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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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The total area of the republic of India is of the order of 

A) 2.3 million sq km B) 3.3 million sq km
C) 4.3 million sq km D) 5.3 million sq km
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3.3 million sq km

Explanation:

The provisional geographical area of india as on 31st March 1982, given by survey of india, is 3287,263 sq km. which includes 78,111 sq km under occupation by pakistan, 5180 sqkm given by pakistan to china and 37,555 sq km under occupation of china.

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Which of the following plays an important part in photosynthesis?

A) Chloroplast B) Centrosome
C) Tonoplast D) Nematoblast
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chloroplast

Explanation:

The Chloroplast contains the wonder green pigment chlorophyll which is able to trap solar energy and use it for synthesis of food

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Q:

What drink was invented by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929?

A) 7-Up B) Yoo-Hoo
C) Pepsi D) Hawaiian Punch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 7-Up

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The Government has renamed NREGA schme and the name associated with the scheme is that of

A) Rajeev Gandhi B) Indira Gandhi
C) Mahatma Gandhi D) Jawaharlal Nehru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi

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Q:

The slogan No taxation without representation was first raised during the American Revolution in

A) Boston Tea Party B) Massachussets Assembly
C) Philadelphia Congress D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Massachussets Assembly

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The difference between a virus and a self-replicating program which is like a virus is that rather than creating copies of itself on only one system it propagate through computer network. What is that called as _____

A) Keylogger B) Worm
C) Time Bomb D) Cracker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Worm

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Q:

Nitrogenous bases in DNA and RNA?

A) Adenine B) Cytosine
C) Guanine D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Nitrogenous base: A molecule that contains nitrogen and has the chemical properties of a base.

 

DNA and RNA ::

 

The nitrogenous bases in DNA are

Adenine (A),

Guanine (G),

Thymine (T), and

Cytosine (C).

 

Whereas the nitrogenous bases in RNA are the same, with one exception:

Adenine (A),

Guanine (G),

Uracil (U), and

Cytosine (C).

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Formation of cation occurs by

A) gain of electron B) loss of electron
C) gain of proton D) loss of proton
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) loss of electron

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