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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 is the longest snake in the world?

A) Black Mamba B) Puff Adder
C) Reticulated Python D) Anaconda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reticulated Python

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Q:

The enzyme that is necessary to bring about clotting of blood is 

A) peptidase B) amylase
C) lipase D) thrombokinase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) thrombokinase

Explanation:

The clotting of blood is a chain reaction initiated by the enzyme thrombokinase produced by the platelets. This causes prothrombin to be converted into thrombin in the presence of Ca++ion.

Thrombin combines with fibrinogen  to produce fibrin threads which entangles the corpuscles to form the clot.

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Which of the following is a nucleotide found in DNA?

A) Deoxyribose + Phosphate Group + Polymerase B) Adenine + Phosphate Group + Thymine
C) Deoxyribose + Phosphate Group + Thymine D) Cytosine + Phosphate Group + Uracil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Deoxyribose + Phosphate Group + Thymine

Explanation:

We know that, the nucleotide in DNA is of the form deoxyribose + phosphate group + polymerase.

 

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Hence, Deoxyribose + Phosphate Group + Thymine is the only option in that form of nucleotide in DNA.

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Q:

The book "My Life, My Mission" is the autobiography of which Indian personality?

A) Baba Ramdev B) Sania Mirza
C) Yuvraj Singh D) Abdul Kalam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Baba Ramdev

Explanation:

"My Life, My Mission" is the autobiography of Baba Ramdev.

 

Whereas

 

Ace Against Odds is the autobiography of Sania Mirza

Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer is the autobiography of Yuvraj Singh

Wings of Fire is the autobiography of Abdul Kalam.

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Special 3-D photographs which have been taken with laser beams (and which make the objects look real) are called what?

A) Holograms B) 3D special effects
C) Portraits D) DVD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Holograms

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Q:

Which University has topped the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 ?

A) IISC Bangalore B) Oxford
C) IIT Kanpur D) Cambridge
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Oxford

Explanation:

In the annual World University Rankings released by Times Higher Education, the Indian Institute of Science of India has reached 251-300 band from last year's 201-250 band, while Oxford and Cambridge universities are on the top in the Global 1000 list.

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Q:

The value of Gold is determined in

Answer

The gold prices in India are determined according to the international market in the following way:


- The price of gold in USD is taken as a base price. Depending on the value of indian rupee as compared to USD (eg- 1 USD= ₹63), the price of gold is converted into rupees.


- The import duties on gold are added to obtain the final price of gold.


 



  • Gold is a global commodity. In the international market, the price of gold is determined by the forces of demand and supply. Higher demand leads to higher price and vice versa. Higher supply leads to lower price and vice versa.

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Q:

In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed

A) Sequentially only B) Parallelly only
C) Both sequentially and parallelly D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both sequentially and parallelly

Explanation:

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In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed both sequencially and parallelly.

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