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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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What is the principle carbohydrate of milk?

A) Fructose B) Sucrose
C) Lactose D) Galactose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lactose

Explanation:

Lactose is the major carbohydrate in the milk of most species.

 

Lactose is a disaccharide composed of the monosaccharides D-glucose and D-galactose, joined in a ß-1,4-glycosidic linkage. The chemical name for lactose is 4-0-ß-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose.

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Q:

Which is not a sediment transporting agent?

A) Stratification B) Windstorms
C) Glacial Ice D) Stream water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Stratification

Explanation:

Stratification as actually the settling down of sediments with different properties to form layers/strata over years. Stratification especially occurs on the bed of water bodies such as oceans.

 

Stratified sedimentary rocks are used to study the ecological conditions over previous years/eras.  

 

The other choices like Windstorms, Glacial Ice and Stream water are mediums which sediments are transported.

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Q:

The invasion of which of these countries in 1939 widely regarded to have started World War II ?

A) Italy B) Germany
C) Poland D) France
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Poland

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Q:

Who is the author of the book One Night @ Call center 

A) Chetan Bhagat B) Annie Besant
C) Dadabhai Naoroji D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chetan Bhagat

Explanation:

Chethan bhagath is the author of One Night @ Call Center

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Q:

Which player has become the first left-arm spinner to take 400 wickets in Test cricket ?

A) Ravindra Jadeja B) Mitchell Starc
C) Rangana Herath D) Kuldeep Yadav
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rangana Herath

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Q:

' Ashoka Chakra' is awarded for 

A) Outstanding contribution to literature B) Gallantry by children
C) Acts of gallantry in the presence of the enemy D) The most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice an land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice an land, air or sea but not in the presence of the enemy

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Q:

The vitamin required for coagulation of blood

A) B6 B) c
C) k D) b
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) k

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Which is not associated with areas of karst topography?

A) flowing rivers B) sinkholes
C) sinking streams D) caverns
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) flowing rivers

Explanation:

A karst topography is that which composes of limestone and its associated features and structures. Karst topography and caves develop in limestone rocks due to their solubility in dilute acidic groundwater. The solubility of limestone in water and weak acid solutions leads to karst landscapes.

 

Flowing rivers, can be found in areas away from karst topography.

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