General Knowledge Questions

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Which of the following authors won the booker prize twice

A) Margaret Atwood B) Ian Mc Ewan
C) J.M. Coetzee D) Graham Swift
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) J.M. Coetzee

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Q:

Ricky Ponting is also known as _______.

A) Punter B) Ponty
C) Rickster D) Ponter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Punter

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Q:

In the structure of Planet Earth, below the mantle, the core is mainly made up of which one of the following ?

A) Aluminium B) Chromium
C) Iron D) Silicon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Iron

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Q:

Bhagavata Mela is a folk dance of

Answer

Andhra Pradesh

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Q:

An alloy is

A) a compound B) an allotropic form
C) an isomer D) a mixture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a mixture

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Which of the following is true of a scientific theory?

A) It is only accepted after the person who came up with it has died. B) It is a method or device that applies scientific knowledge for some specific purpose.
C) It generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad in scope. D) It must demonstrate the effect of one variable by testing control groups and experimental groups.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) It generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad in scope.

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A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. Scientific theories are not ever proved in the sense of being proved to be 100% correct.

 

Examples of some scientific theories are ::

Evolution, gravity, atomic theory, the germ theory of disease, relativity, quantum theory, electromagnetic theory, layered Earth theory, etc...

 

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Q:

The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state of India ?

A) Kerala B) Haryana
C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Arunachal Pradesh

Explanation:

The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the eight wildlife sanctuaries of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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Q:

The Rain Shadow Effect is associated with

A) Convectional rainfall B) Frontal rainfall
C) Cyclonic rainfall D) Orographic rainfall
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Orographic rainfall

Explanation:

Orographic precipitation or Rain produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the air rises and cools, orographic clouds form and serve as the source of the precipitation, most of which falls upwind of the mountain ridge.

 

Some also falls a short distance downwind of the ridge and is sometimes called spillover. On the lee side of the mountain range, rainfall is usually low, and the area is said to be in a Rain Shadow

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