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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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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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According to experts what percentage of trash is recyclable?

A) 16% B) 36%
C) 72% D) 90%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 90%

Explanation:

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EPA - Environmental Protection Agency.

 

The EPA estimates that 85% - 90% of the waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% - 40% of it.

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Panchatantra has been written by

A) Kalidas B) Surdas
C) Vishakhadatta D) Vishnu Sharma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vishnu Sharma

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Q:

Thorndike was known for his work with

A) Modeling B) a skinner box
C) monkeys D) a puzzle box
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a puzzle box

Explanation:

Edward Thorndike (1874 - 1949) is famous in psychology for his work on learning theory that lead to the development of operant conditioning within behaviorism.

Thorndike (1898) studied learning in animals (usually cats). He devised a classic experiment in which he used a puzzle box to empirically test the laws of learning.

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Q:

pturecmo correct word

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A) temperature B) capture
C) Computer D) torture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Computer

Explanation:

Computer is the correct word.

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Q:

National Institute of Nutrition is located at which of the following places?

A) Pune B) Bangalore
C) Mumbai D) Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hyderabad

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When is International Mother's Day is observed?

A) December 11 B) November 29
C) 2nd Sunday of May D) Second Wednesday of October
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2nd Sunday of May

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Q:

karl Landsteiner discovered

A) Blood corpuscles B) Blood groups
C) Blood vessels D) Proteins in Blood
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Blood groups

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Who of the following was the personal physician of Kanishka and also the author of a famous treatise on the Indian system of medicine

A) Charaka B) Susruta
C) Nagarjuna D) Jevaka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Charaka

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