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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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Which of the following is NOT a Union Territory?

A) Daman and Diu B) Puducherry
C) Shillong D) Lakshadweep
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shillong

Explanation:

We know that The seven union territories of India are are:

Chandigarh.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Daman and Diu.

Lakshadweep.

Puducherry.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

National Capital Territory of Delhi.

 

Hence, Shillong is not a Union Territory.

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Five boys are sitting in a circle. Ajay is between Ramesh and Damanik. Suleman is left to Vikas.Ramesh is left to Suleman. Who is sitting immediate right to Ajay?

A) Suleman B) Damanik
C) Vikas D) Ramesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ramesh

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Q:

Where is the National Institute of Jute and Allied Fibre Technology located ?

A) Telangana B) Andhra Pradesh
C) West Bengal D) Haryana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) West Bengal

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Leakage of which of the following gases caused the Bhopal gas tragedy ?

A) Carbon monoxide B) Methyl isocyanate
C) Nitrous oxide D) Hydrogen sulphide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Methyl isocyanate

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Q:

The United Nation declared 2006 as the International year of

A) Rice B) World Population
C) Communication D) Elderly Persons
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rice

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Where is the headquarters of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)  ?

A) Berlin B) Spain
C) London D) New York
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) New York

Explanation:

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations for coordinating the economic, social and environmental issues, as well as for implementing internationally agreed development goals. Recently, it is in news because India has been re-elected to the United Nations ECOSOC for another 3-year term. India was among 18 nations to win election to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). India obtained 183 votes, the second highest after Japan in the Asia Pacific category. The elected members of ECOSOC for a three-year term beginning 1 January, 2018 are Belarus, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Ireland, Japan, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Spain, Sudan, Togo, Turkey and Uruguay. The headquarters of the ECOSOC is located in New York, Unites States.

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Q:

Light - year measures which of the following ?

A) Intensity of Light B) Mass
C) Distance D) Time
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Distance

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Q:

The schwann cell forms a myelin sheath around the

A) nodes of Ranvier B) dendrites
C) nucleus D) axon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) axon

Explanation:

Schwann cells or neurolemmocytes are the cells in the peripheral nervous system that form the myelin sheath around a neuron's axon.

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