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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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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The architecture

P-was designed to promote
Q-of the Internet
R-connectivity, not security

 

A) QPR B) RQP
C) PQR D) PRQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) QPR

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Which is not a sediment transporting agent?

A) Stratification B) Windstorms
C) Glacial Ice D) Stream water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Stratification

Explanation:

Stratification as actually the settling down of sediments with different properties to form layers/strata over years. Stratification especially occurs on the bed of water bodies such as oceans.

 

Stratified sedimentary rocks are used to study the ecological conditions over previous years/eras.  

 

The other choices like Windstorms, Glacial Ice and Stream water are mediums which sediments are transported.

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Which person won seven gold medals in swimming for the U.S. in the 1972 Olyympic

A) Jack Nicklaus B) Mark Spitz
C) Comaneci D) Gymanodhor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mark Spitz

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Which statement about weak bonds is correct?

A) Covalent bonds are weak bonds B) They are hard to break
C) Weak bonds are transient and easily reversible. D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Weak bonds are transient and easily reversible.

Explanation:

In chemistry, Weak bonds are those forces of attraction that, do not take a large amount of energy to break.

 

For example, hydrogen bonds are broken by energies in the order of 4 - 5 kcal/mol.

Ionic bonds, hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions are considered weak bonds.

 

Weak bonds are transient and easily reversible.

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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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India was elected as a President of General Assembly of the United Nations in 1953. Who occupied this office on behalf of India?

A) S. Radha Krishnan B) Gopalswamy Iyyengar
C) V.K. Krishna Menon D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vijayalakshmi Pandit

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Which one of the following is not an award given on the National Awards Day

A) Rajiv Khel Ratna B) Arjun Award
C) Dhyanchand Award D) Vishwamitra Award
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vishwamitra Award

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The Ex-officio Secretary of NDC is ___________.

 

A) Vice-Chairman of Planning Commission   B) General Secretary of Lok Sabha  
C) Secretary of Finance Ministry   D) Secretary of Planning Commission  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Secretary of Planning Commission  

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