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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?

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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentencein Indirect/Direct Speech

She says, “I am playing tennis.

A) She says that she was playing tennis B) She was playing tennis.
C) She said she was playing tennis D) She says that she is playing tennis.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) She says that she is playing tennis.

Explanation:
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If the production possibilities curve was a straight line, this would imply that

A) Economic resources are perfectly substitutable, in the production of the two products B) Equal quantities of both products are produced at each possible point on the curve
C) The two products will sell at the same market price D) The two products are equally important to consumers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The two products will sell at the same market price

Explanation:

A production–possibility frontier (PPF) or production possibility curve (PPC) is the possible tradeoff of producing combinations of goods with constant technology and resources per unit time.

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Supreme Court has banned the sale of BS-III vehicles from _____.

A) October 2, 2017 B) May 1, 2017
C) April 1, 2017 D) June 1, 2017
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) April 1, 2017

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The system unit of a personal computer typically contains all except

A) Modem B) Serial interface
C) Microprocessor D) Disk controller
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Modem

Explanation:

The system unit of a personal computer typically contains microprocessor, disk controller and serial interface but it does not contain modem.

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Which statement correctly describes the role of chance in evolution?

A) An allele that increases evolutionary fitness cannot be lost from a population by chance events. B) The ultimate source of new alleles is mutation, random changes in the nucleotide sequences of an organism's DNA
C) Evolutionary change proceeds by an accumulation of changes that occur by chance. D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The ultimate source of new alleles is mutation, random changes in the nucleotide sequences of an organism's DNA

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Select the correct statement about the uterine cycle.

A) During the secretory phase, estrogen levels are at their highest. B) During the proliferative phase, levels of progesterone rise as the follicle begins to produce more hormone.
C) If fertilization occurs, the corpus luteum is maintained by a hormone secreted by the developing embryo. D) The menstrual phase of the cycle is from day 1 to day 8.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If fertilization occurs, the corpus luteum is maintained by a hormone secreted by the developing embryo.

Explanation:

"If fertilization occurs, the corpus luteum is maintained by a hormone secreted by the developing embryo." is the only correct statement about the uterine cycle among the options.

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Q:

Anaerobic glycolysis occurs without

A) water B) glucose
C) oxygen D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) oxygen

Explanation:

Anaerobic glycolysis is the transformation of glucose to lactate when limited amounts of oxygen (O2) are available. 

 

Hence, Anaerobic glycolysis occurs without oxygen.

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Wilhelm I was declared kaiser of Germany in

A) 1797 B) 1841
C) 1871 D) 1914
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1871

Explanation:

In Germany, Kaiser means 'Emperor'. On 18th January, 1871 Wilhelm I was declared as Kaiser of Germany.

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