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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)
Divya and Imroz
B)
Anjali and Sagar
C)
Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh
D)
Yashasvi and Abhinav

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh


Manu Bhaker and Sarabjot Singh won the 10m air pistol mixed team title at the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) here at the MP Shooting Academy range in Bhopal (December 4, 2022), venue of the Pistol shooting events.
 
The Haryana duo trounced Karnataka’s Divya T.S. and Imroz 16-4 in the gold medal encounter.
 
Manu and Sarabjot had earlier topped the qualification round as well with a combined score of 575, where the Karnataka pair had finished second with 573 to setup the title clash. Punjab and ONGC shared the bronze medals.
 
In the junior mixed team pistol, the gold was won by Uttar Pradesh’s Anjali and Sagar, when they beat Uttarakhand’s Yashsavi and Abhinav 18-16 in the gold medal match. Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh won the bronze medals on offer.
 
At the Vattiyoorkkavu Shooting Range in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, where the Rifle nationals are being hosted, the Indian Navy’s Niraj Kumar won the 50m rifle prone men’s event with a score of 625.8.
 
Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar representing Madhya Pradesh, won silver with 624.8 while Delhi’s Tarun Yadav won bronze with a score of 623.4. Niraj in fact won double gold, taking the team title in men’s prone along with G. Purusothaman and Ajay Thakur.
 
Earlier, Olympian Manu Bhaker, swept the women’s 25m pistol competition at the 65th National Shooting Championship Competitions (65th NSCC), adding the individual women’s and junior women’s gold to the two-team golds she had already won in the discipline..

Source : The Print

Published On : December 5, 2022
A)
Sarah Polley
B)
SS Rajamouli
C)
Prashanth Neel
D)
Steven Spielberg

Correct Answer : Option (B) - SS Rajamouli


Filmmaker "SS Rajamouli" won the Best Director Award for RRR at the New York Film Critics Circle on Friday(2nd Dec 2022). The group is one of the first critics’ groups to weigh in on the awards season. Rajamouli’s win surprised many as his competitors included Steven Spielberg, Darron Aronofsky, Sarah Polley, and Gina Prince-Blythewood.
 
* At the New York Film Critics Circle, Todd Field’s Tar has won the Best Picture of the year, also nabbing Best Actress for Cate Blanchett’s leading performance.

* Colin Farrell won Best Actor for two of his performances this year — Kogonada’s future-set sci-fi drama After Yang and Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin.

* Ke Huy Quan has won the Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once, Keke Palmer won the Best Supporting Actress for Nope.
 
* RRR has received a thunderous welcome in the foreign markets and this encouraged Variance Film to mount a massive campaign for Oscars for the film.

* Starring Ram Charan and Jr NTR in lead roles, the film is competing to find a nomination spot in all the major categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and more..

Source : Indian Express

Published On : December 5, 2022
A)
Abhinav Bindra
B)
Rudrankksh Patil
C)
Gagan Narang
D)
Vijay Kumar

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Rudrankksh Patil


Indian shooter Rudrankksh Patil has clinched the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President’s Cup held in Cairo, Egypt. He defeated Italy’s Danilo Sollazzo in the 10-metre rifle play-off by 16-8.
 
Athletes from 42 nations representing 43 ISSF Member Federations from all continents are taking part in this competition, which is being held since November 28 and concludes 4th Dec 2022.
 
18-year-old Rudrankksh Patil also bagged India's first quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics, when he clinched a gold in the men’s 10-metre air rifle in the ISSF Rifle-Pistol World Championships 2022 also held in Cairo in October 2022.
 
Olympian, Anjum Moudgil (world No. 4) had secured silver after losing to Anna Janssen (Germany) in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions final..

