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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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What colony was founded by the Quakers?

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Quakers are members of a group with Christian roots that began in England in the 1650s. Sir William Penn was an English nobleman, writer, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania.

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What element is used to disinfect swimming pools?

A) Fluorine B) Chlorine
C) Bromine D) Sulphur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chlorine

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Who can participate in the proceedings of both the houses without even being a member ?

A) Solicitor General B) Attorney General
C) Comptroller & Auditor General D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Attorney General

Explanation:

Attorney General can participate in the proceedings of both the houses without even being a member.

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Where does transcription occur in eukaryotes?

A) Cytoplasm B) Nucleus
C) Chromosomes D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nucleus

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Q:

Select the antonym of
to perpetuate

A) to eternize B) to canonize
C) to cease D) to bolster
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to cease

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Where did the exodusters migrate to?

A) Africa B) Kansas
C) California D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kansas

Explanation:

Exodusters migrate to Kansas and other western states as part of the Exoduster Movement or Exodus of 1879. It was the first general migration of black people following the Civil War.

 

Exodusters was a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century.

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Select the synonym of
to preside

A) to acquiesce B)  to concur
C) to officiate D) to accord
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to officiate

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Percentage of freshwater on earth surface

A) 3% B) 4%
C) 0.3% D) 69%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4%

Explanation:

About 71% of the earth's surface is covered with water. In that 71% only 4% of water is a fresh water.

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