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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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Sociologists define the concept of "race" as

A) a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. B) people who fall into any minority category.
C) a cultural heritage shared by a category of people. D) a person's skin color.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important.

Explanation:

Sociologists define the concept of "race" as a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
flesh and blood

A) a very gory murder scene B) a lot of hard work
C) loss of lives in battle D) a person's physical body and their needs and frailties
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a person's physical body and their needs and frailties

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Kanha National Park saving the rare and almost extinct species of the Swamp Deer, also known as

A) Barasingha B) Black Buck
C) Chinkara D) Nilgai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Barasingha

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Who is the author of the book 'The Association of Small Bombs', which is currently shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award?

A) Karan Mahajan B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Namitha Ghokale D) Arundathi Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chetan Bhagat

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Who is the head of the cabinet-level committee concerning the merger of public sector banks?

A) Arun Jaitley B) Urjit Patel
C) Rajnath Singh D) Narendra Modi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Arun Jaitley

Explanation:

With reforms in the public sector banking space, the government has constituted a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that will oversee merger proposals of state-owned banks. The other members of the panel include Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

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Choose the most appropriate answer:Animals active at night are called

A) Diurnal B) Nocturnal
C) Parasites D) Nacto-diurnal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Nocturnal

Explanation:

Animals active at night are known as Nocturnal.

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Radiocarbon dating technique is used to estimate the age of

A) fossils B) rocks
C) monuments D) soil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) fossils

Explanation:

Radiocarbon dating also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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The colour of a thin film is due to

A) Scattering B) Dispersion
C) Diffraction D) Interference
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Interference

Explanation:

In physics, interference is a phenomenon in which two waves superpose to form a resultant wave of greater, lower, or the same amplitude. The color bands in thin films are a result of wavelength dependent interference caused by the close spacing of the surfaces of the film.

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