Source : AIR

Published On : December 4, 2022
A)
Canara Bank
B)
Indian Bank
C)
Union Bank of India
D)
State Bank of India

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Canara Bank


Canara Bank on Friday(2nd Dec 2022) announced that it received the “Banker’s Bank of the Year Award 2022” for the India segment at the Global Banking Summit. The public sector lender has been adjudged as the Best Bank in India for 2022.
 
* The event was held in London from November 29-December 1, 2022 where the bank’s MD and CEO L V Prabhakar received the award from the organisers, a statement from the public sector lender said.
 
* The Bankers’ Bank of the year awards are considered to be like Oscar awards for the banking sector and the winners are judged on their ability to deliver returns, strategy, innovation, technology and product and services in their respective geographies in the last 12 months.
 
* The Banker’s magazine is a premier global banking and finance resource for more than 180 countries across the world. The publication is from the house of Financial Times (FT) group, which is the British-based global financial daily newspaper founded in 1888..

Source : Indian Express

Published On : December 3, 2022
A)
Saurashtra
B)
Tamil Nadu
C)
Rajasthan
D)
Maharashtra

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Saurashtra


Saurashtra beat Maharashtra by 5 wickets in the final to win the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

They restricted Maharashtra at 248/9 in 50 overs as captain Ruturaj Gaikwad hit a century, scoring 108 off 131 balls after a slow start. Saurashtra bowler Chirag Jani claimed a hat-trick in the match. Man of the moment is Sheldon Jackson
 
Chasing the target of 249, Saurashtra started off cautiously before the openers sitiched a 125-run partnership. Batter Shledon Jackson held one end as wickets tumbled around him. He scored a match-winning 133 off 136 balls to help Saurashtra chase down the target in 46.3 overs, with five wickets to spare. It was Saurashtra’s second title triumph in history.
 
Notably: The win enhanced Jaydev Unadkat’s credentials as captain, he had led Saurashtra to their first Ranji Trophy title in 2019-2020. He also finished at the top of the wicket-taking charts in the Vijay Hazare Trophy with 19 strikes to his name.
 
Full List of Award Winners :

* Player of the match in the final : Sheldon Jackson (133 runs in 135 Balls)

* Player of the tournament : Ruturaj Gaikwad (Games: 5; Runs: 660; Avg: 220)

* Most Runs : N Jagadeesan (Tamil Nadu): 830runs, 8 innings

* Highest Score : N Jagadeesan – 277 off 141 balls vs Arunachal Pradesh

* Most Fours : N Jagadeesan – 73 in 8 innings

* Most Sixes : Ruturaj Gaikwad – 34 in 5 innings

* Most Wickets : Vasuki Koushik (Karnataka) – 18 wickets in 9 matches

Published On : December 3, 2022
A)
World Bank
B)
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
C)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
D)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Reserve Bank of India (RBI)


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 December 2022 announced a four-tiered regulatory framework for categorisation of Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs).
 
* Apart from this, RBI has come out with norms pertaining to the net worth and capital adequacy of these banks.
 
* Based on size of deposits of the UCBs, the four-tiered regulatory framework will come into force with immediate effect. As per details, the extant regulatory framework classifies UCBs into two tiers – Tier I and Tier II.
 
* The RBI, in its circular, said given the heterogeneity in the cooperative sector, a tiered regulatory framework is required, adding such framework is needed to balance the spirit of mutuality and co-operation more prevalent in banks of smaller sizes and those with limited area of operation vis-a-vis the growth ambitions of the large-sized UCBs and undertake more complex business activities.

* The RBI has categorised all unit UCBs and salary earners' UCBs (irrespective of deposit size), and all other UCBs having deposits up to ₹100 crore in Tier 1.
 
* In Tier 2, it has placed UCBs with deposits more than ₹100 crore and up to ₹1,000 crore.

* Tier 3 will cover banks with deposits more than ₹1,000 crore and up to ₹10,000 crore.

* UCBs with deposits more than ₹10,000 crore have been categorised in Tier 4.

