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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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  • Railway Examinations
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In which one of the following types of connective tissues in animals does fat get stored?

A) Adipocyte B) Chondrocyte
C) Osteocyte D) Reticulocyte
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Adipocyte

Explanation:

Adipocytes are the major source of leptin production, and plasma leptin concentrations directly correlate with the amount of total body fat.

Adipocytes are highly specialized cells that play a crucial role in the energy balance of most vertebrates.

Adipocytes convert excess energy to tri-acylglycerol and deposit it during feeding in preparation for periods of food deprivation.

Adipocytes may become enlarged by increased fat storage

 

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The  Baglihar  Hydroelectric  power  projectinJ & Kisbuilt across the river.--

A) Beas B) Chenab
C) Jhelum D) Sutlej
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chenab

Explanation:

Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the southern Doda district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Q:

......... solution is used to treat bee sting.

A) Lemon juice B) Milk
C) Vinegar D) Baking soda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Baking soda

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Q:

Give an example of a salt which gives an aqueous solution of pH less than 7.

A) Ammonium chloride B) Sodium carbonate
C) Sodium bicarbonate D) Sodium chloride
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ammonium chloride

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Consider a hypothetical planet with a mass equal to half that of Earth and radius is one-third that of Earth. If g is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth, the acceleration due to gravity on the planet will be

A) (1/2)g B) (9/2)g
C) (5/2)g D) (3/2)g
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) (9/2)g

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Which Indian-American is the chairman of the prestigious Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States as of March 2018?

A) Seema Verma B) Neil Chatterjee
C) Ajit Pai D) Neomi Rao
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ajit Pai

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form acoherent paragraph.

 

They sat

 

A-there and mourned as only

B-mute and helpless beings

C-can, for weeks on end

 

A) ABC   B) CBA  
C) CAB   D) BCA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) ABC  

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Q:

The force ultimately responsible for mass movement

A) erosion B) gravity
C) deposition D) weathering
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) gravity

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