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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 .
The Suez canal connects the
A)
Baltic sea and the Caspian sea
B)
Mediterranean sea and the Red sea
C)
Red sea and the Caspian sea
D)
Mediterranean sea and the North sea

Correct Answer :   Mediterranean sea and the Red sea

Published On : June 28, 2020
2 .
The plants of which of the following crops are highly sensitive to frost?
A)
Barely
B)
Cotton
C)
Maize
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Cotton

Published On : June 28, 2020
3 .
The major cause of species extinction is
A)
agricultural activities
B)
extraction (including mining, fishing, logging)
C)
development (human settlements, industry)
D)
habitat loss and degradation

Correct Answer :   habitat loss and degradation

Published On : June 28, 2020
4 .
Which of the following is most useful for measuring the shortest distance between two places on the earth and path between them?
A)
Atlas map
B)
Thematic maps
C)
Wall maps
D)
Globe

Correct Answer :   Globe

Published On : June 28, 2020
5 .
The process of particle detach ment by moving glacial ice is called
A)
plucking
B)
abrasion
C)
scouring
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   plucking

Published On : June 28, 2020
6 .
The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are
A)
laterisation and podsolisation
B)
calcification and salinisation
C)
salinisation and gleisation
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

Published On : June 28, 2020
7 .
The temperature inversion is
A)
whenever the normal decrease of atmospheric temperature
B)
when the decrease in temperature or moisture or both takes place
C)
whenever the normal decrease of atmospheric temperature or moisture or both change with height over a short vertical interval
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   whenever the normal decrease of atmospheric temperature or moisture or both change with height over a short vertical interval

Published On : June 28, 2020
8 .
The process that may cause physical weathering or mechanical rupture are
A)
abrasion, crystallization, pressure release
B)
abrasion, oxidation, hydrolysis
C)
crystallization, carbonation, thermal insolation
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   abrasion, crystallization, pressure release

Published On : June 28, 2020
9 .
The main producers of free gas are
A)
the south Bassein and Tapti fields in the western offshore
B)
the gas fields in Tripura and Andhra Pradesh (KG Basin)
C)
both (a) and (b)
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   both (a) and (b)

Published On : June 28, 2020
10 .
The thickness of biosphere is
A)
5-8 km above the earth's surface
B)
5-10 km above the earth's surface
C)
8-10 km above the earth's surface
D)
10-12 km above the earth's surface

Correct Answer :   8-10 km above the earth's surface

Published On : June 28, 2020