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 Bank has been relaunched Suraksha Fixed Deposit (FD) as a festive treat for customers?

Axis Bank

DCB Bank

Bandhan Bank

IDBI Bank

Correct Answer : DCB Bank

The Suraksha Fixed Deposit (FD) from DCB Bank, a private sector lender, has been relaunched. This FD offers higher interest rates and free insurance as well as other benefits.

This festive season, DCB Bank reintroduced this special type of FD that has a tenure of 3 years and offers an excellent mix of savings and safety for depositors as well as their dependents or loved ones.

Another attractive option is a regular Fixed Deposit without Suraksha insurance. For fixed deposits of 700 days or three years, the bank provides an attractive 7.10% annual interest rate, which yields 7.49% pa or 7.84% p.a, respectively.

Elderly individuals earn 7.60% annually over the same time period, and the yields are 8.05% and 8.45% annually, respectively. For a fixed deposit with a longer period of five years, the annualised return is 7% per year, for which the annualised yield is 8.43% p.a. Elderly individuals earn 7.50% annually, which represents an annualised yield of 9.14%.

DCB Bank Suraksha Fixed Deposit (FD) : Two distinguishing characteristics of DCB Suraksha make it a wise and "surakshit" investment. In addition, it gives free life insurance coverage up to Rs. 10 lakh if the value of the Suraksha FD is more than Rs. 10 lakh. Furthermore, it offers a high interest rate of 7.10% p.a. on a three-year deposit. The insurance premium is not payable by the DCB Suraksha FD customer. Additionally, there is no need for a medical evaluation in order to benefit from life insurance coverage..

Source : Mint

Published On : October 16, 2022

2 .

Who written by a book titled 'The Philosophy of Modern Song', is set to release on November 8, 2022?

Jakob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Neil Young

Eric Clapton

Correct Answer : Bob Dylan

A book titled 'The Philosophy of Modern Song', written by Bob Dylan, is set to release on November 8, 2022.

The book will be published by Simon and Schuster.

This book is a collection of essays, is his first book of new writing since 2004, when he released 'Chronicles, Volume One.'

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition..

Source : Economic Times

Published On : October 16, 2022

3 .

Who released the book 'Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha's Lessons in Governance' on 12th Oct 2022?

Naveen Patnaik

Droupadi Murmu

Nitish Kumar

Eknath Shinde

Correct Answer : Naveen Patnaik

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday(12th Oct 2022) released a book titled ‘Pandemic Disruptions and Odisha’s Lessons in Governance’ penned by Rajya Sabha MP Amar Patnaik.

The book is a culmination of the various essays on pertinent contemporary issues that emerged in India during the pandemic years of 2020-21 and 2021-2022. Since the pandemic struck the world, many fissures emerged which needed to be analysed to understand where India stood in the world, said a press release issued by the chief minister's office.

The book highlights the achievements of states, such as Odisha, which stood out by adopting the 5-T framework of governance, which forms the overarching policy approach in what has now gained prominence as the Odisha model of growth and development.

The 5-T framework of the Odisha government refers to team work, technology, transparency, transformation and time limit--the five factors on which performance of government officials and projects are judged..

Source : India Today

Published On : October 16, 2022

4 .

India's nuclear-powered submarine________has carried out a successful launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the Bay of Bengal (14th Oct 2022).

INS Arihant

INS Viraat

INS Vishal

INS Vikramaditya

Correct Answer : INS Arihant

India's nuclear-powered submarine "INS Arihant carried out a successful launch of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) on October 14, 2022. The missile was tested to a predetermined range and impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal with very high accuracy," the ministry said in a statement.

It said all operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated, seen as a major milestone to further boost India's strategic strike capabilities.

It said "all operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated".

India's nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) programme is a closely guarded project. INS Arihant was the first boat under the SSBN project that was reportedly followed by another boat, INS Arighat.

INS Arihant :

* It is a 6,000-tonne submarine.

* It is a lead ship of India's Arihant class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.

* It is India's first indigenous nuclear submarine that has been inducted in the Indian Navy.

Source : Business Standard

Published On : October 16, 2022

5 .

India's forex reserves increased from 204 million to how many billion for the week ended 7 October 2022?

USD 502.868

USD 512.868

USD 522.868

USD 532.868

Correct Answer : USD 532.868

India's forex reserves rose by 204 million to 532.868 billion US dollar for the week ended 7th October 2022 on an increase in the value of gold holdings.

Reserve Bank said that in the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had dropped by 4.854 billion to 532.664 billion US dollars.

The reserves had been falling for many weeks now as the central bank deploys the kitty to defend the rupee amid pressures caused majorly by global developments.

In October 2021, country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of 645 billion US dollars..

Source : AIR

Published On : October 16, 2022

6 .

Sports Journalists Federation of India Medal (SJFI Medal) 2019 was awarded to which badminton legend?

