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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?

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What is another name for the governor of a state?

A) Chief Executive B) Attorney General
C) Secretary of the State D) Vice Pesident
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chief Executive

Explanation:

Another name for the governor of the state is Chief Executive of the state.

And we also know that, The attorney general is the head of the US Department of Justice, The vice president is just under the president of the US and The secretary of state is the head of the US Department of State.

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Extensive planting of trees to increase forest cover is called

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A) Agroforestry B) Social forestry
C) Afforestation D) Deforestation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Afforestation

Explanation:

The process of extensive planting of trees or seeds in barren lands to increase forest cover is called as Afforestation.

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Cotton is facing competition form Sugarcane in the region of the black soil in Maharashtra. This is due to 

A) Declined yield of cotton in this region B) A General Change in the climate of this region
C) Expansion of irrigation for which this region has become suitable for sugar-cane cultivation which is a profitable crop D) Increasing demand for Sugar and rising prices of sugar in the country
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Expansion of irrigation for which this region has become suitable for sugar-cane cultivation which is a profitable crop

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The oldest specimens of poetry in the punjabi language are devotional compositions attributed to

A) Guru Nanak B) Baba Farid
C) Guru Angad D) Guru Tegh Bahadur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Baba Farid

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What is the time taken by the Earth to complete one rotation on its imaginary axis

A) 24 hr 37 min 23 sec B) 24 hr
C) 23 hr 56 min 4 sec D) 23 hr 52 min
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 23 hr 56 min 4 sec

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Oath taken by medical graduates is given by-

A) Theophrastus B) Aristotle
C) Darwin D) Hippocrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hippocrates

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Main function of white blood corpuscles is _______

A) Transport of carbon dioxide B) Transport of oxygen
C) To produce immune system of body D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To produce immune system of body

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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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