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 tertiary winds on the north of the Alps (Europe) are called

the Chinook

the sirocco

the foehn

the loo

Correct Answer : the foehn

Published On : June 28, 2020

2 .

The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Pluto

Correct Answer : Venus

Published On : June 28, 2020

3 .

The luminous coloured ring, surrounding the sun is called the

corona

asteroid

comet

nebula

Correct Answer : corona

Published On : June 28, 2020

4 .

The shape of earth is

circular

sphere

spheroid

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

5 .

The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called

aquifers

aquicludes

perched aquifer

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

6 .

The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is

Palaeocene

Palaeozoic

Pliocene

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

7 .

Which of the following is not a kharif crop?

Jute

Maize

Mustard

Rice

Correct Answer : Mustard

Published On : June 28, 2020

8 .

The pedogenic process associated with poor drainage and which involves the accumulation of organic matter in the upper layers of the soil is called

salinisation

gleisation

calcification

podsolisation

Correct Answer : gleisation

Published On : June 28, 2020

9 .

The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called

Novas

Comets

Asteroids

Meteors

Correct Answer : Asteroids

The Asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars, that is occupied by a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes but much smaller than planets, called "Asteroids" or "minor planets"