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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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The world's largest biofuel plant with production capacity of 110 million liters of fuel annually has been set up in 

A) China B) India
C) Brazil D) USA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Brazil

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Sound waves cannot travel in

A) Vacuum B) Water
C) Glass D) Hydrogen gas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vacuum

Explanation:

A Sound wave needs a medium for propogation. Hence, Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.

A vacuum is an area without any air, like space. So sound cannot travel through space because there is no matter for the vibrations to work in.

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Q:

Expansion cards are inserted into

A) Peripheral Devices B) Pegs
C) Slots D) The back of the computer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Slots

Explanation:

In computing, the expansion card or board or accessory card is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an electrical connector or expansion slot, on a computer motherboard, to add functionality to a computer system via the expansion bus.

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Q:

Veto power is not possessed by

A) U.K B) U.S.A
C) Rrussia D) West Germany
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) West Germany

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Ethylene glycol is used as an antifreeze in a cold climate. Mass of ethylene glycol which should be added to 4 kg of water to prevent it from freezing at –6°C will be: (Kf  for water = 1.86 Kg/mol and molar mass of ethylene glycol = 62 kg/mol)

A) 204.60 g B) 304.30 g
C) 804.32 g D) 400.00 g
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 804.32 g

Explanation:

∆Tf = kf.m 

for ethylene glycol in aq. solution

 ∆Tf = kf wmol.wt × 1000wt. of solvent6 = 1.86 x w x 100062 x 4000

=> w = 800 g

 

So, the weight of solute should be more than 800 g.

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The Most Abundant Rare Gas in the Atmosphere is

A) Xe B) He
C) Ne D) Ar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ar

Explanation:

Argon is most the most abundant Rare Gas in the atmosphere. Its elemental symbol is Ar. 

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Q:

The fish that can taste with its whole body is the

Answer

Catfish

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India won its first Olympic hockey gold in

A) 1928 B) 1932
C) 1936 D) 1948
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1928

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