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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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Which compound forms a colored aqueous solution?

A) CrCl3 B) KBr
C) CaCl2 D) NaOH
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CrCl3

Explanation:

Colored aqueous solutions are a characteristic of transition compounds.

The only transition compound in the above choices is CrCl3.

Cr is a transition element.

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The Peshwa's Secretariat at Pune (poona), the pivot of the Maratha government was known as 

A) Huzur Daftar B) EI Beriz Daftar
C) Chalte Dafter D) Peshwa Dafter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Huzur Daftar

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Q:

Discovery of the nucleus of an atom was due to the experiment carried out by

A) Bohr B) Rutherford
C) Moseley D) Thomson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rutherford

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Q:

Second Ozone Hole was detected over

A) Tibet B) Sweden
C) Northern hemisohere D) Antarctica
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tibet

Explanation:

Second ozone hole was detected over Tibet in the year 2006. 

Ozone is a form of oxygen, acts as a high-altitude atmospheric screen against cancer-causing ultraviolet light.

The main source of these halogens in the stratosphere is photodissociation of man made halocarbon refrigerants, solvents, propellants and CFC's.

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The sultan who completed the conquest of the south and broke the political barriers between the north and the south was

A) Alauddin Khalji B) Ghiyasuddin-bin Tughluq
C) Muhammad bin Tughluq D) Firuz Tughluq
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Muhammad bin Tughluq

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Q:

Name the new Business Area which Sahara India Parivar has entered into:

A) Software B) Cement
C) Advertising D) Travel & Tourism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Travel & Tourism

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Ms. Vijaya Mehta has earned distinction in which of the following fields

A) Theatre B) Journalism
C) Classical Dance D) Film Direction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Theatre

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Q:

Tohra is the sacred book of

A) Judaism B) Confucianism
C) Zoroastrianism D) Taoism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Judaism

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