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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 .
Who wrote the book "As you like it"?
A)
Stephen Hawkings
B)
William Shakespeare
C)
Vikram Seth
D)
Vimal Kumar

Correct Answer :   William Shakespeare

As You Like It, five-act comedy by William Shakespeare, written and performed about 1598–1600 and first published in the First Folio of 1623.

Published On : June 29, 2020
2 .
Who is the author of "The Twentieth Wife"?
A)
Aparna Sinha
B)
Bapsi Sidhwa
C)
R. K. Narayan
D)
Indu Sundaresan

Correct Answer :   Indu Sundaresan

Published On : June 29, 2020
3 .
Who is the writer of 'Swamy and Friends'?
A)
Munshi Premchand
B)
Raman
C)
Max Muller
D)
R. K. Narayan

Correct Answer :   R. K. Narayan

The first book of R.K. Narayan's famous trilogy, 'Swami and Friends' happens to be Narayan's first published book as well. It was published in 1935 with a lot of motivation and help from Graham Greene, a famous novelist. The setting is of British India, in a fictional town named Malgudi.

Published On : June 29, 2020
4 .
Who is the author of the book 'My Experiments with Truth'?
A)
Michael Anderson
B)
Winston Churchill
C)
Mahatma Gandhi
D)
Jarnes Morris

Correct Answer :   Mahatma Gandhi

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929.

Published On : June 29, 2020
5 .
The television serial 'Charitraheen' is based on the famous novel of which of the following authors?
A)
Rabindranath Tagore
B)
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaya
C)
Tara Sankar Bandhopadhya
D)
Bankim Chandra Chatterji

Correct Answer :   Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaya

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6 .
'The Gathering Storm' is written by
A)
Winston Churchill
B)
George Washington
C)
Voltaire
D)
Romain Rolland

Correct Answer :   Winston Churchill

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7 .
'Alice in Wonderland' the famous TV serial is based on a book written by
A)
Father Discoste
B)
Thomas Hardy
C)
Charles Dickens
D)
Lewis Caroll

Correct Answer :   Lewis Caroll

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8 .
Who said 'Man is a political animal'?
A)
Dante
B)
Aristotle
C)
Socrates
D)
Plato

Correct Answer :   Aristotle

“man is by nature a political animal” (Aristotle, 1998, 1253a1). this is perhaps one of Ar- istotle's most famous sayings, which is motivated by his claim that “every man, by nature, has an impulse toward a partnership with others” (Aristotle, 1998, 1253a29).

Published On : June 29, 2020
9 .
The book named 'Three Decades in Parliament' is a collection of the speeches of
A)
A. B. Vajpayee
B)
Somnath Chatterjee
C)
L. K. Advani
D)
N. G. Ranga

Correct Answer :   A. B. Vajpayee

Published On : June 29, 2020
10 .
In which language did 'Dr. Masti Venkatesh Iyengar' write?
A)
Telugu
B)
Tamil
C)
Kannada
D)
Malayalam

Correct Answer :   Kannada

Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 June 1891 – 6 June 1986) was a well-known writer in Kannada language. He was the fourth among Kannada writers to be honored with the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor conferred in India. He was popularly referred to as Maasti Kannadada Aasti which means "Maasti, Kannada's Treasure".

Published On : June 29, 2020