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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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Which was the first garden­-tomb in the Indian subcontinent?

A) Tomb of Jahangir B) Humayun's Tomb
C) Taj Mahal D) Tomb of Muhammad Iqbal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Humayun's Tomb

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Arboreal Ateles is the scientific name of _____ .

A) Squirrel B) Sparrow
C) Lizard D) Spider monkey
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Spider monkey

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Human Beings belong to which category of the ecosystem?

A) Omnivores B) Carnivores
C) Herbivores D) Zooplankton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Omnivores

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What is the process of conversion of solid state directly to gaseous state called?

A) Evaporation B) Condensation
C) Sublimation D) Distillation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sublimation

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The  optical  phenomenon  that  is  primarily responsible  for  the  observation  of  rainbow on a rainy day is 

A) diffraction B) interference
C) dispersion D) reflection
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) dispersion

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A rainbow is a natural spectrum appearing in the sky after a rain shower. It is caused by dispersion of sunlight by tiny water droplets, present in the atmosphere. A rainbow is always formed in a direction opposite to that of the Sun. The water droplets act like small prisms. They refract and disperse the incident sunlight, then reflect it internally, and finally refract it again when it comes out of the raindrops.

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The modes of action are _____ in science and religion. Science relies on experiment, whereas religion is based on experience. Any religious _____ whether it is Christ’s or Ramakrishna’s is personal and _____ . Science, on the other hand is marked by objectivity. Theory has to be corroborated by _____ proof providing material comforts. The frontiers of science do not end in knowledge but are _____ to the formation of appliances for actual use.

it is Christ's or Ramakrishna's is personal and _____ .

A) significant B) irrelevant
C) subjective D) objective
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) subjective

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Accolade

A) Silence B) Mediocrity
C) Laurels D) Lowliness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Silence

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Which work of art uses hierarchical scale?

A) painting B) sculpture
C) both a & b D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) both a & b

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Hierarchical scale is used in both painting and sculpture works of arts.

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