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 .

How many medals are won by the Indian wrestling team at U-20 World Championships 2022?

16 Medals

13 Medals

11 Medals

9 Medals

Correct Answer : 16 Medals

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday(22nd Aug 2022) congratulated Indian wrestlers who won medals at the U20 Junior World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

This campaign in Sofia, Bulgaria is India’s most successful tournament in history as they ended with 1 gold, 4 silver and 11 bronze medals. While Antim Panghal became the first woman grappler to win a gold medal in the Junior World Wrestling Championship.

“Our wrestlers make us proud again! Congratulations to our team on winning 16 medals (7 each in Men’s and Women’s freestyle and 2 in Greco-Roman) at the U20 World Championships. This is India’s best-ever performance. It also shows the future of Indian wrestling is in safe hands!” PM Modi tweeted..

Source : The Print

Published On : August 23, 2022

2 .

India's First Observatory To Monitor Space Activity To Set Up In which state?

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Correct Answer : Uttarakhand

India’s first commercial space situational awareness observatory, to track objects as small as 10 cm in size orbiting the earth, will be set up in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand by Digantara, a space sector start-up.

The space situational awareness (SSA) observatory will help India track any activity in space including that of space debris and military satellites hovering over the region.

Currently, the United States is a dominant player in monitoring space debris with observatories in multiple locations and commercial companies providing additional inputs from across the world.

“The observatory in Uttarakhand will fill the crucial gap in SSA observations in the region as there is a lack of such facilities between Australia and southern Africa,” Anirudh Sharma, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Digantara.

The high-quality observations, along with those of its partner ground-based sensor network, would help improve its ability to monitor events occurring in deep space, especially in the geostationary, medium-Earth, and high-Earth orbits..

Source : The Print

Published On : August 23, 2022

3 .

Who has defeated world champion, Magnus Carlsen, in the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami?

Viswanathan Anand

R Praggnanandhaa

Vidit Gujrathi

Ding Liren

Correct Answer : R Praggnanandhaa

R Praggnanandhaa, Indian chess master, defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in the last round of the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, an international chess championship, on Monday(22nd Aug 2022) morning. Despite the win, the 17-year-old chess player bagged the second position in the championship since Carlsen had a higher score based on previous games. Praggnanandhaa defeated Carlsen in the blitz tiebreak after the score was tied 2-2 at the end of the regulation game..

Source : Business Today

Published On : August 23, 2022

4 .

Which countries have started began their largest joint military drills, 'Ulchi Freedom Shield', and scheduled to end on 1st September 2022?

South Korea and United States

Japan and North Korea

Russia and United Kingdom

France and Australia

Correct Answer : South Korea and United States

South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in 22nd August 2022 with a resumption of field training. According media reports, the annual summertime exercises, renamed 'Ulchi Freedom Shield' this year and scheduled to end on 1st of September 2022.

Deep in a military bunker outside Seoul, two Air Force Colonels sit shoulder-to-shoulder. This week, for the first time in four years, the two militaries will run field exercises, to practise how they would respond to a North Korean attack.

South Korea also launched the four-day Ulchi civil defence drills separately 22nd Aug 2022, designed to boost government readiness, for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic emerged. The military and civil exercises are aimed at improving the country's preparedness to match the changing patterns of war, with evolving cyber threats against key facilities such as chip factories and supply chains..

Source : AIR

Published On : August 22, 2022

5 .

NASA Reveals how many Candidate Locations To Land Astronauts On The Moon During Artemis III?

5 locations

8 locations

10 locations

13 locations

Correct Answer : 13 locations

NASA, on 19th August 2022, announced that it has identified 13 locations on the Moon where astronauts would land during the Artemis III mission later this decade. Each of these locations contains multiple landing sites and all of them are near the lunar south pole.

According to the agency, each region is approximately 9.3 by 9.3 miles (15 by 15 kilometers) and the landing sites within those regions have an approximate radius of 328 feet (100 meters).

The identified candidate regions for landing of astronauts are :

* Faustini Rim A

* Peak Near Shackleton

* Connecting Ridge

* Connecting Ridge Extension

* de Gerlache Rim 1

* de Gerlache Rim 2

* de Gerlache-Kocher Massif

* Haworth

* Malapert Massif

* Leibnitz Beta Plateau

* Nobile Rim 1

* Nobile Rim 2

* Amundsen Rim

Source : Republic World

Published On : August 22, 2022

6 .

The Indian Railways conducted a test run of its latest train called as_________.

SheshNaag

Super Anaconda

Himsagar Express

Super Vasuki

Correct Answer : Super Vasuki

The Railways conducted a test run of the 3.5-km-long freight train, "Super Vasuki", with 295 loaded wagons carrying over 27,000 tonnes of coal between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajnandgao in Nagpur on August 15, as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations.

The train run by the South East Central Railway(SECR) left Korba at 13:50 and took 11.20 hours to cover the distance of 267 km.

