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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?

  • Bank Exams
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Which of the following caused radioactive pollution along the coast of Kerala?

A) Plutonium B) Zinc
C) Thorium D) Radium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Thorium

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Which among the following is not a connective tissue?

A) Blood B) Bone
C) Skin D) Cartilage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Skin

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The Headquarters of the International Tropical Timber Organization is located at

A) New Delhi B) Yokohama
C) Madrid D) Jakarta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Yokohama

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The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) is an intergovernmental organization that promotes conservation of tropical forest resources and their sustainable management, use and trade.Headquarters: Yokohama, Japan

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In case of a standard hydrogen electrode

A) absolute electrode potential is not zero B) absolute electrode potential is zero
C) both absolute and standard electrode potential values are zero D) electrode potential is zero only at 25 deg C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) absolute electrode potential is not zero

Explanation:

The Standard hydrogen electrode (abbreviated SHE), is a redox electrode which forms the basis of the thermodynamic scale of oxidation-reduction potentials. Its absolute electrode potential is estimated to be 4.44 ± 0.02 V at 25 °C, but to form a basis for comparison with all other electrode reactions, hydrogen's standard electrode potential (E0) is declared to be zero volts only at 298.

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Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation of

A) silica dust B) iron dust
C) zinc dust D) coal dust
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) iron dust

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Burzil Pass is situated in which of the following states?

A) Himachal Pradesh B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) Sikkim D) Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jammu and Kashmir

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

Slow and careful movement or thought

 

A) Vacuous B) Utter
C) Deliberation D) Coherence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Deliberation

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

 

Bite the dust

A) eat poorly B) suffer a defeat
C) clean something D) attack and defeat somebody
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) suffer a defeat

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