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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 antibiotic penicillin is obtained from which of the following ?

A) synthetic process B) a bacterium
C) fungus D) virus infected cells
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) fungus

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.
Clandestine

A) Abrupt B) Illicit
C) Open D) Wary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Open

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Which  one  of  the  following  is  the  correct sequence  of  occurrences  of  rivers  from Chennai to Kolkata when travelled by road (shortest distance)?

A) Krishna,  Kaveri,  Godavari,  Mahanadi, Subarnarekha B) Krishna,  Periyar,  Godavari,  Mahanadi, Subarnarekha
C) Penneru,Krishna, Godavari, Mahanadi, Subarnarekha D) Penneru,    Mahanadi,    Subarnarekha, Godavari, Krishna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Penneru,Krishna, Godavari, Mahanadi, Subarnarekha

Explanation:

From south to northeast. Penneru-Andhra Pradesh, Krishna-Karnataka, Godavari-Maharashtra, Mahanadi-Odisha,  Subarnarekha-Jharkhand.

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Which one of the following methods is not suitable for urban rainwater harvesting?

A) Rooftop recharge pit B) Recharge wells
C) Gully plug D) Recharge trench
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gully plug

Explanation:

In urban areas, rain water available from roof tops of buildings, paved and unpaved areas goes waste. This water can be recharged to aquifer and can be utilized gainfully at the time of need. In areas where the surface soil is impervious and large quantities of roof water or surface runoff is available within a very short period of heavy rainfall, the use of trench/ pits is made to store the water in a filter media and subsequently recharge to ground water through specially constructed recharge wells.

Gully plugs are built using local stones, clay and bushes across small gullies and streams running down the hill slopes carrying drainage to tiny catchments during rainy season.It is applicable only in rural areas.

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In hydrolysis reactions compounds react with

A) carbon, causing decomposition B) glucose, causing decomposition
C) water, causing decomposition D) hydrogen, causing decomposition
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) water, causing decomposition

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What is the shape of the two guard cells which enclose stomata?

A) Oval B) Triangular
C) Rectangular D) Kidney shaped
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kidney shaped

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

 

Everyone around

A-stood as a misfit among them

B-me turned out to be

C-an early-riser and I

 

A) BAC B) ACB
C) ABC D) CBA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) BAC

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Mother said, "Oh! It's a scorpion. Don't go near it, children."

 

A) Mother exclaimed with disgust that, that was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it. B) Mother exclaimed disgustingly that, it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.
C) Mother exclaimed with disgust that it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it. D) Mother exclaimed with disgust that, that was a scorpion and told the children not to go near that.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mother exclaimed disgustingly that, it was a scorpion and told the children not to go near it.

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