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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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Which of these is a starting point for primary succession?

A) a neglected yard B) a surface exposed by a retreating glacier
C) an abandoned city D) abandoned farmland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) a surface exposed by a retreating glacier

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which of the following statements are correct

A) Sir Richard Arkwright - Father of industrial revolution B) Michael Faraday - Discovered Benzene and invented Bunsen Burner
C) Thomas Alva Edison - phonograph and motion picture camera D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Inventors and their Inventions ::

 

  • Sir Richard Arkwright - Father of industrial revolution.

 

  • Michael Faraday - Discovered Benzene and invented Bunsen Burner.

 

  • Thomas Alva Edison - Invented Phonograph and motion picture camera.
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Q:

Oxidation number of S8?

A) +1 B) -2
C) +2 D) 0
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0

Explanation:

S8 is an elemental form of sufur. In elemental form it can't be reduced or oxidized. Hence, it oxidation number is zero and thus sulfur is zerovalent here.

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Q:

Lala lajapathi rai is the author of the book

A) India Divided B) Hind Swaraj
C) Unhappy India D) Mother India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Unhappy India

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Q:

The lining of the marrow cavity is

A) Endosteum B) Sarcolemma
C) Episteum D) Periosteum
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Endosteum

Explanation:

The marrow cavity is also known as the medullary cavity. It is the central cavity of bone shafts where adipose tissue is stored. It is lined with a thin, vascular membrane called endosteum.

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Q:

How many Species go Extinct Every Day?

Answer

About 150 - 200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every day or 24 hrs.


This is not an accurate but an estimation by U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity and Global Extinction Rates. It is also said that current extinctions were 'up to 100 times higher than the background rate.'

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Q:

The first female to take over the controls of a NASA spaceship is

A) Wilkie Collins B) Eileen Collins
C) Colette D) Kim Clijsters
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Eileen Collins

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Which indian state banned the forceful religious conversions

Answer

Tamil Nadu

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