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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.


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Gamma rays are emanations that have

A) charge but no mass B) neither mass nor charge
C) both mass and charge D) mass but no charge
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) neither mass nor charge

Explanation:

A gamma ray or gamma radiation, is a penetrating electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. It consists of the shortest wavelength electromagnetic waves and so imparts the highest photon energy.

Gamma rays are emanations that have neither mass nor charge.

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Q:

Conservation of energy refers to the fact that

A) if you conserve energy you will not be as tired B) energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another
C) no chemical reaction is 100 percent efficient D) the entropy of the universe is always increasing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another

Explanation:

"Conservation of energy" refers to the fact that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another.

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Which virus is not associated with cancer?

A) Epstein-Barr virus B) Papillomavirus
C) Retrovirus D) Hepatitis virus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Retrovirus

Explanation:

In the above given options, Retrovirus is the only virus which is not associated with cancer. Here the viruses which are associated with different types of cancer. They are:

Hepatitis virus which is associated with Liver cancer

Papillomavirus which is associated with Cervical cancer

Epstein-Barr virus which is associated with Burkitt's lymphoma.

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Q:

CHKDSK command is used to

A) analyze the hard disk error B) diagnose the hard disk error
C) report the status of files on disk D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:
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Which among the following countries , occupies the largest chunk of the Sunderbans Delta?

A) Bangladesh B) Burma
C) India D) Thailand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bangladesh

Explanation:

Sunderbans is the name given to the dense impenetrable  tidal/ mangrove forest of Ganges-Brahmaputra delta because of abundant sundari trees found here.

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Q:

The Steel Man of India and former chief of Tisco (now Tata Steel) who passed away recently

Answer

Russi Mody

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Q:

Geostationary orbit is at a height of

A) 6 km B) 1000 km
C) 3600 km D) 36,000km
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 36,000km

Explanation:
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There is no reason (that life may exist) P (in great profusion) Q (why we should not be willing to think) R (in other worlds) S

The correct sequence should be

A) R S P Q B) P Q S R
C) R P Q S D) R Q S P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) R P Q S

Explanation:

Since, the sentence starts talking about the reason; R will be the continuing statement as it goes with the flow of the statement. The continuing statement talks about the existing of life i.e. P. Thus, all other options are eliminated. The correct formation would be, ‘There is no reason why we should not be willing to think that life may exist in great profusion in other worlds.’

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