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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.


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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.


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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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Consider the following statement :“If you feel you are trapped in a black hole, don’t give up. There is a way out “Who among the following made the above statement?

A) Albert Einstein B) Stephen Hawking
C) C. V. Raman D) Abdus Salam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Stephen Hawking

Explanation:

"If you feel you are trapped in a black hole, don't give up. There is a way out." —Stephen Hawking.

 

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Highest percentage of carbon is found in which form of coal?

A) Anthracite B) Bituminous
C) Peat D) lignite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Anthracite

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 Government has announced to fix MSP at a level of at least ________________ per cent of the cost of production for kharif crops 2018-19 which redeems the promise made in the Union Budget for 2018-19. 

A) 50 per cent  B) 250 per cent 
C) 200 per cent  D) 100 per cent 
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Government has announced its historic decision on 04.07.2018 to fix MSP at a level of at least 150 per cent of the cost of production for kharif crops 2018-19 which redeems the promise made in the Union Budget for 2018-19.The MSPs fixed by Government, cost and returns over all-India weighted average cost of production of crops for 2017-18 and 2018-19 is at Annexure.Cost of production varies in different states on account of difference in levels of irrigation, resource endowment, farm mechanization, land holding size, yield of crops etc. 

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Choose the most appropriate answer:Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?

A) Lord Chelmsford B) Lord Reading
C) Lord Irwin D) Lord Wellington
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Irwin

Explanation:

On April 3, 1926 Lord Irwin was appointed 30th Viceroy and Governor-General of India. In 1927, British government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon.

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Which of the following planets has the highest revolutionary motion?

A) Mercury   B) Venus
C) Mars D) Jupiter  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jupiter  

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Who is the author of "Life of Pi"?

A) Eleanor Catton B) Aravind Adiga
C) Yann Martel D) Kiran Desai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Yann Martel

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Which of the following is not a Halon gas ?

A) methane B) Carbon tetra chloride
C) iodomethane D) bromomethane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) methane

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Which among the following countries won the Sultan Azlan Shah cup in 2016?

A) Netherlands B) Germany
C) England D) Australia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Australia

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