Park
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nahargarh Biological Park

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Which Indian social theorist had argued that the idea of a homogenized the 'cultural arrogance of post-enlightenment Europe'?

 

A) Ashis Nandy B) Partha Chatterjee
C) T.K.Oommen D) Rajni Kothari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ashis Nandy

Explanation:

Ashis Nandy traced the roots of colonialism's mandate to absolutize the relative differences between cultures to the cultural arrogance of Enlightenment Europe.

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Which of the following contributed to the failure of prohibition?

A) it was not imposed strictly on immigrants B) many americans didnt consider drinking to be a crime
C) it adversely affected american productivity D) organized crime controlled illegal alcohol production
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) organized crime controlled illegal alcohol production

Explanation:

Crime connected with illegal alcohol production and sale became a major issue so that even many people who had originally supported Prohibition decided that it needed to be repealed.

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