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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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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, theanswer is (E), ie ‘No error’. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.)

The reason why he failed/ to attend the meeting/ with a complete presentation/ was because he was unwell./ No error

A) The reason why he failed B) to attend the meeting
C) with a complete presentation D) was because he was unwell.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) was because he was unwell.

Explanation:

The group of words “the reason why" already indicates the reason. There is no need to use the word “because". The word connecting the two clauses should be “that".

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What  is  the  number  of  atoms  in  46  g  of sodium-23 (N = Avogadro constant)?

A) N/2 B) N
C) 2N D) 23 N
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2N

Explanation:
Number of atoms in 46 grams of sodium - 23 will be 2N.
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Weight of an object on the moon is ............ the weight of the object on earth.

A) equal to B) 1/6th
C) 1/2 D) 1/5th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1/6th

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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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In case State emergency is declared, it needs Parliamentary approval after every _____.

A) 6 months B) 3 months
C) 1 year D) 2 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6 months

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Which of the following is called 'Queen of the Adriatic'?

A) Venice B) Rome
C) Flanders D) Lisbon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Venice

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Champions of the 2nd football Indian Super League (ISL) were

A) FC Goa B) Channaiyin FC
C) Delhi Dynamos D) Atletico de Kolkata
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Channaiyin FC

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An element A forms an oxide with formula A3O4. What is the valency of element A?

A) 3 B) 2
C) 1 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

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