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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.


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Attribution theory was designed to account for

A) how people explain others' behavior B) the process of revealing intimate aspects of ourselves to others
C) social facilitation and social loafing D) the loss of self-awareness that occurs in group situations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) how people explain others' behavior

Explanation:

Attribution theory was designed to account for how people explain others' behavior. It is a theory in psychology states that the attributions people make about events and behavior can be classed as either internal or external. In an internal, or dispositional, attribution, people infer that an event or a person's behavior is due to personal factors such as traits, abilities, or feelings.

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Which best describes the fossil record?

A) The fossil record provides evidence of a common ancestor to many species B) The fossil record is inaccurate because scientists are not able to date fossils
C) The fossil record cannot provide evidence of evolution D) The fossil record provides evidence that disputes the theory of evolution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The fossil record provides evidence of a common ancestor to many species

Explanation:

A fossil is a traces or remainings of plants and animals that lived in the past. The fossil record provides evidence of a common ancestor to many species is the option that best describes the fossil record.

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The Film which won the Best Picture Award at the IIFA Award 2014?

Answer

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

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A lunar eclipse occurs when

A) The Sun, the Earth and the Moon are in a straight line B) The Moon, and The Earth are in a straight line
C) The Sun and the Earth are in a straight kine D) The Sun and the Moon are in a straight line
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Sun, the Earth and the Moon are in a straight line

Explanation:

An eclipse happens when a planet or a moon gets in the way of the sun's light. Our planet Earth experiances two types of eclipses. They are Solar and Lunar eclipses.

 

Solar Eclipse : This occurs when The Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in a straight line. The moon being in middle blocks sun rays falling on the Earth.

 

Lunar Eclipse : The Sun, the Earth and the Moon are in a straight line. The Earth being in middle and moon in the shadow of Earth behind it.

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Which of the following is the lightest computer?

A) Desktop B) Tablet
C) Laptop D) Ultrabook
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tablet

Explanation:

The lightest computer is the tablet.

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What is the unit of heredity?

A) cell B) blood
C) gene D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gene

Explanation:

Genes are units of heredity.

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The current atomic model would be revised if 

A) better microscopes are invented in the future B) a new element is discovered in the future
C) better microscopes were being used to study its structure D) new information about an atoms structure is discovered
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) new information about an atoms structure is discovered

Explanation:
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One who copies from other writers

A) Aggressive B) Militant
C) Bellicose D) Plagiarist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Plagiarist

Explanation:

One who copies from other writers is called Plagiarist.

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