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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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Nagarahole Tiger Reserve is situated in which Indian state/UT?

 

A) Karnataka B) Goa
C) Maharashtra D) Telangana  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Karnataka

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Which of these is the best description of fixed expenses?

 

A) Insurance B) Payment on loans
C) Rent D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Fixed expenses are those expenses that do not change when there is a change in production or sales level.

 

Examples of Fixed Expenses are rent, insurance, payment on loans, salaries, advertising, etc...

 

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Who is authorised to transfer the judges of one High Court to another High Court?

A) The President B) The Chief Justice of India
C) A Collegium of Judges of the Supreme Court D) The Law Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The President

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Q:

Who is known as the ' Saint of the gutters '

A) B.R.Ambedkar B) Mother Teresa
C) Mahatma Gandhi D) Baba Amte
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mother Teresa

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Q:

The phenomenon of summer sleep by animals is called

A) hibernation B) aestivation
C) laziness D) lethargy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) aestivation

Explanation:

Aestivation is summer sleep. Many organisms like the snails do not find it comfortable in summer. They withdraw and lead a life with reduced BMR (basic Metabolic Rate) in a state of  dormancy.

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Q:

An air bubble in water will act like a

A) convex lens B) convex mirror
C) concave lens D) concave mirror
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) concave lens

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The lens which have atleast one inward curved surface is a concave lens. Concave ens is a diverging lens as it spreads out light rays that have been refracted through it.

A concave lens is thinner at its centre than at its edges.

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What is the full form of GDP

A) Gross domestic product B) Global domestic Ratio
C) Gross depository revenue D) Global depository receipts
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gross domestic product

Explanation:

GDP full form is Gross domestic product.

 

It is a measurement of a nation’s overall economic activity. 

GDP is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.

 

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Q:

shimla Agreement 1972 between India & pakistan was signed in

 

A) Barne's Court B) Ellersline Building
C) Viceregal Lodge D) Gorton castle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ellersline Building

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