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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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The...........dish is one of the most  popular dishes of Kashmir?

A) Aloo Ka Raita B) Dum Aloo
C) Kesar Chawal D) Murgh Achaari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dum Aloo

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Which statement about electrons and atomic orbitals is NOT true?

A) An orbital can contain a minimum of two electrons B) An electron has the same amount of energy in all orbitals
C) An atom’s lowest energy level has only two orbitals D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Yes, all the given statements are NOT true about electrons and atomic orbitals.

 

True statements are ::

 

An orbital can contain a maximum of two electrons.

An atom’s lowest energy level has only one orbital.

An electron has different amount of energies in all orbitals.

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World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is observed every year on _______ 

A) 1 September B) 7 September
C) 9 September D) 10 September
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 10 September

Explanation:

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day celebrated on 10 September every year, keeping in mind the end goal to give overall commitment and action to anticipate suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003.

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If both the office of President and Vice-president vacant, who has been empowered the President function.

A) Chief Justice B) Prime Minister
C) Speaker of Loksabha D) Chief of Army Staff
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chief Justice

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Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”  ?

A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Salman Khan
C) Soumitra Chatterjee D) Shahrukh Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Soumitra Chatterjee

Explanation:

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour” for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray’s films including ‘Apur Sansar’, ‘Debi’,’ Aranyer Din Ratri’, ‘Ghare Bairey’ and ‘Ganashatru’. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.

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Q:

Indian Water falls "Kunchikal falls" is in which state ?

A) Odisha B) Maharastra
C) Rajasthan D) Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Karnataka

Explanation:

Kunchikal falls of India is of height 1493 ft is in Karnataka state of the river Varahi.

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Two bulbs are fitted in a room in the domestic electric installation. One of them glows brighter than the other. Then

A) the brighter bulb has smaller resistance B) the brighter bulb has larger resistance
C) both the bulbs have the same resistance D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the brighter bulb has smaller resistance

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Which international Airport Ltd has bagged the National Award for 'Excellence' in Energy Management ?

A) New Delhi B) Lucknow
C) Hyderabad D) Mumbai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hyderabad

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