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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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The word 'Satyameva Jayate' have been derived from which Upanishad?

A) Akshi Upanishad B) Mundaka Upanishad
C) Garuda Upanishad D) Mahavakya Upanishad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mundaka Upanishad

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Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called

A) Adaptation B) Perception
C) Habituation D) Sensation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sensation

Explanation:

Sensation is the activation of the receptors by stimuli.

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The 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 held at?

A) Haryana B) Uttar Pradesh
C) West Bengal D) Assam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Haryana

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The federal government debt is equal to the

A) sum of past budget deficits minus the sum of past budget surpluses B) annual difference between federal government tax revenues and outlays
C) obligations of benefits from federal taxes and expenditures D) sum of all annual federal government outlays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) sum of past budget deficits minus the sum of past budget surpluses

Explanation:

The federal government debt is equal to the sum of past budget deficits minus the sum of past budget surpluses.

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Q:

A sales tax is a type of

A) aggressive B) regressive
C) both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) regressive

Explanation:

Sales tax is an additional amount of money you pay based on a percentage of the selling price of goods and services that are purchased.

 

For example, if you purchase a new laptop Rs. 40000 and live in an area where the sales tax is 6%, you would pay Rs.2400 in sales tax.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first Multi-Modal Terminal on which river?

A) Ganga B) Godavari
C) Yamuna D) Krishna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ganga

Explanation:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first Multi-Modal Terminal on The Ganga river.

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Which among the following is false about alpha particles?

A) They have high ionizing power B) They have high penetrating power
C) They have high kinetic energy D) They are positively charged helium nuclei
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) They have high penetrating power

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Metals that are liquid at room temperature?

A) Caesium B) Gallium
C) Rubidium D) Mercury
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mercury

Explanation:

Mercury is the only metal that is in liqid form at room temperature. Caesium, Gallim and Rubidium are also metals that are in liquid form but at slightly high temperature than the room temperature.

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