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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?

  • Bank Exams
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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The substrate of photorespiration is

A) Glucose B) Pyruvic acid
C) Glycolate D) Sucrose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Glycolate

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World Homeopathy Day is observed globally on ___________.

A) 13th April B) 12th April
C) 11th April D) 10th April
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 10th April

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Which best summarizes the concept of natural selection?

A) the fittest organisms survive and reproduce B) an organism will always adapt to its environment
C) an organism will always mutate to survive D) a mutation always makes a species fitter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the fittest organisms survive and reproduce

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Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations.

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Q:

Rubella diseases is described first by the scientist

A) Abu Baqre B) Ronald Ross
C) Laveris D) Darwin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Abu Baqre

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The philosopphical essence, "The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul" may be traced to the 

A) Vedas B) Upanishads
C) Puranas D) Manusmriti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Upanishads

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Q:

The first lady to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was

A) Nargis Dutt B) Savitri Ganesh
C) Devika Rani Roerich D) Dina Pathak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Devika Rani Roerich

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Q:

Pulitzer prize winners are selected by the Pulitzer prize Board and announced by the president of the

A) New York University B) Columbia University
C) Wesleyan University D) Cambridge university
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Columbia University

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Q:

Diameter of a Ping Pong Ball?

A) 37 mm B) 38 mm
C) 40 mm D) 42 mm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 40 mm

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The ball with which Table Tennis is played is called Ping Pong Ball.

According to the International rules, the diameter of the ping pong ball must be not less than 39.5 millimeters and not greater than 40.5  millimeters having a mass of 2.7 grams.

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