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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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........... as is used as an illuminating gas.

A) Methyl B) Propane
C) Butene D) Ethyne
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Propane

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Q:

German Silver contains

A) 100% pure silver B) 10% silver
C) 1% silver D) 0% silver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0% silver

Explanation:

German Silver is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc. It is composed of 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc. Due to its white-silverish appearance it is named as german silver but it contains no silver in it.

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Q:

The chemical makeup of a rock is

A) Nutrients B) Minerals
C) Metals D) Water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Minerals

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The chemical composition of a rock is mainly minerals.

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Most catches in test cricket by wicket keeper?

A) MV. Boucher B) M.S Dhoni
C) Gilchrist D) IA. Healy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) MV. Boucher

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.

She enquired from the stranger (A)/ who was he and (B)/ what he wanted from her. (C)/ No Error (D)

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B

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Q:

The mammalian heart is myogenic and it is regulated by nerves. The heartbeat originates from

A) sinoatrial node B) QRS wave
C) T wave D) hepatic portal system
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) T wave

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The mammalian heartis called myogenic (myo = muscle, genie = originating from). It means the heart beat or the activities of the heart are auto regulated which originates from a muscle called nodal tissue.In the human heart,heartbeat originates and contraction is initiated by a special modified heart muscle known as sinoatrial node. It is located in the right atrium; while the QRS waves are the depolarisation of the ventricles, which initiates the ventricular contraction.The T-wave represents the repolarisation,that is, the return of the ventricles from excited tonormal state.Hepatic portal system is the unique vascular connection that exists between the digestive tract and liver. This vein carries blood from intestine to the liver.

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In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

There is little room for free and open inquiry, and fundamental values and cultural norms remain largely unquestioned.

I. There is a little room for free and open inquiry

II. There is the little room for free and open inquiry

III. There is lessening room for free and open inquiry

A) Only I B) Only II
C) Only III D) Both I and III
 
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Explanation:
'Little' carries a negative connotation and means hardly any or negligible. 'A little' carries a positive connotation and means 'some'. Since second part of the sentence mentions that 'fundamental values and cultural norms remain largely unquest ioned', it can be concluded that something negative is being talked about. Thus, there would be no option for free and open inquiry.
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The ozone layer is part of the

A) Troposphere B) Stratosphere
C) Ionosphere D) Mesosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Stratosphere

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