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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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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

Suppose  if you  are  selected,  will  you  give us a treat?

A) Supposing if  B) If suppose
C) If D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If

Explanation:

‘Suppose’ and ‘if’ both are used to guess, or think, or imagine something and both means the same thing. So, using them together is superfluous. So, ‘if’will be used. 

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India’s largest ground-based optical telescope has been installed in which state?

 

A) Uttar Pradesh B) Gujarat
C) Goa D) Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Uttarakhand

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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

 

A) Fischer projection represents the molecule in an eclipsed conformation B) Newman projection can be represented in eclipsed, staggered and skew conformations
C) Fischer projection of the molecule is its most stable conformation D) In Sawhorse projections, the lines are inclined at an angle of 120 deg to each other.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fischer projection of the molecule is its most stable conformation

Explanation:

Fischer projections were originally proposed for the depiction of carbohydrates and used by chemists, particularly in organic chemistry and biochemistry.A Fischer projection always uses an eclipsed conformation. A Newman diagram can represent either an eclipsed conformation or a staggered conformation or a skew conformation.

 

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By virtue of which Act, Diarchy was introduced in India

A) Indian Council Act, 1909 B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Government of India Act, 1935 D) indian Independence Act, 1947
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Government of India Act, 1919

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The term "Smart Money" broadly refers to ___________.

 

A) Foreign currency B) Internet banking
C) U.S. Dollars D) Travellers’ cheques
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Internet banking

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Water covers _______________ % of the Earth’s surface.

 

A) 95 B) 75
C) 55 D) 35
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 75

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Which one of the following is the most characteristic property of an element?

 

A) Density B) Boiling point
C) Mass number D) Atomic number
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Atomic number

Explanation:

Atomic  number  is  the  fundamental properties  of  an  element.  Every atom  is  identified  by  its  unique atomic  number.  Atomic  number  is equal  to  the  number  of  protons present in an atom of the element.

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Find the work done (in J) when a charge of 20 C moves across a potential difference of 4 V.

 

 

A) 5 B) 40
C) 80 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 80

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