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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?

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Q:

After removing two electrons from helium atom it become?

A) UV rays B) Alpha particle
C) Gama particle D) X rays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alpha particle

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1 1907
Q:

Which of the following statements about water is false?

A) There is extensive intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the condensed phase. B) Water is oxidized to oxygen during photosynthesis.
C) Ice formed by heavy water sinks in normal water. D) Water can act both as an acid and as a base.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) There is extensive intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the condensed phase.

Explanation:

Water possess intermolecular hydrogen bonding in the condensed phase.

 

Hence, the given statement 'There is extensive intramolecular hydrogen bonding in the condensed phase.' about water is FALSE.

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0 1907
Q:

One billionth of a second is called

A) microsecond B) picoseconds
C) millisecond D) nanosecond
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) nanosecond

Explanation:

A nanosecond (ns) is an SI unit of time equal to one thousand-millionth of a second or one billionth of a second.

 

  • That is, 1/1,000,000,000 of a second, or 10^−9 seconds.
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1 1906
Q:

Independent is the newspaper founded by

A) B.R. Ambedkar B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mothilal Nehru D) Bipin Chandra Pal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mothilal Nehru

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7 1906
Q:

Government is to set to introduce new Rs. 100 coin with image of former PM

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Indhira Gandhi
C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee D) Rajiv Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Explanation:

Government is to set to introduce new Rs. 100 coin with image of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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1 1906
Q:

Forest habitat and soil are conserved through

A) selective logging B) Differencial logs
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) selective logging

Explanation:

Forest habitat and soil are conserved through selective logging, in which only some trees in an area of forest are cut.

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3 1906
Q:

By which Act was the supreme authority in india transferred from the East India Company to the English parliament?

Answer

Pitt's India Act (1858)

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Subject: World History

4 1906
Q:

In 1617 the British East India Company was given permission by __________ to trade in India.

A) Babur B) Akbar
C) Aurangzeb D) Jahangir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jahangir

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3 1905