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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.


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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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Each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 :We do not know, after 60 years of equation, how to protect ourselves against epidemics like cholera and plague.

S6 :This is the disastrous result of the system under which we are educated.


P :If our doctors could have started learning medicine at an earlier age, they would not make such a poor show as they do.

Q : I have seen hundreds of homes. I cannot say that I have found any evidence in them of knowledge of hygiene.

R : I consider it a very serious blot on the state of our education that our doctors have not found it possible to eradicate these diseases.

S :I have the greatest doubt whether our graduates know what one should do in case on is bitten by a snake.

The correct sequence should be

A) R Q S P B) P R Q S
C) Q R P S D) P Q S R
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R Q S P

Explanation:

RQSP is the correct order in which sentences should be arranged.

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The first BRICS Summit, after the inclusion of South Africa, was held at 

A) Brasilia B) Sanya
C) Yekaterinburg D) Durban
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sanya

Explanation:

The Summit at Sanya will mark the admission of South Africa to the group, which will extend the geographic representation of the mechanism in a moment when the financial system reform is sought worldwide, as well as agreater democratization of global governance in general.On 14 April 2011, 3rd BRICS (Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa) Summit is to be held in the Chinese city of Sanya, alongside the President of China, Hu Jintao, the President of Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, and the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. The previous Summits were held in Yekaterinburg (June 2009) and Brasília (April 2010)

 

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Which one of the following elements is essential for the formation of chlorophyll in green plants?

A) Calcium B) Iron
C) Magnesium D) Potassium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Magnesium

Explanation:

Forms taken up by plants: Mg++ Functions in plants: a part of the chlorophyll molecule -essential in photosynthesis: related to phosphorus metabolism: large quantities found in seed.Mg deficiency symptoms: Mg is mobile, so symptoms occur first in old leaves; A whitish or yellowish striping effect on grasses.

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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) A. The war of succession ultimately boiled over to who had more power. B) B. The war of succession ultimately boiled below to who had more power.
C) C. The war of succession ultimately boiled upon to who had more power. D) D. The war of succession ultimately boiled down for who had more power.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Ans. E.
In the given sentences, boiled down is the phrasal verb that should have been used which means summarizing something, to reduce or simplify
(something) to the most basic, essential, or fundamental element(s). In this context it means that the one who had more power succeeded. 'Boiled down' should be followed by 'to' and not 'for', hence option D is incorrect.

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Rust is formed from iron and

A) Carbon B) Oxygen
C) Hydrogen D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Oxygen

Explanation:

Rust is formed from iron and oxygen.

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In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

Rituals play into the __________ understandings of a society.

 

A) tactfully B) tacit
C) taciturn D) tacitly
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) tacit

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

 

Irresistible craving for alcoholic drinks

A) Pyromania B) Dipsomania
C) Megalomania D) Kleptomania
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dipsomania

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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.

 

My sister said to my mother, "When can I have dinner? I hardly have had anything to eat since noon today."

A) My sister asked my mother when she could have her dinner and said that she hardly has had anything to eat since noon that day. B) My sister asked my mother when she can have her dinner and said that she hardly had had anything to eat since noon that day.
C) My sister asked my mother when she can have her dinner and said that she hardly has had anything to eat since noon that day. D) My sister asked my mother when she could have her dinner and said that she hardly had had anything to eat since noon that day.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) My sister asked my mother when she could have her dinner and said that she hardly had had anything to eat since noon that day.

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