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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.

A)
Tacitus
B)
Marcus
C)
Virgil
D)
Plinky

Correct Answer :   Virgil


Virgil and Horace were the famous Roman poets. Tacitus and Plinky were the famous Roman historians.

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A)
Eratosthenes
B)
Euclid
C)
Pythagoras
D)
Hippocrates

Correct Answer :   Hippocrates


Hippocrates is considered to be the father of modern medicine because in his books, which are more than 70. He described in a scientific manner, many diseases and their treatment after detailed observation.

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A)
776 BC
B)
779 BC
C)
802 BC
D)
806 BC

Correct Answer :   776 BC


It seems fairly clear that by the late 8th century nudity was common for the male contestants. Although the ancient Games were staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.

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A)
Aeschylus
B)
Aristophanes
C)
Sophocles
D)
Philip

Correct Answer :   Aristophanes


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A)
India
B)
China
C)
Egypt
D)
America

Correct Answer :   Egypt


The Greek historian Herodotus called Egypt the "gift of the Nile", since the kingdom owed its survival to the annual flooding of the Nile and the resulting depositing of fertile silt. The Nile River flows into the Mediterranean Sea, and there is a delta at the mouth.

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A)
Egyptian Civilization
B)
Harappan Civilization
C)
Mesopotamian Civilization
D)
Chinese Civilization

Correct Answer :   Mesopotamian Civilization


Mesopotamia is thought to be one of the places where early civilization developed. It is a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris Euphrates river system. In fact, the word Mesopotamia means "between rivers" in Greek.

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A)
Captain James
B)
Magellan
C)
Amundsen
D)
Robert Peary

Correct Answer :   Robert Peary


The conquest of the North Pole was for many years credited to US Navy engineer Robert Peary, who claimed to have reached the Pole on 6 April 1909, accompanied by Matthew Henson and four Inuit men, Ootah, Seeglo, Egingwah, and Ooqueah.

Published On : June 26, 2020
A)
1490
B)
1487
C)
1500
D)
1515

Correct Answer :   1500


Brazil was officially "discovered" in 1500, when a fleet commanded by Portuguese diplomat Pedro Álvares Cabral, on its way to India, landed in Porto Seguro, between Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.

Published On : June 26, 2020
A)
They didn’t have coach
B)
The players were not permitted to play in bare feet
C)
They were not allowed to play on Political issues
D)
None of the Above

Correct Answer :   The players were not permitted to play in bare feet


India withdrew from the 1950 World Cup because they were not allowed to play barefoot. India surprised the world with their performance in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.

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A)
Asafoetida
B)
Turmeric
C)
Star anise
D)
Coriander

Correct Answer :   Turmeric


In North Indiaturmeric is commonly called “haldi,” a word derived from the Sanskrit word haridra, and in the south it is called “manjal,” a word that is frequently used in ancient Tamil literature.

Published On : June 26, 2020