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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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  • UPSC Examinations
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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

I wish I (was) a superman.

A) am B) have been
C) were D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) were

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What is the heat released by a heating filament rated 20 W when it is kept on for 2 seconds?

 

A) 40 B) 10
C) 80 D) 20
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 40

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence

 

Mr. Shah (is having) two houses.

 

A) has B) got
C) has been having D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) has

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Q:

Which of the following is a bad conductor of heat?

 

A) Wood  B) Diamond
C) Water  D) Mica
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Wood 

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

I wish I can help you.

A) may help B) could have helped
C) could help D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) could help

Explanation:

Modal ‘can’ needs to be replaced with ‘could’ to make the sentence grammatically correct.‘Could’ is used to express power and possibility in past tense. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘I wish I could help you’.

 

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Q:

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

The teacher as well as his wife were invited.

A) was invited  B) were also invited
C) were being invited D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) was invited 

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 formation would be, ‘The teacher as well as his wife was invited’.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

The pool was dry as the water (had been drained off) the day before.

 

A) has been drained off B) was drained
C) has been drained away D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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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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