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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 .
God knows man’s virtues and inquires not his caste; in the next world there is no caste. This teaching is of __?
A)
Kabir
B)
Guru Nanak
C)
Chaitanya
D)
Ramananda

Correct Answer :   Guru Nanak

Published On : July 1, 2020
2 .
Who among the following Arab scholars studied Sanskrit and astronomy for a decade at Varanasi ?
A)
Alberuni
B)
Amir Khusrau
C)
Al’bidari
D)
Al’Masher

Correct Answer :   Alberuni

Published On : July 1, 2020
3 .
Who among the following is the author of Kitab-ur-Rehla?
A)
Maulana Sharafuddin Ali Yazid
B)
Amir Timur
C)
Ibn batutta
D)
Khwaja Abdullah Malik Isami

Correct Answer :   Ibn batutta

Ibn batutta was an Arab traveler and adventure frm Morocoo. His book is a primary source of history of the region of Muhmmad bin Tughluq it throws ligh on the socio-political condition of his times.

Published On : July 1, 2020
4 .
Which among the following is known as the earliest example of Panchayatana style of temple?
A)
Dashavatara temple at Deogarh
B)
Temple at Pathari
C)
Shatrughneshwara temple at Bhubaneshwar
D)
Lakshmana temple at Sirpur

Correct Answer :   Dashavatara temple at Deogarh

Published On : July 1, 2020
5 .
Which among the following is the most famous Bronze Image of Chola Period?
A)
Murugan
B)
Nataraja
C)
Venkateshwar
D)
Vishunu

Correct Answer :   Nataraja

Published On : July 1, 2020
6 .
Which among the following is the hallmark feature of the Dravida style of temple architecture?
A)
Shikara
B)
Gopura
C)
Vimana
D)
Mandapa

Correct Answer :   Vimana

Vimana is a term for the tower above the Garbhagriha or Sanctum sanctorum in a Hindu temple in Dravidian style.

Published On : June 30, 2020
7 .
Which among the following ancient authors has complained of the drain of gold to India (due to trade hegemony of ancient India)?
A)
Ptolemy
B)
Nero
C)
Strabo
D)
Pliny

Correct Answer :   Pliny

The lamentation of the Roman writer Pliny in the 1st century A.D refers to heavy drain of Gold from Roman into India in payment of her imports from India. He writes that the drain of Gold is in return for unproductive luxuries.

Published On : June 30, 2020
8 .
The Pagodas at Mahabalipuram had been constructed by ___?
A)
Cholas
B)
Chalukyas of Kalyani
C)
Pallavas
D)
Pandyas

Correct Answer :   Pallavas

Published On : June 30, 2020
9 .
Which among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ?
A)
Pattupattu
B)
Ettutogai
C)
Silappadikaram
D)
Tolkappiam

Correct Answer :   Tolkappiam

Published On : June 30, 2020
10 .
Veda which is partly in prose and partly in verses is ___ ?
A)
Rigveda
B)
Samaveda
C)
Yajurveda
D)
Atharvaveda

Correct Answer :   Yajurveda

Adhyayas of Yajur Veda, made up partly of verses and partly of prose, contain a number of prayers and sacrificial formulae. Extensive details for carrying out different sacrifices are given in the chapters of the Yajur Veda.

Published On : June 30, 2020