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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?

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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Is cholesterol Hydrophobic or Hydrophilic?

A) Hydrophobic B) Hydrophilic
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

Cholesterol is referred as an amphipathic molecule, that it contains its hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts.

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Q:

Suez Canal was completed in the year

A) 1859 B) 1869
C) 1871 D) 1889
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1869

Explanation:

Of the two international ship canals, the Suez is more important than the Panama. Constructed over a period of 10 years according to a plan of the French Engineer  Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Suez Canal was opened as early as 1869.

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Q:

All phosphorus atoms have the same

A) Mass number B) Number of neutrons plus the number of electrons
C) Atomic number D) Number of neutrons plus the number of protons
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Atomic number

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
 
Gender inequality has
 
P :it reduces economic growth
Q :development goals as
R :adverse impact on

A) RPQ  B) RQP
C) PRQ D) QPR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) RQP

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Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding infection with parvovirus B19?

A) Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors B) Parvovirus B19 can cause hydrops fetalis via transplacental infection of a fetus in a seropositive mother
C) Parvovirus B19 can be diagnosed by detection of viral RNA using PCR or hybridization assays D) Parvovirus B19 replicates in the host cell nucleus utilizing a virally encoded DNA polymerase to create a double- stranded DNA intermediate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors

Explanation:

Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors.

 

a. Parvovirus B19 binds preferentially to the erythrocyte blood group P antigen on erythroid precursor cells.

Answers B, C, D are incorrect:

b. after entry the single-stranded viral DNA genome is transported to the cell nucleus where the host DNA polymerase synthesizes the complimentary DNA strand.

c. Parvovirus B19 infection can be diagnosed by direct detection of viral DNA not RNA.

d. the fetus of a seropositive mother is protected from infection by maternal circulating antibodies.

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Q:

Supreme Court has banned the sale of BS-III vehicles from _____.

A) October 2, 2017 B) May 1, 2017
C) April 1, 2017 D) June 1, 2017
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) April 1, 2017

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Q:

Where are the taste receptors located?

A) epiglottis B) upper esophagus
C) tip of the tongue D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Five basic tastes are :

salty,

sweet,

bitter,

sour, and

umami.

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The taste receptors are located all over in the mouth around paillae structures.

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Q:

Which of the following country is known as Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning "Land of the people"?

A) Estonia B) Iceland
C) Panama D) Greenland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Greenland

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