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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, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

We are withnessing not triumph but the breakdown of democracy.

A) not the triumph but breakdown B) not the triumph but the breakdown
C) note triumph but breakdown D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) not the triumph but the breakdown

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Rituals play into the __________ understandings of a society.

A) tactfully B) tacit
C) taciturn D) tacitly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) tacit

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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


My brother, David, was always close to our grandmother. Both of them shared a love of Mother Nature and of food that they had grown themselves. Whenever his schedule permitted, he would drop in for a short visit and a cup of coffee. One day, when he found no one home, he left a chunk of dirt on her porch. This started what was later to be known as his "calling card". Grandmother would come home occasionally and instantly know that Dave had been by when she spotted the chunk of dirt on her porch.

Although Grandmother had a poor upbringing in Italy, she managed to do well in the United States. She was always healthy and independent and enjoyed a fulfilling life. Recently she had a stroke and died. Everyone was saddened by her death. David was disconsolate. His life ­long friend was now gone.

What is the opposite of the word 'disconsolate'

A) Devastated B) Hilarious
C) Exuberant D) Sombre
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Exuberant

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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.

To have at one's fingertips

A) To be very fast on the keyboard B) To be adroit with a percussion musical instrument
C) Recall of factual information at one's command D) To carefully note down minute details
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Recall of factual information at one's command

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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.

Actions speak louder than words

A) Achievers are better than those who talk big B) No action can compensate for saying bad words
C) A pen is mightier than a sword D) What someone does mean more than what they say they will do
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) What someone does mean more than what they say they will do

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
The CEO only discussed (1)/ the new venture (2)/ with his manager. (3)/ No Error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1

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Which one of the following statements relating to cultural and educational rights in India is not correct?

 

A) Every section of the citizens has the right to conserve its language, script or culture. B) No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds of religion, race or language
C) The state shall, in granting aid to educational institutions, discriminate against any educational institution on the ground that it is under the management of a majority community. D) all minorities whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The state shall, in granting aid to educational institutions, discriminate against any educational institution on the ground that it is under the management of a majority community.

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The  Indianconstitution  guarantees Cultural   and   Educational   Rights under  articles  29  and  30.Under article   29,   this   article   seeks   to protect    the    interests    of    the minority  communities.  This  article confers the freedom to all citizens, residing  in  different  parts  of  the land,   to   conserve   their   distinct languages, scripts or cultures state shall   not   impose   upon   it   any culture other than the community’s own  culture.  This  article  further assures  that  no  citizen  shall  be denied  admission  into  any  state-run    or    state-aided    educational institution   on   grounds   only   of religion,  race,  caste,  language  or any of them. And Under article 30, It    provides    that    all    minority communities—religion  or  linguistic, have  the  right  to  establish  and administer  educational  institutions of  their  choice.  In  granting  aid  to educational  institutions,  the  state shall    not    discriminate    on    the grounds of religion or language.

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The O-T-C medicine Crocin is an

A) Analgesic B) Antipyretic
C) Analgesic and antipyretic D) Antiseptic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Analgesic and antipyretic

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