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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, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
Organic pulses are so popular today (1)/ that many people wonder (2)/ how they ever lived without them. (3)/ No Error (4)

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

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‘Altitude sickness’ is caused at high altitude due to

A) high partial pressure of oxygen B) low partial pressure of oxygen
C) low level of haemoglobin D) high partial pressure of carbon dioxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) low partial pressure of oxygen

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Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness (AMS), is the negative health effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high elevation.

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Who was the first Englishman to appear in the Mughal Court during Jahangir's reign?

A) Paul Canning B) Captain William Hawkins
C) William Edward D) Ralph Fitch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Captain William Hawkins

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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 constable said, "I saw a bullet mark here."

A) The constable said that he sees a bullet mark there. B) The constable said that he had seen a bullet mark there.
C) The constable says that he saw a bullet mark here. D) The constable said that he sees a bullet mark here.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The constable said that he had seen a bullet mark there.

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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.

 

Mollify

 

A) Pacify B) Agitate
C) Provoke D) Worry
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pacify

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The consumption schedule is such that

A) the MPC and the APC must be equal at all levels of income. B) the APC is constant and the MPC declines as income rises.
C) both the APC and the MPC increase as income rises. D) the MPC is constant and the APC declines as income rises.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the MPC is constant and the APC declines as income rises.

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In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

 

Seeing the increasing number of female feticide (1)/ the Prime Minister has come with an initiative (2)/ that is guaranteed to give protection to the girl child. (3)/ No error (4)

 

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

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Who among the following is NOT a famous dancer of Bharatanatyam?

A) Rukmini Devi Arundale B) T. Balasaraswati
C) Yamini Krishnamurthy D) Jhaveri sisters
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jhaveri sisters

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