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 .

Which Women's U-18 Hockey team wins Khelo India Youth Games 2022?

Odisha

Haryana

Jharkhand

Madhya Pradesh

Correct Answer : Haryana

Hockey Haryana's women's team won the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 Women’s Under 18 Qualifiers after defeating Madhya Pradesh 2-0 in the final at Bhubaneswar, 30 December 2022.

* In the final match, Pooja and Gurmail Kaur scored a goal each for Haryana to end the contest in their favour.

* Odisha stepped up to claim third place after beating Hockey Jharkhand 2-1 in the 3rd and 4th place encounter.

* Sanjna Horo scored for Jharkhand but Odisha came back with goals from Puja Sahoo and Sunelita Toppo to complete a thrilling comeback.

* Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand have qualified for the Khelo India Youth Games to be held in Madhya Pradesh 2023..

Source : AIR

Published On : January 1, 2023

2 .

Who won India's first-ever silver medal in FIDE World Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan?

Koneru Humpy

Hou Yifan

Tania Sachdev

Harika Dronavalli

Correct Answer : Koneru Humpy

Former world rapid champion Koneru Humpy has won India’s first-ever Silver medal in the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Humpy defeated China’s Zhongyi Tan to win Silver in the 17th and final round. Fourth seeded Humpy scored an impressive 12.5 points, just half a point behind the gold medal winner Bibisara Balabayeva of Kazakhastan.

Humpy is the second Indian to win a medal at World Blitz, after Viswanathan Anand.

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has congratulated Humpy for winning the Silver medal at the World Blitz Chess Championships. In a tweet, Mr. Thakur called this yet another feather in the grandmaster’s illustrious cap..

Source : AIR

Published On : January 1, 2023

3 .

Portugal Football team captain _____ has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a contract until 2025 with worth over USD 75 million per year.

Lionel Messi

Karim Benzema

Marcus Rashford

Cristiano Ronaldo

Correct Answer : Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal Football team captain Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on a contract until 2025 with worth over USD 75 million per year.

* Al Nassr have won the Saudi top-flight titles 9 times, last in 2019.

* This move inspires their league, nation, and future generations, boys, and girls to be the best version of themselves.

* Portugal captain was free after leaving Manchester United following a controversial interview in which he had criticized the club..

Source : India Today

Published On : January 1, 2023

4 .

Elon Musk-owned SpaceX has launched how many Starlink satellites to orbit atop its Falcon 9 launch vehicle on 28 December 2022?

Correct Answer : 54

SpaceX launched its 60th Falcon 9 rocket mission of 2022 before sunrise on Wednesday (28th Dec 2022).

* The Falcon 9 rocket produced a vibrant show when it launched 54 new Gen2 Starlink satellites into the predawn sky at 4:34 a.m. EST (0934 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The new Starlink satellites are the first upgraded versions of the SpaceX constellation fleet.

* This was the 11th flight for the Falcon 9 first stage that flew on (28th Dec 2022).

* According to SpaceX, the booster has launched several satellites, five previous Starlink missions and has flown two private astronaut crews to space.

Source : Space

Published On : December 31, 2022

5 .

Which company to complete the acquisition of Ford India's manufacturing plant at Sanand through its subsidiary on 10th January 2023?

Hyundai Motor

Tata Motors

Maruti Suzuki

Mahindra and Mahindra

Correct Answer : Tata Motors

The auto major on Friday (30th Dec 2022) said that the acquisition of Ford India's (FIPL) manufacturing plant at Sanand, through its subsidiary, Tata Passenger Electric Mobility (TPEML) will be completed on 10 January 2023.

On 7 August 2022, Tata Motors said that its subsidiary, TPEML and FIPL had executed a unit transfer agreement for the acquisition of FIPL's manufacturing plant situated at Sanand, Gujarat.

The agreement includes land and buildings, a vehicle manufacturing plant along with machinery and equipment and transfer of all eligible employees of FIPL's vehicle manufacturing operations at Sanand, for a total consideration, exclusive of taxes, of Rs 725.7 crore.

The auto maker stated, Pursuant to the fulfilment of the necessary condition precedents for the transaction, including receipt of relevant government approvals, the parties have decided to proceed towards completion of the transaction on 10th January 2023..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : December 31, 2022

6 .

India's April-November Fiscal Deficit Widens on-year to ____% of FY23.

52.3%

54.72%

58.9%

61.37%

Correct Answer : 58.9%

The Centre’s fiscal deficit for the April-November period of the current fiscal year (FY2023) came in at Rs 9.78 trillion, or 58.9 per cent of the Budget Estimate (BE) of Rs 16.6 trillion, compared with Rs 6.96 trillion or 46.2 per cent for the same period last year.

The fiscal deficit widened as a percentage of full-year target year-on-year due to lower tax and non-tax revenue and much higher capital expenditure outlay.

In fact, in November, the fiscal deficit widened by Rs 2.2 trillion, the highest ever in any month this financial year.

“In April-November FY23, the fiscal deficit widened considerably, with net tax revenues reporting moderate growth of 8 per cent, amidst an 11 per cent contraction in non-tax revenues, 11 per cent rise in revenue expenditure, and high 63 per cent expansion in capex,” said Aditi Nayar, chief economist with ICRA.

Net tax revenue for the April-November period was Rs 12.25 trillion or 63.3 per cent of the full-year target, compared with 73.5 per cent for the same period last year(2022).

