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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?

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  • Railway Examinations
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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) Tell him to take B) another photograph
C) of the group D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tell him to take

Explanation:

The error is in first part. ‘Tell’ should be replaced with ‘Ask’. Tell is a command whereas Ask is a request and hence more courteous in this case. As this is a request the sentence should start with ‘Ask’ rather than ‘tell’.

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In the given question, an idiom/phrase highlighted in bold is given in a sentence. Choose the most suitable meaning of the idiom/phrase.


You must not waste your leisure time doing nothing, rather you should engage yourself in such activities that will blow off steam and recharge you for the future endeavours.

A) Release surplus energy B) Take steam bath
C) To make someone fidgety D) To exercise the brain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Release surplus energy

Explanation:

The idiom “blow off steam” means to express one’s anger, usually noisily and harmlessly, thereby relieving one’s tension. The above sentence states that one should not waste one’s time and utilise it in releasing negative energies to get charged up. Only option 1 goes with this meaning, hence option 1 is correct.

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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’.

Critics of television often (1)/ focus on the prevalent of (2)/ violence in today’s programmes. (3)/ No error (4)

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

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Find the odd one out in relation to using ATM and net-banking facilities.

A) Don't share your ATM card B) Don't share your PIN
C) Don't change your PIN at regular intervals D) Don't share your login ID and password
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Don't change your PIN at regular intervals

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Consider a hypothetical planet with a mass equal to half that of Earth and radius is one-third that of Earth. If g is the acceleration due to gravity on Earth, the acceleration due to gravity on the planet will be

A) (1/2)g B) (9/2)g
C) (5/2)g D) (3/2)g
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) (9/2)g

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An object weighing 20 kg is raised through a height of 2 m. What will be the work done by the force of gravity in this process?

A) 400 J B) 50 J
C) 40 J D) 100 J
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 400 J

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An incident ray strikes a plane mirror at an angle of 20 deg with the mirror. The angle between the incident ray and reflected ray is ____.

 

A) 140 deg B) 40 deg
C) 50 deg D) 20 deg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 140 deg

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One of the most famous speeches in U>S> Presidential history is 'The Gettysburg Address'. Name the US President who gave this epochal speech.

A) Abraham Lincoln B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) John F. Kennedy D) George Washington
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Abraham Lincoln

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