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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.


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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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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) Centre for Science and Environment in a recent study found that a number of commonly available brands of prepackaged breads tested positive for potassium bromate and potassium iodate. B) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recommended to the Health Ministry to remove potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives.
C) The Union Government banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basisof the above recommendation. D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.

Explanation:

CSE in its recommendation asked Indian regulator FSSAI to act immediately and ban the two chemicals.

It says that Indian bread manufacturer’ use two chemicals, banned in many countries but not in India, being used by bread industry are potassium bromate (KbrO3) and potassium iodate (KIO3).

The government (FSSAI) banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basis of the above recommendation.

The regulator had recommended to the health ministry removal of potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives after a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

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Which of the following land revenue arrangement is called 'Todarmal System'?

A) Zabti System B) Galla Bakshi System
C) Kankut System D) Nasaq System
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Zabti System

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Name the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court in India.

A) Meera Kumari B) Leila Seth
C) Anju George D) Purvi Joshi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Leila Seth

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

 

Animals that can live on land and in water.

 

A) Anthropoid B) Aquatic
C) Amphibian D) Marsupial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Amphibian

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The unit of which physical quantity is not pascal?

A) Moment of inertia B) Pressure
C) Stress D) Young's modulus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Moment of inertia

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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.:

 

"I'm off to the games. Where are you going?"

A) He said he would be off to the games and wanted to know where I was going. B) He said he was going off to the games and wanted to know where I was planning to go.
C) He said he is going off to the games and asked me where I was planning to go. D) He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He said that he was off to the games and wanted to know where I was going.

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Kud is a folk dance of

A) Kerala B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Jammu & Kashmir D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jammu & Kashmir

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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.

 

He asks which chair he is to sit on.

A) He said,"Which chair am I to sit on?" B) He asked,"Which chair he is to sit on?"
C) "Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he. D) He said,"Which chair should I sit on?"
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) "Which chair am I to sit on?" asks he.

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