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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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Which of the following is not transferred by alveoli?

A) Gases B) Oxygen
C) Blood D) Carbondioxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Blood

Explanation:

The main function of the pulmonary alveoli is to perform the transfer and exchange of gases. Here in the given options, blood is only one which is not gas.

 

Hence, blood is not transferred by alveoli.

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The 112-feet tall bust of ‘Adiyogi’ Lord Shiva at the Isha Yoga Foundation in ___________ has been declared the world’s largest bust by the Guinness Book of World Records.

A) Telangana B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Haryana D) Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tamil Nadu

Explanation:

The 112-feet tall bust of ‘Adiyogi’ Lord Shiva at the Isha Yoga Foundation has been declared the world’s largest bust by the Guinness Book of World Records. The Guinness had announced this on its website. The bust at the Isha Yoga Foundation on the outskirts of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 February.

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Q:

Which of these is unique to flowering plants?

A) double fertilization B) an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue
C) haploid gametophytes D) pollen production
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) double fertilization

Explanation:

In flowering plants one sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg and the other sperm nucleus fuses with two other nuclei found within the ovule, thus forming triploid endosperm.

 

Hence, double fertilization is unique to flowering plants.

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Q:

The largest proportion of federal revenues comes from

A) borrowing B) excise taxes
C) social insurance taxes D) personal income taxes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) personal income taxes

Explanation:

The largest proportion of federal revenues comes from personal income taxes. Almost half of all federal revenue (47 percent) comes from individual income taxes.

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Q:

Which company has recently introduced 'Dura Technology' in building cars?

A) Ford B) Mitsubshi
C) GM D) Maruti-Suzuki
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ford

Explanation:
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About who was it said " Age cannot wither her nor custom stale her infinite variety " ?

A) Cleopatra B) Benazir Butto
C) Mother Teresa D) Madame Tussaud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cleopatra

Explanation:
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Where would you find Oraon, Munda, Santhal, Gonds and Asurs?

A) Chhattishgarh B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Maharashtra D) Jharkhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jharkhand

Explanation:

These tribes are also found in West Bengal.

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Which of the following statements about ddntps is true?

A) They have a hydrogen at the 3’ carbon of the sugar. B) DNA polymerase can add a new dNTP to a 3’ ddNTP.
C) They have a free 3’-hydroxyl group on the ribose sugar. D) They have an oxygen at the 2’ carbon of the ribose sugar.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) They have a hydrogen at the 3’ carbon of the sugar.

Explanation:

ddNTPs - Dideoxynucleotides and abbreviated as ddNTPs.

 

They are chain-elongating inhibitors of DNA polymerase, used in the Sanger method for DNA sequencing.

 

They have a hydrogen at the 3’ carbon of the ribose sugar.

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