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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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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Make something seem less important, significant, or trifling.

A) superintend B) optimality
C) trivialize D) dumb down
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) trivialize

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Name the catalyst used in the conversion of milk into curd.

A) Pepsin B) Invertase
C) Lactase D) Diastase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lactase

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Who is the author of the book 'The Association of Small Bombs', which is currently shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award?

A) Karan Mahajan B) Chetan Bhagat
C) Namitha Ghokale D) Arundathi Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chetan Bhagat

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What is the Ramanujam committee constituted for?

A) To keep tab on the child trafficking B) To check corruption in Banks
C) To oversee the foreign trade D) To avoid obsolete laws
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To avoid obsolete laws

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

Bunty says, “I may not come for the practice today.”

 

A) Bunty says that he may not come for the practice today.   B) Bunty says that he might not come for practice today.  
C) Bunty said that he might not come for the practice that day.   D) Bunty told me he won’t come to the practice.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bunty says that he may not come for the practice today.  

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) mamoths B) nicotien
C) rickshaw D) platypous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rickshaw

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Ritu said to you,"You are looking very pretty."

 

A) Ritu told you that you were looking very pretty. B) Ritu told you that I was looking very pretty.
C) Ritu told you that she was looking very pretty. D) Ritu told you that you are looking very pretty.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ritu told you that you were looking very pretty.

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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.

graveyard shift

A) to work in a very scary place B) a place where one is forced to work so hard that it almost kills you
C) to work with a team where everybody else is very lazy D) a work shift that runs through the early morning hours
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a work shift that runs through the early morning hours

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