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

Purloin

 

A) Steal B) Filch
C) Lift D) Compensate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Compensate

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

Involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.

 

A) tragic B) fatal
C) catastrophic D) pathetic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) catastrophic

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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.

 

You are making your life more difficult.

 

A) Your life is being made more difficult by you. B) You yourself make your life more difficult.
C) Your life had been made more difficult by you yourself. D) Making of your life more difficult has been done by yourself.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Your life is being made more difficult by you.

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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 express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

Sara answered, "The photographs are under the drawer”.

A) Sarah answered the photographs are under the drawer. B) Sarah answered that, that the photographs are under the drawer.
C) Sarah answered the photographs were under the drawer. D) Sarah answered that the photographs were under the drawer.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sarah answered that the photographs were under the drawer.

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Which of the following bonds are weakest in nature?

A) Single bond B) Double bond
C) Triple bond D) Hydrogen bond
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hydrogen bond

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Which one of the following is a true fish as per the biological system of classification?

A) Silverfish B) Jellyfish
C) Cuttlefish D) Flying fish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Flying fish

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Cuttlefish or cuttles are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses. Cuttlefish have a unique internal shell, the cuttlebone. Despite their name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs.

Jellyfish are soft bodied, free-swimming aquatic animals with a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.

 

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

Procrastinate

A) Divert B) Deceive
C) Debase D) Delay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Delay

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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) symptommatically B) symptomaticaly
C) symptomatically D) symptommaticaly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) symptomatically

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