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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.


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Which is a difference between proteins and carbohydrates and fats?

A) Proteins are composed of monomers; carbohydrates and fats are not. B) Excess carbohydrates and fats are stored; excess proteins are not.
C) Proteins are macromolecules; carbohydrates and fats are not. D) Carbohydrates and fats contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; proteins do not.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Excess carbohydrates and fats are stored; excess proteins are not.

Explanation:

All proteins, carbohydrates and fats are macronutrients that we need to make living. They contribute to 90% of the dry weight of our diet. 

 

From the given options, Excess carbohydrates and fats are stored; excess proteins are not.

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Q:

Most medieval music was

A) for the organ B) vocal
C) instrumental D) for the piano
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) instrumental

Explanation:

Most medieval music was instrumental.

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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.

 

“How clever you are!” he said.

 

A) He exclaimed that she is clever. B) He said how clever she was.
C) How clever she was, he said. D) He exclaimed that she was very clever.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He exclaimed that she was very clever.

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In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

 

1. Prices of food products are going up.
P. Seven straight weeks of rising prices have burnt holes in common man's pockets.
Q. But it ruled out any "blind control" to rein in the increasing rates.
R. Wholesale price-based inflation has already touched over a three-year high.
S. The government has admitted that containing inflation would be a more difficult task.
6. This may hurt economic growth and reforms.

A) SQRP B) PQRS
C) PRSQ D) RSQP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) PRSQ

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Q:

Select the synonym of
stash

A) dearth B) deficit
C) lack D) cache
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) cache

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If price of an article decreases from Rs 240 to Rs 220, when quantity demanded increases from 200 units to 210 units. Find point elasticity of demand?

A) 0.6 B) -1.8
C) -0.6 D) 1.8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) -0.6

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The ‘water frame’ of Richard Arkwright was a device for

A) producing a new type of painting B) irrigating fields for rice cultivation
C) producing strong threads of yarn D) the faster movement of steamships
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) producing strong threads of yarn

Explanation:

In 1769 Arkwright patented the invention that made him rich, and his country an economic powerhouse: The spinning frame. The spinning frame was a device that could produce stronger threads for yarns.

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Q:

Ajeet Bajaj is associated with which Sport?

A) Badminton B) Adventure Sports
C) Cricket D) Hockey
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Adventure Sports

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