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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
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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Tripitakas are sacred books of _______.

A) Sikhs B) Jews
C) Buddhists D) Muslims
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Buddhists

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Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

A) B2H6 B) NF3
C) CCl3F D) C6H6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) CCl3F

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The body of all complex animals consist of only _______ basic types of tissue(s).

A) 4000 B) 400
C) 40 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

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Who wrote the book "The Arabian Nights"?

A) Stephen Hawkings B) Vikram Seth
C) Zoya Hasan D) Richard Burton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Richard Burton

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Brain fever is a disease spread through which of the following?

A) Flies B) Mosquito
C) Virus D) Cockroach
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mosquito

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______ is a thyroid hormone which controls the balance of calcium in the body.

A) Calcitonin B) Thyroxine
C) Calmodulin D) all of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Calcitonin

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Calcitonin is 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimopharyngeal body. It acts to reduce blood calcium, opposing the effects of parathyroid hormone.

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What is the rank of India in the Doing Business Report 2020, after the recent update of the World Bank?

 

 

A) 63 B) 72
C) 56 D) 85
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 63

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CuO + H2 ---> Cu + H2O. This equation is an example of

A) Oxidation B) Decomposition
C) Reduction D) Redox
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Redox

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