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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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Q:

Blisters are a sign of which classification of burn?

A) First-degree B) Second-degree
C) Third-degree D) Fourth-degree
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Second-degree

Explanation:

Burns are classified into 4 degrees. They are ::

 

1. First-degree (superficial) burns. First-degree burns affect only the epidermis, or outer layer of skin.

2. Second-degree (partial thickness) burns. Second-degree burns involve the epidermis and part of the dermis layer of skin.

3. Third-degree (full thickness) burns.

4. Fourth-degree burns.

 

Blisters are a sign of Second-degree burns.

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Q:

What substance gives plants their green color?

A) Chloroform B) Chlorine
C) Chlorophyll D) Caustic soda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chlorophyll

Explanation:

Chlorophyll is the pigment that gives pant leaves their green color.

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Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Cavalier

A) Condescending B) Curt
C) Humble D) Haughty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Humble

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Q:

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in Passive/Active voice.


I saw the master conducting the orchestra.

A) I saw that the orchestra was being conducted by the master. B) I saw the orchestra being conducted by the master.
C) The master was seen conducting the orchestra by me. D) The master was conducting the orchestra and I saw that.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I saw the orchestra being conducted by the master.

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Q:

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Forgo

A) Forfeit B) Neglect
C) Conquer D) Pass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Conquer

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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

She sank back with a mourn of pain

A) morn B) mourne
C) moan D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) moan

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Q:

Soil that forms on unconsolidated deposits is called

A) humus B) bedrock
C) transported soil D) residual soil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) transported soil

Explanation:

Transported soils form from weathered material deposits, which are transported by natural forces to a new site, away from the site of origin.

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Cooler, older, oceanic lithosphere sink into the mantle at

A) sites of long-lived, hot spot volcanism in the ocean basins B) rift zones along mid-ocean ridges
C) subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries D) transform fault zones along divergent plate boundaries
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) subduction zones along convergent plate boundaries

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