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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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evtlesnioi-Arrange this word

A) Elevision B) Television
C) Senivion D) Telsion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Television

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Which is not associated with areas of karst topography?

A) flowing rivers B) sinkholes
C) sinking streams D) caverns
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) flowing rivers

Explanation:

A karst topography is that which composes of limestone and its associated features and structures. Karst topography and caves develop in limestone rocks due to their solubility in dilute acidic groundwater. The solubility of limestone in water and weak acid solutions leads to karst landscapes.

 

Flowing rivers, can be found in areas away from karst topography.

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where did M.S.Dhoni make his ODI debut

A) chittagong B) dhaka
C) Hyderabad D) Vishakapatnam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vishakapatnam

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Q:

Lens is made up of which glass

A) Ordinary glass B) Pyrex glass
C) Flint glass D) Cobalt glass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Flint glass

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Q:

Metal extracted from seawater

A) Potassium B) Calcium
C) Magnesium D) Sodium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Magnesium

Explanation:

Magnesium is dissolved in seawater at a concentration of about 1,000 parts per million and is the only metal directly extracted from seawater.

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Which of the following is associated with the recent discovery of tungsten by the Geological Survey of India?

A) Agucha in Rajasthan B) Thar Desert in Rajasthan
C) Tuensang in Nagaland D) Sirohi in Rajasthan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sirohi in Rajasthan

Explanation:

A big bed of rock salt with the top portion of the bed containing potash (though not the variety used as ferilizer) has been discovered in Thar Desert at a depth of 100 metres. A massive belt of lead and zinc has been found in the Agucha area, while gold bearing rocks have been discovered in the Tuensang district of Nagaland.

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Which dinosaur is sometimes referred to as the thunder lizard?

A) Diplodocus B) Brontosaurus
C) Arm reptile D) Cunningham
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brontosaurus

Explanation:

Although well known as one of the most iconic dinosaurs, Brontosaurus (the 'thunder lizard') has long been considered misclassified. Since 1903, the scientific community has believed that the genus Brontosaurus was in fact the Apatosaurus.

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What Thomas Davenport invented?

A) Screw propellor B) Electric streetcar
C) Chesterfield D) Sleeping (railway) car
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Screw propellor

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