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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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Gravitational force is maximum at which place

A) Poles B) Tropic of cancer
C) Tropic of capricorn D) Equator
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Poles

Explanation:

Gravitational force is the force that binds everything at the surface of the earth. Gravitational force is maximum at Poles.

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5 1963
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Who has become the first-ever captain to win 100 matches in IPL history?

A) Rohit Sharma B) Ajinkya Rahane
C) MS Dhoni D) Dinesh Karthik
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) MS Dhoni

Explanation:

MS Dhoni, the skipper of CSK - Chennai Super Kings team in IPL Indian Premier League has become the first-ever captain to win 100 matches in IPL history.

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1 1963
Q:

Granite is the examples of which rock ?

A) Igneous rock B) Sedimentary rock
C) Calcareous rock D) Matamorphic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Igneous rock

Explanation:

It forms slow crystallization of magma below Earth's surface.Granite is a hard light-colored igneous rock and it is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica, amphiboles and other minerals it is mainly used for building and monuments

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1 1963
Q:

Which element is not a part of a nitrogenous base?

A) Carbon B) Oxygen
C) Phosphorous D) Nitrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Phosphorous

Explanation:

A nitrogenous base is an element that contains nitrogen that have same chemical properties of the base.

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6 1962
Q:

Who is the founder of Maratha empire?

A) Shivaji Maharaj B) Akbar
C) Ashoka D) Zahangeer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shivaji Maharaj

Explanation:

Shivaji Maharaj was the founder of Maratha empire.

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2 1962
Q:

Bacteria and archaea are similar in which of the following?

A) Plasma membrane ester linkage B) Possessing prokaryotic cells
C) Peptidoglycan cell walls D) Methionine as the start signal for protein synthesis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Possessing prokaryotic cells

Explanation:

Bacteria and archaea are similar in possessing prokaryotic cells.

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2 1962
Q:

Protists and bacteria are grouped into different domains because

A) protists have a membrane-bounded nucleus, which bacterial cells lack. B) protists eat bacteria
C) bacteria decompose protists D) protists are photosynthetic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) protists have a membrane-bounded nucleus, which bacterial cells lack.

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1 1962
Q:

Where does digestion of protein begin?

A) Mouth B) Pharynx
C) Stomach D) Liver
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Stomach

Explanation:

Three main enzymes, pepsin secreted by the stomach and trypsin and chymotrypsin secreted by the pancreas, break down food proteins into polypeptides that are then broken down by various exopeptidases and dipeptidases into amino acids.

 

Hence, digestion of protein begin in stomach.

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3 1962