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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 tropical easterlies wind lie at
A)
0-30? latitude
B)
30-60? latitude
C)
60-90? latitude
D)
10-40? latitude

Correct Answer :   0-30? latitude

Published On : June 28, 2020
2 .
The Penumbra is
A)
the outer portion of the moon's shadow
B)
formed by the tangent that intersects between the sun and the moon
C)
both (a) and (b)
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   both (a) and (b)

Published On : June 28, 2020
3 .
The longest ship canal in the world is the
A)
Panama canal, Central America
B)
Suez canal, Egypt
C)
Kiel canal, Germany
D)
St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)

Correct Answer :   St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)

Published On : June 28, 2020
4 .
The tertiary winds on the north of the Alps (Europe) are called
A)
the Chinook
B)
the sirocco
C)
the foehn
D)
the loo

Correct Answer :   the foehn

Published On : June 28, 2020
5 .
The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is
A)
Mercury
B)
Venus
C)
Earth
D)
Pluto

Correct Answer :   Venus

Published On : June 28, 2020
6 .
The luminous coloured ring, surrounding the sun is called the
A)
corona
B)
asteroid
C)
comet
D)
nebula

Correct Answer :   corona

Published On : June 28, 2020
7 .
The shape of earth is
A)
circular
B)
sphere
C)
spheroid
D)
oblate spheroid

Correct Answer :   oblate spheroid

While the Earth appears to be round when viewed from the vantage point of space, it is actually closer to an ellipsoid.

Published On : June 28, 2020
8 .
The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called
A)
aquifers
B)
aquicludes
C)
perched aquifer
D)
spring

Correct Answer :   aquicludes

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, silt, or clay) from which groundwater can be usefully extracted using a water well.

Published On : June 28, 2020
9 .
The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is
A)
Palaeocene
B)
Palaeozoic
C)
Pliocene
D)
Holocene

Correct Answer :   Palaeocene

Palaeocene is the lowermost and oldest epoch of the tertiary period. It spans between 65 million years ago to 57 million years ago

Published On : June 28, 2020
10 .
Which of the following is not a kharif crop?
A)
Jute
B)
Maize
C)
Mustard
D)
Rice

Correct Answer :   Mustard

Published On : June 28, 2020