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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
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The place where the river meets the sea is called

A) Delta B) Sediment
C) Tributary D) Estuary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Estuary

Explanation:

The place where the river meets the sea or ocean is called as Estuary.

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Which is the least populated state in India as per Census 2011?

A) Bihar B) Kerala
C) Sikkim D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sikkim

Explanation:

the least populated state in India as per Census 2011 is Sikkim.

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Q:

Which stage of cellular respiration produces the most ATP?

A) Glycolysis B) Kreb's cycle
C) Electron transport chain D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Electron transport chain

Explanation:

There are 3 stages in cellular respiration. They are:

1. Glycolysis

2. Kreb's cycle

3. Electron transport chain

 

Here, Glycolysis produces only 2 ATP whereas Kreb's cycle produces no ATP. Electron transport chain of the cellular respiration produces the maximum ATP.

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Which state has become the first state to deploy specially-trained dogs to check smuggling of liquor?

A) Bihar B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Telangana D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bihar

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Who presented the Union Budget of India, the maximum number of times (10)?

A) T. T. Krishnamachari B) Morarji Desai
C) Jaswant Singh D) R.K Shanmukham Chetty
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Morarji Desai

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In a parliamentary system, from where are cabinet members drawn

A) Judicial branch B) Legislative branch
C) Executive branch D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Legislative branch

Explanation:

In a parliamentary system, the members of the cabinet are drawn from the legislative branch.

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Q:

On 26thNovember, 1949, which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India came into effect?

1.Citizenship

2.Elections

3.Provisional Parliament

4.Fundamental Rights

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Explanation:

Some provisions of the Constitution pertaining to citizenship, elections, provisional parliament, temporary and transitional provisions, and short title contained in Articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 60, 324, 366, 367, 379, 380, 388, 391, 392 and 393 came into force on November 26, 1949 itself

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Q:

Proteins are made where in the cell

A) Cytoplasm B) Chromosomes
C) Nucleus D) Ribosomes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ribosomes

Explanation:

Ribosomes are the sites where proteins are synthesised. The transcription process where the code of the DNA is copied occurs in nucleus but the main process of translating that code to form other protein occurs in ribosomes.

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