Prakash Padukone

Srikanth Kidambi

Pullela Gopichand

B. Sai Praneeth

Correct Answer : Prakash Padukone

Badminton legend Prakash Padukone was awarded the Sports Journalists’ Federation of India (SJFI) medal for 2019 at a warm ceremony at the Karnataka State Cricket Association here on Friday(14th Oct 2022).

* The medal was instituted in 2018, with Vijay Amritraj the first winner.

* The award function for 2019 was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

* In his remarks, Prakash Padukone discussed how badminton rose to become the “second most popular sport” in India.

* Cricket legend G.R. Viswanath was among those in attendance to honour the 1980 All England winner.

* Like Prakash Padukone, the legendary batter avoids the media, the camera, and public speaking. But he physically took the microphone to lead the praises because Padukone is ageless in this day of fleeting stardom.

* The attendees included former Indian batting champion V.V.S. Laxman, hockey stars Dhanraj Pillay and Arjun Halappa, international table tennis player Vasanth Bharadwaj, and badminton player Trupti Murgunde.

* The SJFI’s president, A. Vinod, greeted everyone..

Source : The Hindu

Published On : October 16, 2022

7 .

Who won the gold medal in men's 10m air rifle event at ISSF World Championship 2022 in Cairo, Egypt?

Ravi Kumar

Zhu Qinan

Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil

Danilo Dennis Sollazzo

Correct Answer : Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil

* Indian shooter, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil won the gold medal in men's 10m air rifle event at ISSF World Championship held in Cairo, Egypt.

* He defeated Danilo Dennis Sollazzo from Italy by 17-15.

* This win helped him to secure 2024 Paris Olympics quota for the country.

* He is only the second Indian to achieve this feat, after Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra, who had won the gold in 2006 in Zagreb, Croatia..

Source : AIR

Published On : October 16, 2022

8 .

Which women's team has clinched the Women's Asia Cup 2022 title?

India

Pakistan

Australia

Sri Lanka

Correct Answer : India

The Indian women's team won the Asia Cup 2022 defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final. Opener Smriti Mandhana struck a brilliant 25 ball-51 not out as India clinched the T20 Women’s Asia Cup, routing Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final on Saturday(15th Oct 2022).

Sri Lanka’s decision to bat first backfired as it put up 65-9 with just two batters reaching double digits.

No. 10 batter Inoka Ranaweera scored highest with 18 and Oshadi Ranasinghe added 13.

Mandhana’s aggressive batting made the target easier as she confirmed the victory with a six over long-on to help India reach 71-2 in just 8.3 overs.

She hit six fours and three sixes in her knock to help India clinch its seventh Asia Cup title.

Pacer Renuka Sing claimed 3-5 earlier to set the tone early. Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad and offspinner Sneh Rana took two wickets each.

“We read the wicket well and positions fielders accordingly," India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said. "We should credit our bowlers. Our fielding unit was good from ball one and we discussed that we should not give away easy runs.".

Source : Mint

Published On : October 15, 2022

9 .

India has defeated which country to win Bronze in the ongoing ISSF World Championship 2022?

China

Germany

Egypt

Indonesia

Correct Answer : Germany

India began their ISSF World Championship 2022 campaign with Bronze Medal in the women’s 25m pistol team junior competition in Cairo, Egypt.

The trio of Esha Singh, Vibhuti Bhatia, and Naamya Kapoor demolished team Germany 17-1 in the Bronze Medal match to get India on the medal tally on day 1 of the competition.

Published On : October 14, 2022

10 .

Which company has announced(12th Oct 2022) an empanelment by the MeitY, which allows it to apply cloud technology to solve complex problems for government organizations?

Amazon Cloud

Alibaba Cloud

Google Cloud

Microsoft Azure

Correct Answer : Google Cloud

Google Cloud has announced(12th Oct 2022) its empanelment by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), allowing it to apply cloud technology to solve complex problems for government organizations.

With the empanelment, referred to as the MeitY accreditation, Google is now positioned to fully partner with India’s public sector organisations to become an active participant in India’s digital transformation initiatives, especially Project Meghraj.

That aims at making a multi-level, national cloud-sharing foundation giving affordable, secure, and safe data storage for everyone.

In other words, this empanelment enables the Indian public sector, including government agencies at the centre and state levels, and public sector units (PSUs) in sectors such as power, banking financial services and insurance (BFSI), transportation, oil and gas, public finance, and others, to deploy Google Cloud.

Last year, Google Cloud announced the Delhi NCR Cloud Region in India, to support customers and the public sector in India and across Asia Pacific. The cloud regions in India will provide cutting-edge tools and technology that will serve as a catalyst for this transition.

Google’s rivals such as Microsoft, IBM, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle, among others, have already received approval from MeitY to procure and initiate digital transformation projects..

Source : Mint

Published On : October 14, 2022