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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.


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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.

Priya advised me not to go to school the next day.

A) "Don't go to school next day" Priya said to me. B) "Don't go to school tomorrow" Priya said to me.
C) Priya said, "Will you not go to school tomorrow?" D) Priya told me that, "Don't go to school tomorrow."
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) "Don't go to school tomorrow" Priya said to me.

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Choose the word which is nearly opposite in meaning to the given word ‘CACOPHONOUS’

A) Tamed B) Harmonious
C) Domestic D) Silent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Harmonious

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Cacophonous means loud or noisy
Tamed means make less powerful and easier to control
Harmonious means tuneful, melodious → which is nearly opposite in meaning to Cacophonous
Domestic means relating to the running of a home 
Silent means not making any sound.
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The people of the Indus valley civilisation worshipped ____________________.

A) Vishnu B) Pashupati
C) Indra D) Brahma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pashupati

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An element A forms an oxide with formula A3O4. What is the valency of element A?

A) 3 B) 2
C) 1 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

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Burzil Pass is situated in which of the following states?

A) Himachal Pradesh B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) Sikkim D) Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jammu and Kashmir

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The foreign traveller who visited India during the reign of Shahjahan was______________

A) Thomas Roe B) William Hawkins
C) Ibn Batuta D) Manucci
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Manucci

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Who is generally considered to be the father of the Indian Renaissance?

A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Raja Rammohan Roy
C) Mahatma Phule D) M.G. Ranade
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Raja Rammohan Roy

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) deligence B) diligence
C) delegence D) dilegence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) diligence

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