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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Activation of the receptors by stimuli is called

A) Adaptation B) Perception
C) Habituation D) Sensation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sensation

Explanation:

Sensation is the activation of the receptors by stimuli.

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Light passes through the following structures in which order?

A) Cornea, Pupil, Lens and Retina B) Cornea, Retina, Lens and Pupil
C) Retina, Lens, Pupil and Cornea D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cornea, Pupil, Lens and Retina

Explanation:

From the cornea, the light passes through the pupil. From there, it then hits the lens, the transparent structure inside the eye that focuses light rays onto the retina. The iris, or the colored part of your eye, regulates the amount of light passing through. 

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Q:

First Indian woman to cross English Channel?

A) Arati Saha B) Fathima Beevi
C) Bachendri Paul D) Kadambini Ganguly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Arati Saha

Explanation:

Arati Saha was the first Indian woman to cross English Channel (between England and France) in the year 1959. She was born in 1940 in Kolkata.

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Q:

Autoimmune diseases associated with vitiligo

A) Thyroiditis B) Diabetes mellitus
C) Psoriasis D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Vitiligo is a condition in which the skin loses its pigment cells (melanocytes). This can result in discolored patches in different areas of the body, including the skin, hair, retina and mucous membranes.

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Many disorders have been linked to vitiligo. They are::

Hashimoto thyroiditis,

Graves disease,

Addison disease and

diabetes mellitus,

alopecia areata,

pernicious anemia,

inflammatory bowel disease,

psoriasis, and

autoimmune polyglandular syndrome.

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The mobile phones have made digital cameras a little (superfluous) in today's world.

A) extinct B) obsolete
C) redundant D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) obsolete

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Q:

The layer where the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude is totally absent is

A) Troposphere B) Ionosphere
C) Stratosphere D) Mesosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stratosphere

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Hiuen Tsang visited Kanchipuram, the capital of Pallavas, during the reign which of the following rulers?

 

A) Mahendra Verman I B) Mahendra Verman II
C) Narasimha Varman I D) Parmeshwar Varman II
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Narasimha Varman I

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Who is the founder and also first Chairman of the ISRO, it was established in 1969?

A) Vikram Sarabhai B) A P J Abdul Kalam
C) Homi J Bhabha D) Satish Dhawan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vikram Sarabhai

Explanation:

The founder and also first Chairman of the ISRO is Vikram Sarabhai.

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