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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
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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Which statement regarding the era of Reconstruction is FALSE?

A) the 14th Amendment made African-Americans citizens of the U.S. B) the 13th Amendment outlawed slavery in all American states
C) federal law was changed to abolish slavery in states where it still existed D) state laws and customs upheld the constitutional amendments
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) state laws and customs upheld the constitutional amendments

Explanation:
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Which of the following states become the first to have four International Airports?

A) Telangana B) Maharashtra
C) Kerala D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kerala

Explanation:

Kerala state become the first to have four International Airports with Kannur Airport.

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Q:

Receptors for hearing are located in the

A) Vestibule B) Tympanic membrane
C) Semicircular canals D) Cochlea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cochlea

Explanation:

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Receptors for hearing the organ of corti or the spiral organ is located in the the mammalian cochlea.

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In plants, chloroplasts are necessary for 

A) photosynthesis B) storage
C) cell movement D) respiration
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) photosynthesis

Explanation:

Plants are producers, which means they make their own food. Chloroplasts are organelles found in eukaryotic and plant cells that conduct photosynthesis. Chloroplasts absorb sunlight and use it in conjunction with water and carbon dioxide gas to produce food for the plant.

Plants use energy from sunlight to help make their food, but they need chloroplasts to do it.

 

Hence, in plants, chloroplasts are necessary for Photosynthesis.

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Which team has won the most number of ICC Cricket World Cup titles?

A) Australia B) England
C) India D) Pakistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Australia

Explanation:

Cricket World cup Year wise winners list from its starting year.

 

Year  -  Winner score

1975  -  West Indies 

1979  -  West Indies 

1983  -  India 

1987  -  Australia 

1992  -  Pakistan 

1996  -  Sri Lanka 

1999  -  Australia 

2003  -  Australia 

2007  -  Australia 

2011  -  India 

2015  -  Australia 

 

Australia won most number of titles i.e, 5 times Cricket World Cup title.

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What is the unit of heredity?

A) cell B) blood
C) gene D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gene

Explanation:

Genes are units of heredity.

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Q:

The DASH Diet plan was devised to prevent

A) TB B) Thyroid
C) Hypertension D) Diabetes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hypertension

Explanation:

he DASH Diet plan was devised to prevent high blood pressure i.e, hypertension.

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The Planets that have no natural satellites are________

A) Mercury and Venus B) Earth and Mars
C) Jupiter and Saturn D) Uranus and Neptune
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mercury and Venus

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