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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 of these Indians has not won a Nobel Award?

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) C. V. Raman
C) Satyajit Ray D) Amartya Sen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Satyajit Ray

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Minamata disease is a nervous disorder caused by eating fish, polluted with _____

A) Iron B) Mercury
C) Lead D) Nickel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mercury

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Which   one   of   the   following   statements about the justice Party is not correct?

A) It  clamoured  for  the  same  kind  of separate  communal  representation  for the Non-Brahmins as had been granted to  the  Muslims  by  the  Morley-Minto Reforms. B) It   was   patronized   mainly   by   richer landowning   and   urban   middle   class Non-Brahmins.
C) It  succeeded  in  getting  the  provision for  28  reserved  seats  for  the  Non-Brahmins  in  the  Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms. D) It   supported  the   call   given   by   the Congress toboycott elections in 1920.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It   supported  the   call   given   by   the Congress toboycott elections in 1920.

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The Justice  Party  was  a  political party in the Madras Presidency of British  India.  It  was founded    byT.    M.    Nairand P. Theagaraya     Chetty     in     1916. Communal division between Brahminsand non-Brahmins  began  in  the  presidency during   the   late-19th   and   early-20th century, mainly due to caste prejudices and disproportionate Brahminical representation in government jobs. The    Justice    Party's    foundation marked  the  culmination  of  several efforts to establish  an organisation to  represent  the  non-Brahmins  in Madras.  Founders  of  Justice  Party though  that  Congress  was  mainly Brahmin    party,    so    it    started opposing Congress

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Which of the following was the Official slogan for the 2016 Rio Olympic and Para Olympic Games?

A) Welcome Home B) A New World
C) Love & Save Nature D) Inspire a Generation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A New World

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Which of the following bacterium causes crown gall disease in plants?

A) Bacillus thurigiensis B) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
C) Pseudomonas fluorescens D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Agrobacterium tumefaciens

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Asexual reproduction differs from sexual reproduction in that in asexual reproduction, ______

A) the new organisms are genetically identical to the parent B) the gametes are produced in reproduction
C) the nuclei of gametes fuse D) the offspring shows variations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the new organisms are genetically identical to the parent

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The depletion in Ozone layer is caused by ___________ .

A) Nitrous oxide B) Carbon dioxide
C) Chlorofluorocarbons D) Methane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chlorofluorocarbons

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Who is being awarded with Asian Award 2016 as the Chivas Social entrepreneur of the year?

A) Vikram Patel B) Shri Prakash Lohia
C) Rami Ranger D) Anil Agarwal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vikram Patel

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