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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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In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Beyond the pale

A) Unreasonable or unacceptable B) Beyond redemption
C) Full of rhetoric D) Distasteful
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Unreasonable or unacceptable

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
Practice makes a man perfect

A) Perfection demands patience B) Any problem can be solved if you are willing to try many times
C) Regular activity is the way to become proficient in it D) It takes a long time to form a good habit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Regular activity is the way to become proficient in it

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Who teaches you Mathematics?

A) By whom are you taught Mathematics? B) By whom were you taught Mathematics?
C) By whom will you be taught Mathematics? D) Mathematics is taught by whom?
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) By whom are you taught Mathematics?

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
One who does not care for literature or art

A) Dictator B) Hypocrite
C) Philistine D) Primitive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Philistine

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

He saw him conducting the seminar on personality development.

A) He was seen by me to conduct the seminar on personality development. B) He was seen conducting the seminar on personality development.
C) He saw the seminar on personality development being conducted by him. D) He saw the seminar on personality development to be conducted by him.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He saw the seminar on personality development being conducted by him.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

EXAGGERATE

A) MAGNIFY B) IMAGINE
C) REINFORCE D) REITERATE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) MAGNIFY

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In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.
A. The trek is difficult
B. but it is far worth
C. the endeavour
D. No Error

A) A B) B
C) C D) D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) B

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Which of the following phrases (i), (ii), and (iii) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No correction required" as the answer


"I need you to give me a ballparks worth
of figures of how much this event is
going to cost us in the next two months."
i. give me a ballpark figure of how much this
event is going to cost
ii. give me the biggest ballpark of your figure,
how much this event is going to cost
iii. give me a ballpark figure of how much this
event is coming to cost

A) A. Only i B) B. Only ii
C) C. Only iii D) D. ii and iii
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A. Only i

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Ans. A.
The answer is 'give me a ballpark figure of how much this event is going to cost.' A ballpark figure is a rough numerical estimate or approximation.

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