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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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World Red cross day falls on

A) May 3 B) May 8
C) May 10 D) May 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) May 8

Explanation:
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Excretion rates of drugs vary greatly depending upon

A) type of drug B) medical condition of the person who took the drug
C) Both A & B D) time at which drug was taken
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

Excretion rates of drugs vary greatly depending upon:

 

* The type of drug taken.

* The medical condition of the person who took the drug.

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Nonvolatile drugs are excreted in the body through renal excretion or through kidneys and bladder by means of urine. Other drugs are excreted either by means of sweat, bile, milk, saliva or other body fluids.

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Q:

Naharkatiya oil fields are located in 

A) Tripura B) West-Bengal
C) Assam D) Madhya Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Assam

Explanation:

Gas and Oil fields are located in Naharkatiya, Assam. Oil from the fields is sent to Nunmati for refining and gas is made into electricity at Namrup.

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Who has become the first full time woman Defence Minister of India ?

A) Sushma Swaraj B) Nirmala Sitharaman
C) Uma Bharathi D) Smriti Irani
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nirmala Sitharaman

Explanation:

Nirmala Sitharaman, who took oath as the new Cabinet member in september 2017 under Narendra Modi, has been given the Defence Ministry portfolio. Incidentally, she has become the first dedicated woman defence minister of India and only the second woman to hold the crucial ministry after Indira Gandhi. 

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What is the maximum velocity with which a body of mass 'm' must enter a vertical loop of radius 'R'so that it can complete the loop?

A) 0  B) gR   C)  2gR  D)  5gR

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

Explanation:

To complete the vertical loop, the minimum speed required at the lowest point  = 5gR.

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Q:

The depth of a complete binary tree is given by

A) Dn = log 2 (n+1) B) Dn = log 1/2 (n+1)
C) Dn = log (n+1) D) Dn = log 2 (n-1)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dn = log 2 (n+1)

Explanation:

A complete binary tree is a binary tree where all the levels have maximum number of nodes except possibly the last level.

 

The depth of complete binary tree of n nodes will be Dn=log 2 (n+1) where Dn is the height or depth of the tree and n is the number of nodes.

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Select the correct statement (s).

A) When energy is transferred to the system from the surrounding as work, the surrounding do work on the system and the value of work (W) positive. B) When energy is transferred from the system to the surrounding as work, work is done on the surrounding and the value of W is negative.
C) Both (A) and (B) D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both (A) and (B)

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Q:

Which of the following was most probably the first metal to be used in India?

A) copper B) Gold
C) Siver D) Iron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) copper

Explanation:

The earliest historic evidences of use of metal are of Chalcolithic Age or Stone-Copper Age, which covered the period from 1800 - 800 BC. This period was by the use of Copper as well as stone.

 

Hence, the first metal to be used in India is Copper.

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