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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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Which   one   of   the   following   statements relating  to  protection  against arrest  and detention  of  individuals  under  Article  22  is not correct?

A) No  person  who  is  arrested  shall  be detained   in   custody   without   being informed   of   the   grounds   for   such arrest. B) No  person  shall  be  denied  the  right  to consult,  and  be  defended  by,  a  legal practitioner of his/her choice.
C) Every   person   who   is   arrested   and detained  in  custody  shall  be  produced before  the  nearest  magistrate  within  a period of one week of suc D) The  right  to  protection  against  is  not available to a person in jail pursuant to a judicial order.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Every   person   who   is   arrested   and detained  in  custody  shall  be  produced before  the  nearest  magistrate  within  a period of one week of suc

Explanation:

Every  person  who  is  arrested  and detained    in    custody    shall    be produced    before    the    nearest magistrate   within   a   period   of twenty-four  hours  of  such  arrest excluding  the  time  necessary  for the   journey   from   the   place   of arrest    to    the    court    of    the magistrate   and   no   such   person shall    be    detained    in    custody beyond the said period without the authority of a magistrate.

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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).

A) Although we reached his house on time B) he was left
C) for the airport. D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) he was left

Explanation:

The error is in second part. In the given sentence two events occur one after the other. ‘He left’ before ‘we reached’. So, the event that was completed before the occurrence of the next event shall be expressed in past perfect tense. Therefore, the correct form of verb will be “had left”.

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The space shuttle which took Sunita Williams beyond earth was

A) Challenger B) Galileo
C) Discovery D) Voyager-2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Discovery

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What was true about the progressive movement?

A) Women left traditional roles to become active in reform during the Progressive Movement. B) Members were essentially rural
C) progressives held no issues in common with populist movement D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Women left traditional roles to become active in reform during the Progressive Movement.

Explanation:

The Progressive Era took place in the US from the 1890s to the1920s. The movement was an effort to reform the government andeliminate the corruption within it. Social activists also wanted toreform the educational system, the insurance industry, thechurches, and many other things they felt were out of control, andnot working in the best interests of the citizens.

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Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

Throw the towel in

 

A) To challenge someone B) To stop a bad situation from getting worse
C) To quit in defeat D) To offer a signal of peace
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) To quit in defeat

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

The princess said, “Whom do you consider the happiest person living?”

 

A) The princess asked me whom I considered the happiest person living.   B) The princess asked about the happiest person living.  
C) The princess asked who is the happiest person living now. D) The princess enquired about the happiest person living.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The princess asked me whom I considered the happiest person living.  

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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.

 

Illusive

 

A) Deceptive B) Mystery
C) Delusive D) Factual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Factual

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Line of Capricorn does NOT go through which of the following countries?

A) South Africa B) Argentina
C) Chile D) Philippines
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Philippines

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