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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.


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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.


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Who was the first ruler to consolidate the slavic tribes?

A) Alter Ego B) Rurik
C) John Adams D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rurik

Explanation:

In the history, Rurik was believed to be the first ruler to consolidate the slavic tribes. He was a Russian leader in the 9th century.

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Which of the following statements about ddntps is true?

A) They have a hydrogen at the 3’ carbon of the sugar. B) DNA polymerase can add a new dNTP to a 3’ ddNTP.
C) They have a free 3’-hydroxyl group on the ribose sugar. D) They have an oxygen at the 2’ carbon of the ribose sugar.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) They have a hydrogen at the 3’ carbon of the sugar.

Explanation:

ddNTPs - Dideoxynucleotides and abbreviated as ddNTPs.

 

They are chain-elongating inhibitors of DNA polymerase, used in the Sanger method for DNA sequencing.

 

They have a hydrogen at the 3’ carbon of the ribose sugar.

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Q:

Who wrote the book ' The Prince '

A) V.S.Sharma B) Bernard Shaw
C) Emile Zola D) Niccolo Machiavelli
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Niccolo Machiavelli

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Q:

Dry ice is nothing but

A) Solid carbon dioxide B) Baking soda
C) Gaseous carbon dioxide D) Carbon monoxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Solid carbon dioxide

Explanation:

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Dry ice is solid form of carbon dioxide, used as a cooling agent.

 

It lower temperature than that of water ice and not leave any residue.

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Q:

The worst affected state of India, by the menace of sea erosion is ________

A) Kerala B) Orissa
C) Gujarat D) Andhra Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kerala

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Q:

The second Five Year plan was based on

A) Mahalanobis Model B) Vakil and Brahmananda's Wage -Goods Model
C) Harrod - Domar Growth Model D) Solow Growth Model
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mahalanobis Model

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Q:

The single-step income statement emphasizes

A) the various components of income from continuing operations B) extraordinary items and accounting changes more than these are emphasized in the multiple-step income statement
C) total revenues and total expenses D) the gross profit figure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) total revenues and total expenses

Explanation:

The single-step income statement emphasizes


1. total revenues and total expenses.

2. Revenues

3. Expenses

4. Net income

The primary advantage of the single step fromat lies in its simple presentation and the absence of any implication that one type of revenue or expense item has priority over another.

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Q:

Mahaparinirvana Temple is located at ______.

A) Bodh Gaya B) Shravasti
C) Sarnath D) Kushinagar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kushinagar

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