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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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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

If the screen (was any brighter), it would have been easier to read from the tablet.

A) was bright enough B) was more brighter
C) had been brighter D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) had been brighter

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

There is many a slip between the cup and lip.

A) cup and lip B) cups and lips
C) the cup and the lip D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the cup and the lip

Explanation:

The phrase ‘between the cup and lip’ needs to be replaced with ‘between the cup and the lip’. It means a situation where things did not happen at the last minute the way they were expected to due to unforeseen reasons. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘There is many a slip between the cup and the lip’.

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Who is the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold in 400m run

A) M.L. Valsamma B) P.T. Usha
C) Kamaljit Sandhu D) K.Malleshwari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) P.T. Usha

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 

It is high time

P-­about the cost and
Q­-the government started thinking
R­-quality of power supply

 

A) RPQ B) QRP
C) QPR D) PRQ
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QPR

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Select the synonym of

to cite

A) to conceal B) to ignore
C) to indicate D) to deny
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) to indicate

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

Heavy work has been thrusted on me.

A) has been thrust B) has thrusted
C) has thrust down D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

Explanation:

The phrase ‘has been thrusted’ is grammatically correct. This is because, when someone is forced to accept or deal with, this form of verb is used. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘Heavy work has been thrust on me’.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(Take off) your shoes before you enter the temple.

A) Put away B) Extract
C) Put off D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.

Statement I :The Zamindars were an exploitative class in Mughal India.

Statement II :The Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry in a large number ofagrarian uprisings in North India in the seventeenth century.

A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement Iis true but Statement II is false D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

Explanation:

During the Mughal Empire, zamindars belonged tothe nobility and formed the ruling class. Emperor Akbar granted them mansabs and their ancestral domains were treated as jagirs.

In some respects of zamindars and the peasants were natural allies in any struggle against the Mughal government.

The Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry in many agrarian uprisings in North India in the seventeenth century.

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