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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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What plaything was invented by Joe McVicker in 1956?

A) Silly Putty B) Etch-A-Sketch
C) Lite-Brite D) Play-Doh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Play-Doh

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Which of the following is a regenerated fibre?

A) Terylene B) Rayon
C) Nylon D) Silk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rayon

Explanation:

Terylene and nylon are synthetic fibres produced by a process of polymerisation. Terylene is a polyester and nylon, a poyamide.

Silk is purely a natural product obtained from silk worms.

Rayon is a man-made material which consists of purified cellulose in the form of long fibres. Cellulose occurs in the cell wall of plants. Rayon fibre is chemically identical to cotton but has a shine like silk. Since it is  basically derived from a natural source (cellulose) it is called a regenerated fibre.

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The Shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is 

A) Over the Atlantic Ocean B) Over the Pacific via Siberia
C) Over the North pole D) Through the latitude which passes through them
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Over the Atlantic Ocean

Explanation:

Moscow 37o and Los Angeles 118oW show a longitude difference of 155o across the Atlantic and of 205o across the Pacific.

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What is the motto Incorporated under our National Emblem?

A) Satyam Shivam B) Satyam Shivam Sundaram
C) Satyameva Jayate D) Jai Hind
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Satyameva Jayate

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Q:

The Lumbini was the birth place of Buddha is attested by an inscription of

A) Ashoka B) Pushyamitra Sung
C) Kanishka D) Harsha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ashoka

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The rank of the different Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers is determined by the 

A) President B) Prime Minister
C) Cabinet Secretary D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Prime Minister

Explanation:

The rank of the different ministers is determined by the Prime Minister, according to whose advice the President appoints the Ministers [ Art 75(1) ] and also allocates business among them [ Art 77 ].

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What kind of animal is a dhole ?

A) wild cat B) wild ass
C) wild dog D) wild buffalo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) wild dog

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' The general happiness is the end of the state ' Who said this

A) Plato B) Hegel
C) Hegeet D) Bentham
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bentham

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