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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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Which of the following books is written by R.N.Tagore

A) Rakta Karabi B) Anand Math
C) Chidambara D) Durgesh Nandini
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rakta Karabi

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In 1689, which chief of the Maratha Navy effectively controlled the Konkam trade from his headquarters at Kolaba?

Answer

Kanhoji Angre

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What is the new name of Abyssinia?

A) Namibia B) Zimbabwe
C) Thailand D) Ethiopia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ethiopia

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Ethiopia is the new name of a country which is historically called as Abyssinia.

 

New name     -      Old name

Namibia        -      South West Africa

Zimbabwe     -      Southern Rhodesia

Thailand        -      Siam.

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Sania Mirza won the Mixed Doubles of which of the following tennis matches along with Mahesh Bhupati?

A) Us Open 2009 B) Australian Open 2009
C) South Africa Tennis Open 2009 D) ATP Challenger Tennis Championship 2009
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Australian Open 2009

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Who present the theory of radioactive disintegration

A) Rutherford and Soddy B) Soddy and Fajan
C) Thomson and Rutherford D) Hahn and strassman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rutherford and Soddy

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What type of macromolecule is an enzyme?

A) Proteins B) Saturated fats
C) Phospholipids D) Lipids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Proteins

Explanation:

Enzymes are protein macromolecules. Enzymes are almost always made of proteins only. Proteins are large biopolymer molecules that are made up of repeating monomer units called amino acids. There are 20 different common amino acids that make up proteins like enzymes. Of these, nine amino acids are essential, which means you must get them from your diet.


Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions in biological systems. This means that they speed up the rate of the reaction.

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12 year old Padmalaya Nanda from _________has created history by becoming the youngest girl to bag the "Little Miss Universe Internet 2017".

A) Haryana B) Gujarat
C) Karnataka D) Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Odisha

Explanation:

12 year old Padmalaya Nanda from Odisha has created history by becoming the youngest girl to bag the two "Little Miss Universe Internet 2017" and "Little Miss Actress" crowns at the 'Little Miss Universe-2017' at port city of Batumi in Georgia. Padmalaya Nanda, who studies in the 8th standard at a school in Cuttack, Odisha, bagged the crowns at the finale of the little Universe 2017, held at port city of Batumi in Georgia on June 4, 2017.

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TRAI, the name which we read very often in the newspapers, is a regulatory body associated with which of the following sectors

A) Transport B) Travel and Tourism
C) Technical Education D) Telecom
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Telecom

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