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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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Which of the following schemes was launched to promote basic education in India and attract children in school going age to attend the classes

A) Pulse Polio Abhiyan B) Operation Flood
C) Mid Day Meal scheme D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mid Day Meal scheme

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The slogan No taxation without representation was first raised during the American Revolution in

A) Boston Tea Party B) Massachussets Assembly
C) Philadelphia Congress D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Massachussets Assembly

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The Government has renamed NREGA schme and the name associated with the scheme is that of

A) Rajeev Gandhi B) Indira Gandhi
C) Mahatma Gandhi D) Jawaharlal Nehru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi

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Which of the following plays an important part in photosynthesis?

A) Chloroplast B) Centrosome
C) Tonoplast D) Nematoblast
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chloroplast

Explanation:

The Chloroplast contains the wonder green pigment chlorophyll which is able to trap solar energy and use it for synthesis of food

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What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

A) 7-Up B) Yoo-Hoo
C) Pepsi D) Hawaiian Punch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 7-Up

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Nitrogenous bases in DNA and RNA?

A) Adenine B) Cytosine
C) Guanine D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Nitrogenous base: A molecule that contains nitrogen and has the chemical properties of a base.

 

DNA and RNA ::

 

The nitrogenous bases in DNA are

Adenine (A),

Guanine (G),

Thymine (T), and

Cytosine (C).

 

Whereas the nitrogenous bases in RNA are the same, with one exception:

Adenine (A),

Guanine (G),

Uracil (U), and

Cytosine (C).

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The difference between a virus and a self-replicating program which is like a virus is that rather than creating copies of itself on only one system it propagate through computer network. What is that called as _____

A) Keylogger B) Worm
C) Time Bomb D) Cracker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Worm

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Poison glands of snakes are homologous to

A) sebaceous glands of mammals B) salivary glands of vertebrates
C) stings of rays D) electric organs of fishes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) salivary glands of vertebrates

Explanation:

Here Homologous Means having the same relation or relative position or structure. 

Here in snakes poison is in glands and here salivary glands are in Vertebrates.

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