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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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Q:

Earth is known as Blue planet?

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FALSE

Explanation:

We know that, 


Earth is known as Watery planet.


Neptune is known as Blue planet. 

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Q:

Currency exchange rates are based on

Answer

The amount of money you’ll get for a given amount of your country’s currency is based on internationally determined exchange rates. Exchange rates can be either fixed or floating. Fixed exchange rates use a standard, such as gold or another precious metal, and each unit of currency corresponds to a fixed quantity of that standard that should (theoretically) exist.

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Which of the following represents a positive economic statement?

A) The government should extend unemployment benefits. B) The unemployment rate is too high.
C) Taxes should not be increased since that will lower spending. D) The unemployment rate is 4.8 percent.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The unemployment rate is 4.8 percent.

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Q:

Which of these is exhibiting kinetic energy?

A) an archer with a flexed bow B) a person sitting on a couch while watching TV
C) a space station orbiting Earth D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) a space station orbiting Earth

Explanation:

Any moving object can exhibit kinetic energy, as kinetic energy is also known as Motional energy.

In the given options, only a space station orbiting Earth is in motion and all the other are in rest position.

 

Hence, option C) a space station orbiting Earth is only exhibiting kinetic energy.

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Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

DEVASTATION

A)  DESTRUCTION B)  CONSTRUCTION
C) SEPARATION D) FRUSTRATION
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  DESTRUCTION

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Q:

Which one of the following functions is not carried out by smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

A) Transport of materials B) Synthesis of lipid
C) Synthesis of protein D) Synthesis of steroid hormone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Synthesis of protein

Explanation:

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulumdoes not contain ribosomes on its surface for which it is regarded as smooth. So, proteins cannotbe synthesised by SER provided protein synthesis is the primary task of ribosomes.

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentencein Indirect/Direct Speech

She says, “I am playing tennis.

A) She says that she was playing tennis B) She was playing tennis.
C) She said she was playing tennis D) She says that she is playing tennis.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) She says that she is playing tennis.

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Q:

The book Taste of India is written by

A) Ramachandra Guha B) Khushwanth Singh
C) Chetan Bhagat D) Madhur Jaffrey
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Madhur Jaffrey

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