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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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  • Railway Examinations
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Light travels fastest in

A) Air B) Water
C) Glass D) Diamond
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Air

Explanation:

Light travels fastest in Vacuum. The fastest thing in the whole universe is the speed of light in a vacuum like outer space. It is about 2.99 x 108 m/s. 

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Name the state assembly, which has passed an amendment bill awarding death penalty for convicts involved in the rape of girls below 12 years of age.

A) Rajasthan Assembly B) Uttar Pradesh Assembly
C) Maharashtra Assembly D) Bihar Assembly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rajasthan Assembly

Explanation:

Rajasthan assembly has passed an amendment bill awarding death penalty for convicts involved in

the rape of girls below 12 years of age. State Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria introduced

'The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018' in the assembly, which was passed in the

House by a voice vote following a debate.

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Q:

India's Largest tractor manufacture Mahindra & Mahindra had recently made a take over bid on a European company, Universal Tractors. The Company is based in 

A) England B) Finland
C) Norway D) Romania
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Romania

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Q:

Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to

A) increase the acidity of the soil B) make the soil more porous
C) restore nitrates to the soil D) increase the alkalinity of the soil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) increase the alkalinity of the soil

Explanation:

Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to increase the acidity of the soil.

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Which among the following is not a asin country selected to the UN committee on Human rights three year term beginning january, 1995

A) Srilanka B) Pakistan
C) Phillippines D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pakistan

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Q:

The International Court of Justice was established in the year

A) 1947 B) 1946
C) 1950 D) 1948
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1946

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Q:

The current infection control guidelines from the CDC are called

Answer

The current infection control guidelines from the CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are called Standard or Universal Precautions.

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Q:

Which of the following CANNOT be considered a single phase?

A) a heterogeneous mixture B) a pure solid
C) a pure liquid D) a homogeneous mixture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a heterogeneous mixture

Explanation:

A pure solid and a pure liquid are definitely a single phase because they are so united, or homogeneous. This leads to a homogeneous mixture also being a single phase.

 

Hence, the option that cannot be considered a single phase is A. a heterogeneous mixture.

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