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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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  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
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Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. If the given sentence is correct as it is, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.

Delegation is the transfer of/ authority through superior to subordinate/ at different levels/ in an organized sector.

A) Delegation is the transfer of B) Authority through superior to subordinate
C) At different levels D. In an organized sector D) No error
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Authority through superior to subordinate

Explanation:

The error lies in the second part of the sentence. The correct usage for transfer is 'from........to........' and not 'through.....to......'. Hence, 'through' must be replaced with 'from'.

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Gandhi ji studied Law in _________.

A) India B) United Kingdom
C) South Africa D) Bhutan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) United Kingdom

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The international border of Myanmar is the longest with which of the following countries?

A) India B) Bangladesh
C) Laos D) China
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) China

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The gases used in different types of welding would include

A) Acetylene B) Oxygen
C) Oxygen and Acetylene D) Nitrogen, Oxygen and Acetylene
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Oxygen and Acetylene

Explanation:

Oxygen and Acetylene are the gases used in different types of welding.

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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.

Prolific

 

A) Dead B) Productive
C) Famous D) Evidence
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Productive

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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.

 

For how long will you keep neglecting your duties.

 

A) For how long have you kept neglecting your duties. B) For how long do your duties need to be neglected by yourself.
C) For how long will your duties be kept neglected by you. D) Neglecting of the duties by you have been going on since how long.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) For how long will your duties be kept neglected 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 expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

 

"My train will reach by noon," he explained.

 

A) He explained that his train will reach by noon. B) He explained that his train would reach by noon.
C) He explained that his train will have reached by noon. D) He explained that his train would have had reached by noon.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) He explained that his train would reach by noon.

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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.


___________ being an intangible idea, the nation is quite real because it is a shared idea. _______________ of nationhood are important for this sharing to be reliably reproduced, which is why we have familiar _____________ to memory like maps, flags, or the figure of Mother India. National symbols are extremely powerful ________________ they connect to compressed reservoirs of intense _________________.


___________ being an intangible idea

A) Inspite B) Although
C) Despite of D) Despite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Despite

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