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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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The force exerted on an object is 200 N and its mass is 100 kg. Find the acceleration of the object.

A) 2 m/s B) 2 m
C) 2 m/sq.s D) 2 s
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2 m/sq.s

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The Pie Day is observed on?

A) March 13 B) March 14
C) March 3 D) March 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) March 14

Explanation:

In the month/day format 3/14 i.e, Mrach 14th is celebrated as Pie Day as its value is 3.14.

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Q:

To honour whom was a settlement in America called Virginia?

Answer

Queen Elizabeth I

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Aryabhatta and Kalidasa were in the court of which Gupta Emperor?

A) Kumara Gupta I B) Chandra Gupta II
C) Samudra Gupta D) Skanda Gupta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Samudra Gupta

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Which element is not a part of a nitrogenous base?

A) Carbon B) Oxygen
C) Phosphorous D) Nitrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Phosphorous

Explanation:

A nitrogenous base is an element that contains nitrogen that have same chemical properties of the base.

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Through which microscope were cells first observed?

A) Compound B) Simple
C) Electron D) Tunneling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Compound

Explanation:

A microscope is an instrument that magnifies objects. Cells that were first observed by Robert Hooke in the year 1665 in the compound microscope.

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Q:

We are able to walk on earth without slipping because of

A) Gravitational force B) Frictional force
C) Viscous force D) Centrifugal force
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Frictional force

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A sales tax is a type of

A) aggressive B) regressive
C) both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) regressive

Explanation:

Sales tax is an additional amount of money you pay based on a percentage of the selling price of goods and services that are purchased.

 

For example, if you purchase a new laptop Rs. 40000 and live in an area where the sales tax is 6%, you would pay Rs.2400 in sales tax.

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