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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.


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Which program is an example of domestic policy?

A) NAFTA B) The Versailles Treaty
C) The Clean Air Act NATO D) The Carter Doctrine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The Clean Air Act NATO

Explanation:

Domestic policy is the decisions made by a government regarding issues that occur within the country.

The Clean Air Act NATO program is an example of domestic policy.

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Q:

Visible light has a higher frequency than

A) Radio waves B) X rays
C) Ultra violet D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Radio waves

Explanation:

Radio waves have much longer wavelengths and lower frequencies than do visible light waves. In contrast, X-rays have much shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies. 

Ultraviolet Light (UV). part of the electromagnetic spectrum that consists of waves with frequencies higher than those of visible light and lower than those of x-rays.

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Charaka Samhita was a work on

A) Astrology B) Law
C) Medicine D) Religion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Medicine

Explanation:

Charaka Samhita was a work on Medicine.

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' The Sikhs of New York ' organised the " Turban Day " at Times Square on which date?

A) March 15, 2017 B) April 11, 2017
C) March 14, 2017 D) April 15, 2017
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) April 15, 2017

Explanation:
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Q:

Oxidation number of S8?

A) +1 B) -2
C) +2 D) 0
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0

Explanation:

S8 is an elemental form of sufur. In elemental form it can't be reduced or oxidized. Hence, it oxidation number is zero and thus sulfur is zerovalent here.

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Which is in India wins Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellence Award 2017 ?

A) Banglore B) Hyderabad
C) Bhubaneshwar D) Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bhubaneshwar

Explanation:

The American Planning Association (APA) has announced this year's international excellence award for the Bhubaneswar smart city project.

The award called Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellence Award 2017 will be given on May 8 in New York city.

This is the first time in the 50 years history of APA's annual award programme that an Indian city has been recognised for its planning efforts.

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Sociological analysis of religion is concerned with

A) the purpose of life B) which religions are true and which are false
C) learning the will of God D) patterns of religious activity and their effect on social life
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) patterns of religious activity and their effect on social life

Explanation:

Sociology of religion is the study of the beliefs, practices and organizational forms of religion using the tools and methods of the discipline of sociology.

 

Hence, Sociological analysis of religion is concerned with patterns of religious activity and their effect on social life.

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The Swarnjayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana which came into operation  from 1.12.1997 aims to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or under employed poor but does NOT Include:

A) Nehru Rojgar Yojana B) Urban Basic Service Programme
C) Prime Minister's Integrated Urban poverty Eradication Programme D) Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Prime Minister's Rojgar Yojana

Explanation:
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