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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 Indian women cricketer announced his retirement from all forms on 24 July 2022?
A)
Karuna Jain
B)
Mithali Raj
C)
Reema Malhotra
D)
Veda Krishnamurthy

Correct Answer :   Karuna Jain

Former India women's team wicketkeeper "Karuna Jain" on Sunday(24th July 2022) announced her retirement from all forms of the game.
 
"With a lot of happy and satisfied feelings, I'm able to make this announcement of my retirement from all forms of cricket and looking forward to contribute back to the game," the 36-year-old Karuna said in a statement.
 
The Bengaluru-born Karuna represented India, Karnataka, Pondicherry and South Zone during her career.
 
She played five Test matches in which she made 195 runs with 40 as her highest score since making her debut against England at Delhi in November 2005. She last played a Test for India against England at Wormsley in August 2014.
 
Karuna also played 44 ODIs and scored 987 runs with a solitary hundred and nine fifties and 103 as her highest score. She made her ODI debut in 2004 against the West Indies and played her last 50-over game in 2014 against England..

Source : Times of India

Published On : July 26, 2022
2 .
Who among the following athletes has pulled out of Commonwealth Games 2022 due to injury?
A)
PV Sindhu
B)
Mirabai Chanu
C)
Neeraj Chopra
D)
Kidambi Srikanth

Correct Answer :   Neeraj Chopra

Olympic gold medalist and star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has pulled out of Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham due to an injury, which he sustained during the finals of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. The news comes as a major blow to India's medal chances in the javelin throw. Chopra recently won India's first-ever silver medal at the World Athletics Championships. 

Published On : July 26, 2022
3 .
Who is the new no.1 ranked T20I batter in ICC Women's Player Rankings on 26th July 2022?
A)
Meg Lanning
B)
Sophie Devine
C)
Smriti Mandhana
D)
Alyssa Healy

Correct Answer :   Meg Lanning

The reign of Beth Mooney as the No.1 ranked T20I batter in the world is over, with teammate and Australia captain "Meg Lanning" claiming top billing on the latest MRF Tyres ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings.
 
The ICC released the latest set of Women's rankings on Tuesday(26th July 2022) and Lanning was the eye-catching mover as she jumped one place to usurp Mooney at the top of the T20I list on the back of her stellar tri-series against Pakistan and Ireland.
 
Although some poor weather in Ireland put a dampener on much of the series, Lanning showed her class to finish as the leading run scorer with 113 runs from two innings for her country.
 
Her best effort came against the Irish in Bready when she scored a quickfire 74 from just 49 deliveries to help Australia post a hefty total of 182/4 in yet another easy victory.
 
In that same match Mooney managed just nine and that proved pivotal in the rankings re-shuffle, with Lanning jumping a total of 10 rating points to catapult herself in front of her left-handed teammate.

ICC World Ranking

Source : ICC

Published On : July 26, 2022
4 .
Who is author by a book titled "Dilip Kumar: In the Shadow of a Legend"?
A)
Judy Balan
B)
Meghna Pant
C)
Avalok Langer
D)
Faisal Farooqui

Correct Answer :   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
5 .
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has introduced which new category for its umpires and Nitin Menon from 21st July 2022?
A)
A Category
B)
A+ Category
C)
A++ Category
D)
AA+ Category

Correct Answer :   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
6 .
Who won the 2022 Tour de France on 24th July 2022?
A)
Sepp Kuss
B)
Tadej Pogačar
C)
Magnus Cort
D)
Jonas Vingegaard

Correct Answer :   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
7 .
Which Bank has appointed Rama Subramaniam Gandhi as an additional independent director of the bank for a period of five years, effective from July 23, 2022?
A)
HDFC Bank
B)
Axis Bank
C)
YES Bank
D)
ICICI Bank

Correct Answer :   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
8 .
Which company has signed a strategic agreement with 'Aequs' for long-term cooperation and joint business development in the aerospace sector?
A)
Vedanta Limited
B)
Hindalco Industries
C)
Hindustan Zinc
D)
Steel Authority of India

Correct Answer :   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
9 .
Which country Forex reserves decreased to USD 572.7 billion from USD 7.5 billion?
A)
China
B)
Russia
C)
United States
D)
India

Correct Answer :   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
10 .
Who has become the tenth player to hit a century in the 100th ODI match?
A)
Jos Buttler
B)
Rohit Sharma
C)
Shai Hope
D)
Nicholas Pooran

Correct Answer :   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