Q&A for How to Increase Your General Knowledge

Start with basics about your country--like learning the states, their capitals, the presidents, prime ministers, and geography. Then gradually widen these topics to the world. You'll gain a lot of general knowledge this way.

Read something that attracts you. Read something you feel pleasure reading.

Highbrow and TodayILearned are great sites to gain general knowledge. Show it to your kids, brothers, parents, whole family. I guarantee you, your whole family will be way more knowledgeable in a month's time.

Spend as much time as you like gathering general knowledge as long as you are taking care of your formal studies first.

Reference books are best, but it's ultimately your decision. You can also find general knowledge books and "the basics of" books that are quite useful. You might consider keeping encyclopedias around, but online encyclopedias are generally more up to date and easier to search. Finally, reading the news will help you to keep your knowledge current.

It depends on what sort of learner you are. You can take a VAT test, and your result will usually give you tips on learning/remembering/revising.

Tell him true stories every day. You also might display some papers on the walls of your home on which information is provided.

Businesswomen can get more informed by reading business-related books and interacting with business personalities.

You can read English newspapers, books, magazines, articles, or finding words from a dictionary also helps a lot. The most important thing is to learn from your mistakes.

Identify a need, then invent a product that satisfies that need. Or, take an existing product and find a new use for it. Take a word, any word, write it down. Write down more words that relate to it, and make a cloud, see if anything clicks. Do this with others, see if any ideas actually still have value after a good night's sleep. Take an existing business idea and change a few details, or apply it to a completely different target. Take two ideas and combine them. The more often you do this, the easier it gets.

I recommend "How I Made My Millions", "Techstars TV", "This Week in Startups", and "The Rise To The Top". For documentaries, watch "Freakonomics The Movie", "Once in a Lifetime", and "Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words".

This is something initially I found challenging too. You should try to start reading and talking aloud to yourself whenever possible. It might seem weird at first, but trust me, it helps a great deal with building up confidence. Reading aloud not only helps you enhance your speech, but also helps with identifying the points where you tend to fumble while conversing.

Not really. YA (young adult), romance, and other types of popular fiction are generally not going to help gain knowledge because they are written for entertainment value. High literature that contains literary elements and thematic ideas that will help you to gain knowledge though.

Read up on the topic of the seminar on your own, either using the internet or by checking out books from the library. If you know anybody that is going to the seminar, you can ask them to take notes for you and fill you in on what you missed.

You certainly want to make sure you finish your homework so that you make deadlines. Your homework is set for a reason and you (should) be learning and improving your knowledge when doing your homework. Perhaps look at it from a different perspective. When you don't have homework, read and find out more about the topics. Ask the teacher heaps of constructive questions, discuss it with your friends, etc. At the end of the day, your results will naturally follow your hard work and you'll your grades improved and your store of knowledge greater. If you make mistakes, go back and figure out what you did wrong. Make learning an ongoing process.

After or while reading, take lots of notes on the subject. Taking notes help me to remember the main points of the book or assignment. You can also look over the notes later if you find you did forget some of the information.

World history: study different periods and events in world history, including ancient civilizations, wars, revolutions, and key figures. Science and technology: explore topics like space exploration, advances in medicine, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies. Geography: learn about countries, capitals, major landmarks, physical geography, and geopolitical issues around the world. Literature: familiarize yourself with classic and contemporary literature, renowned authors, and literary movements.

KhanAcademy.org is a good resource. For science, see ScienceNews.org. TED Talks for innovative ideas, Wikipedia for a vast encyclopedia of topics.