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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
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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__________ is the interaction in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

A) Predation B) Commensalism
C) Competition D) Parasitism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Commensalism

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Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to the composition of national income in India?

A) The share of manufacturing sector has declined B) The share of services sector has increased sharply.
C) The share of agriculture has remained static. D) The share of services sector has declined.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The share of services sector has increased sharply.

Explanation:

The growth scenario in India shows that the services sector has become the most dominant in the later part of its growth process. The share of services sector in GDP increased from 28.5 per cent in 1950-51 to 39.6 per cent in 1990-91 and then to 52.6 per cent in 2014-15 while the share of primary sector declined from 56.4 per cent in 1950-51 to 33.4 per cent in 1990-91 and then to only 19.0 per cent in 2014-15.

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______ is a thyroid hormone which controls the balance of calcium in the body.

A) Calcitonin B) Thyroxine
C) Calmodulin D) all of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Calcitonin

Explanation:

Calcitonin is 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimopharyngeal body. It acts to reduce blood calcium, opposing the effects of parathyroid hormone.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. Ifa sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

Swami Vivekananda died very young in his early thirties, (1)/ but the phenomenal achievements he is credit with (2)/ are for generations to remember. (3)/ No error(4)

 

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

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Which of the following is used in the preparation of tincture iodine, cough syrup and many tonics?

A) Methanol B) Ethanoic acid
C) Acetic acid D) Ethanol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ethanol

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Bhadravati Rapid Action Force (RAF) unit, which was making news recently, is the first such unit of which state?

 

 

A) Karnataka B) Telangana
C) Kerala D) Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Karnataka

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

It is ______ for all the students to follow the rules.

 

A) imperative   B) meant  
C) expected   D) abide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) imperative  

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___ is known as India's Spice Garden.

A) Rajasthan B) Kerala
C) Karnataka D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kerala

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