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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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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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The Tripitaka was written in

A) Brahmi B) Kharosthi
C) Pali D) Sanskrit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Pali

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Sound waves cannot travel in

A) Vacuum B) Water
C) Glass D) Hydrogen gas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vacuum

Explanation:

A Sound wave needs a medium for propogation. Hence, Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.

A vacuum is an area without any air, like space. So sound cannot travel through space because there is no matter for the vibrations to work in.

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What is the full form of "RADAR" ?

A) Radio Detecting and Ranging B) Region Device and Ranging
C) Radio Detect and Rangs D) Radio Device and Ranging
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Radio Detecting and Ranging

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Among the following animals , the figures of which are found in the state emblem of india?

A) Bull, deer and eagle B) Deer and elephant
C) Elephant, Tiger and Bull D) Horse and Bull
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Horse and Bull

Explanation:

Refer National symbols

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Q:

In a freezer ice cubes will be formed more quickly in trays made of 

A) rubber B) plastic
C) aluminium D) wood
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) aluminium

Explanation:

Aluminium being a good conductor of heat conducts away the heat from the substance quite easily and causes quick freezing.

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By which ruler Pataliputra was chosen for the first time as a capital?

A) Ajatasatru B) Kalasok
C) Udayin D) Kanishka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Udayin

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Q:

Plants growing in sunlight are called

A) sciophytes B) xerophytes
C) heliophytes D) hydrophytes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) heliophytes

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Excretion is best described as the removal of

A) Undigested material from the digestive tract B) Metabolic wastes from a cell
C) Toxic wastes by the process of cyclosis D) Water molecules from dipeptide hydrolysis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Metabolic wastes from a cell

Explanation:

Excretion is best described as the removal of Metabolic wastes from a cell.

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