Source : Mint

Published On : December 3, 2022
A)
Rs 1,45,867 crore
B)
Rs 1,65,867 crore
C)
Rs 1,71,324 crore
D)
Rs 1,76,125 crore

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Rs 1,45,867 crore


The government on Thursday(1st Dec 2022) said that gross GST revenue collected in the month of November 2022 is Rs 1,45,867 crore, an increase of 11 per cent over last year’s corresponding month. The government collected Rs 1,31,526 crore as gross GST revenue in November 2021.
 
* Rs 25,681 crore is of central goods and services tax, Rs 32,651 crore is of state central goods and services tax, according to a statement from the Ministry of Finance.

* It also included Rs 77,103 crore (including Rs 38,635 crore collected on import of goods) which is of Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and Rs 10,433 crore (including Rs817 crore collected on import of goods) of Cess.
 
* According to the statement, the government has settled Rs 33,997 crore to CGST and Rs 28,538 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement.

* The total revenue of Centre and the states after regular settlements in November 2022 is Rs 59,678 crore for CGST and Rs 61,189 crore for the SGST. In addition, Centre had also released Rs 17,000 crore as GST compensation to states/Union Territories in November 2022.
 
* The revenues for November 2022 are 11 per cent higher than the GST revenues in the same month last year, which itself was Rs 1,31,526 crore. During the month, revenues from the import of goods was 20 per cent higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) 8 per cent higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year..

Source : The Print

Published On : December 3, 2022
A)
Australia
B)
South Africa
C)
Bangladesh
D)
India

Correct Answer : Option (D) - India


The third T20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the Blind will be held from December 5 to 17, 2022 in India.

The participating nations for World Cup 2022 are Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the host, India.

Around 150 players will be participating from all the countries and the tournament, which has a total of 24 matches, will take place in nine cities in India. The tournament is being organised to mark the World Disability Day celebrations universally.
 
The inauguration of the World Cup on December 5 at Tau Devi Lal Indoor Stadium, Gurugram, will witness a ceremonial march past by all the participating teams, followed by cultural events and other activities.

Source : News on Air

Published On : December 3, 2022
A)
China
B)
Japan
C)
Russia
D)
India

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Japan


Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) has successfully used water to propel a spacecraft and claimed it represents "the world's first successful orbit control beyond low-Earth orbit using a water propellant propulsion system."
 
The craft in question is EQUULEUS, the 6U CubeSat that rode along on NASA's Orion mission.
 
After flying past the Moon, EQUULEUS was pointed at the second Earth-Moon Lagrange point (EML2). To get there it used an engine named AQUARIUS (AQUA ResIstojet propUlsion System) that uses water as fuel. The craft uses waste heat from communications kit to heat the water into steam that is squirted out to produce thrust.
 
AQUARIUS also needs little power to operate but is not very powerful. EQUULEUS will take a year and a half to reach EML2 – a point in space worth visiting because it's advantageous for transfer to other orbits. That includes interplanetary orbits.
 
The combination of EQUULEUS and AQUARIUS makes a visit to EML2 achievable at low cost and is a test case for future visits to the spot.
 
EQUULEUS carries an instrument called DELPHINUS (DEtection camera for Lunar impact PHenomena IN 6U Spacecraft) designed to observe Lunar impact flashes and near-Earth asteroids from EML2. Another instrument aboard EQUULEUS will observe Earth's plasmasphere..

Source : The Register

Published On : December 3, 2022
A)
S.M. Jha
B)
M Paramasivam
C)
S. Balachandran
D)
B.K. Mishra

Correct Answer : Option (B) - M Paramasivam


The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of M Paramasivam as the Executive Director of the Government-owned Punjab National Bank with an effect from December 1, 2022, for a period of three years.

M Paramasivam is an agriculture graduate. He started his career as an Agricultural Extension Officer at Canara Bank in 1990 and served the bank for 32 years in various capacities.

Source : Business Standard

Published On : December 2, 2022