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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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Speed regulation of synchronous motor is

A) 1% B) 25%
C) Zero D) 0.5%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Zero

Explanation:

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Synchronous motor is a motor which runs at a constant speed irrespective of load attached to it. So the speed regulation of synchronous motor is ZERO.

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Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

A) Har Gobind Khorana B) Alexander Markham
C) Herbert Boyer D) J.J. Thompson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Har Gobind Khorana

Explanation:

The first wholly artificial gene was synthesized by Har Gobind Khorana.

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The Mesoamerican leader Pakal, The great was

A) the king of a Maya city-state. B) the ruler of a Zapotec state.
C) the emperor of the Aztec people. D) the head of the Inca religion.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the king of a Maya city-state.

Explanation:

The Mesoamerican leader Pakal, The great was the king of a Maya city-state in the history.

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Which among the following is not a asin country selected to the UN committee on Human rights three year term beginning january, 1995

A) Srilanka B) Pakistan
C) Phillippines D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pakistan

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
He jumped off the train while it (had been running).

A) has been running B) ran
C) was running D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) was running

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Sarva Siksha Abhiyan is aimed at the education of which of the following

A) Engineering and Technical Education B) Education of girls upto graduation level
C) Adult Education D) Education of children between 6-14 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Education of children between 6-14 years

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Who has become the first ever Indian shuttler to enter a badminton final at the Asian Games?

A) Saina Nehwal B) PV Sindhu
C) Hima Das D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) PV Sindhu

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Which of the following does NOT describe a musical motive?

A) A melodic or rhythmic fragment. B) The reason for playing softly.
C) A short musical idea. D) The basis for development in a musical piece.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The reason for playing softly.

Explanation:

"The reason for playing softly" is not a motive. Motives are the building blocks for large forms composed during the common practice period and, for some, beyond. Composers who used motives would include Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Brahms.

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