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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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Q:

Who developed the idea of Crop Rotation?

A) Charles Townshend B) Swede Svenson
C) Potato Peterson D) Cabbage Carlson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Charles Townshend

Explanation:

Crop Rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar or different types of crops in the same area in sequenced seasons. It is done so that the soil of farms is not used for only one set of nutrients. It helps in reducing soil erosion and increases soil fertility and crop yield. The British agriculturist Charles Townshend (1674–1738) popularised this revolutionary technique in the 18th century.

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Filed Under: Famous Personalities
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3 1888
Q:

Centrifugal force increases with

A) Temperature B) Pressure
C) Acceleration D) Humidity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Acceleration

Explanation:

Centrifugal force is the fictitious force that pulls out from the center on the body we feel while moving in the circular path. It increases with the rate of rotation of the axis i.e, acceleration of the body.

 

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Filed Under: Physics
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1 1888
Q:

What is the goal of wildlife conservation?

A) protect nature B) to maintain balance
C) to recognize the importance of wildlife D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

The main goal of wildlife conservation is to recognize the importance of wildlife and protecting the nature to maintain balance in the nature.

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Filed Under: Indian Geography
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4 1888
Q:

Which of the following is not connective tissue?

A) Bone B) Cartilage
C) Blood D) Skeletal muscle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Skeletal muscle

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Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

3 1887
Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
He thanked me for what I (have done) for his wife.

A) had done B) had been done
C) have been done D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) had done

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Filed Under: English
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0 1887
Q:

If the latitude and longitudinal extent of an Indian State/UT is 15o48’00’’N to 14o53’15’’N and 74o20’13’’E to 74o40’33’’E, then which one of the following is that State/UT ?

A) Puducherry B) Chandigarh
C) Goa D) Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Goa

Explanation:

Delhi: Latitude-28.38 N, Longitude-77.12 E

Chandigarh: Latitude-30.44 N, Longitude-76.47 E

Puducherry: Latitude-11° 54' N, Longitude-79° 48' E

Goa: Latitude-15°29'N. N, Longitude-73°48'E.

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Filed Under: Indian Geography
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0 1887
Q:

A/An .............. tissue is formed beneath the skin and between internal organs

A) Epithelial B) Nervous
C) Muscular D) Adipose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Adipose

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Filed Under: Biology
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1 1887
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Hiuen Tsang visited Kanchipuram, the capital of Pallavas, during the reign which of the following rulers?

 

A) Mahendra Verman I B) Mahendra Verman II
C) Narasimha Varman I D) Parmeshwar Varman II
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Narasimha Varman I

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3 1886