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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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What are the UNESCO's focus areas in the cultural field

A) The link between culture and development B) Action to conserve and protect the world cultural inheritance
C) By assisting member States in studying and preserving both physical and the non Physical heritage of their societies D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

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Which among the following is used in making liquors, medicines and as a fuel in aircrafts?

A) Propyl alcohol B) Dimethyl alcohol
C) Ethyl alcohol D) Methyl alcohol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ethyl alcohol

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Which one of the following has a bilateral symmetry in its body organization?

A) Asterias B) Sea anemone
C) Nereis D) Euchinus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Asterias

Explanation:

Asterias has bilateral symmetry only at larval stagebut fivefold symmetry (pentamerism, a special type of radial symmetry) as adults.

Nereis do not possess any symmetry elements in their body organisation.

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Which country is now the world's largest weapons importer?

A) Saudi Arabia B) Iran
C) Pakistan D) China
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Saudi Arabia

Explanation:

The world's largest weapons importer is Saudi Arabia.

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Photorespiration lowers the efficiency of photosynthesis by

A) consuming carbon dioxide B) removing ribulose bisphosphate molecules
C) releasing RuBP carboxylase molecules D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) removing ribulose bisphosphate molecules

Explanation:

photorespiration lowers the efficiency of photosynthesis by removing ribulose bisphosphate molecules.

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What is the function of reverse transcriptase?

A) synthesis of RNA from protein B) synthesis of DNA from an RNA template
C) synthesis of protein from DNA D) synthesis of DNA from protein
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) synthesis of DNA from an RNA template

Explanation:

A reverse transcriptase (RT) is an enzyme used to generate complementary DNA (cDNA) from an RNA template by a process called Reverse Transcription.

In brief its function is that copies all or part of the virus RNA (retroviruses are RNA-only) as DNA which can then be integrated into the DNA of the host organism.

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Who is called 'the father of modern African writing " novelist?

Answer

Chinua Achebe.

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What was established by the Americans, the British and the Canadians at Bretton woods in 1944?

Answer

The International Monetary Fund and the international Bank for Reconstruction and development.

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