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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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For an object, the state of rest is considered to be the state of ______ speed.

A) increasing B)
C) inverse D) zero
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) zero

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When a barometer is rising air pressure is

A) increasing B) decreasing
C) constant D) zero
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) increasing

Explanation:

The device which is used to measure air pressure is called as barometer. If the barometer reading is rising, it indicates that the air pressure is increasing and if the reading is falling the air pressure is decreaing.

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Who is known as the father of Modern Chemistry?

A) Robert Boyle B) Antoine Lavoisier
C) John Dalton D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

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When the Sun is near the horizon during the morning or evening, it appears reddish. The phenomenon that is responsible forth is observation is

A) reflection of light B) refraction of light
C) dispersion of light D) scattering of light
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) scattering of light

Explanation:

According to Rayleigh's law, the intensity of scattered light varies inversely as the fourth power of its wavelength. Sunlight consists of seven colours. Of these, red has the maximum wavelength. During sunrise and sunset, the rays have to travel a larger part of the atmosphere because they are very close to the horizon.Therefore, light other than red is mostly scattered away. Most of the red light, which is the least scattered, enters our eyes. Hence, the sun and the sky appear red.

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The outermost layer of the earth is called

A) Core B) Mantle
C) Crust D) Inner core
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Crust

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A yellow element that stinks when burned

A) Bromine B) Sulphur
C) Chlorine D) Fluorine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sulphur

Explanation:

A yellow element that stinks when burned is Sulphur.

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The concept of due process refers to

A) banking B) justice
C) politics D) economy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) justice

Explanation:

Due process is the legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person.

Therefore, due process refers to the criminal justice system operating within the bounds of the law.

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What is the unit of the physical quantity "Stress"?

A) newton second B) steradian
C) pascal D) joule
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) pascal

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