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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.


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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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Monocarpic plants are those that produce fruits ...............during the life of the plant

A) once B) thrice
C) many times D) twice
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) once

Explanation:

Plants are of different types. Some grow well and then produce fruits before they die. In other words they fruit only once in their life. Such plants are said to be monocarpic. Other plants produce fruits every season. These are called polycarpic plants.

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Which of the following crop is known as Green Gold?

A) Coffee B) Neem
C) Tea D) Rice
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tea

Explanation:

Tea crop is known as Green Gold.

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Who wrote the social contract?

A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau B) Immanuel Kant
C) John Locke D) Voltaire
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Explanation:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), in his influential 1762 treatise The Social Contract, outlined a different version of social contract theory, as the foundations of political rights based on unlimited popular sovereignty.

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The English East India Company laid the foundation of Fort St.George at Madras during the regin of 

A) Akbar B) Aurangzeb
C) Jahangir D) Shah Jahan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Shah Jahan

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Consider the following statements about Sikh Gurus:
1. Banda Bahadur was appointed as the military leader of the Sikhs by Guru Tegh Bahadur.
2. Guru Arjan Dev become the Sikh Guru after Guru Ram Das.
3. Guru Arjan Dev gave to Sikhs their own script- Gurumukhi.
Which of the statements given is/are correct?

A) 1 only B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3 D) 1 and 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1 and 2

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A disk and a sphere of same radius but different masses roll on two inclined planes of the same altitude and length. Which one of the two objects gets to the bottom of the plane first ?

A) Depends on their masses B) Sphere
C) Disk D) Both reach at the same time
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sphere

Explanation:

Time does not depend on mass, else

T ∞ 1 + k2R2 

 

  k2R2=> is least for 'sphere' and

 

hence least time is taken by sphere.

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Which one of the following cities is called the 'zero mile centre ' of India

A) Kanpur B) Allahabad
C) New Delhi D) Nagpur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nagpur

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Lathyrism is caused by excess consumption of.......

A) Khesari Dal B) Mustard oil
C) Mushrooms D) Polished rice
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Khesari Dal

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