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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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Reduction of oxygen which forms water occurs during

A) Respiration B) Photosynthesis
C) Both A & B D) Neither photosynthesis nor respiration
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Respiration

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Meiosis starts with a single diploid cell and produces 4 haploid cells.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

A cell undergo meiosis, and it produces 4 haploid cells from a single diploid cell.


 


Hence, the given statement is true.

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Q:

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at

A) Thiruvananthapuram B) Pune
C) Sriharikota D) Ahmedabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Thiruvananthapuram

Explanation:

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

 

  • This is the lead centre of ISRO responsible for the design and development of launch vehicle technology focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme.
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Q:

As per the Census of 2001, the least urbanised State of India is

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Assam
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Himachal Pradesh

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Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?

A) Piyadassi B) Colin Mackenzie
C) Alexander Cunningham D) James Prinsep
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) James Prinsep

Explanation:

The inscriptions of Asoka were first deciphered by James Princep in 1837. They are written in Pali language and in some places Prakrit was used. The Brahmi script was employed for writing.In the northwestern India Asokan inscriptions were found in Karoshti script.

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Which formula represents an amino acid?

A) R-CH3(NH2)-COOH B) R-CH(NH2)-COOH
C) R-CH2(NH2)-COOH D) R-CH3(NH2)-COH
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) R-CH(NH2)-COOH

Explanation:

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. There are about 21 essential amino acids in the human body like histidine, leucine, lysine... The general formula for amino acid is R-CH(NH2)-COOH.

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Q:

Who is known as Modern Bhoja?

A) Krishnadeva Raya B) Shivaji
C) Asoka D) Alauddin Khilji
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Krishnadeva Raya

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Which of the following is a microeconomic statement? 

A) The price of personal computers declined last year. B) Unemployment was 6.8 percent of the labor force last year.
C) The real domestic output increased by 2.5 percent last year. D) The general price level increased by 4 percent last year.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The price of personal computers declined last year.

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