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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.


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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.


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What base is found on RNA but not on DNA?

A) Uracil B) Thymine
C) Adenine D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Uracil

Explanation:

Uracil is present in RNA and binds to adenine whereas thymine is present in DNA and binds to adenine.

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Beyond the _____________, the Himalayas bend sharply to the south and spread along the eastern boundary of India.

A) Zoji La Pass B) Dihang gorge
C) Bhutan border D) Nepal Border
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dihang gorge

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Which  of  the  following  statements  about the Ilbert Bill (1883) is/are correct?

1.It  proposed  to  grant  limited criminal jurisdiction to native officials.

2.It proposed to grant complete civil and criminal jurisdiction to native officials.

3.The proposed Bill generated opposition from England’s  European  subjects  in India.

4.In spite of opposition to the Bill, it was passed without any modifications.

Select  the  correct  answer  using  the  code given below.

A) 1 and 2 B) 2 only
C) 1 and 3 D) 3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2 only

Explanation:

Ilbert  Bill  was  introduced  in  1883 by  Viceroy  Ripon.  It  proposed  to grant  limited  criminal  jurisdiction to  native  officials  over  European British    subjects    living    in    the districts under their charge.It also allowed Indian judges and magistrates  the  jurisdiction  to  try British  offenders  in  criminal  cases. After opposition from Europeans in Britain as well as India, the bill was withdrawn  and  reintroduced  after amendment  saying  that  a  jury  of 50%  Europeans  was  required  if  an Indian    judge    was    to    face    a European.

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Light travels in a straight line (rectilinear propagation of light). This statement does hold if the medium of travel for light is

A) of variable refractive index B) made up of slabs of different refractive indices
C) homogeneous and transparent D) inhomogeneous and transparent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) homogeneous and transparent

Explanation:

In vacuum and in homogeneous, transparent media, such as air, water, and glass, light moves in a straight line. When light encounters a boundary between two different transparent media, some light is reflected and some moves from the first into the second medium.

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If a person moves a trolley for a distance of 10 m with a force of 50 N, then the work done is

A) 0.2 J B) 5 J
C) 20 J D) 500 J
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 500 J

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Find the current (in A) when a charge of 1200C flows in 6 seconds.

A) 7200 B) 200
C) 100 D) 3600
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 200

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Glass is made of which material?

A) Calcium carbonate B) Sand
C) Silver Iodide D) Lime
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sand

Explanation:

Glass is made from heating of sand. To melt sand to make glass, the temperature needed is above 1800 deg celcius.

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Q:

Independent is the newspaper founded by

A) B.R. Ambedkar B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Mothilal Nehru D) Bipin Chandra Pal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mothilal Nehru

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