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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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Select the synonym of:

 

to entrain

 

A) to alight B) to debark
C) to mount D) to disembark
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to mount

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

I took for a ride the motorcycle (which Rohit has) bought yesterday.

 

A) that Rohit B) that which Rohit has
C) that Rohit had D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) that Rohit

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

In developing

P : and poor schooling opportunities,

Q : countries, dues to high poverty

R : child labour is still prevalent

 

A) PRQ B) QPR
C) RQP D) QRP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) QPR

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Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.

Statement I :The Pahi-kashta peasants were non-resident cultivators cultivating lands on a contractual basis.

Statement II :The Pahi-kashta peasants worked under the temptation of favourable terms of revenue or the compulsion of economic distress.

A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement Iis true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

Explanation:

Sources of the seventeenth century refer to two kinds of peasants –khud-kashta and pahi-kashta. The pahi-kashta were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. People became pahi-kashta either out of choice –for example, when terms of revenue in a distant village were more favourable –or out of compulsion –for example, forced by economic distress after a famine.

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What is the purpose of adding Gypsum to the cement?

 

A) For lubrication B) To slow down its rate of setting
C) To increase its rate of setting D) To make it strong
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To slow down its rate of setting

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The teacher did not ask (any questions to Rinky).

A) any questions of Rinky B) to Rinky any questions
C) Rinky any questions D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rinky any questions

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Select the synonym of

 

carnage

 

A) accord B) butchery
C) concord D) cessation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) butchery

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order

The party has not just

P-­vacated space for other
Q­-being steadily hollowed out ideologically
R­-political parties, but it is also

 

A) PRQ B) RQP
C) QPR D) QRP
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) PRQ

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