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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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The American cotton textile industry moved from new England to the Southern States because:

A) The latter have a more humid climate B) New England diversified its manufacturing industries
C) The Population growth in the south provided a major market D) The south offered lower coast of prodution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The south offered lower coast of prodution

Explanation:
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Which among the following hormone can be used as a drug to treat cardiac arrest and some other cardiac problems?

A) Epinephrine B) Insulin
C) Thyroxin D) Calcitonin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Epinephrine

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Q:

Work done in a free expansion process is

A) Minimun B) 0
C) Maximum D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 0

Explanation:

No work done as there is no external external pressure in free expansion. 

 

Hence, Work done in a free expansion process is Zero.

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Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is built on which of the following rivers?

A) Ghagra B) Yamuna
C) Kosi D) Chambal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Chambal

Explanation:

Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is built on Chambal river in Rajasthan.

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Q:

Who is the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan?

A) Ashok Gehlot B) Sachin Pilot
C) Jyotiraditya D) Rakesh Asthana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ashok Gehlot

Explanation:

Ashok Gehlot is the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Sachin Pilot is his Deputy.

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Which statement describes nuclear binding energy?

A) It is the energy that is required to overcome mass defect. B) It is the result of converting mass to energy.
C) It is the energy that is required to bind protons and neutrons together in a nucleus. D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It is the energy that is required to overcome mass defect.

Explanation:

Nuclear binding energy is the minimum energy that would be required to disassemble the nucleus of an atom into its component parts. These component parts are neutrons and protons, which are collectively called nucleons.

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Q:

Landslides, mudflows, slump, and creep are all examples of

A) runoff B) soil formation
C) mechanical weathering D) mass movement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) mass movement

Explanation:

Mass wasting, also known as slope movement or mass movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a solid, continuous or discontinuous mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently with characteristics of a flow as in debris flows and mudflows.

 

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Q:

Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India 2018?

A) Ashok Lavasa B) Om Prakash Rawat
C) Montek Singh Ahluwalia D) Sunil Arora
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Om Prakash Rawat

Explanation:

Om Prakash Rawat is the Chief Election Commissioner of India where Ashok Lavasa & Sunil Arora are the Election Commissioners of India. The Election Commission of India had announced Assembly elections for 5 states recently.

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