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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 .
Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of
A)
dengue fever
B)
filariasis
C)
encephalitis
D)
yellow fever

Correct Answer : Option (B) - filariasis

Published On : July 3, 2020
2 .
Our major foods, fibres, spices, fruits and beverage crops are
A)
flowering plants
B)
gymnosperms plants
C)
pteridophytes
D)
bryophytes

Correct Answer : Option (A) - flowering plants

Published On : July 3, 2020
3 .
Primary phloem develops from
A)
lateral meristem
B)
protoderm
C)
extrastelar cambium
D)
provascular tissue

Correct Answer : Option (D) - provascular tissue

Published On : July 3, 2020
4 .
Organic Substances which, in very small amounts, control growth and development called
A)
vitamins
B)
hormones
C)
enzymes
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (B) - hormones

Published On : July 3, 2020
5 .
Nucleus, the genetic material containing rounded body in each cell, was first discovered in 1831 by
A)
Robert Hooke
B)
Robert Brown
C)
Rudolf Virchow
D)
Theodore Schwann

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Robert Brown

Published On : July 3, 2020
6 .
Radioactivity is a phenomenon of the spontaneous emission of
A)
protons (alpha particles)
B)
electrons (beta particles)
C)
gamma rays (short wave electromagnetic waves)
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer : Option (D) - All of the above

Published On : July 3, 2020
7 .
Photosynthesis takes place faster in
A)
yellow light
B)
white light
C)
red light
D)
darkness

Correct Answer : Option (B) - white light

Published On : July 3, 2020
8 .
Plants are killed in winter by frost
A)
because of desiccation and mechanical damage to the tissues
B)
because no photosynthesis takes place at such low temperature
C)
because respiration ceases at such low temperature
D)
because there is no transpiration

Correct Answer : Option (A) -

Published On : July 3, 2020
9 .
Prokaryotic cells lack
A)
nucleolus
B)
nuclear membrane
C)
membrane bound by organelles
D)
All of these

Correct Answer : Option (D) - All of these

Published On : July 3, 2020
10 .
Number of chromosomes in Down's syndrome is
A)
46
B)
47
C)
48
D)
49

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 47

Published On : July 3, 2020