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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?

  • Bank Exams
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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In India, country's 1st Owl Festival held in

A) Hyderabad B) Pune
C) Kolkata D) Bangalore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pune

Explanation:

In India, country's 1st Owl Festival held in Pune, for two days i.e, on Nov 29 and Nov 30. It is a first-of-its-kind festival in the country that is being organised with the intention of creating awareness about owl as a bird and debunking numerous superstitions associated with it.

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Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of

A) Epilepsy B) Schizophrenia
C) Psoriasis D) Eczema
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Schizophrenia

Explanation:

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, inhibits dopamine, reduces delusions, hallucinations, thought disorganization.

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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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Q:

Select the synonym of
inscription

A) scrubbed B) rivet
C) jaded D) engrave
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) engrave

Explanation:
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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word

Palliate

A) Accuse B) Relieve
C) Condemn D) Exacerbate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Relieve

Explanation:
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Q:

Geography can be understood in terms of five different

A) Themes B) Languages
C) Places D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Themes

Explanation:

Geography is a field of science related to the study of the lands, places, relation between people & their environments. Geography can be understood in terms of five different themes. They are :

• Location
• Place
• Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
• Movement
• Region.

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Q:

A perfectly inelastic demand curve

A) Vertical with some steep B) Perfectly horizontal
C) Horizontal with some steep D) Perfectly vertical
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Perfectly vertical

Explanation:

A perfectly inelastic demand curve is perfectly vertical either up or down in any way.

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Nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by

A) songs on dances B) songs on people
C) songs on peasant life D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Nationalistic composers expressed their nationalism by basing songs on dances or people, folklore, peasant life, operas, symphonic poems.

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