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General Knowledge(GK) (or) General Awareness

Welcome to the General Knowledge Section of Free Time Learning. As we are aware General Knowledge (GK) is a very important area in all the competitive exams held in the country. Nowadays, a good knowledge of general awareness is very important in clearing any competitive and government recruitment examinations.

These General Knowledge Question are very important and usefull to UPSC, IAS/PCS, UPPSC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, SSC, CGL, Railway, APPSC, TSPSC, KPSC, TNPSC, TPSC, UPPSC, MPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, UKPSC, MPSC, and other competitive exams.

1 .
Which of the following is not a component of Foreign Direct Investment?
A)
Equity Capital
B)
Portfolio Investment
C)
Reinvested earnings
D)
Intra company loans

Correct Answer :   Portfolio Investment

Published On : May 18, 2021
2 .
The idea of Cultural Poverty was given by
A)
Gunnar Myrdal
B)
Oscar Lewis
C)
Amartya Sen
D)
Aashish Bose

Correct Answer :   Oscar Lewis

The idea of Cultural Poverty was given by the anthropologist Oscar Lewis in his book, five families : Mexican Case studies in the culture of poverty. The culture of poverty theory states that living in conditions of pervasive poverty will lead to the development of a culture or subculture adapted to those conditions.

Published On : May 18, 2021
3 .
Which of the following agencies releases the index of industrial production to measure industrial performance in India?
A)
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
B)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
C)
The Central Statistics Office (CSO)
D)
The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)

Correct Answer :   The Central Statistics Office (CSO)

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is an index which shows the growth rates in different industry groups of the economy in a stipulated period of time. The IIP index is computed and published by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on a monthly basis.

Published On : May 18, 2021
4 .
The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), under Commerce Ministry, has initiated a probe to review the need for continuing imposition of antidumping duty on certain types of steel products imported from
A)
China
B)
USA
C)
Russia
D)
Indonesia

Correct Answer :   China

Published On : May 18, 2021
5 .
The train service Thar Express between India and Pakistan, originates in India from
A)
Jaisalmer
B)
Jodhpur
C)
Bikaner
D)
Barmer

Correct Answer :   Barmer

Published On : May 18, 2021
6 .
The Government of India has decided to declare which of the following rivers a ' National River '
A)
Yamuna
B)
Kaveri
C)
Ganga
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Ganga

Published On : May 18, 2021
7 .
The implementation of Jawahar Rojgar Yojana rests with
A)
Gram Panchayat
B)
District Collector
C)
State Government
D)
Union Government

Correct Answer :   Gram Panchayat

Published On : May 18, 2021
8 .
Which of the following policies of the financial sectors is basically designed to transfer local financial assets into foreign financial assets freely and at market determined exchange rates?
A)
Capital Account Convertibility
B)
Financial Deficit Management
C)
Mimimum Support Price
D)
Restrictive Trade Practices

Correct Answer :   Capital Account Convertibility

Published On : May 18, 2021
9 .
Which kind of power accounts for the largest share of power generation in India
A)
Solar
B)
Nuclear
C)
Thermal
D)
Hydro - electricity

Correct Answer :   Thermal

Published On : May 18, 2021
10 .
On an indifference map, if the income consumption curve slopes downwards to the right it shows that
A)
X is an inferior good
B)
Y is an inferior good
C)
Both X and Y are superior goods
D)
Both X and Y are inferior goods

Correct Answer :   Y is an inferior good

Published On : May 18, 2021