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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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The ozone layer is located in the

A) Mesosphere B) Ionosphere
C) Troposphere D) Stratosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Stratosphere

Explanation:

The earth's atmosphere is composed of 4 layers. 

 

1. Troposphere

2. Stratosphere

3. Ionosphere

4. Mesosphere

 

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The ozone layer is located in the lower region of the Stratosphere which extends at 11 - 50 kms from the Earth's suface.

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Q:

What element behaves most like magnesium?

A) Silicon B) Strontium
C) Sulphur D) Tin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Strontium

Explanation:

We know that, Elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar characteristics.

Here Magnesium and Strontium shared some similar properties because they both belong to the same group. Sr is the chemical symbol for strontium which is a group two element; it has atomic number of 38. 

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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.

Explanation:

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 brand name of 16 digit Unique identification number to be assigned to each individual in the country will be

A) Pehchan B) Maadhyam
C) Aadhar D) Aabhar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Aadhar

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From the following languages listed in the Eighth schedule of the constitution pick out of the one which is official language of a state

A) Kashmiri B) Urdu
C) Sindhi D) Nepali
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Urdu

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Q:

Which acid is present in tomato?

A) Sulphuric acid B) HCl
C) Both A & B D) Citric acid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Citric acid

Explanation:

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Citric acid is present in tomatoes.

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Who among the following leaders, did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji?

A) Harillal M. Kania B) S. Varadachari
C) M Patanjali Sastri D) Sir Maurice Gwyer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Harillal M. Kania

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Q:

Palaeobotany is the branch of botany is which we study about

A) Animal fosills B) Plant fossils
C) Seed of plant D) Flower
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Plant fossils

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