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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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Which of the following gas leaked in the Bhopal Gas tragedy in December 1984?

A) Methyl isocyanate B) Methyl isochlorate
C) Methyl Phosphate D) Methyl Isopropate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Methyl isocyanate

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Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

A) N2O B) AsH3
C) N2 D) C5H12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) N2O

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If 56M4 is completely divisible by 11, then what is the value of M?

A) 0 B) 1
C) 3 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 5

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Q:

Todarmal was the famous revenue minister of which Mughal Emperor?

A) Shah Jahan B) Bahadur Shah Jafar
C) Akbar D) Aurangzeb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Akbar

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The 'Gujral Doctrine' relates to which one of the following issues?

A) Build trust between India and its neighbours B) Initiate dialogue with all insurgent groups in India
C) Undertake development activities in Naxal dominated areas D) Ensure food security
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Build trust between India and its neighbours

Explanation:

Gujral Doctrine is considered as a milestone in India's foreign policy. It was rendered by Mr. Inder Kumar Gujral, the Minister of External Affairs in H. D. Deve Gowda Government in 1996. This theory says that "India" as a bigger country of South Asia should give one-sided concession to her small neighbours and have cordial relations with them.

 

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Which one of the following is not the official language of the UNO?

A) French B) Arabic
C) Spanish D) Japanese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Japanese

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Steroid hormones exert their action by

A) entering the cell and activating mitichondrial DNA B) binding cell receptors
C) activating hypothalmic release of regulating hormones D) entering the nucleus of a cell and initiating or altering the expression of a gene
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) entering the nucleus of a cell and initiating or altering the expression of a gene

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Steroid hormones exert their action by entering the nucleus of a cell and initiating or altering the expression of a gene.

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Q:

An acid can be defined as

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An acid can be defined as a molecule or other species which can donate a proton or accept an electron pair in reactions.


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A substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.

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