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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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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

The duo’s network was (made to learn identify) true signals using previously vetted signals; they then studied the weaker signals.

 

A) made to learn to identify B) made to learning to identify
C) made learning to identify D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) made to learn to identify

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Select the antonym of

 

astringe

 

A) liberate B) constringe
C) circumscribe D)  tauten
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) liberate

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In each of the following choose the word most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals.

“ESTRANGE”

A) Endanger B) To become puzzling
C) Miscalculate D) Alienate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Alienate

Explanation:

ESTRANGE means cause (someone) to be no longer on friendly terms with someone. Alienate also means same - make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.

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Q:

Term Chinaman is related to which sports ?

A) Football B) Hockey
C) Golf D) Cricket
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cricket

Explanation:

Chinaman bowling is left-arm unorthodox spin, where the bowler spins the ball into a right-handed batsman. Leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who debuted in the Dharamsala Test against Australia, has become the first-ever men’s Chinaman bowler to represent India.

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Who was/were the 10th century composer(s) of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham?

 

A) Alvars B) Nayanars
C) Appar D) Sambandar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alvars

Explanation:

The Nalayira Divya Prabandham is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by the 12 Alvars and was compiled in its present form by Nathamunigal during the 9th -10th centuries. These were sung by the Alwars indevotional estacy in varrious shirineas of Vishnu, made famous as Magalashasana sthalas.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

I gave her the book that I (won) as a prize.

 

A) will win B) had won
C) am winning D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) had won

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

They are even poorer
P-failure will deprive
Q-them of jobs altogether
R-than farmers; and crop

A) RPQ B) RQP
C) PQR D) QPR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) RPQ

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Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the given word:-

Penchant

A) Liking B) Eagerness
C) Disability D) Keenness
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Liking

Explanation:

Penchant means habitual liking for something which is nearest in meaning to liking.

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