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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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Alexander Kerensky was

A) the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution B) a  close  confidant  of  Lenin,  with  whose help the Czar was dethroned
C) the head of the Czar’s army D) an advisor of Joseph Stalin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

Explanation:

Alexander Fyodorovich Kerensky was a Russian lawyer and revolutionary who was a key political figure in the Russian Revolutionof 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 he joined the newly formed Russian Provisional Government

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Q:

Electric Motor converts _____ energy to mechanical energy

A) sound B) mechanical
C) chemical D) electrical
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) electrical

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In this section, each of the following sentences has a blank space and four words are given below it. select the word or group of words you consider most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.

 

The consequences of economic growth have now __________ to the lowest level.

A) drawn B) slipped
C) percolated D) crept
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) slipped

Explanation:

Slipped means to move with a smooth sliding option. Option-a drawn means showing effects of tension, pain or illness, the consequence of growth cannot always be low, so we cannot choose crept. Crept means to go very slowly, percolated means passed through a medium, therefore only option-2 follows.

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Rusting is _____.

A) Electrolysis B) Oxidation
C) Redox reaction (Oxidation and Reduction) D) Reduction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Redox reaction (Oxidation and Reduction)

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Who is the second bowler who took 10 wickets in test cricket?

A) Jim Laker B) Lakshmipathy Balaji
C) Anil kumble D) Wasim Akram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Anil kumble

Explanation:

Anil kumble tore through Pakistan in Delhi with a stunning 10/74, becoming just the second man after Jim Laker to take all ten wickets in a Test innings.

 

26.3 overs

9 maidens

74 runs

10 Wickets !!!

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When was Judaism founded?

Answer

Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions and was founded over 3500 years ago in the Middle East.


 


Jews believe that God appointed the Jews to be his chosen people in order to set an example of holiness and ethical behaviour to the world.

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Q:

Nautical miles is a unit of distance used in

A) Navigation B) Road mile
C) Astronomy D) Measuring the boundaries of a nation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Navigation

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

Gopal said to his friends, “Are you angry?”

 

A) Were they angry, asked Gopal. B) Gopal asked why they are angry.
C) Gopal asked them whether they are angry. D) Gopal asked his friends whether they were angry.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gopal asked his friends whether they were angry.

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