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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.


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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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What type of mirror is used in car headlights?

A) Concave B) convex
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Concave

Explanation:

Concave type of glasses are used in the headlights of the vehicles as the light from the bulb which is at focus will converges out and spreads and reflects back parallely.

 

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The Bhakra Nangal Multipurpose proje3ct is a joint venture of _____

A) Punjab and Haryana only B) Punjab,Haryana and Rajasthan only
C) Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh D) Punjab and Himachal Pradesh only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Punjab,Haryana and Rajasthan only

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India's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel announced a partnership with __________ to provide cyber security solutions to businesses in India.

A) Symantec Corp B) Mimecast
C) Cisco D) Raytheon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Symantec Corp

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The compound MgCl2 is named

A) Magnesium Chloride B) Magnesium Chlorine
C) Magnesium Dichloride D) Dimagnesium Chloride
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Magnesium Chloride

Explanation:

The compound MgCl2 is named as Magnesium Chloride.

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The 'IFSC Code' is an alphanumeric code comprising 11 characters that facilitates Electronic Fund Transfer in the country. The alphabet 'F' in the abbreviation 'IFSC' stands for ?

A) Fund B) Fast
C) Financial D) First
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Financial

Explanation:

IFSC stands for - Indian Financial System Code. This is a code uniquely identifies each bank branch participating in the two main Payment and settlement systems in India :

1. RTGS - The Real Time Gross Settlement  (and)

2. NEFT - The National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) systems.

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Q:

Metal present in chocolate wrappers is

A) Aluminium B) Haemoglobin
C) Chalk D) Chlorophyll
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Aluminium

Explanation:

Metal Aluminium is present in chocolate wrappers.

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Who is the emperor founded the religion Din-e-Lilah ?

A) Allauddin Khilji B) Akbar
C) Mohammad-bin tuglak D) Ibrahim Lodi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Akbar

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First and Last Indian viceroys of India?

A) Lord Mountbatten B) C Raj Gopalachari
C) Bal Gangadhar Tilak D) Lala Lajpath Rai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) C Raj Gopalachari

Explanation:

The First and Last Indian viceroys of India is C. Raj Gopalachari. 

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Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer, historian and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India, as India soon became a Republic in 1950.

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