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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
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Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any part

Sita(a) with all her sisters(b) were here(c). No error.(d)

A) a B) b
C) c D) d
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) c

Explanation:

‘Were’ needs to be replaced with ‘was’ to make the sentence grammatically correct. This is because, ‘If the subjects are joined by as well as, with, along with, together with, and not, in addition to, but, besides, except, rather than, accompanied by, like, unlike, no less than, nothing but, led by, headed by, guided by, controlled by, governed by,etc.. Then the verb will agree with the first subject’ Thus, the correct sentence would be, ‘Sita with all her sisters was here’.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Our destiny is always and only in our own hands – (inspite) all apparent evidence which may indicate otherwise.

A) despite in B) despite of
C) despite D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) despite

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Q:

Which of the following element is NOT a metal?

 

A) Al   B) P  
C) Ca D) K
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) P  

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Q:

Choose the word that best defines the given phrase

‘A written account of the life of an individual’

A) Autobiography B) Epigraph
C) Biography D) Novel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Biography

Explanation:
Biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs.
Autobiography is written by the person himself or herself.
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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

A significant number

P-­in the rural non-­farm sector
Q-­to be created
R­-of these jobs will have

 

A) QRP B) RQP
C) PRQ D) PQR
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) RQP

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

Stem cells

P : are being researched

Q : forming blood vessels

R : especially for

 

A) RQP B) QRP
C) PQR D) PRQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) PRQ

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

Corruption has become (the day's order).

 

A) today's order B) the order of the day
C) the order of today D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the order of the day

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Which of the following is not written by Munshi Premchand

A) Gaban B) Godan
C) Manasorovar D) Guide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Guide

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