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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
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
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Carbohydrates, lipids and proteins are classified as

A) Macromolecules B) Biomolecules
C) Macronutrients D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Carbohydrates, together with lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, are one of the four major classes of biologically essential organic molecules found in all living organisms. They not only provide energy for vital metabolic reactions but also supply the building materials for normal structure, growth and repair. Your body needs relatively large quantities of carbohydrates, fats and protein for optimal function, hence their classification as macronutrients.

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Taj Hotels has entered into a marketing alliance with The Shilla Hotels & Resorts of Korea. Shilla Hotels is affiliated to which industrial group?

A) Hyundai B) LG
C) Samsung D) Daewoo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Samsung

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Who is the author of the book ' The Goldfinch'

Answer

Donna Tratt

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Govind Talwalkar,recipient of the recently announced B.D.Goenka Award for excellence in Journalism, was the editor of which of the following newspapers

A) LokSatta B) The Maharastra Times
C) The Tribune D) Nay Bharat Times
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Maharastra Times

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Which newspaper has acquired 67 per cent stake in Kolkata-based daily The Asian Age?

A) Hindustan Times B) Times of India
C) Deccan Chronicle D) The Hindu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Deccan Chronicle

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Who has been elected as 13th Vice President of India ?

A) M Venkaiah Naidu B) Gopalkrishna Gandhi
C) Hamid Ansari D) Ram Nath Kovind
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) M Venkaiah Naidu

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The only Communist Government of Europe which had kept itself free from the influence of Soviet Union is ______

A) Czechoslovakia B) Greece
C) Romania D) Yugoslavia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Yugoslavia

Explanation:

The Communist Government of Yugoslavia had kept itself free from the Soviet Union almost from the beginning . Yugoslavia was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. It was a fedaration of 6 republics. In four of these republics, the rule of the communist parties came to an end in 1990. By 1992,Yugoslavia broke up into five independent states-the new states of yugoslavia comprising Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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The CPU consists of which two parts?

A) ALU B) Control unit
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

The Central Processing Unit, consists of Arithmetic and logic unit and Control unit.

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