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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.


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Select the synonym of

 

haste

 

A) soon B) eventually
C) later D) never
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) soon

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

“ABJURE”

A) Renounce B) Run off secretly
C) Abide  D) Discuss
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Renounce

Explanation:

ABJURE means solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim).

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

Ajay told the manager that he would not mind (standing and eat) the lunch.

 

A) standing and eating B) stand and eating
C) to stand and eat D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) standing and eating

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

One will need to watch what

P-­happens in the United States
Q­-presidential elections
R­-after the forthcoming

 

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

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Q:

Consider the following statements about Harappan cities :

1.Roads were not always absolutely straight and did not always cross one another at right angles.

2.A striking feature is the uniformity in the average size of the bricks for houses and for city walls.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A) 1 only B) 2 only
C) Both 1 and 2  D) Neither 1 nor 2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both 1 and 2 

Explanation:

Harappa cities followed the rectangular grid pattern where roads were straight and cut each other at right angle. But it may not be the case always.

Brick size was uniform in nearly every Harappan city from Sutkagendor in Baluchistan to Alamgirpurin Meerut, from Manda in Jammu Kashmir to Daimabad in Maharashtra.

 

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Select the synonym of

 

swine

 

A) hog B) simple
C) immaculate D) shine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hog

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Select the synonym of

 

to defile

 

A) to esteem B) to besmirch
C) to elevate D) to sanctify
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to besmirch

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Which of the following statementsregarding the Constituent Assembly of India is/are correct?

1.The Assembly was elected indirectly by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies.

2.The elections were held on the basis of Universal Adult Franchise.

3.The scheme of election was laid down by the Cabinet delegation.

4.The distribution of seats was done on the basis of the Mountbatten plan.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Explanation:

In India, the Universal Adult Franchise was introduced only in the post-independence period during the first general elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies.

Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, elections were held for the first time for the Constituent Assembly.

Constituent Assembly members were elected indirectly by members of the newly elected provincial assemblies, and initially included representatives for those provinces that formed part of Pakistan (some of which are now in Bangladesh).

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