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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
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Shahi Litchi of which recently got a GI tag?

A) Telangana B) Bihar
C) Odisha D) Maharastra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bihar

Explanation:

Shahi Litchi of Bihar recently got a GI tag and got official recognition for Muzaffarpur in Bihar.

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The production possibilities curve illustrates the basic principle that

A) if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced. B) the production of more of any one good will in time require smaller and smaller sacrifices of other goods.
C) an economy will automatically obtain full employment of its resources. D) an economy's capacity to produce increases in proportion to its population size.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced.

Explanation:

A graph that describes the maximum amount of one good that can be produced for every possible level of production of the other good is nothing but a production possibilities curve.

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Q:

Dysfunctional behaviors are maladaptive which means that they

A) are medicated B) interfere with everyday life
C) cause of stress D) all of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) interfere with everyday life

Explanation:

Dysfunctional behaviors are maladaptive which means that they interfere with everyday life.

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Which poet first popularized the sonnet form?

A) Edmund Spencer B) Francesco Petrarch
C) Shakespeare D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Francesco Petrarch

Explanation:

The sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization. Francesco Petrarch first popularized the sonnet form and after that many others like Shakespeare, Edmund Spencer and many other started that.

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Q:

Land of midnight sun is called

A) Japan B) Myanmar
C) Nepal D) Norway
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Norway

Explanation:

Norway is called as the land of midnight sun.

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Q:

What is the correct order for Respiration?

A) Election transport chain – Krebs’ cycle – glycolysis B) Glycolysis – Krebs’ cycle – electron transport chain
C) Glycolysis – electron transport chain – Krebs’ cycle D) The Krebs’ cycle - electron transport chain - glycolysis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Glycolysis – Krebs’ cycle – electron transport chain

Explanation:

Cellular respiration can be broken down into three main steps:

1. Glycolysis,

2. The Kreb's cycle (The citric acid cycle), and

3. Electron Transport Chain.

 

https://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/biology/celres.html

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Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

A) Har Gobind Khorana B) Alexander Markham
C) Herbert Boyer D) J.J. Thompson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Har Gobind Khorana

Explanation:

The first wholly artificial gene was synthesized by Har Gobind Khorana.

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Q:

Most organic compounds contain carbon and

A) Hydrogen B) Nitrogen
C) Potassium D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Hydrogen

Explanation:

Most organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen.

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