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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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What is the theme of the ‘World Wetlands Day 2021’?

 

A) Wetlands and Water B) Wetlands for Us
C) Save Wetlands D) Wetlands and Covid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Wetlands and Water

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Who had, while fasting in the prision, written to the British governor , "The individual must die so that the nation may live.Today,I must die so that India may win freedom and glory"?

A) Jatin Das B) Lala Lajpat Rai
C) MK Gandhi D) SC Bose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jatin Das

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Which one of the following processes of weathering belongs to both mechanical and chemical weathering ?

A) Hydration B) Exfoliation
C) Carbonation D) Crystallization
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Crystallization

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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over a Dornier 228 light-weight aircraft to DRDO. What is the name of this aircraft?

A) Vayurathna B) Maharathna
C) Nabhrathna D) Aakashrathna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nabhrathna

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The first-ever World Tuna Day (WTD) is observed by the United Nations (UN) on which date  ?

A) May 2, 2017 B) May 1, 2017
C) April 2, 2017 D) May 3, 2017
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) May 2, 2017

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The United Nations has marked the first World Tuna Day (WTD) on May 2, 2017 to conserve one of the globe’s most popular fish to be caught and eaten and to highlight the vital socio-economic importance of tuna to people around the world. Tuna plays a critical role in sustainable development, food security, economic opportunity, and livelihoods of people around the world. At present more than 80 States have tuna fisheries, thousands of tuna fishing vessels operate in all the oceans and tuna fishery capacity is still growing in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Day was designated in December 2016 resolution of the UN General Assembly.

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Which element has similar properties to Beryllium?

A) Manganese B) Calcium
C) Both A & B D) Helium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Calcium

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The elements in the same column will have similar properties. Beryllium is the group II element. Group II elements are magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium. Hence, these show the similar prperties.

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Modern periodic table is based on atomic number of the elements. The significance of atomic number was proved by the experiment of ________

A) Moseley's work on X-ray spectra B) Bragg's work on X-ray diffraction
C) Mulliken's oil drop experiment D) Discovery of X-ray by Roentgen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Moseley's work on X-ray spectra

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Which of the following States is a member of the ' Seven Sisters '

A) West Bengal B) Orissa
C) Tripura D) Bihar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tripura

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