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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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The Supreme Court of India was set up by the 

A) Regulating Act, 1773 B) Pitt's India Act, 1784
C) Charter Act, 1813 D) Charter Act,1833
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Regulating Act, 1773

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What is the capital of Cameroon?

A) Bujumbura B) Yaounde
C) Gaborone D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Yaounde

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Yaounde is the capital of Cameroon

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Which ruler held a religious assembly at Prayag every five years?

A) Ashoka B) Kanishka
C) Harshavardhana D) Chandragupta vikramaditya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Harshavardhana

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The term 'mixed economy' denoted

A) existence of both rural and urban sectors B) existence of both private and public sectors
C) existence of both heavy and small industries D) existence of both developed and underdeveloped sectors
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) existence of both private and public sectors

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What are long chains of Carbon Molecules called

A) Ribosomes B) Hydrocarbons
C) Polymers D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Polymers

Explanation:

A small organic molecule (sugars or amino acids), several of which may be bonded together to form a chain called a polymer.

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If a tropical rain forest is removed, it does not regenerate quickly as compared to a tropical deciduous forest. This is because 

A) The soil of rain forest is deficient in nutrients B) Propagules of the trees in a rain forest have poor viability
C) The rain forest species are slow growing D) Exotic species invade the fertile soil of rain forest
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The soil of rain forest is deficient in nutrients

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Damage to hearing is caused by sounds which exceed

A) 70 decibels B) 80 decibels
C) 100 decibels D) 120 decibels
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 120 decibels

Explanation:

High frequency sound attacks the tympanic memberance and makes it defective. 120 decibels is too high a pitch to be heard and therefore it impairs the hearing ability.

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The rate of heartbeat is accelerated by the hormone 

A) adrenaline B) acetylcholine
C) thyroxine D) pituitrin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) adrenaline

Explanation:

The hormone adrenaline also called epinephrine is known as a stress hormone. In emotional upsets( like fear, anger etc.) this hormone is poured into the blood and it accelerates heart beat. The hormone acetylcholine decelerates heartbeat rate.

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