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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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Bureaucracy literally means a system of government by

A) Elected representative B) Officials
C) Group of landlords D) Nominated representative
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Officials

Explanation:

A bureaucracy is a way of administratively organizing large numbers of people who need to work together.

The term bureaucracy literally means "rule by desks or offices".

Organizations in the public and private sector, including universities and governments, rely on bureaucracies to function.

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Q:

Famous play ' Macbeth ' is written by

A) Leo Tolstoy B) William Shakespeare
C) john Milton D) Charles Dickens
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) William Shakespeare

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Q:

Borders can be applied to

A) paragraph B) text
C) cells D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

When you want to add borders, it can be added to text, cells and paragraphs.

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Q:

What is the most common form of iodine deficiency?

Answer

Goitre

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Q:

Who Invented The World Wide Web ?

A) Sir Timothy John B) Earle Dickson
C) James Rineose D) Laszlo Jozsef Biro
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sir Timothy John

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Q:

' Ashoka Chakra ' is awarded for 

A) Outstanding contribution to literature B) Gallantry by children
C) Acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy D) Acts most conspicuous bravery of self saccrifice on land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Acts most conspicuous bravery of self saccrifice on land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy

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Q:

Which river has no mention in Rigaveda

A) Sindhu B) Saraswati
C) Yamuna D) Periyar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Periyar

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Identify the metalloid in the following list?

A) Silicon B) Sulphur
C) Scandium D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Silicon

Explanation:

A metalloid is an element with properties between metals and non metals or the mix of both.

The six metalloids are arsenic, silicon, germanium, boron, antimony and tellurium.

 

Hence, silicon is the only metalloid in the given list.

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