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 highest sand dunes are found is

the Sahara desert

the Kalahari desert

the Atacama desert

the Gobi desert

Correct Answer : the Sahara desert

Published On : June 27, 2020

2 .

First war of Crusade was ended in the year

1099

1296

1358

1379

Correct Answer : 1099

The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups. In all, eight major Crusade expeditions occurred between 1096 and 1291.

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3 .

Which Mountain's volcano buried Pompeii city with ash in 79 AD

Mount Tambura

Mount Etna

Mount Vesuvius

Mount Pele

Correct Answer : Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius, a volcano near the Bay of Naples in Italy, has erupted more than 50 times. Its most famous eruption took place in the year 79 AD.,

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4 .

Industrial Revolution was started from which country

French

Germany

Italy

England

Correct Answer : England

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5 .

Who was the President of America during American Civil War

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

James Madison

Correct Answer : Abraham Lincoln

If you were from a Northern state, you answered Abraham Lincoln. If you were from a Southern state, you may have answered Jefferson Davis. On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president, not of the United States of America but of the Confederate States of America.

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6 .

Napoleon was exiled to the Saint Helena after the defeat in the war of

Russia

Waterloo

Peninsular

Rivulid

Correct Answer : Waterloo

Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped to France in early 1815 and raised a new Grand Army that enjoyed temporary success before its crushing defeat at Waterloo against an allied force under Wellington on June 18, 1815.

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7 .

Queen Elizabeth I of England belongs to which dynasty

Tudor

York

Normandy

Stuart

Correct Answer : Tudor

The Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. The Tudor dynasty was founded in 1485 by Elizabeth's grandfather, Henry VII, when he emerged victorious after the dynastic Wars of the Roses.

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8 .

The Hundred Years' War (from 1337 to 1453) was fought between

Germany and Russia

France and England

England and Germany

America and China

Correct Answer : France and England

The name the Hundred Years' War has been used by historians since the beginning of the nineteenth century to describe the long conflict that pitted the kings and kingdoms of France and England against each other from 1337 to 1453.

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9 .

Who is known as the Artist of the world-famous painting 'Mona Lisa'

Filippo Brunelleschi

Michelangelo

Vincent van Gogh

Leonardo da Vinci

Correct Answer : Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa about 1503, and it was in his studio when he died in 1519.

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10 .

On which island of French, Napoleon was born

Operon

Saint Helena

Elba

Corsica

Correct Answer : Corsica

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Buonaparte (1746-1785), a lawyer, and Letizia Romalino Buonaparte (1750-1836).

Published On : June 27, 2020