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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
  • All India Services:
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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.

Do you ____________ own a copy of Shakespeare's Hamlet?

A) chance B) chances
C) perchance D) by chances
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) perchance

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Shortest day in the Northern hemisphere is _______.

A) 22nd November B) 22nd December
C) 22nd March D) 22nd June
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 22nd December

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

A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force

A) Junta B) Suffrage
C) Emancipation D) Egalitarianism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Junta

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If there is no error, the answer will be “No Error”.

A) Linking traditional American Native stories B) to historic records of a Japanese tsunami
C) was considered an exception, not the start D) of a fruitful geological collaboration.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Linking traditional American Native stories

Explanation:

In 1 part, use of 'Native' after ‘American’ is incorrect. Also ‘traditional’ should come before ‘stories’. Native is an adjective that is used here for American and not stories. So native will come before American. Traditional is used as an adjective for stories. This is a case of misplaced modifiers.Hence 1 is the correct choice.

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According to Census 2011, which one of the following is the correct sequence of States in decreasing order of their total size of population?

A) Kerala, Jharkhand, Assam, Punjab B) Jharkhand, Kerala, Assam, Punjab
C) Kerala, Jharkhand, Punjab, Assam D) Jharkhand, Kerala, Punjab, Assam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kerala, Jharkhand, Assam, Punjab

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In the question below, there is a word given in bold which is followed by five options. In each of the options, a pair of words is given which is either the pair of synonyms or antonyms or synonym & antonym of the word given in bold. Choose that pair as your answer.

Nefarious

A) Sloppy, Flurry B) Unassertive, Ignoble
C) Modest, Subtle D) Gregarious, Magnanimous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

The meanings of the given words are as follows:
Nefarious: (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal
Sloppy: careless and unsystematic; excessively casual
Flurry: a small swirling mass of something, especially snow or leaves, moved by sudden gusts of wind

 

Unassertive: (of a person) not having or showing a confident and forceful personality

 

Ignoble: not honourable in character or purpose
Modest: unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements
Subtle: (especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe
Gregarious: (of a person) fond of company; sociable
Magnanimous: generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person
Iniquitous: grossly unfair and morally wrong
Atrocious: horrifyingly wicked
Therefore, it can be observed that option E i.e.

 

‘iniquitous, atrocious’ forms a synonym- synonym pair of ‘nefarious’.

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The disconnected lines drawn on a map for showing slope ­

A) Bench marks B) Contours
C) Form lines D) Hachure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hachure

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Which Cricketer has scored highest number of runs in T20 Internationals?

A) David Warner B) Virat Kohli
C) Brendon McCullum D) Chris Gayle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Brendon McCullum

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