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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
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Q:

Farsightedness is more properly called

A) Myopia B) Retinal detachment
C) Hyperopia D) Diabetes mellitus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hyperopia

Explanation:

Farsightedness is more properly called Hyperopia.

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Q:

The brain and spinal cord are two components of the

A) Central nervous system B) Peripheral nervous system
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Central nervous system

Explanation:

The brain and spinal cord are two components of the Central nervous system which are responsible for sensory information.

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What is a product in a chemical reaction?

Answer

In chemistry, a product is a substance that is formed as the result of a chemical reaction. In a reaction, starting materials called reactants and the ending materials are called products.

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Q:

Which among the following statements about the earth , is not true?

A) The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every 365 d, 5h, 48m, and 46 s B) The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
C) The Earth revolves in its orbit round the at a speed 66,000 miles per hour D) The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more than 1000 miles per hour
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours

Explanation:

Earth rotates on its own axis and completes one rotation in 24 hours

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

 

A) In 2017, David Warner captained the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad.

B) In 2017, Romelu Lukaku played for the Premier League team Manchester City.

C) Canada hosted the Table Tennis 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup.

 

A) Only A B) Only B
C) Both B and C D)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only A

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Q:

Plants are photoautotrophs. What does this mean?

Answer

Photoautotrophs are those organisms that can make their own food using sun light with the help of the process of photosynthesis.


Plants can prepare their own food using sunlight. Hence they are Photoautotrophs.

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Q:

A person who knows many foreign languages

A) Grammarian B) Polyglot
C) Linguist D) Bilingual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Linguist

Explanation:
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Q:

Nucleotides are made of a pentose only.

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

Explanation:

DNA is made of nucleotides. And these Nucleotides are made of a pentose sugar deoxyribose, a phosphate, and a nitrogen-containing bases.


 


Hence, the given statement 'Nucleotides are made of a pentose only' is FALSE.

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