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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?

  • Bank Exams
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant?

A) Acid rain B) SO2
C) CO2 D) Dust particles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Acid rain

Explanation:

Secondary pollutants include ozone, which is formed when hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) combine in the presence of sunlight.

 

Whereas Primary pollutant are those pollutants that are directly emitted from their sources, like CO2, CO, SO2 as these gases are directly emitted form burning of fossil fuels.

 

Acid rain, which is formed when sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides react with water, sulfuric acid etc.

 

Hence, Acidrain is a secondary air pollutant.

 

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Which protocol does ping use?

A) ICMP B) TCP
C) BootP D) ARP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) ICMP

Explanation:

ICMP means Internet Control Message Protocol and is always coupled with the IP protocol (There are 2 ICMP variants one for IPv4 and one for IPv6.) echo request and echo response are the two operation codes of ICMP used to implement ping.

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In ancient Greek city states the central district would be built on a hilltop and it would contain the chief municipal and religious buildings . What was this place called?

Answer

Acropolis

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Who did the historian K M Pannikar call "India's new Manu, the spirit of modern law incarnate"?

Answer

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Q:

The first cellular phone service in india was introduced by ________

Answer

The first cellular phone service in india was introduced by Modi Telstra on August 23, 1995 in calcutta under the name Mobile Net. 

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Who is the author of book ' Arctic Summer'.

Answer

Dammon Galgut

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
People drink champagne on New Year’s Eve.

A) Drinking of champagne is done on New Year's Eve. B) New Year's Eve was the day when People drank Champagne.
C) People on Eve of New Year drink champagne. D) Champagne is drunk on New Year’s Eve.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Champagne is drunk on New Year’s Eve.

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Since foundation of nobel prize awards has been added to the original five disciplines which were considered for award of Nobel Prize

A) Medicine B) Peace
C) Literature D) Economics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Economics

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