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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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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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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.

Have saliva dripping copiously from the mouth

A) Cascade B) Inundate
C) Sluice D) Slobber
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Slobber

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Presence of large amounts of nutrients in waters also causes excessive growth of _________ algae.

A) Biomagnification B) Algal bloom
C) planktonic D) Eutrophication
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) planktonic

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

 

A slight fault that can be forgiven.

A) Venial B) Bovial
C) Areial D) Xenial
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Venial

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As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and the river begins to break up into a number of streams called ___________.

A) Plateau B) Isthmus
C) Peninsula D) Distributaries
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Distributaries

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What type of force acts on a car moving around a curve?

A) Centrifugal force B) Cohesive force
C) Centripetal force D) Gravitational force
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Centripetal force

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It is a force that acts on a body moving in a circular path and is directed towards the centre around which the body is moving is called as Centripetal force.

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Sexual reproduction in Algae that takes place through fusion of two dissimilar size gametes is called?

A) Zoospores B) Anisogamous
C) Isogamous D) Oogamous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Anisogamous

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__________________ is a drug or substance that makes you feel relaxed and makes your body work and react more slowly.

A) Antidote B) Analgesic
C) Antihistamine D) Depressant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Depressant

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