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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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What is the type of Energy possessed by a stretched rubber band?

A) Potential energy B) Kinetic energy
C) Chemical energy D) Thermal energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Thermal energy

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Which feature is shared by all monosaccharides?

A) In their linear forms, they all contain a carbonyl and several hydroxyl functional groups. B) They are all pentoses.
C) They all contain more than one sugar. D) In their linear forms, they all contain a carboxyl and several hydroxyl functional groups.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) In their linear forms, they all contain a carbonyl and several hydroxyl functional groups.

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Which of the following allotropes of Carbon is used as a reducing agent in metallurgy?

A) Carbon Black B) Graphite
C) Charcoal D) Coke
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Coke

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Which of the following is not true about Gymnosperms?

A) Dominant phase is saprophytes B) Vascular bundles are absent
C) spores are heterospores D) Flowers are absent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Vascular bundles are absent

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select No Error.

 

While provisions on equality and non-discrimination (1)/ would promote equal opportunity, (2)/ in the process, reservation at jobs should not be denied. (3)/ No error.(4)

 

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

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Who won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama 'Sweat'?

A) Lynn Nottage B) Hisham Matar
C) Heather Ann Thompson D) Colson Whitehead
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lynn Nottage

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What was the debt-to-GDP ratio for the Financial Year 2016-17?

A) 60.40% B) 49.40%
C) 50.40% D) 55.40%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 49.40%

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

People must make continuous efforts to achieve ______ in all spheres.

 

A) acceleration B) perfection
C) imbalance D) conclusions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) perfection

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