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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
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  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
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Select the synonym of

poise

A) tizzy B) turmoil
C) agitate D) elegance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) elegance

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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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A person who sells houses

 

A) Vendors B) Realtors
C) Sellers D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Realtors

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Select the synonym of

crown

A) frown B) apex
C) nadir D) base
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) apex

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Select the synonym of

 

hypnotist

 

A) rookie B) novice
C) conjurer D) amateur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) conjurer

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Select the synonym of

spine

A) supple B) vertebrae
C) rotund D) grime
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) vertebrae

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Select the antonym of

 

to expunge

 

A) to gut B) to omit
C) to zap D) to insert
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) to insert

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Verses ascribed to poet-saint Kabir have been compiled in which of the following traditions?

1. Bijak in Varanasi

2. Kabir Granthavali in Rajasthan

3. Adi Granth Sahib

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 and 2 only B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 2 and 3 only D) 3 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1, 2 and 3

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Verses ascribed to Kabir have been compiled in three distinct but overlapping traditions. The Kabir Bijak is preserved by the Kabirpanth (the path or sect of Kabir) in Varanasi and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh, the Kabir Granthavali is associated with the Dadupanth in Rajasthan, and many of his compositions are found in the Adi Granth Sahib.

Bijak is the best known of the compilations of the Kabir, and as such is the holy scripture for followers of the Kabirpanthi religion. The Bijak, an anthology of Kabir’s verses compiled in Eastern Uttar Pradesh and/or Bihar, is one of Kabir’s most influential works.In the case of the Guru Granth Sahib, Kabir’s poems were collected to be sung and are organized in ragas.

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