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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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Where does the series number on a map appear?

A) Upper right margin B) Lower left margin
C) Both A & B D) Not Exist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

The series number is found in both the upper right margin and the lower left margin. It is a sequence reference expressed either as a four-digit numeral (1125) or as a letter, followed by a three- or four-digit numeral (M661, T7110).

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Q:

Li3PO4 compound name?

A) Lithium perchlorate B) Lithium phyrite
C) Lithium phosphate D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lithium phosphate

Explanation:

The given compund Li3PO4 name is Lithium phosphate.

 

Lithium phosphate is a white crystal at room temperature. It is slightly soluble in water.

It  can be used to produce glass, disk, colorful phosphor powder. It can also be used as a catalyst in some reactions.

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Q:

Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is due to

A) gravitational pull B) rotation of earth
C) revolution of earth D) uneven heating of earth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) gravitational pull

Explanation:

The atmospheric pressure at the surface of the Earth is due to gravitational pull of the earth and is about 14.7 psi.

 

That means that the weight of a column of air which has a cross section of 1 square inch and which stretches from the surface of the Earth to space is 14.7 pounds. 

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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

Explanation:
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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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The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is appointed by the 

A) Prime Minister B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C) President D) Union Finance Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Explanation:

Though this is essentiallly a Committee of the House of the people (having 15 members from that house) , by an agreement between the two houses , 7 members from the other Houses are also associated with this Committee, in order to strengthen it.

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Q:

Dr. V.Kurien has distinguished himself in which of the following areas

A) Poultry farms B) Economic Reforms
C) Dairy Development D) Atomic Energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dairy Development

Explanation:
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Q:

Fa Hien visited india during the reign of

A) Harshavardhana B) Chandragupta Maurya
C) Ashoka D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Explanation:

Fahien came to India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya.

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