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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
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A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

Mankind does not know this

A) do B) had
C) is D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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____________ comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic institution.

A) Nalanda B) Rani ki vav
C) Hill Forts of Rajasthan D) Fatehpur Sikri
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nalanda

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) tidlers B) thistlees
C) pulchritude D) tenderred
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) pulchritude

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In each of the questions given below, a passage has been given which are either situational based or describes a scenario. Below each passage, a question has been given which is framed to make you to infer something out of it. Mark out the correct inference as your answer.
India's leading and most popular food delivery start-up, Swiggy landed in a soup on Wednesday, after four people claiming to be current and former employees allegedly revealed fraudulent
and unethical means practiced at the company, in a blog post.
Which of the following can be said about the allegations?

A) Defragmented B) Ambiguous
C) Definitive D) Anecdotal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Defragmented means to run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file
management.
Ambiguous means to be of uncertain nature or significance.
Definitive means clearly defined or formulated.
Anecdotal means to have the character of an anecdote.
Speculative means not based on fact or investigation.
Hence, the correct answer is 5.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

An upright bar, post, or frame forming a support or barrier

A) Repose B) Stanchion
C) Recumbent D) Supine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Stanchion

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The internet was created to provide

A) A secure form of communications B) A common communications means for all computers
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

The internet was created to provide a secure form of communications and a common communications means for all computers.

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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.

 

The police is unduly harassing me.

 

A) I am unduly harassed by the police. B) I was unduly harassed by the police.
C) I have being unduly harassed by the police. D) I am being unduly harassed by the police.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I am being unduly harassed by the police.

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

A) Cerate B) Liniment
C) Remedy D) Blockage
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Blockage

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