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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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The following pie-­chart shows the study­ time of different subjects of a student in a day . Study the pie chart and answer the following questions.

Instead of 10% , if the student spends 15% to study other subjects and the time is taken from the time scheduled to study mathematics and if he/ she used to study 20 hours per day , then the difference of time for studying mathematics per day is

A) 30 minutes B) 45 minutes
C) 1 hour D) 1 hour 30 minutes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 hour

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The process of copying genetic information from one strand of DNA into RNA is termed as

A) translation B) transcription
C) replication D) mutation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) transcription

Explanation:

The process of copying genetic information from one strand of the DNA into RNA is termed as transcription. In transcription, only a segment of DNA and only one of the strands is copied into RNA. This necessitates defining the boundaries that would demarcate the region and the strand of DNA that would be transcribed.

 

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During the Middle Ages education was confined only to:-

A) Kshatriyas B) Brahmins
C) Peasants D) Shudras
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brahmins

Explanation:

During the Middle Ages education was confined only to Brahmins.

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Sex­ratio in India is measured as

A) Number of males per thousand females B)  Number of females per thousand males
C)  Number of males per hundred females D)  Number of females per hundred males
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  Number of females per thousand males

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International 'Yoga Divas' is celebrated every year on __________ .

A) 21st May B) 21st June
C) 25th May D) 25th June
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 21st June

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Insolent

A) Shy   B)  Sorrowful  
C)  Happy   D) Rude
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rude

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

A bad patch

 

A) A potholed road B) A medical bandage
C) A period of difficulty D) Shoddy repair work
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A period of difficulty

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What is the heat generated (in J) in a heating element of resistance 1000 Ω when a current of 0.1 A passes through it for 25 seconds?

A) 250 B) 2500
C) 125 D) 1250
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 250

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