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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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Find the acceleration (in m/s2) of a body which accelerates from 25 m/s to 30 m/s in 10 seconds

A) 5.5 B) 1
C) 11 D) 0.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0.5

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In which one of the following groups of States in India is the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project being implemented as a pilot investment?

 

A) Gujarat, Kerala and Goa B) Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
C) Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal D) Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal

Explanation:

India Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project

• To conserve, project and manage the coastal and marine environment, the Ministry is implementing the India ICZM Project with the World Bank assistance.

• For the implementation of the project the Ministry has established a Society of Integrated Coastal Management (SICOM) as nodal body under the Society Registration Act, in Delhi.

• The ICZM Project is being implemented as pilot investments in the coastal states of Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal.

• National activities are implemented through SICOM along with monitoring of activities carried out by three selected states.

• The project has four implementing agencies-MoEF at the national level with lead responsibilities, and the Departments of Forests and Environment (DoEF) of the threeparticipating states.

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Which among the following is false about displacement?

A) It can be positive, negative or zero B) Displacement is never greater than Distance
C) Its SI unit is meter D) It is always positive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) It is always positive

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In which of the following States India's first Green Rail Corridor was recently launched

A) Karnataka B) Maharashtra
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tamil Nadu

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Propagation of sound can be visualised as propagation of ____________ variations in the medium

A) elasticity B) viscosity
C) density D) porosity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) density

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There is a network that can connect networks ranging from small location or area to a bigger range including public packet network and large corporate networks. That networks enterprise allows users to share access to applications,services and other centrally located resources. Its ability for a huge geographical access has transformed networking.Which among the following is that network?

A) SAN B) CAN
C) LAN D) WAN
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) WAN

Explanation:

WAN stands for Wide Area Network. A wide areanetwork (WAN) is a geographically distributed private tele communications network that interconnects multiple local area networks (LANs). In an enterprise,a WAN may consist of connections to a companys headquarters, branch offices, collocation facilities,cloud services and other facilities

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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.

 

The wolf cried out to the hound, “A thought has just come into my head.”

 

A) The wolf cried out that a thought had just came into his head.   B) The wolf cried out to the hound that a thought had just come into his head.  
C) The wolf cried out about a thought into his head to the hound.   D) The wolf told hound about a thought into his head.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The wolf cried out to the hound that a thought had just come into his head.  

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Throw the towel in

 

A) To challenge someone B) To stop a bad situation from getting worse
C) To quit in defeat D) To offer a signal of peace
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To quit in defeat

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