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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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Which one of the following does not contain Silver ?

A) Horn Silver B) Ruby Silver
C) Lunar Caustic D) German Silver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) German Silver

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A drawing on transparent paper is

A) Blue print B) Negative
C) Transparency D) Red print
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Transparency

Explanation:

The one word substitute for 'a drawing on transparent paper' is Transparency.

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Q:

The famous character pickwick was created by

A) Leo Tolstoy B) Charles Dickens
C) George Washington D) Steven Spielberg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Charles Dickens

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Q:

Fog is an example of a

A) liquid dispersed in gas B) solid dispersed in liquid
C) liquid dispersed in solid D) gas dispersed in liquid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) liquid dispersed in gas

Explanation:

Fog is tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface. Hence, fog is an example of a colloidal system liquid dispersed in gas.

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Q:

Output devices make it possible to

A) View and print a data B) Scan a data
C) Input a data D) Sending a data
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) View and print a data

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'My strongest bulwark is gone' lamented Gandhiji on the death of 

A) Gopalakrishna Gokhale B) Motilal Nehru
C) Pherozeshah Mehta D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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The difference between a nuclear reactor and atomic bomb is that ___________

A) no chain reaction takes place in nuclear reactor while in the atomic bomb there is a chain reaction B) the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is controlled
C) the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is not controlled D) no-chain reaction takes place in atomic bomb while it takes place in nuclear reactor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the chain reaction in nuclear reactor is controlled

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Q:

Heated saw dust catches fire when a drop of concentrated nitric acid is added to it. This is due to

A) dehydration B) oxidation
C) reduction D) dehydrogenation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) oxidation

Explanation:

Saw dust contains carbon which is oxidised to carbon  dioxide by concentrated nitric acid;

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