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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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  • Railway Examinations
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The first speaker of the Lok Sabha was 

A) GV Mavlankar B) Hukum Singh
C) MA Ayyangar D) GS Dhillon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) GV Mavlankar

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Who is the first Indian to take a hat trick in an international test ?

A) Jasu Patel B) Kapil Dev
C) Harbajan Singh D) B. S. Chandra Sekhar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Harbajan Singh

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Q:

Which compound forms a colored aqueous solution?

A) CrCl3 B) KBr
C) CaCl2 D) NaOH
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CrCl3

Explanation:

Colored aqueous solutions are a characteristic of transition compounds.

The only transition compound in the above choices is CrCl3.

Cr is a transition element.

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What is the heaviest noble gas?

A) krypton B) radon
C) helium D) xenon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) radon

Explanation:

The seven elements — helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and oganesson of Group 18 of the periodic table are Noble or Inert gases.

 

Radon is the heaviest and Helium is the lightest gases of the noble gases.

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Q:

" World Press Freedom Day " is observed on ?

A) May 1 B) May 2
C) May 3 D) May 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) May 3

Explanation:

World Press Freedom Day is observed on 3 May every year.

This year’s theme is “Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies”.

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Q:

The dolphin is 

A) Fish B) Reptile
C) Mammal D) Turtle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mammal

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The water readily available to plants for absorption by roots is

A) Gravitational water B) Rain water
C) Hygroscopic water D) Capillary water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Capillary water

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Which is the largest desert in Asia?

A) Kyzyl kum B) Thar
C) Karakum D) Gobi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gobi

Explanation:

The largest desert in Asia is called the Gobi Desert. It covers an area of 500,000 square miles stretching from southern Mongolia to northern China.

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