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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
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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How many quarters in a football game?

A) 2 B) 3
C) 4 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 4

Explanation:

Foot ball game lasts for 60 minutes in total. It is divided into 4 quarters of 15 minutes each and two halves of 30 minutes each.

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What are the followers of Islam called

A) Muhammads B) Abrahams
C) Muslims D) Ishas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Muslims

Explanation:

The followers of Islam religion is called Muslims.

 

According to Muslims, God sent prophets to mankind to teach them how to live according to His law. Muhammad is believed by Muslims to be the last prophet sent by God (Allah). The Muslim holy book is called the Quran.

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Which statement correctly describes the role of chance in evolution?

A) An allele that increases evolutionary fitness cannot be lost from a population by chance events. B) The ultimate source of new alleles is mutation, random changes in the nucleotide sequences of an organism's DNA
C) Evolutionary change proceeds by an accumulation of changes that occur by chance. D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The ultimate source of new alleles is mutation, random changes in the nucleotide sequences of an organism's DNA

Explanation:
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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
 
They were quite

A- I was fluent in English
B- fascinated, and were quick to
C- remark that they were surprised

A) BAC B) ACB
C) BCA D) ABC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) BCA

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Q:

In which place India's first HIV case reported in 1986?

A) Bangalore B) Delhi
C) Hyderabad D) Chennai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Chennai

Explanation:

In Chennai, Tamil Nadu place India's first HIV case reported in 1986 amongst the female sex workers.

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If the production possibilities curve was a straight line, this would imply that

A) Economic resources are perfectly substitutable, in the production of the two products B) Equal quantities of both products are produced at each possible point on the curve
C) The two products will sell at the same market price D) The two products are equally important to consumers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The two products will sell at the same market price

Explanation:

A production–possibility frontier (PPF) or production possibility curve (PPC) is the possible tradeoff of producing combinations of goods with constant technology and resources per unit time.

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As the object covers equal distances in equal intervals of time, it is said to be in ____________ motion.

A) uniform B) linear
C) translational D) equilibrium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) uniform

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Which part of the brain is responsible for consciousness?

A) Brain stem B) Cerebrum
C) Cerebellum D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cerebrum

Explanation:

The brain has three main parts the cerebrum, cerebellum and brainstem. As cerebrum is the largest part of the brain it is divided into two hemispheres i.e, right and left. It performs many functions like vision, hearing, touch, learning, consciousness, emotions, etc...

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