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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 greater is the marginal propensity to consume, the

A) lower is the price level B) smaller is the marginal propensity to save
C) lower is the average propensity to consume D) higher is the interest rate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) smaller is the marginal propensity to save

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The production possibilities curve illustrates the basic principle that

A) if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced. B) the production of more of any one good will in time require smaller and smaller sacrifices of other goods.
C) an economy will automatically obtain full employment of its resources. D) an economy's capacity to produce increases in proportion to its population size.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced.

Explanation:

A graph that describes the maximum amount of one good that can be produced for every possible level of production of the other good is nothing but a production possibilities curve.

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The main body of the United Nation organization is the 

A) Trusteeship Council B) General Assembly
C) Security Council D) Secretariat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) General Assembly

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Which of the following team has won the 37th and final edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy at Breda, the Netherlands?

A) India B) Australia
C) Brazil D) The Netherlands
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Australia

Explanation:

In the summit clash of the 37th and final edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy at Breda, the Netherlands, India lost to defending champions Australia via penalty shoot-off. The match went into the shoot-off after both the teams were locked at 1-1 in regulation time.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Mother said, "Lie down, Arjun."

A) Mother told lie down Arjun. B) Mother told Arjun for lying down.
C) Mother asked Arjun to lie down. D) Mother asked Arjun to be lied down.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mother asked Arjun to lie down.

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Which is the first talkie film in India?

A) Alam Ara B) Raja Harishchandra
C) Pundalik D) Sant Tukaram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alam Ara

Explanation:

The first talkie film in India was Ardeshir Irani released Alam Ara, on 14 March 1931.

 

Irani later produced the first south Indian talkie film Kalidas directed by H.M. Reddy released on 31 October 1931.

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Which of the following leads to the production of urea?

A) Synthesis of protein from amino acids B) Oxidation of glucose
C) Degradation of amino acids D) Incomplete oxidation of fatty acids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Degradation of amino acids

Explanation:

Urea is a by product of amino acid catabolism, Which occurs in the liver. The nitrogen in the  amino acid becomes converted to ammonia and this is further converted by the liver into urea

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Who said that lines of 'the ballot is stronger than bullet'?

A) Mahatma Gandhi B) Adolf Hitler
C) Abraham Lincolon D) Nelson Mandela
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Abraham Lincolon

Explanation:

Abraham Lincolon was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

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Lincoln led the United States through the American Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.

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