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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 US President who was forced to resign due to the Watergate scandal was

Answer

Nixon

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Q = mcdT refers to

A) Enthalpy formula B) Heat Transfer formula
C) Specific Heat formula D) Heat of Vaporization
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Specific Heat formula

Explanation:

Q = mc∆T refers to Specific Heat formula.

 

When heat energy is added to a substance, the temperature will change by a certain amount.

The relationship between heat energy and temperature is different for every material, and the specific heat is a value that describes how they relate.

 

Q = mc∆T

 

Q = heat energy (Joules, J)

m = mass of a substance (kg)

c = specific heat (units J/kg∙K)

∆T = change in temperature (Kelvins, K)

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The Earthquake at Sagami bay in Japan which killed two and half lakh people was an example of

A) Tectonic earthquake B) Plutonic earthquake
C) Main induced evarthquake D) Isostatic earthquake
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tectonic earthquake

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Who has been elected as 13th Vice President of India ?

A) M Venkaiah Naidu B) Gopalkrishna Gandhi
C) Hamid Ansari D) Ram Nath Kovind
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) M Venkaiah Naidu

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The invasion of which of these countries in 1939 widely regarded to have started World War II ?

A) Italy B) Germany
C) Poland D) France
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Poland

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The 'IFSC Code' is an alphanumeric code comprising 11 characters that facilitates Electronic Fund Transfer in the country. The alphabet 'F' in the abbreviation 'IFSC' stands for ?

A) Fund B) Fast
C) Financial D) First
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Financial

Explanation:

IFSC stands for - Indian Financial System Code. This is a code uniquely identifies each bank branch participating in the two main Payment and settlement systems in India :

1. RTGS - The Real Time Gross Settlement  (and)

2. NEFT - The National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) systems.

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Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) in 2017 ?

A) Debasis Jana B) Sankara Rao
C) Dev Patel D) Santosh Sharma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Santosh Sharma

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Ecology deals with the study of

A) Environment B) Birds
C) Organisms and their Environment D) Living beings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Organisms and their Environment

Explanation:

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Ecology is the branch of science which deals with the study of Ecosystem (relation between the Organisms and their Environment.)

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