General Knowledge Questions

Q:

Anaerobic glycolysis occurs without

A) water B) glucose
C) oxygen D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) oxygen

Explanation:

Anaerobic glycolysis is the transformation of glucose to lactate when limited amounts of oxygen (O2) are available. 

 

Hence, Anaerobic glycolysis occurs without oxygen.

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Q:

The country which celebrates Independence day on 15th August, apart from India, is

Answer

South Korea

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Q:

Maryland was established as a refuge for which group?

A) Orthodox B) Catholics
C) Anabapists D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Catholics

Explanation:

Maryland was established by Calvert brothers as a refuge for Roman Catholics prosecuted in England.

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Q:

Oxygenated blood flows through which vessel?

A) Pulmonary Veins B) Pulmonary Arteries
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pulmonary Veins

Explanation:

The oxygenated blood  flows through pulmonary veins then leaves the lungs, which return it to the left heart, completing the pulmonary cycle.

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Q:

An improvement in production technology will

A) shift the supply curve to the left B) shift the demand curve to the left
C) shift the supply curve to the right D) increase equilibrium price
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) shift the supply curve to the right

Explanation:

An improvement in production technology will shift the supply curve to the right.

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Q:

Who is the first woman lawyer to be appointed as Supreme court judge?

A) Indu Malhotra B) Fathima Beevi
C) R. Banumathi D) Ruma Pal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Indu Malhotra

Explanation:

Supreme Court collegium has selected senior advocate Indu Malhotra as the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of the apex court.

Along with Malhotra, Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph has also been promoted as a Supreme Court justice.

Malhotra holds the distinction of being only the second woman in Supreme Court’s history to be designated as a senior advocate in 2007.

In all, Malhotra is going to be the seventh woman judge since independence to make it to the Supreme Court.

At present, Justice R Banumathi is the lone woman judge in the apex court.

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Q:

The Longest Driverless Metro in the world is________

Answer

The Dhubai Metro(UAE) consists of two driverless lines(Red and Green) that totalled 74.694 km (46.41 miles) when the Greenline was officially opened on 9 September 2011.

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Q:

When is cladistics more useful than linnaean taxonomy?

A) nomenclature B) classification
C) identification D) evolutionary relationship
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) evolutionary relationship

Explanation:
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