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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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  • Railway Examinations
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Q:

What did Sir William Herschel discover in 1800?

A) Ultraviolet rays B) Infra-red radiation
C) X rays D) Microwaves
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Infra-red radiation

Explanation:

Sir William Herschel discovered Infra-red radiation in 1800.

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0 1955
Q:

Unlike eutherians, both monotremes and marsupials

A) have some embryonic development outside the uterus B) are found in Australia
C) lay eggs D) lack nipples
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) have some embryonic development outside the uterus

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Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams
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2 1955
Q:

SO2 Polar or Nonpolar?

Answer

SO2 has a net dipole moment and has a bent shape in its structure as water molecule. Hence it is a polar molecule.

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Subject: Chemistry Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT , GATE
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2 1955
Q:

The compound used in prickly-­heat powder to prevent excessive sweating is

A) Boric acid B) Phosphoric acid
C) Carbonic acid D) Sulphonic acid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Boric acid

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Filed Under: Chemistry
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1954
Q:

An image formed by a plane mirror, that cannot be obtained on a screen is called _______.

A) Virtual image B) Real image
C) Inverted image D) Erect image
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Virtual image

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Filed Under: Physics
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1954
Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The equipment is (adapted to) cotton industries.

A) Adapted from B) Adapted for
C) Adapted of D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Adapted for

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1954
Q:

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The modes of action are _____ in science and religion. Science relies on experiment, whereas religion is based on experience. Any religious _____ whether it is Christ’s or Ramakrishna’s is personal and _____ . Science, on the other hand is marked by objectivity. Theory has to be corroborated by _____ proof providing material comforts. The frontiers of science do not end in knowledge but are _____ to the formation of appliances for actual use.

Theory has to be corroborated by _____ proof providing material comforts.

A) intangible B) transparent
C) tangible D) unique
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) tangible

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Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1954
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
In the eighteenth century, Japan's feudal overlords, from the shogun to the humblest samurai, found themselves (on) financial stress.

A) of  B) for 
C) under  D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) under 

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Filed Under: English

0 1954