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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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Q:

Operating system is an example of

A) Application software B) System software
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) System software

Explanation:

A computer software are of two types. They are :

1. System software

2. Application software

 

Systems software includes the operating system and all the utilities that enable the computer to function. 

 

Application software includes programs that do real work for users.

 

Hence, Operating system is an example of system software.

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Q:

Synchronous motor can operate at

A) Lagging power factor only B) Unity power factor only
C) Leading power factor only D) At any power factor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) At any power factor

Explanation:

synchronous motor can operate at lag lead and unity power factor also why because it is mainly depends on excitation

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) constituet B)  iliterrate
C)  conctituet D) constitute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) constituet

Explanation:
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Q:

Who wrote the first history book?

A) Herodotus B) Euclid
C) Julius Caesar D) Aristotle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Herodotus

Explanation:

Herodotus, a Greek author written the first history book in 5th century B.C.

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Q:

The Waterfall with the greatest meterage in the fall is 

A) The Jog Falls, India B) The Victoria Falls, Africa
C) The Niagara Falls, N America D) The Salto Angel Falls, S America
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The Salto Angel Falls, S America

Explanation:

The greatest single drop of the waterfall, Salto Angel of Venezuela, measures 807m and the width at the base is about 150 m. From top to bottom the Angel falls measures 979 m - almost 1 km.

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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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Q:

Cricket is the national game of which country?

A) Australia B) India
C) Canada D) Spain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Australia

Explanation:

Cricket is the national game of Australia.

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Q:

A conception of right and wrong is

Answer

A conception of right and wrong is the definition of Ethics.


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Ethics are societal norms adopted by a group which deals with the fundamental human relation ships.

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