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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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An object is in static equilibrium when it is _______.

A) at rest B) moving in a circular path
C) moving with uniform velocity D) accelerating at high speed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) at rest

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Savant

A) Amateur B) Academic
C) Pundit D) Egghead
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amateur

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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.
to cast iron stomach

A) a very greedy person B) to be able to eat or drink anything without any problems
C) to be indifferent to harsh words D) to face so many difficulties in life that one now becomes immune to even poison
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) to be able to eat or drink anything without any problems

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Consider the following statement :“So much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.”

Who among the following European travellers had made the above statement about the condition of peasantry in the Mughal Empire?

A) Francisco Pelsaert B) Francois Bernier
C) Jean-Baptiste Tavemier D) Niccolao Manucci
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Francisco Pelsaert

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But while the average Mughal farmer produced more than in later times, he most probably produced less than in earlier times. On the whole, the Mughal period was marked by agricultural stagnation, if not slump. The per capita yield was declining, and the average man in Mughal India probably had less to eat than before. 'The surplus income left to the peasant was tending to decrease, where it had not already vanished,' says Moreland. 'The provinces,' says Pelsaert, 'are so impoverished that a jagir which is reckoned to be worth 50,000 rupees, may sometimes not yield even 25,000, although so much is wrung from the peasants, that even dry bread is scarcely left to fill their stomachs.'

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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.

Ram was singing a beautiful song for his mother.

A) A beautiful song was being sung by Ram for his mother. B) A beautiful song was sang by Ram for his mother.
C) A beautiful song was sung by Ram for his mother. D) A beautiful song was sung for his mother by Ram.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A beautiful song was being sung by Ram for his mother.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The higher you climb, the more difficult it _____ to breathe.

A) became B) becomes
C) has become D) is becoming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) becomes

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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.

To hit the nail on the head

A) To take out frustration by beating a person B) To make a wrong decision
C) To find exactly the right answer D) To unwittingly fall into a trap
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To find exactly the right answer

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

My father says, "Prices are shooting up alarmingly."

A) My father says that prices shoot up alarmingly. B) My father says that the price was shooting up alarmingly.
C) My father says that prices shot up alarmingly. D) My father said that the prices were shooting up alarmingly.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) My father said that the prices were shooting up alarmingly.

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