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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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Select the antonym of

to amputate

A) to sever B) to fasten
C) to truncate D) to lop
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to fasten

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Select the synonym of

bedevilment

A) delight B) beset
C) facilitate D) contentment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) beset

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The naughty boy made (many a mischief).

 

A) much mischief B) many mischief
C) many a mischiefs D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) much mischief

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Which of the following is the MOST OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word?

Interim

A) Medieval B) Tentative
C)  Interval D)  Permanent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D)  Permanent

Explanation:

“Interim” means in or for the intervening period; provisional. Options B and C are synonyms of the word and A and E are irrelevant. “Permanent” is the word which best explains the opposite meaning of “interim”. Thus, option D is the correct answer4

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Select the synonym of

purge

A) evacuate B) pressurize
C) thrust D) float
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) evacuate

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Select the antonym of

extravagance

A) expensive B) thrift
C) cheap D) absurd
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) thrift

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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 synonym of

rendezvous

A) tryst B) dispersal
C) rift D) split
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) tryst

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