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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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The rate of heartbeat is accelerated by the hormone 

A) adrenaline B) acetylcholine
C) thyroxine D) pituitrin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) adrenaline

Explanation:

The hormone adrenaline also called epinephrine is known as a stress hormone. In emotional upsets( like fear, anger etc.) this hormone is poured into the blood and it accelerates heart beat. The hormone acetylcholine decelerates heartbeat rate.

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Bold, Italic, Regular are known as

A) Text Effects B) Font Styles
C) Font Effects D) Word Art
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Font Styles

Explanation:

Bold, Italic, Regular are known as Font Styles.

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Who is the father of modern chemistry?

A) Priestley B) Lavoisier
C) Dalton D) Mendeleeff
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lavoisier

Explanation:

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, a french chemist is considered as the "Father of Modern Chemistry."

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What happens when some charge is placed on a soap bubble?

A) Its radius decreases B) Its radius increases
C) The bubble Collapses D) The bubble expands
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Its radius increases

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Q:

A program in execution is called

A) Procedure B) Function
C) Process D) Instruction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Process

Explanation:

We know that a computer program is a set of instructions to be executed. And if the instructions are in execution, then it is called as process. In brief, a program in execution is called as process.

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Q:

Who has scored the most Test hundreds ever

A) Steve Waugh B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Shane warne D) Sunil Gavaskar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sachin Tendulkar

Explanation:
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Q:

The nuclear fuel in the sun is

A) Helium B) Uranium
C) Hydrogen D) Oxygen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hydrogen

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The International Waste Picker's Day is observed on which date?

 

A) 1 March B) 3 March
C) 5 March D) 7 March
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 March

Explanation:

The International Waste Picker's Day is observed on 1st March in memory of the massacre in Colombia in which 11 workers were brutally killed University of Barranquilla.

 

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