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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
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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C.K. Naidu Cup is associated with which of the following sporting events?

A) Tennis B) Cricket
C) Hockey D) Golf
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cricket

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Rice in Burma is cultivated along the deltas of ________river

A) Salween B) Menam
C) Mekong D) Irrawaddy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Irrawaddy

Explanation:

Though not the largest producer, Burma is an important exporter of rice because production exceeds demand.

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Who is the winner of the prestigious Goldman Environment Prize called the Green Nobel for 2014?

Answer

Ramesh Agrawal

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Who was an early proponent of functionalism?

A) Darwin B) Charles
C) William James D) Wyndt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) William James

Explanation:

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William James was an early proponent of functionalism.

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Where do the greenhouse gases come from?

A) Agriculture B) Land-use change
C) Fosssil fuels D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Most of the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) come primarily from burning fossil fuels (coal, hydrocarbon gas liquids, natural gas, and petroleum) for energy use and the major greenhouse gas is of course carbon dioxide (CO2) which comes from burning fossil fuels and land-use change.

But methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), which mostly come from agriculture and waste, are also significant GHGs and shouldn't be discounted.

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Primitive people practice animal rearing  in the tropical grasslands of _______

A) Brazil B) Northern Australia
C) East Africa D) Orinoco Basin in South America
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) East Africa

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'Asian Drama ', by Gunnar Karl Myrdal, is a book on which of the following subjects

A) Theatre Movements in Asia B) Economics
C) International Politics D) Look East Policy of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Economics

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Q:

Hydrophilic molecules readily associate with

A) water B) alcohols
C) both A & B D) none of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) both A & B

Explanation:

Hydrophilic molecules readily associate with water molecules and water like molecules such as alcohols.

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