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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 cells are destroyed in AIDS

A) Monocytes B) Neutrophils
C) Lymphocytes D) R.B.C.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lymphocytes

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A system of writing evolved by Sumerians is known as ______

A) Pictograms B) Cuneiform
C) Hieroglyphic D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cuneiform

Explanation:

The Sumerians were the first to evolve a proper system of writing called cuneiform. The script is wedge-shaped. Henry Rawlinson a British officer, deciphered the cuneiform script. He discovered by chance an inscription known as the behistun inscription. Relentless work of almost 12 years by Henry Rawlinson on this inscription, he managed to decipher the cuneiform script.

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Who discovered Insulin

A) William Harvey B) Louis Pasteur
C) F.G.Banting D) Alexander Fleming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Alexander Fleming

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Q:

Neutrino has

A) charge +1, mass 1 B) charge 0, mas 0
C) charge -1,mass 1 D) charge 0, mass 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) charge 0, mas 0

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The country with longest coastline in the world is

A) Canada B) Norway
C) Russia D) Greenland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Canada

Explanation:

Canada has the longest coastline than any other countries in the world. It measures 1,51,020 miles long approximately. Norway, Indonesia, Greenland and Russia being in 2, 3, 4 and 5th places.

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Which of the following is not correct concerning nerves?

A) Axons make up a majority of the matter in a nerve. B) Nerves are collection of axons of either sensory or motor neurons but not both.
C) Nerves are covered by an outer sheath called the epineurium D) Nerves consist of parallel bundles of myelinated and nonmyelinated axons.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Axons make up a majority of the matter in a nerve.

Explanation:

Axons make up a majority of the matter in a nerve is the one statement regarding nerves is incorrect.

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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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Be the embodiment or perfect example of

A) Signify B) Personify
C) Characterise D) Idol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Personify

Explanation:

One word substitution for Be the embodiment or perfect example of is Personify. Personify means represent or embody (a quality, concept, etc.) in a physical form.

 

Characterise: describe the distinctive nature or features of.

Idol: an image or representation of a god used as an object of worship.

Signify: be an indication of.

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