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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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Select the synonym of

spine

A) supple B) vertebrae
C) rotund D) grime
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) vertebrae

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Both the families were invited but neither (had accepted) our invitation.

A) accepted B) did accept
C) has accepted D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) accepted

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Select the antonym of

to condemn

 

A) to decry B) to laud
C) to reprobate D) to proscribe
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to laud

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Select the antonym of

to amputate

A) to sever B) to fasten
C) to truncate D) to lop
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to fasten

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Which of the following is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word?

Interim

A) Medieval B) Tentative
C)  Interval D)  Permanent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Permanent

Explanation:

“Interim” means in or for the intervening period; provisional. Options B and C are synonyms of the word and A and E are irrelevant. “Permanent” is the word which best explains the opposite meaning of “interim”. Thus, option D is the correct answer4

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SnCl2 + 2HgCl2 ---> Hg2Cl2 + SnCl4

 

In the given reaction

 

A) HgCl2 is oxidised B) SnCl2 is oxidised
C) Hg2Cl2 is oxidised D) SnCl2 is reduced
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) SnCl2 is oxidised

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Statement I :

Portions of glacial troughs may exhibit remarkably flat floors.

Statement II :

The flat floor in a glacial trough is produced by uniform glacial erosion.

 

A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false   D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

Explanation:

Glaciers cut distinctive U-shaped valleys with a flat floor and steep sides. These are an example of a glacial erosion landform.

Example: As the main glacier erodes deeper into the valley, the tributary is left higher up the steep sides of the glacier.

 

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Select the antonym of

pompous

A) modern B) turgid
C) modest D) vain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) modest

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