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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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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.

 

The pilgrim said to me, "When you go down the street you will see the temple to your right."

A) The pilgrim tells me that when I go down the street I will see the temple to my right. B) The pilgrim told me that when I went down the street I would see the temple to my right.
C) The pilgrim told me that then I go down the street I would see the temple to my right. D) The pilgrim tells me that when I would be going down the street I will be seeing the temple to my right.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The pilgrim told me that when I went down the street I would see the temple to my right.

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Nereis, Pheretima (Earthworm) and Hirudinaria (blood sucking leech) are examples of which Phylum?

A) Coelenterata B) Aschelminthes
C) Annelida D) Arthropoda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Annelida

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

In the early 1970s we (had) the kerosene stove.

A) have B) has
C) has had D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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Which of the following gas leaked in the Bhopal Gas tragedy in December 1984?

A) Methyl isocyanate B) Methyl isochlorate
C) Methyl Phosphate D) Methyl Isopropate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Methyl isocyanate

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Inference

A) Beginning B) Conclusion
C) Preparation D) Discovery
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Conclusion

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In the question below, there is a word given in bold which is followed by five options. In each of the options, a pair of words is given which is either the pair of synonyms or antonyms or synonym & antonym of the word given in bold. Choose that pair as your answer.

Nefarious

A) Sloppy, Flurry B) Unassertive, Ignoble
C) Modest, Subtle D) Gregarious, Magnanimous
 
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The meanings of the given words are as follows:
Nefarious: (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal
Sloppy: careless and unsystematic; excessively casual
Flurry: a small swirling mass of something, especially snow or leaves, moved by sudden gusts of wind

 

Unassertive: (of a person) not having or showing a confident and forceful personality

 

Ignoble: not honourable in character or purpose
Modest: unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements
Subtle: (especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe
Gregarious: (of a person) fond of company; sociable
Magnanimous: generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person
Iniquitous: grossly unfair and morally wrong
Atrocious: horrifyingly wicked
Therefore, it can be observed that option E i.e.

 

‘iniquitous, atrocious’ forms a synonym- synonym pair of ‘nefarious’.

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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.

At somebody's expense

A) Paid for by someone. B) To blame a crime on someone else.
C) The unlucky persons who lose a race. D) If one person benefits it is always at the loss of another.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paid for by someone.

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

 

Kiling of birds

 

A) Herbicide B) Avicide
C) Vulpicide D) Matricide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Avicide

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