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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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  • Railway Examinations
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The bankruptcy of which company initiated the Panic of 1873?

A) Republic Steel Company B) Jay Cooke & Company
C) Standard Oil Company D) Century Building Society
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jay Cooke & Company

Explanation:

Jay Cooke & Company, a major component of the United States banking establishment, found itself unable to market several million dollars in Northern Pacific Railway bonds in september 1873. Cooke's firm, like many others, had invested heavily in the railroads.

 

Hence, the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & company initiated the Panic of 1873.

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The right to property was deleted from the list of fundamental rights by?

A) 45th Constitutional Act B) 44th Constitutional Act
C) 43rd Constitutional Act D) 42nd Constitutional Act
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 44th Constitutional Act

Explanation:

The right to property was deleted from the list of fundamental rights by 44th Constitutional Act in the year 1976.

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Q:

Marasmus usually is associated with a deficiency of

A) Vitamins B) Calories
C) Proteins D) Fats
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Calories

Explanation:

Marasmus usually is associated with a deficiency of Calories.

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Q:

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of

A) Epilepsy B) Schizophrenia
C) Psoriasis D) Eczema
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Schizophrenia

Explanation:

Antipsychotic drugs have proved helpful in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, inhibits dopamine, reduces delusions, hallucinations, thought disorganization.

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Which stage of cellular respiration produces the most ATP?

A) Glycolysis B) Kreb's cycle
C) Electron transport chain D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Electron transport chain

Explanation:

There are 3 stages in cellular respiration. They are:

1. Glycolysis

2. Kreb's cycle

3. Electron transport chain

 

Here, Glycolysis produces only 2 ATP whereas Kreb's cycle produces no ATP. Electron transport chain of the cellular respiration produces the maximum ATP.

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Which type of bond is found in sodium bromide?

A) Ionic B) Covalent
C) Polar covalent D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ionic

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Q:

Who is the founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL)?

A) N. Srinivasan B) Samir Modi
C) Rajeev Shukla D) Lalit Modi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Lalit Modi

Explanation:

The founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is Lalit Modi.

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Sundarbans of Estern India is an example of

A) Forest Ecosystem B) Mangrove Ecosystem
C) Grassland Ecosystem D) Marine Ecosystem
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mangrove Ecosystem

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