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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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Who said that lines of 'the ballot is stronger than bullet'?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Adolf Hitler
C) Abraham Lincolon D) Nelson Mandela
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Abraham Lincolon

Explanation:

Abraham Lincolon was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.

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From where do most producers get energy?

A) plants B) sun
C) water D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) sun

Explanation:

Most producers use sun light for making their energy in the process of photosynthesis. The energy they prepared is sugar and glucose. 

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The animals in which the body cavity is absent are known as __________.

A) Coelomates B) Wild
C) Pseudocoelomates D) Acoelomates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Acoelomates

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Q:

Waksman got the noble prize for the discovery of

A) Streptomycin B) Chloromycetin
C) Pencillin D) Neomycin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Streptomycin

Explanation:

In 1952, Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of streptomycin," the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis.

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Q:

Igneous rocks are classified based upon their

A) composition B) texture
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

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Q:

Plants grow in size because of 

A) addition of cells B) increase in size of cells
C) enlargement of cells D) elongation of cells
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) addition of cells

Explanation:

Plants grow in size both in height and in grith. Enlargement  of cells already present cannot contribute much to the growth. Only addition of more and more cells could increase the size of the plant considerably.

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Q:

All phosphorus atoms have the same

A) Mass number B) Number of neutrons plus the number of electrons
C) Atomic number D) Number of neutrons plus the number of protons
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Atomic number

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The plants which flower only once in their lifetime are called

A) Monocots B) Monocarpic
C) Monogenic D) Monogamous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Monocarpic

Explanation:

The plants which flower only once in their lifetime are called Monocarpic Plants.

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