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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
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A high growth rate of population is characterised by

A) High birth and high death rate B) High birth and low death rate
C) Low birth and low death rate D) Low birth and high death rate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) High birth and low death rate

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Study of the sun is called

A) Coronagraphy B) Seismography
C) Helioseismology D) Heliography
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Helioseismology

Explanation:

Helioseismology is the study of the solar interior using observations of waves on the Sun's surface. It has done much to improve our understanding of the interior of the Sun, testing the physical inputs used to model stellar interiors and providing a detailed map of the Sun's structure and internal rotation.

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Which of the following makes us know the exact age of a tree ?

A) Height of the tree B) Width of trunk
C) Rings of the tree D) Branches of the tree
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rings of the tree

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Who Invented Contact Lens ?

A) Joel Houghton B) Ruth Graves Wakefield
C) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick D) John Stith Pemberton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

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The main use of salt in the diet is to

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A) produce in small amounts the hydrochloric acid required for the digestion of food B) increase the solubility of food particles in water
C) make the taste of food better D) ease the process of cooking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) produce in small amounts the hydrochloric acid required for the digestion of food

Explanation:

The main use of salt in the diet is to produce in small amounts the hydrochloric acid required for the digestion of food.

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Antibiotics are mostly obtained from

A) Viruses B) Fungi
C) Bacteria D) Angiosperms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Fungi

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Electrical burns occur principally because of

A) Radiation pulses of the electricity B) The heat generated by the flow of electrical current through the body
C) The high energy of electrons D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The heat generated by the flow of electrical current through the body

Explanation:

Electrical burns occur principally because of the heat generated by the flow of electrical current through the body.

 

Burns caused by electricity are divided into three types:

electrical burns,

arc burns, and

thermal contact burns.

 

Electrical burns can result when a person touches electrical wiring or equipment that is used or maintained improperly.

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Which of the following is the highest active volcano in the world

A) Etna B) Fujiyoma
C) Mount tai D) Catopaxi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Catopaxi

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