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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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Poison glands of snakes are homologous to

A) sebaceous glands of mammals B) salivary glands of vertebrates
C) stings of rays D) electric organs of fishes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) salivary glands of vertebrates

Explanation:

Here Homologous Means having the same relation or relative position or structure. 

Here in snakes poison is in glands and here salivary glands are in Vertebrates.

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Which country going to introduce its own Encyclopaedia by 2018  ?

A) Iran B) India
C) Iraq D) China
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) China

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What structure separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity?

A) Diaphragm B) Liver
C) Lungs D) Heart
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Diaphragm

Explanation:

A Dome-shaped, muscular and membranous structure that separates as a partition of the thoracic and abdominal cavities is Diaphragm. 

 

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Thoracic or chest cavity ::  It is the cavity where the heart and lungs are present. It is the second largest hallow space in the body.It also has vertebral column, ribs, breast bone,...

 

Abdominal cavity :: It is the cavity where the digestive tract, liver, kidneys, the spleen, pancreas,... are located. It is the largest hallow space of the body.

 

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The court language during the reign of Akbar was _____ ?

A) Urdu B) Persian
C) Arabic D) Hindi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Persian

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The angle between the geographical meridian and magnetic meridian is called as ______.

A) Angle of declination B) Angle of dip
C) Angle of inclination D) Azimuth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Angle of declination

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Which among the following planets is smaller than the Earth

A) Neptune B) Venus
C) Saturn D) Uranus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Venus

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Which from the following towns is NOT on the Golden Quadrilateral being created for the roads infrastructure of the country

A) Ajmer B) Ahmedabad
C) Jabalpur D) Gaya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jabalpur

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The East India Company had taken Bombay from?

A) The Dutch B) Charles I
C) Charles II D) The Portuguese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Charles II

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