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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.


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What is the purpose of the mucus in your nose?

A) Protects lungs B) Clear air passage
C) Protects nose D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Protects lungs

Explanation:

When you breathe in air through your nose, it contains lots of tiny things, like dust, dirt, germs, and pollen.

The air enters our body through the nose. However, before it enters the lungs, it must be heated and purified. Many dust particles that enter along with the air are removed in the nose by mucus and thus it protects lungs.

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What is the precise time of earth rotation on axis?

Answer

23 hrs, 56 minutes and 4.9 seconds

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The Karma dance belongs to which state?

A) West Bengal B) Sikkim
C) Madhya Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Madhya Pradesh

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Hydrogen bonds and hydrophilic interactions are

A) Strong chemical bonds that hold together the atoms within a molecule B) Weak chemical bonds that hold together the atoms within a molecule
C) Strong chemical bonds that link together separate molecules D) Weak chemical bonds that link together separate molecules
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Weak chemical bonds that link together separate molecules

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Hot springs are heated geothermally by underlying

A) water B) magma
C) mitula D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) magma

Explanation:

Magma is molten rocks beneath the earth's crust. Hot springs are heated geothermally by underlying magma.

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Depletion of ozone layer is caused by

A) CFC's B) Carbon tetra-chloride (CCl4)
C) HCFC's D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Ozone layer depletion is one of the most serious problems faced by our planet earth. Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (ODS) emission are responsible for ultraviolet radiations from the sun break them to release chlorine (from CFCs) and bromine (from methyl bromide and halons).

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Atrophy is a condition that occurs when

A) muscle decreases in size and function because of disease or trauma B) carbon dioxide, lactic acid, and other wastes accumulate in the muscle
C) increased use of skeletal muscle causes an increase in its strength D) the tendons that attach muscle to bone become stretched or injured
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) muscle decreases in size and function because of disease or trauma

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Independent is the newspaper founded by

A) B.R. Ambedkar B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mothilal Nehru D) Bipin Chandra Pal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mothilal Nehru

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