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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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The preamble to the constitution does not specify providing for

A) economic equity B) domestic tranquility
C) common defense D) justice
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) economic equity

Explanation:

The preamble to the constitution does not specify providing for economic equity.

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From the following former Prime Ministers, whose name can be found on Indian currency notes?

A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee B) Indira Gandhi
C) Dr. Manmohan Singh D) Narasimha Rao
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dr. Manmohan Singh

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Q:

Anti-emergency day is observed on

A) June 26 B) January 26
C) September 26 D) July 26
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) June 26

Explanation:

The government has decided to observe anti-Emergency day on June 25-26 and asked all its ministers to hold programmes across the country to remind people how Emergency was clamped by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975.

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Income taxes are allocated to

A) discontinued operations B) prior period adjustments
C) extraordinary items D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Income taxes are allocated to extraordinary items, discontinued operations and prior period adjustments.

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Q:

Who is the co-founder of Hotmail?

Answer

Sabeer Bhatia

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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 book Mother India was authored by

A) Annie Besant B) Katherine Mayo
C) Mrinalini Sinha D) Lala Lajpath Rai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Katherine Mayo

Explanation:

The book Mother India (1927) is a polemical book by American historian Katherine Mayo which attacks Indian society, religion and culture.

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Q:

A feature of catabolic reactions is that they

A) occur only in mitochondria B) occur only during loss of body weight
C) involve release of energy D) involve consumption of energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) involve release of energy

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