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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)
Judy Balan
B)
Meghna Pant
C)
Avalok Langer
D)
Faisal Farooqui

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Faisal Farooqui


A new book on the legendary actor of Indian cinema, Yusuf Khan, better known as Dilip Kumar, has been released by author Faisal Farooqui. The book is titled “In the Shadow of a Legend: Dilip Kumar”. 
 
Farooqui, who is the founder and CEO of Mouthshut.com, one of India's leading review and rating platforms, restricts himself to describing the Dilip Kumar he knew off the screen. It is a perfect gift to fans of Dilip Sahab, as he fondly refers to the grand actor.
 
The essence of the book : In the book, Dilip Kumar: In the Shadow of a Legend, the author paints an intimate portrait of the actor, throwing light on some little-known anecdotes from his illustrious life. The book brings to us the real Dilip Kumar, away from the large screen that made him such an endearing figure for his fans. Dilip Kumar was much more than the actor that we have revered all these years.
 
The book celebrates Dilip Kumar’s amazing versatility as an actor. The alcoholic Devdas, the lover who always seems to lose his lady, the Salim who defies Akbar, the heartwarming character from Ram aur Shyam, the dacoit from Ganga Jamuna, Dilip Kumar kept the audience in a trance. He was a rare actor who could carry the movie on his shoulders. He was a natural actor, who played every role so convincingly. He actually lived the role..

Source : The Hindu Businessline

Published On : July 26, 2022
A)
A Category
B)
A+ Category
C)
A++ Category
D)
AA+ Category

Correct Answer : Option (B) - A+ Category


ICC Elite Panel member Nitin Menon is among 10 officials grouped in the newly introduced A+ category of BCCI umpires.
 
The others in the A+ category include four international umpires -- Anil Chaudhary, Madangopal Jayaraman, Virender Kumar Sharma and K N Ananthapadmabhanan.
 
Rohan Pandit, Nikhil Patwardhan, Sadashiv Iyer, Ulhas Gandhe and Navdeep Singh Sidhu are also part of the A+ category.
 
Twenty umpires including C Shamshuddin form the A group, 60 are in Group B, 46 in Group C and 11 in Group D which falls in the 60-65 age bracket.
 
The complete list was tabled at the Apex Council meeting on Thursday(21st July 2022) following the work done by former international umpires K Hariharan, Sudhir Asnani and Amiesh Saheba, and members of BCCI umpires' sub-committee.
 
Umpires in A+ and A category are paid Rs 40,000 a day for a first-class game while Rs 30,000 a day are paid in the B and C category..

Source : New Indian Express

Published On : July 26, 2022
A)
Sepp Kuss
B)
Tadej Pogačar
C)
Magnus Cort
D)
Jonas Vingegaard

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Jonas Vingegaard


Danish cyclist "Jonas Vingegaard" won his first Tour de France title 2022 in Paris on the famed Champs-Élysées Sunday(24th July 2022).
 
Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) has defeated two-time defending champion, Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia by three minutes and 34 seconds to win his first Tour de France title.
 
Last year, Vingegaard has finished second after Pogacar.
 
The Tour de France is a prestigious multistage bike race, held annually in France.
 
The Tour de France is a prestigious multistage bike race that takes place annually in France and sometimes the surrounding countries. The race, also known as Le Tour or La Grande Boucle, includes 21 stages and covers 3,328 kilometers in 2022..

Source : CNN

Published On : July 25, 2022
A)
HDFC Bank
B)
Axis Bank
C)
YES Bank
D)
ICICI Bank

Correct Answer : Option (C) - YES Bank


Private sector lender YES Bank on Saturday(23rd July 2022) announced the appointment of Rama Subramaniam Gandhi as an additional independent director of the bank for a period of five years.
 
“We are pleased to inform that the Board of Directors of the Bank at their meeting held  July 23, 2022 has approved the appointment of Rama Subramaniam Gandhi as an Additional Independent Director of the Bank for a period of five years effective from July 23, 2022, subject to the approval of shareholders,” YES Bank said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges.
 
“Further, please note that R Gandhi is not related to any other Directors or Key Managerial Personnel of the Bank and he is not debarred from holding the office of a director, by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority/regulator,” it said.
 
Gandhi is currently a financial sector policy expert and adviser. Currently, he advises banks, finance companies, fintech entities, payment system entities, investors and funds on subjects ranging from financial regulations and Indian economy..

Source : The Print

Published On : July 25, 2022
A)
Vedanta Limited
B)
Hindalco Industries
C)
Hindustan Zinc
D)
Steel Authority of India

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Hindalco Industries


Aditya Birla Group's metals flagship Hindalco Industries and Aequs have entered into a strategic pact for long-term collaboration and joint business development in the commercial aerospace sector.
 
The move will strengthen the commercial aerospace business of Aequs Pvt Ltd.
 
