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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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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Fit her like a glove.

A) Too large B) Too shabby
C)  Too tight D) Perfectly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Perfectly

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the
same sentence in Passive/Active voice.


I saw the master conducting the orchestra.

A) I saw that the orchestra was being conducted by the master. B) I saw the orchestra being conducted by the master.
C) The master was seen conducting the orchestra by me. D) The master was conducting the orchestra and I saw that.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) I saw the orchestra being conducted by the master.

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Australia Day is observed on?

A) Jan 26 B) Jan 27
C) Jan 28 D) Jan 29
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jan 26

Explanation:

Australia Day is observed on January 26 every year since 1788.

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How many justices are on the supreme court?

A) 25 B) 28
C) 31 D) 35
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 31

Explanation:

The Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. There are currently 25 judges (including Chief Justice of India) against a maximum possible strength of 31. As per the Constitution of India, judges of the Supreme Court retire at age 65.

 

Justice Dipak Misra, from Odisha is the current and 45th head.

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is significant because it

A) gave free land to all settlers. B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.
C) guaranteed universal suffrage. D) balanced the number of free and slave states in the Union.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) included provisions for territorial growth and the admission of new states.

Explanation:

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was significant because it was the second continental congress that charted a government for territory in Northwest America. It also helped forbid slavery, and made a method of admitting new states near the Union.

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Current in a conductor can be increased by

A) increasing the voltage across it. B) reducing its resistance.
C) both A and B D) none of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) both A and B

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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) ANTICEPTIC B) ANTECEPTIC
C) ANTICEPTIQUE D) ANTISEPTIC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ANTISEPTIC

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
He thanked me for what I (have done) for his wife.

A) had done B) had been done
C) have been done D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) had done

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