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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 modern periodic table consists of 18 groups and 7 periods. What is the atomic number of the element placed in the 3rd group and the 4th period?

A) 23 B) 21
C) 19 D) 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 21

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Which of the following Vedas is referred to as the starting source of the word Rudra?

A) Rigveda B) Samaveda
C) Yajurveda D) Atharvaveda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rigveda

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Who Invented Induction Coil?

A) Edwin Howard Armstrong B) John Barber
C) Edwin Beard Budding D) Nicholas Callan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nicholas Callan

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

A) Indulgent B) Parochial
C) Egotistical D) Liberal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Parochial

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___________ states that internal energy is a function of state and the increase in internal energy is equal to the sum of the heat supplied to system and work done by the system.

A) First law of thermodynamics B) Hooke's Law
C) The coulomb's law D) Faraday's Law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) First law of thermodynamics

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Why does Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats both receive sufficient rainfall but Deccan Plateau receives scanty rainfall?

A) It is a rain shadow area B) It is located parallel to wind direction
C) It is away from the coast D) Rain bearing clouds are absent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) It is a rain shadow area

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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Sita was cooking in the kitchen when her husband was ringing the bell.

 

A) would have been ringing B) had rung
C) rang D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rang

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What is the full form of RNA?

A) Ribonucleic Acid B) Ribonitric Acid
C) Ribonutrient Acid D) Reverse Nucleic Acid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ribonucleic Acid

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