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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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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word ‘CACOPHONOUS’

A) Tamed B) Harmonious
C) Domestic D) Silent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Harmonious

Explanation:
Cacophonous means loud or noisy
Tamed means make less powerful and easier to control
Harmonious means tuneful, melodious → which is nearly opposite in meaning to Cacophonous
Domestic means relating to the running of a home 
Silent means not making any sound.
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Q:

The mass number of an isotope of an element is 298. If its nucleus has 189 neutrons, what is its atomic number?

A) 298 B) 189
C) 109 D) 487
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 109

Explanation:
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Q:

The main cause of rancidity in foods is the ____ of fats and oils.

A) hydrolysis B) clarification
C) reduction D) oxidation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) oxidation

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Q:

Festival of Nuakhai was recently celebrated in

A) Telangana B) Odisha
C) Goa D) Maharastra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Odisha

Explanation:

Nuakhai or Nuankhai is an agricultural festival mainly observed by people of Odisha and Chhattisgarh in India. Nuakhai is observed to welcome the new rice of the season.

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Q:

The mean distance of the earth from the sun is approximately

A) 149,502,000 km B) 150,503,000 km
C) 148,000,000 km D) 150,000,000 km
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 149,502,000 km

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Q:

A large underground economy results in an

A) Understated GDP price index B) Understated GDP
C) Overstated GDP D) Overstated GDP price index
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Overstated GDP

Explanation:

A large underground economy results in an Overstated GDP. The underground economy is also called as Black market. It refers to illegal economic activity. Transactions in the underground economy are illegal either because the good or service being traded is illegal or because an otherwise licit transaction does not comply with government reporting requirements.

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Q:

In national income accounting, government purchases include

A) Federal B) Local
C) State D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

In national income accounting, government purchases by Local, State and Federal governments.

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Q:

Oxygen crosses a plasma membrane by

A) Osmosis B) Evaporation
C) Concatenation D) Diffusion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Osmosis

Explanation:

Oxygen crosses a plasma membrane by Osmosis.

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