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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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What is the maximum  number of states of matter?

A) Three B) Four
C) Five D) Variable
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Five

Explanation:

There   are five known   states   of matter:    solids,    liquids,    gases, plasma and Bose-Einstein condensates.  The  main  difference in the structures of each state is in the densities of the particles.

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An object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion until and unless it is acted upon by an external force. This is Newton's

A) First law B) Second law
C) Third law D) Fourth law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) First law

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Who is the head of the cabinet-level committee concerning the merger of public sector banks?

A) Arun Jaitley B) Urjit Patel
C) Rajnath Singh D) Narendra Modi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Arun Jaitley

Explanation:

With reforms in the public sector banking space, the government has constituted a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that will oversee merger proposals of state-owned banks. The other members of the panel include Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

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Which voting method was discontinued in 2000?

A) Punch-card ballots B) Proxy Voting
C) Postal Voting D) Roll Call
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Punch-card ballots

Explanation:

Punch-card ballots voting method was discontinued as a result of the Help America Vote Act because of some issues in the counting process by the tabulating machines.

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Which tennis player claims 100th ATP title of his career?

A) Rafael Nadal B) Andy Murray
C) Serena Williams D) Roger Federer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Roger Federer

Explanation:

Roger Federer was the tennis player who claims 100th ATP Association of tennis Professionals title of his career.

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Which year was declared as the National Mathematical Year as a tribute to Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?

A) 2012 B) 2013
C) 2011 D) 2010
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2012

Explanation:

Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. The Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 and died on 26 April 1920.

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______ decreases the rate of setting of cement.

A) Alumina B) Silica
C) Gypsum D) Magnesium oxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gypsum

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Misappropriation of money

A) Embezzlement B) Robbery
C) Theft D) Fraud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Embezzlement

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