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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Q:

Short term side effects of alcohol and other drugs include

A) Temporary blindness B) Disrupted sleep
C) Forgetfulness D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Short term side effects of alcohol and other drugs include forgetfulness, temporary blindness and disrupted sleep.

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1 2003
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Which step happens first in DNA replication?

A) Initiation B) Elongation
C) Termination D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Initiation

Explanation:

In the first step of DNA replication called initiation, the DNA pair gets unwidened.

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What are the building blocks of Nucleic Acids?

A) Pentose Sugar B) DNA
C) RNA D) Nucleotides
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nucleotides

Explanation:

The building blocks of the nucleic acids are "Nucleotides".

 

Each nucleotide are composed of three parts. They are ::

1.Pentose sugar

2.Nitrogenous bases

3.Phosphoric acid.

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3 2003
Q:

The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil­water is called?

A) Percolation B) Conduction
C) Leaching D) Transpiration
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Leaching

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2 2002
Q:

Molten rock inside the earth is called

A) Mantle B) Core
C) Magma D) Lava
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Magma

Explanation:

Molten rock inside the earth is called Magma.

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5 2002
Q:

The odometer guage indicates

A) the distance travelled by a vehicle B) the depth of the ocean
C) pitch length D) frequency of the wave
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the distance travelled by a vehicle

Explanation:

The odometer or the odograph is an instrument used to indicate the distance travelled by the vehicle.

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In which year a new “Liberalized Industrial Policy” in India was announced for the first time?

A) 1991 B) 1992
C) 1986 D) 1993
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1991

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1 2001
Q:

Which RNA base pairs with the adenine in DNA?

A) Thymine B) Cytosine
C) Both A & B D) Uracil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Uracil

Explanation:

In DNA, adenine pairs with Thymine. Similarly, in RNA, due to absence of thymine in RNA and the same structure with uracil helps to pair with adenine.

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1 2001