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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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The Tehri Hydro Power Complex is located in the State of

A) Uttarakhand B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Sikkim
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Uttarakhand

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Who has become the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket ?

A) David Warner B) Virat Kohli
C) Chris Gayle D) Suresh Raina
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chris Gayle

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The world's largest river is the......

A) The Amazon B) The Brahmaputra
C) The Mississippi and Missouri D) The Nile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Amazon

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Sales commissions are classified as

A) Period costs B) Product costs
C) Indirect labour D) Overhead costs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Period costs

Explanation:

A sales commission is money your small business pays an employee when she sells your products or services to customers. Sales commissions are classified as selling expenses which come under Period costs. A period cost is any cost that cannot be capitalized into prepaid expenses, inventory, or fixed assets.

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Q:

Arjuna Award was introduced in _____ ?

A) 1971 B) 1961
C) 1951 D) 1987
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1961

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The most essential feature of the Paliamentary form of Government is the 

A) Sovereignty of the Parliament B) Written Constitution
C) Accountability of the executive to the legislature D) Independent judiciary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sovereignty of the Parliament

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Q:

Which of the following is the lightest metal?

A) Lithium B) Silver
C) Mercury D) Lead
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lithium

Explanation:

Lithium is the lightest of all the metals due to its low atomic number among metals. It is the lightest solid element.

 

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Properties ::

 

* It is a soft silvery-white alkali metal.

* Lithium is highly reactive and flammable and is stored in mineral oil.

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A capillary tube is partially dipped vertically in a vessel containing water. Due to capillarity water rises in the tube. The height of water rise in the tube can be increased by 

A) decreasing the radius of the capillary tube B) increasing the radius of the capillary tube
C) increasing the height of water in the vessel D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) decreasing the radius of the capillary tube

Explanation:

The water rise in a capillary tube dipped in water is such that the weight of water in the tube above the surface of water in the vessel is equal to  the upward force due to surface tension. So it is clear that if the bore to the tube is decreased , the height of the water column in it  must be greater.

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