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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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Handwritten wills are also known as which of the following?

A) Homographic B) Solographic
C) Holographic D) Monographic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Holographic

Explanation:

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Handwritten wills are also known as Holographic wills since they are made by the persons called testators without notary or any witness.

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Which of the following is a microeconomic statement? 

A) The price of personal computers declined last year. B) Unemployment was 6.8 percent of the labor force last year.
C) The real domestic output increased by 2.5 percent last year. D) The general price level increased by 4 percent last year.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The price of personal computers declined last year.

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Q:

Study of sound is called

A) Agronomy B) Accoustics
C) Aesthetics D) Aeronautics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Accoustics

Explanation:

Accoustics is a subject deals with the Study of sound

 

Aesthetics is a Philosophy of fine arts

 

The science or art of flight is called Aeronautics

 

The science of soil management is called Agronomy.

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The fact that two large ships travelling on close parallel courses in the same direction tend to move towards each other can be explained by

A) Bernoulli's principle B) Magnetic properties of the ship's material
C) Newton's third law of motion D) Earth's gravitational force
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bernoulli's principle

Explanation:

The rapid flow of air between the two moving ships causes a reducton of pressure (Bernoulli's principle) , so they (the ships) are drawn closer together

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Which statement is true about blood alcohol concentration?

A) The higher the blood alcohol concentration, the more severe the hangover will be. B) Drinking coffee and exercising will lower your blood alcohol concentration.
C) Blood alcohol concentration is affected by factors such as body size and gender. D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Blood alcohol concentration is affected by factors such as body size and gender.

Explanation:

Blood alcohol concentration is affected by factors such as body size and gender. Women are usually smaller than men, and that they turn out less of the enzyme that breaks down alcohol.

 

For those reasons, most girls can have a higher BAC than the typical male if they each drink an identical quantity of alcohol.

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Technically, tempera is paint in which the vehicle is in

A) an emulsion B) a pigment
C) an impasto D) a ground
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) an emulsion

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In which of the following years, India's first Prime Minister Shri JawaharlalNehru was awarded with India's highest civilian honour BharatRatna?

A) 1955 B) 1953
C) 1951 D) 1950
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1955

Explanation:

In 1950 India's first Prime Minister Shri JawaharlalNehru was awarded with India's highest civilian honour BharatRatna.

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In which of the following branches of Knowledge outstandin contribution for the benefits of mankind is not recognised with a Nobel Prize

A) Madicine B) Chemistry
C) Engineering D) Economics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Engineering

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