This is the longest and heaviest freight train ever run by the Railways, the national transporter said, adding the train takes about four minutes to cross a station.

The amount of coal carried by Super Vasuki is enough to fire 3000 MW of power plant for one full day, officials said. This is three times the capacity of existing railway rakes (90 cars with 100 tonnes in each) which carries about 9,000 tonnes of coal in one journey.

The train was formed by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit.

The Railways plans to use this arrangement (longer freight trains) more frequently, especially to transport coal in peak demand season to prevent fuel shortages of power stations, the officials said.

Earlier this year, coal shortages had pushed the country into a severe power crisis..

Source : Business Standard

Published On : August 22, 2022

7 .

Who is inaugurates national seminar "Introspection: Armed Forces Tribunal"?

Amit Shah

Rajnath Singh

Narendra Modi

Anurag Thakur

Correct Answer : Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate a National Seminar on ‘Introspection: Armed Forces Tribunal’ being organised by the Armed Forces Tribunal (Principal Bench) Bar Association in New Delhi on Saturday(20th August 2022). It is being conducted as a part of Raising Day celebrations of the Armed Forces Tribunal.

The seminar is being organized to examine the functioning of the Armed Forces Tribunal, established to ensure the speedy and inexpensive justice to Ex-Servicemen, their families and War-Widows, besides the serving personnel of Armed Forces.

The objective of the seminar is to analyse its working, suggest remedies for any shortcomings. It also aims at resolving the problems and difficulties faced by the litigants in course of availing speedy justice.

The Defence Minister will be the Chief Guest, while Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju will be the Guest of Honour. Senior functionaries and officials of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Law and Justice and Judiciary are expected to participate in the seminar..

Source : AIR

Published On : August 22, 2022

8 .

Which Army Set to Possess Quantum Communication Technology?

Japan Army

UAE Army

Indian Army

North Korea Army

Correct Answer : Indian Army

The Indian Army is set to possess advanced quantum communication technology, thereby joining an elite list of nations with indigenous quantum tech. The new technology will equip troops with a high-end secured defence system.

The technology, developed by QNu Labs, a Bengaluru-based deep tech start-up, will help in modern-day war fare as the communication channel created using the Quantum Key Distribution (QDK) system is non-hackable, according to the defence ministry.

"A QKD system allows the creation of a quantum-secure secret pair of symmetric keys between two end points, separated by a certain distance [in this case, over 150 km in a terrestrial optical fibre infrastructure. The QKD helps create a non-hackable quantum channel for creating un-hackable encryption keys, which are used to encrypt critical data/voice/video, across the end points," the ministry said in a statement..

Source : India Today

Published On : August 22, 2022

9 .

Biennial Warfare Exercise Pitch Black is hosted by which country?

China

North Korea

United States

Australia

Correct Answer : Australia

An Indian Air Force contingent has reached Australia for participating in Exercise Pitch Black 2022 scheduled to be held from 19 Aug 22 to 08 Sep 22 in Darwin. This is a biennial, multi-national exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

It will focus on Large Force Employment warfare. The last edition was conducted in 2018. The 2020 edition of the exercise was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year's exercise will see the participation of over 100 aircraft and 2500 military personnel from various air forces.

The IAF contingent, led by Group Captain YPS Negi, comprises over 100 air warriors, deployed with four Su-30 MKI fighter and two C-17 aircraft. They will undertake multi-domain air combat missions in a complex environment and will exchange best practices with the participating air forces..

Source : PIB

Published On : August 22, 2022

10 .

Who has inaugurated Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR), a first of its kind firing range for all primary and secondary weapons in the Navy, on the premises of INS Kalinga near Bheemili, Andhra Pradesh?

Ajendra Bahadur Singh

Madhvendra Singh

Biswajit Dasgupta

Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman

Correct Answer : Biswajit Dasgupta

A first of its kind, Composite Indoor Shooting Range (CISR) was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command at INS Karna, on the premises of INS Kalinga near Bheemili, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday(18th Aug 2022).

The CISR is a state of the art, self-contained, 25 m, six lane, live firing range for all primary and secondary weapons in the Navy. With advanced target systems with associated control software, this range would enable personnel to hone their firing skills, enabling them to challenge and take on adversaries in demanding scenarios.

The range has been set up to contemporary international standards by an Indian firm and is a shining example of Atma Nirbhar Bharat in the year of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. The entire facility was set up in a record time of 120 days from the award of contract to the firm.

INS Karna is the first in the Navy and perhaps the only military unit in the country to set up and use CISR presently. The facility would significantly enhance the operational capability of the Naval personnel of ENC enabling them to better undertake the wide gamut of tasks that they are mandated to perform over the entire area of responsibility by allowing uninterrupted training in controlled conditions for a wide variety of weapons and simulated situations..

Source : Times of India

Published On : August 21, 2022