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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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Spraying of DDT on crops causes pollution of __________

A) Air & Soil B) Crops & Air
C) Soil & Water D) Air & Water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Soil & Water

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Lightning is produced when 

A) Similar charges of electricity rush towards each other and then get repelled B) clouds strike against impurities in air and the friction burns up these impurities
C) strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air D) water vapour produces electricity in the clouds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air

Explanation:

When the resistance of the air between breaks down the current flows from the positive cloud to the negative cloud in a flash which we call lightning . The difference of potential involves is very high.

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As per 2001 Census which one of the following is NOT a megacity of India

A) Ahmedabad B) Chennai
C) Bangaluru D) Ranchi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ranchi

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The United Nations declared 1990's-2000 as the International Decade for

A) Water for Life Decade B) Bone and Joint Decade
C) Second International Decade for the Eradication of colonialism D) International Decade for Natural Disaster Rreduction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) International Decade for Natural Disaster Rreduction

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Which statement is NOT true about polymers?

A) Polymers are large molecules composed of small monomeric units B) Polymes are macromolecules
C) Polymers are complex molecules composed of random sequences of atoms D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Polymers are complex molecules composed of random sequences of atoms

Explanation:

Polymers are complex molecules composed of random sequences of atoms is the only statement which is not true regarding polymers.

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The first Asin to head the prestigious Trinity College at Cambridge University is 

A) Amartya Sen B) Dr IG Patel
C) Romesh Gunesekera D) Bhabani Bhattacharya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amartya Sen

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What is a Solution and what are the two parts of a solution?

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A solution is a homogeneous type of mixture of two or more substances.


A solution has two parts::


1. A solute and


2. A solvent.


 


The solute is the substance that dissolves, and the solvent is the majority of the solution.

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Which one of the following years is known as the 'Year of the Great Divide' with regard to population, after which there has been a continuous and rapid growth in India's population?

A) 1911 B) 1921
C) 1941 D) 1951
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1921

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