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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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caffeine is also a what?

A) Psychoactive B) Barbiturate
C) Narcotic D) Opioid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Psychoactive

Explanation:

Caffeine is also a psychoactive drug which alters the mood and conscious in our behaviour. It is widely consumed as a psychoactive drug.

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Q:

Both skin and lung cancer are classified as carcinomas.

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

Explanation:

Carcinomas are cancers that begin in tissues lining the inner or outer surfaces of the body where the DNA of the cells become damaged. Lung cancer and one type of skin cancer (squamous-cell carcinoma) are carcinomas.


 


Hence, the given statement is TRUE.


 

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Q:

What was the first book ever written?

Answer

The first written story that has come down to us is The Epic of Gilgamesh.


It is a mythologized account of a historical figure, Gilgamesh, a ruler of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk, believed to have ruled sometime between 2700-2500 BC.

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Q:

Study of sound is called

A) Agronomy B) Accoustics
C) Aesthetics D) Aeronautics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Accoustics

Explanation:

Accoustics is a subject deals with the Study of sound

 

Aesthetics is a Philosophy of fine arts

 

The science or art of flight is called Aeronautics

 

The science of soil management is called Agronomy.

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Q:

Who was the Roman Emperor when Jesus was crucified?

A) Augustus B) Antonius Pius
C) Livia Drusilla D) Tiberius
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tiberius

Explanation:

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Tiberius Caesar was a Roman emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD. And Jesus was crucified in between 30 - 33AD.

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Q:

What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?

A) 0 deg C B) 32 deg C
C) -42 deg C D) -32 deg C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 0 deg C

Explanation:

The freezing point of water and melting point is 0 °C or 32 °F. The temperature may be lower if supercooling occurs.

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Q:

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is located at which of the following places?

A) Geneva B) Rome
C) Paris D) Vienna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Geneva

Explanation:
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Q:

In which of the following activities silicon carbide is used

A) Disinfecting water of ponds B) Making casts for statues
C) Making cement and glass D) Cutting very hard substances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cutting very hard substances

Explanation:

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Silicon carbide is used in Cutting very hard substances.

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