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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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Who is the author of the book 'Freedom Behind Bars '

A) Kiran Bedi B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Nelson Mandela D) Sheikh Abdullah
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kiran Bedi

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

One of the major

P : crises facing the

Q : country is the

R : looming water shortage

 

A) QRP B) PQR
C) RPQ D) RQP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) PQR

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Select the synonym of

 

ascetic

 

A) spree B) austere
C) bacchanal D) binge
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) austere

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This refers to the ordering of elements in a sentence

 

A) phrases B) syntax
C) disorder D) disorganisation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) syntax

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Himalaya has emerged from which of the geosyncline?

 

A) Tethys B) Shiwalik
C) Indo-brahma D) Godavari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tethys

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

One is often pleased with himself.

A) with one’s self B) with themselves
C) with oneself D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) with oneself

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The possessive form of pronoun ‘one’ is ‘oneself’. So the phrase ‘with himself’ needs to be replaced with ‘with oneself’ to make the sentence grammatically correct. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘One is often pleased with oneself’.

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Select the antonym of

arcane

 

A) mystic B) recondite
C) esoteric D) hackneyed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) hackneyed

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Select the synonym of

ominous

 

A) secure B) auspicious
C) apocalyptic D) propitious
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) apocalyptic

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