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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   one   of   the   following   is   not   a component  of  Revenue  Receipts  of  the Union Government?

A) Corporate tax receipts B) Dividends and profits
C) Disinvestment receipts D) Interest receipts
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Disinvestment receipts

Explanation:

Revenue    receipts    are    regular source of Government of India, but Disinvestment   receipts   are   not regular    source    of    Income    of Government  and  all  other  given are regular

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

The server with ______ I was talking is my good friend.

 

A) who   B) her  
C) whom   D) which
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) whom  

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Because of base pairing in DNA, the percentage of

A) thymine molecules in DNA is about equal to the percentage of adenine molecules B) cytosine molecules in DNA is much greater than the percentage of guanine molecules
C) adenine molecules in DNA is about equal to the percentage of guanine molecules D) adenine molecules in DNA is much greater than the percentage of thymine molecules
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) thymine molecules in DNA is about equal to the percentage of adenine molecules

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A good cricket fielder while catching a fast moving ball moves his hand along with the ball because ___.

A) He decreases the time of contact therefore increasing the force of contact B) He increases the time of contact thereby reducing the force of contact
C) He is afraid to take the ball and thus takes his hand out. D) He decreases the time of contact therefore reducing the force of contact
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He increases the time of contact thereby reducing the force of contact

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Price elasticity of demand is generally

A) tends to be smaller in the short run than in the long run. B) tends to be smaller in the long run than in the short run.
C) tends to be unrelated to the length of time. D) tends to be larger in the short run than in the long run.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) tends to be smaller in the short run than in the long run.

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The consumption and saving schedules reveal that the:

A) MPC and APC are equal at the point where the consumption schedule intersects the 45-degree line. B) MPC is equal to or greater than one at all income levels.
C) MPC is greater than zero, but less than one. D) APS is positive at all income levels.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) MPC is greater than zero, but less than one.

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What is the position of India in the Corruption Perceptions Index 2020?

A) 99th B) 80th
C) 72nd D) 86th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 86th

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Which of the following statements is true?

A) In grasshoppers and some insects, the male has only four sex chromosomes B) A male individual contains one X and two Y chromosomes
C) In human beings, there are 46 chromosomes, of which 42 (21 pairs) are autosomes D) In diploid organisms having separate sexes, a specific pair of chromosomes in each diploid cell determines the sex of the individual, they are called sex chromosomes.  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) In diploid organisms having separate sexes, a specific pair of chromosomes in each diploid cell determines the sex of the individual, they are called sex chromosomes.  

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