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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.


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An irregular mode of reproduction resulting in the development of an embryo without fertilization is called

1.Parthenogenesis 2.Apogamy 3.Sporophytic budding

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 only B) 2 only
C) 2 and 3 only D) 1, 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1, 2 and 3

Explanation:

In animals, parthenogenesis means development of an embryo from an unfertilized egg cell. In plants parthenogenesis is a component process of apomixis.Apogamy is a type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophytedevelops from the gametophyte without fusion of gametes.Adventitious embryony also called sporophytic budding, is a type of apomixis in which an embryo develops directly from nucellus or integument tissue.So, all three are correct.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

DEVASTATION

A)  DESTRUCTION B)  CONSTRUCTION
C) SEPARATION D) FRUSTRATION
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A)  DESTRUCTION

Explanation:
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The purpose of safety stock is to

A) eliminate the possibility of a stockout B) control the likelihood of a stockout due to the variability of demand during lead time
C) replace failed units with good ones D) eliminate the likelihood of a stockout due to erroneous inventory tally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) control the likelihood of a stockout due to the variability of demand during lead time

Explanation:

The purpose of safety stock is to control the likelihood of a stockout due to the variability of demand during lead time. Stockouts contribute to the direct loss of any type of business.

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Land of Thunderbolt is the nickname of which Asian country?

A) Nepal B) Bhutan
C) Myanmar D) Bolivia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bhutan

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Q:

The law of conservation of energy states that

A) energy can neither be created nor destroyed B) energy can either be created nor destroyed
C) energy can neither be created or destroyed D) energy can either be created or destroyed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) energy can neither be created nor destroyed

Explanation:

The law of conservation of energy is a law of science which states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed - only converted from one form of energy to another.

In 1842, Julius Robert Mayer discovered the Law of Conservation of Energy.

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Cranial bones develop

A) within fibrous membranes B) within osseous membranes
C) from cartilage models D) from a tendon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) within fibrous membranes

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GDP tends to overstate economic well-being because it takes into account

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Which occurs during transcription?

A) Proteins are produced B) Ribosomes produces
C) DNA information is copied to RNA D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) DNA information is copied to RNA

Explanation:

Transcription is the process of copying the genetic material or information that is the DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA.

 

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