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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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Which subatomic particle has a negative charge?

 

A) Neutron B) Proton
C) Ion D) Electron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Electron

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Galileo was an Italian Astronomer who

A) Discovered 4 satellites of Mars B) Developed the Telescope
C) Discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement D) Both B & C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both B & C

Explanation:

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was an Italian Astronomer who

1) Discovered 4 satellites of Jupiter

2) Developed Telescope

3) Discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement

 

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He is Physicist, Mathematician, inventor, and philosopher Too.

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Q:

GST Council has decided to keep a total of ________ items in the 28% slab, which was earlier 227.

A) 125 B) 87
C) 100 D) 50
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 50

Explanation:

The GST Council on Nov 10th 2017 cut tax rates of over 175 products that were in the highest tax slab of 28% under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.  

Currently only 50 items have been left in the 28% category out of a total of 227 items that were present earlier.

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Which of the following things was illegalised by India Act 5th of 1843 ?

A) Sati Pratha B) Slavery
C) Polygamy D) Child marriage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Slavery

Explanation:

The Indian Slavery Act, also called as Act 5th of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economic transactions associated with slavery.

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During Shivaji's rule the council of the state consisted of

A) Eight ministers B) Eighteen ministers
C) Twelve ministers D) Fifteen Ministers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Eight ministers

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Who is the First Indian to win a medal in badminton at the Olympics ?

Answer

Saina Nehwal

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The book ' Around the World in Eighty Days ' was written by

A) Charles Dickens B) H.M.Munro
C) Jules Verne D) Sir Richard Burton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jules Verne

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Which best describes how air moves during convection?

A) cool air falls down B) warm air falls down
C) cool air is replaced by warm air D) air always falls down
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cool air falls down

Explanation:

During convection, cool and dense air falls through the warmer and less dense air. The warm air having less mass is being displaced by the cooler which is much heavy. Convection always involves the air rising through the atmosphere.

 

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