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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?

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Why are yeast cells frequently used as hosts for cloning?

A) they are eukaryotic cells B) they do not have plasmids
C) only yeast cells allow the gene to be cloned D) they easily form colonies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) they are eukaryotic cells

Explanation:

If you were to produce a protein in bacterial cloning systems, you would not get the same post transcriptional and post translational modifications because the prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems work differently on the modifications.

Thus human recombinant protein genes are usually cloned in yeast cells. Also since they have a short generation time, they can be easily culture.

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In which one among the following districts is the highest point of Eastern Ghats located?

A) Ganjam B) Visakhapatnam
C) Kurnool D) North Arcot
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Visakhapatnam

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Reactions that require CO2 take place in

A) the Calvin cycle alone B) the light reactions alone
C) Both A & B D) the chloroplast, but is not part of photosynthesis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the Calvin cycle alone

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Which Airport ranked first in Customer Satisfaction Index Survey in India ?

A) Udaipur Airport B) Raipur Airport
C) Amritsar Airport D) Dehradun Airport
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Raipur Airport

Explanation:

Raipur’s Swami Vivekananda Airport was ranked first in Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Survey among 49 airports in the country. It has achieved 4.84 score on a five point scale index. It was followed by Udaipur (2nd), Amritsar (3rd) and Dehradun (4th) airports which have scored 4.75, 4.74 and 4.73 respectively. This is third consecutive time in the past two years, Raipur airport has received this recognition.

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Q:

Telangana region represents one of the following types of vegetation?

A) Tropical deciduous B) Thorn
C) Tropical ever green D) Sub - tropical decidual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Thorn

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Which Bollywood Superstar has been honored with the Global Diversity Award 2017 in the British Parliament House  ?

A) Salman Khan B) Akshay Kumar
C) Shah Rukh Khan D) Amir Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Salman Khan

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Q:

Organisms need Nutrients in order to

A) Breaking down food B) Utilize chemical compounds
C) recycling D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Breaking down food

Explanation:

Nutrients are necessary for break down the food and supply energy to the organisms and to carry out essential life functions.

  • Important nutrients are Hydrogen, Carbon and Oxygen.

 

  • Some more important nutrients for plants are : Potassium, Sulphur, Nitrogen, Phosphorous, Calcium and Magnesium. 
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Q:

Ecology deals with the study of

A) Environment B) Birds
C) Organisms and their Environment D) Living beings
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Organisms and their Environment

Explanation:

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Ecology is the branch of science which deals with the study of Ecosystem (relation between the Organisms and their Environment.)

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