Non-tax revenue came in at 73.5 per cent compared with 91.8 per cent for the same period last year, while non-debt capital receipts (primarily divestment proceeds) stood at 52.3 per cent compared with 11 per cent, primarily on the back of proceeds from LIC’s IPO earlier in the year..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : December 31, 2022

7 .

'Daksh' is the payments fraud reporting module maintained by which institution?

SBI

SEBI

RBI

NITI Aayog

Correct Answer : RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Monday that it is migrating the payments fraud reporting module to Daksh, RBI’s advanced supervisory management system, on January 1, 2023, to streamline reporting, enhance efficiency and automate the payments fraud management process.

“In addition to the existing bulk upload facility to report payment frauds, Daksh provides additional functionalities, viz. maker-checker facility, online screen-based reporting, option for requesting additional information, facility to issue alerts / advisories, generation of dashboards and reports, etc,” the RBI said in its circular to the top honchos of banks, non-bank payment system operators, and credit card-issuing NBFCs.

In its circular, RBI has laid down guidelines under which all authorised Payment System Operators (PSOs) and payment system participants in India are required to report all payment frauds, including attempted incidents, irrespective of value, either reported by their customers or detected by the entities themselves. This reporting was earlier facilitated through Electronic Data Submission Portal (EDSP) and is being moved to Daksh..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : December 30, 2022

8 .

Which cricketer has been shortlisted for the ICC Mains T20I cricketer of the year 2022?

Hardik Pandya

Suryakumar Yadav

Ishaan Kishan

Arshdeep Singh

Correct Answer : Suryakumar Yadav

Suryakumar Yadav of India has been nominated for Men's T20I Cricketer of 2022. Batters from three continents have been named to 2022 shortlist.

* Suryakumar Yadav had a fantastic 2022 in the shortest version of the game, becoming the second batter in the format to hit more than 1000 runs in a year.

* He finished the year as the leading run-scorer, with 1164 runs scored at a crazy strike rate of 187.43.

* Among women, Smriti Mandhana was shortlisted for two awards - ICC women's cricketer of the year and ICC T20I cricketer of the year 2022.

* Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Babar Azam (PAK), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Tim Southee (NZ), Ben Stokes (ENG)

* Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Amelia Kerr (NZ), Smriti Mandhana (IND), Beth Mooney (AUS), Nat Sciver (ENG)

* ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Usman Khawaja (AUS), Kagiso Rabada (SA), Ben Stokes (ENG)

* ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Babar Azam (PAK), Shai Hope (WI), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Adam Zampa (AUS)

* ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year: Alyssa Healy (AUS), Shabnim Ismail (SA), Amelia Kerr (NZ), Nat Sciver (ENG)

* ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: Sam Curran (ENG), Sikandar Raza (ZIM), Mohammad Rizwan (PAK), Suryakumar Yadav (IND)

* ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year: Nida Dar (PAK), Sophie Devine (NZ), Smriti Mandhana (IND), Tahlia McGrath (AUS)

* ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year: Finn Allen (NZ), Marco Jansen (SA), Arshdeep Singh (IND), Ibrahim Zadran (AFG)

* ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Yastika Bhatia (IND), Darcie Brown (AUS), Alice Capsey (ENG), Renuka Singh (IND)

Source : Hindustan Times

Published On : December 30, 2022

9 .

Who has secured his fourth title of 2022 World Rapid Championship, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan?

Alireza Firouzja

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Magnus Carlsen

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Correct Answer : Magnus Carlsen

GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway) has secured his fourth title of 2022 World Rapid Championship, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

* Vincent Keymer (Germany) has settled for silver and Fabiano Caruana (America) has secured bronze.

* While, Tan Zhongyi (China) has won gold in 2022 Women's World Rapid Champion.

* Indian chess player, B Savitha Shri has won bronze medal in women's event and became third Indian after Viswanathan Anand and Humpy to win a medal at the world rapid championship..

Source : Chess24

Published On : December 30, 2022

10 .

Indian Air Force successfully test-fired BrahMos missile with a range of how many km from a Sukhoi (SU-30 MKI) fighter jet on 29th Dec 2022?

370 km Range

400 km Range

450 km Range

500 km Range

Correct Answer : 400 km Range

The Indian Air Force 29th Dec 2022 successfully tested the extended range version of the BrahMos Air Launched missile against a ship target from Su-30 MKI fighter jet.

* The extended range of the BrahMos missile is believed to have the ability to take out targets in sea 400 km away

* The supersonic cruise missile "achieved the desired mission objectives in the Bay of Bengal region and with the successful test, the Indian Air Force achieved a capability boost to carry out precision strikes from Su-30 fighter aircraft against land/ sea targets over long ranges," the defence ministry said in a statement.

* "The extended range capability of the missile coupled with the high performance of the SU-30MKI aircraft gives the Indian Air Force a strategic reach and allows it to dominate the future battle fields," the statement added.

* The successful test firing was a joint effort by the Air Force, Indian Navy, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), and the BrahMos Aerospace (BAPL).

* In May 2022, the extended-range version of the supersonic missile was successfully tested from the Sukhoi fighter. The extended range was reported to have increased to 350 km from 290 km.

* The successful test conducted in May was the first instance in which the missile was test fired from the Su-30MKI fighter jet..

Source : NDTV

Published On : December 30, 2022