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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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The fact that the planets move around the Sun, not in circles but in ellipses, was first demonstrated by

A) Galileo B) Martin Luther
C) Johannes Kepler D) Copernicus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Johannes Kepler

Explanation:

Kepler’s  laws  of  planetary  motion state  that  (a)  All  planets  move  in elliptical orbits with the Sun at one of  the  focal  points  (b)  The  radius vector  drawn  from  the  sun  to  a planet  sweeps  out  equal  areas  in equal  time  intervals.  This  follows from  the  fact  that  the  force  of gravitation on the planet is central and  hence  angular  momentum  is conserved.  (c)  The  square  of  the orbital   period   of   a   planet   is proportional  to  the  cube  of  the semi  major  axis  of  the  elliptical orbit of the plane.

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Which property of metals enables production of metallic foils?

A) Malleability B) Ductility
C) Sonority D) Conductivity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Malleability

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The term market in economics refers to

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The term market in economics refers to the place or arrangement where the buyers and sellers come to contact directly or indirectly for buying and selling goods. Market refers to not a specific or particular place it is the place for commodities..


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A Phospholipid is a

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A Phospholipid is a lipid molecule which has hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tailand and is a main component in making of all cell membranes in which they two form a parallel layers called Phospholipid bilayer.

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Tropical cyclone 'Pabuk' recently occurred in which country?

A) Thailand B) New Zealand
C) Singapore D) Australia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Thailand

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant

A) Docile B) Truculent
C) Pliable D) Pliant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pliant

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The saliva in human beings contains which enzyme?

A) Pepsin B) Salivary Amylase  
C) Rennin D) Trypsin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Salivary Amylase  

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Which of the following is responsible for giving colour to human skin?

A) Luciferin B) Haemoglobin
C) Flavonoids D) Melanin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Melanin

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