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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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Which of the following is an endocrine gland?

A) Mammary glands B) Apocrine sweat glands
C) Reproductive glands D) Salivary glands
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reproductive glands

Explanation:

Endocrine glands are glands of the endocrine system that secrete their products, hormones, directly into the blood rather than through a duct.

 

The major glands of the endocrine system include:

pineal gland,

pituitary gland,

pancreas,

ovaries,

testes,

thyroid gland,

parathyroid gland,

hypothalamus and

adrenal glands.

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Q:

The book ' Discovery of India ' is written by

A) Maithilisharan Gupt B) Mahadevi Verma
C) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar D) Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

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Q:

What are the sides of the dna ladder made of

A) nitrates and sugars B) sugars and hydrates
C) sugars and phosphates D) phosphates and nitrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) sugars and phosphates

Explanation:

DNA is a double-stranded molecule twisted into a helix. The shape of DNA is a double helix, which is like a twisted ladder. The sides of the ladder are made of alternating sugar and phosphate molecules. Deoxyribose, which is a pentose, and a phosphate group are the two molecules together form the two sides of the DNA. The rungs of the ladder are pairs of 4 types of nitrogen bases.

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Q:

The first speaker of the Lok Sabha was 

A) GV Mavlankar B) Hukum Singh
C) MA Ayyangar D) GS Dhillon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) GV Mavlankar

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Q:

How many wickets Kapil Dev had taken in test matches when he retired

A) 450 B) 430
C) 435 D) 434
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 434

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When white light passes through a glass prism we get a spectrum on the other side of the prism. In the emergent beam the ray which is deviated least is

A) the violet ray B) the red ray
C) the green ray D) the blue ray
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the red ray

Explanation:

Red is deviated the least and violet the most

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Q:

The Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary (GWS) will come up in which state?

A) Maharashtra B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu D) Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Maharashtra

Explanation:

The Maharashtra Government has recently approved Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary in Chandrapur district as a new wildlife sanctuary in the state.

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Which one of the following animals was not represented on the terracotta art of the Harappan culture

A) Cow B) Elephant
C) Rhinoceros D) Tiger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cow

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