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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?

  • Bank Exams
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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Lipids that are solid at room temperature are known as

A) Oils B) Steroids
C) Fats D) Triglyceroids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fats

Explanation:

Lipids are molecules that contain hydrocarbons and make up the building blocks of the structure and function of living cells.

 

Examples of lipids include fats, oils, waxes,...

 

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The Chemical formula of Urea is

A) (NH4)2CO2 B) (NH2)CO
C) (NH4)2CO D) (NH2)2CO
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) (NH2)2CO

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Which among the following is not a characteristic of transition metals?

A) Tendency to gain electrons B) Low electronegativity
C) Low ionization energy D) Malleability
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tendency to gain electrons

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Murshid Quli Khan, Alivardi Khan and Sirajuddaullah were all nawabs of ___________?

A) Lucknow B) Varanasi
C) Hyderabad D) Bengal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bengal

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What is the name of a group of similar cells performing a specific function?

A) Tissue B) Organ
C) Organ system D) Cellular organization
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tissue

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With which of its neighbouring country India has Kalapani territorial dispute?

A) Nepal B) Bangladesh
C) Pakistan D) Sri Lanka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nepal

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Who accorded the title ‘Mahatma’ to MK Gandhi?

A) Sardar Patel B) Nehru
C) Sarojini Naidu D) Rabindranath Tagore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rabindranath Tagore

Explanation:

Rabindranath Tagore accorded the title Mahatma to MK Gandhi.

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Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word ‘CACOPHONOUS’

A) Tamed B) Harmonious
C) Domestic D) Silent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Harmonious

Explanation:
Cacophonous means loud or noisy
Tamed means make less powerful and easier to control
Harmonious means tuneful, melodious → which is nearly opposite in meaning to Cacophonous
Domestic means relating to the running of a home 
Silent means not making any sound.
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