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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
  • All India Services:
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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

P: It is said that the great poet Tulsi Dass composed it under divine inspiration.
Q: The Ramayana is a book of great social importance.
R: It is full of devotional songs besides tenets of social wisdom.
S: People read it and worship it.

A) PQRS B) RQPS
C) QPRS D) SPRQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QPRS

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

Aids

A) Amplifies B) Assists
C)  Expands D)  Borrows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Assists

Explanation:

“To aid” means to give financial or material help. So, option 2 is the best-fit answer. Amplify- increase

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The pilgrim (lain) in the shade of the tree.

 

A) lied B) laid
C) lay D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) lay

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Which of the following movements was headed by Sitaram Raju?

 

A) Kuka Movement B) Rampa Movement
C) Pabna Agitation D) Bardoli Satyagraha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rampa Movement

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

My brother is looking forward to meeting his employer tomorrow.

A) to meet B) for meeting
C) that he may meet D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

Explanation:

The sentence is grammatically and contextually correct. This is because, the verb, ‘to look forward to’ means toanticipate. It requires a direct object and it will be the gerund form of the verb i.e. ‘meeting’. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘My brother is looking forward to meeting his employer tomorrow’.

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Select the synonym of

decree

A) certificate B) Law
C) title D) award
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Law

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

If a person (studied) the history of the Maratha empire, he would have wondered how a small warrior tribe could have challenged the mighty Mughals.

A) has studied B) had studied
C) could study D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) had studied

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DRDL stands for

A) Defence Research and Development Laboratory B) Department of Research and Development Laboratory
C) Differential Research and Documentation Laboratory D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Defence Research and Development Laboratory

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