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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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A sample of matter must be copper if

A) atoms in the sample react with oxygen B) the sample can conduct electricity
C) each atom in the sample has 29 protons D) the sample melts at 1768k
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) each atom in the sample has 29 protons

Explanation:

A sample of matter must be copper if each atom in the sample has 29 protons.

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Who has been appointed as the first woman Secretary General of the Lok Sabha?

A) Rama Devi B) Sumitra Mahajan
C) Anupama Kare D) Snehlata Shrivastava
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Snehlata Shrivastava

Explanation:

Snehlata Shrivastava, appointed as the first woman Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. The appointment was made by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Ms. Shrivastava will replace Anoop Mishra, who retired on November 30, 2017. 

Ms. Shrivastava, a senior civil servant with 35 years of rich and varied administrative experience is a 1982 batch IAS officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre.

Rama Devi holds the distinction of the being the first woman secretary general of the Rajya Sabha.

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Q:

National Dairy Research Institute is located at

A) Ludhiana B) Karnal
C) Pantnagar D) Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Karnal

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Q:

Cortisol is secreted by

A) Thyroid gland B) Pituitary gland
C) Adrenal gland D) Parathyroid gland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Adrenal gland

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Q:

Borobudur Temple in Magelang is located in which country? 

A) Indonesia B) Iran
C) Bangladesh D) Laos
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Indonesia

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Who is author of the book 'Preparing for the Twenty First Century '

A) V.S.Naipaul B) John Ruskin
C) Paul Kennedy D) Henry Kissinger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Paul Kennedy

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Q:

In electro - magnetic radiation, which of the following has greater wave - length than visible light

A) Ultra -violet rays B) Infra - red rays
C) Cosmic rays D) x-rays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Infra - red rays

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Q:

The act of formally approving something is known as Arbitration.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FALSE

Explanation:

The act of formally approving something is known as Ratification.

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