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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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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

What time are we (going to leave) tomorrow?

A) going to go to leave B) going to be leaving
C) going to have left D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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Select the synonym of

dependant

A) absolute B) reliant
C) autonomous D) nonpartisan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) reliant

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

With a population of over one billion, India is the second (most popular countries) in the world.

A) more popular country B) most populous country
C) much popular countries D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) more popular country

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

I went to sleep last night, (almost as soon as) my head hit the pillow.

 

A) no sooner then B) as quickly as
C) almost as quickly as D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

Sita(a) with all her sisters(b) were here(c). No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) c

Explanation:

‘Were’ needs to be replaced with ‘was’ to make the sentence grammatically correct. This is because, ‘If the subjects are joined by as well as, with, along with, together with, and not, in addition to, but, besides, except, rather than, accompanied by, like, unlike, no less than, nothing but, led by, headed by, guided by, controlled by, governed by,etc.. Then the verb will agree with the first subject’ Thus, the correct sentence would be, ‘Sita with all her sisters was here’.

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Of these,

P-­mostly two have proved
Q­-to be bones of contention
R­-between the two parties

 

A) QRP B) RPQ
C) PRQ D) PQR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) PQR

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The candidate was so ignorant that the officer was (compelled for asking) him to leave.

 

A) being compelled to be asking B) so compelled to ask
C) compelled to ask D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) compelled to ask

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

He was too conscientious in the discharge of his duties that he could not serve that exploiter for long.

 

A) that he would not serve B) for serving
C) to serve D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

Explanation:

The phrase ‘that he could not serve’ is grammatically correct. This is because other forms of verb doesn’t go with the blank and this form of verb is grammatically and contextually correct. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘He was too conscientious in the discharge of his duties to serve that exploiter for long’.

 

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