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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
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Who among the following won India's first ever gold medal in the International Youth Olympic Games (2018) held in Argentina?

A) Neeraj Chopra B) Praveen Chitravel
C) Jeremy Lalrinnunga D) Suraj Panwar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jeremy Lalrinnunga

Explanation:

Having won three silver medals, India won its first-ever gold in the history of Youth Olympics when weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga claimed the top honours in the men's 62 kg category in Buenos Aires.

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The first programming language was

A) Perl B) FORTRAN
C) Visual Basic D) C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FORTRAN

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

At somebody's expense

A) Paid for by someone. B) To blame a crime on someone else.
C) The unlucky persons who lose a race. D) If one person benefits it is always at the loss of another.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paid for by someone.

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Erroneous B) Eronneous
C) Erronous D) Eroneous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Erroneous

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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. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

He cooked the (1)/ dinner and (2)/ than put the radio on. (3)/ No error (4)

 

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

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

 

May be Karishma wasn't the only one who (had been overlooked) by Mrs Shah when it came to inheritance.

 

A) have been overlooked B) is been overlook
C) had been overlooking D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

X marks the spot

 

A) A very popular place B) Not to tell others of a fantastic discovery
C) The exact location D) A secret hideout
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The exact location

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 

This is the second time I have caught you cheating.

A) You have been caught cheating by me for the second time. B) You were cheating for a second time and I have caught you.
C) This is the second time you have cheated and were caught by myself. D) Catching you cheating for the second time has been done by me.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) You have been caught cheating by me for the second time.

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