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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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Q:

Most absorption of nutrients occurs in the

A) Stomach B) Liver
C) Large intestine D) Small intestine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Small intestine

Explanation:

The small intestine is the main area of the GI tract for absorption.

 

The small intestine has three separate sections. Theyare :

1. The duodenum

2. Jejunum and

3. Ileum.

 

Hence, the majority of nutrient absorption occurs in the duodenum and jejunum of small intestine.

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Q:

"International Day for Disaster Reduction" was observed across the world on _____ ?

A) 16 October B) 15 October
C) 14 October D) 13 October
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 13 October

Explanation:

International Day for Disaster Reduction, held every 13 October, celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters.

The year 2017 focus is : Reducing the number of affected people by disasters by 2030.

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Q:

CPU speed is measured in

Answer

CPU speed is measured with the processors speed which is measured in MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second), Flops (Floating-point operations per second) and CPU clock speed (usually measured in gigahertz). 

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Q:

Which of the following are true of meditation in buddhism?

A) Right concertation is reached through meditation B) It can involve concetration on your breathing
C) It can mean visualizing certain things D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:
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Q:

The Nobel Prize for chemistry for the year 2011 has been awarded to

A) Saul Perlmutter,Brain P. Schmid & Adam G. Riess B) Bruce A.Beutler,Jules A. Hoffmann
C) Christopher A. Sims & Thomas J. Sargent D) Dan Schechtman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dan Schechtman

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Q:

Nucleic acids are polymers of

A) Nucleotides B) Aminoacids
C) Proteins D) Sugars
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nucleotides

Explanation:

Nucleic acids are polymers of individual nucleotide monomers.

Each nucleotide is composed of three parts:

a 5-carbon sugar,

a phosphate group, and

a nitrogenous base.

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What does the term Jim Crow refer to? 

A) the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century B) northern whites who sympathized with African Americans
C) African American politicians during Reconstruction D) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction

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Q:

Which Biblical epic made in 1953 was the first film to be made in cinemascope?

Answer

The Robe

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