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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 Fourth Buddhist Council was convened during the regime of king

A) Ashoka B) Ajatasatru
C) Kanishka D) Mahapadmananda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kanishka

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How many laws of physics are there?

A) 5 B) 4
C) 3 D) 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3

Explanation:

Physics has 5 laws. But the 3 laws of Newton has been clubbed together under one Law. Therefore there are 3 Newtons laws of Physics. They are ::

 

1. Newtons Laws of Motion

    a. First Law of Motion

    b. Second Law of Motion

    C. Third Law of Motion

 

2. Newtons Law of Cooling

 

3. Newtons Law of Gravitation.

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Q:

Islets of Langerhans are present in

A) Kidney B) Liver
C) Pancreas D) Trachea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pancreas

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What is seismic zone extending at an angle of about 45 degrees from the base of an ocean trench, down through lithosphere to the asthenosphere known as

A) Appleton layer B) Benioff zone
C) Conard discontinuity D) Convergence zone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benioff zone

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Q:

RAM is used as a short memory because it is

A) expensive B) volatile
C) has small capacity D) programmable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) volatile

Explanation:

RAM is used as a short-term memory because of its volatility.

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Q:

What command is used to count the total number of lines, words, and characters contained in a file ?

A) wc B) count p
C) wcount D) countw
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) wc

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Australian state government has approved the world's biggest single tower solar thermal power plant a _______ structure to be built in South Australia by 2020.

A) 150-megawatt B) 200-megawatt
C) 250-megawatt D) 300-megawatt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 150-megawatt

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The Wettest place in the world is Cherrapunji (Assam). The Hottest place is

A) Azizia (Libya) B) Ramagundam (India)
C) Stwart Island (New Zealand) D) Kandy (Sri lanka)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Azizia (Libya)

Explanation:

Temperature as high as 58.7oC has been recorded at this place

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