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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.


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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

 

The Principal promised the boys a holiday.

 

A) The boys have been promised a holiday by the Principal. B) The boys had been promised a holiday by the Principal.
C) The boys were promised a holiday by the Principal. D) The boys are promised a holiday by the Principal.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The boys were promised a holiday by the Principal.

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Oxide of which of the following will turn red litmus blue?

A) Magnesium B) Phosphorus
C) Sulphur D) Carbon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Magnesium

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Who invented the waterproof raincoat?

A) Robert Hooke B) Cai Lun
C) Charles Macintosh D) William Harvey
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Charles Macintosh

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Vocal chords in women are _______________ than vocal chords in men.

A) 5mm shorter B) 15mm shorter
C) 5mm longer D) 15mm longer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 5mm shorter

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The method of soil conservation in which different crops are grown in alternate rows and are sown at different times to protect the soil from rain wash is called?

A) Mulching B) Intercropping
C) Rock dam D) Terrace farming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Intercropping

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Which one of the following is n ot an objective of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)?

A) To achieve convergence ofinvestment in irrigation at the fieldlevel B) To expand cultivable area underirrigation
C) To improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water D) To protect farmers against crop failure due to natural calamities
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To protect farmers against crop failure due to natural calamities

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The major objective of the PMKSY is to achieve

•convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level,

•expand cultivable area under assured irrigation (Har Khet ko pani),

•improve on-farm water use efficiency to reduce wastage of water,

•enhance the adoption of precision-irrigation and other water saving technologies (More crop per drop),

•enhance recharge of aquifers and introduce sustainable water conservation practices by exploring the feasibility of reusing treated municipal based water for peri-urban agriculture and attract greater private investment in precision irrigation system.

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Masai is a tribe of which of the following country?

A) Kenya B) Germany
C) Australia D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kenya

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Phosphorus is kept in water because

A) its ignition temperature is very high B) its ignition temperature is very low 
C) its critical temperature is high D) its critical temperature is low
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) its ignition temperature is very high

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