"Aequs has executed strategic partnership agreement for supply of raw materials including, billets and extrusions by Hindalco Industries Ltd (Hindalco) through its manufacturing units and/or its subsidiary, Hindalco Almex Aerospace Ltd (HAAL) to be ultimately consumed by commercial aerospace OEMs," Hindalco said in a filing to BSE.
 
OEMs refer to original equipment manufacturers.
 
Given the size of Hindalco, the quantity of raw materials to be supplied to Aequs under the pact is "miniscule", it said..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : July 25, 2022
A)
China
B)
Russia
C)
United States
D)
India

Correct Answer : Option (D) - India


India’s foreign exchange reserves dropped $7.5 billion to $572.7 billion during the week ended 15th July 2022, the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed. The reserves are now at 20-month low, lowest since November 6, 2020, when they were at $568 billion.
 
The decline in foreign exchange reserves during the week is mainly due to foreign currency assets that were down $6.5 billion, the data showed.
 
Reserves have fallen about $60 billion in 2022, which was mainly due to aggressive intervention by the central bank to curb the sharp volatility in the foreign exchange market. The rupee has come under pressure since the war broke out in Europe in late February. The Indian unit has depreciated around 7 per cent against the dollar in 2022..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : July 25, 2022
A)
Jos Buttler
B)
Rohit Sharma
C)
Shai Hope
D)
Nicholas Pooran

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Shai Hope


West Indies batsman Shai Hope became the tenth batsman to score a century in his 100th ODI on July 24, 2022. He achieved the feat during the second ODI against India at Queens’ Park Oval at Port of Spain. He is the fourth West Indies batter to do so. 
 
He scored 115 runs off 135 balls after he was dismissed by Shardul Thakur. The other nine cricketers who have achieved the feat include Chris Cairns, Gordon Greenidge, Mohammad Yousuf, Chris Gayle, Kumar Sangakkara, David Warner, Marcus Trescothick, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shikhar Dhawan..

Source : Theprint

Published On : July 25, 2022
A)
Sergio Pérez
B)
George Russell
C)
Charles Leclerc
D)
Max Verstappen

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Max Verstappen


Max Verstappen won the 2022 French Grand Prix on Sunday(24th July 2022) after Charles Leclerc crashed out while leading, a mistake that dropped the Ferrari driver 63 points behind the defending Formula One champion.
 
Verstappen’s seventh win through 12 races this season upped his career total to 27 victories, all with Red Bull.
 
“I think we had really good pace from the start,” he said. “But it was unlucky for Charles. I just did my race.”
 
Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton finished second in his 300th Grand Prix — his fourth consecutive podium and highest finish in what’s so far been a winless season — while teammate George Russell passed Sergio Perez of Red Bull following a late restart to give Mercedes its first double podium of the year.
 
“That’s an incredible result for the team, great job George,” said Hamilton, who estimated sweating out “about three kilos” as track temperatures hit 51 degrees Celsius (124 Fahrenheit) at the Paul Ricard Circuit in southeastern France..

Source : Sportstar

Published On : July 25, 2022
A)
China
B)
Japan
C)
Russia
D)
South Korea

Correct Answer : Option (A) - China


China on Sunday(24th July 2022) launched the second of three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year’s end.
 
A live feed on state broadcaster CCTV showed the 23-tonne Wentian (“Quest for the Heavens”) laboratory module launching on the back of China’s most powerful rocket, the Long March 5B, at 2:22 p.m. (0622 GMT) from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan.
 
Space agency staff, seen on the live feed observing the progress of the launch from a control room, cheered and applauded when the Wentian separated from the rocket about 10 minutes after the launch.
 
China began constructing the space station in April 2021 with the launch of the Tianhe module, the main living quarters, in the first of 11 crewed and uncrewed missions in the undertaking.
 
The Wentian lab module, 17.9 metres (59 feet) long, will be where astronauts can carry out scientific experiments, along with the other lab module yet to be launched – Mengtian (“Dreaming of the Heavens”)..

Source : Indian Express

Published On : July 25, 2022
A)
France and India
B)
UAE and India
C)
Japan and India
D)
Russia and India

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Japan and India


 A Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) was conducted between Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and Indian Navy on 23 Jul 2022 in Andaman Sea. INS Sukanya, an offshore patrol vessel and JS Samidare, a Murasame class destroyer, undertook various exercises including seamanship activities, aircraft operations and tactical manoeuvres as part of the operational interaction.

The two countries have been carrying out regular exercises in IOR towards reinforcing maritime association. The exercise were aimed at enhancing interoperability and streamlining seamanship and communication procedures. This exercise is part of the ongoing efforts between the two navies towards ensuring safe and secure international shipping and trade in Indian Ocean Region..

Source : PIB

Published On : July 25, 2022