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 nation plans to launch world's first search for habitable planets through space telescope?

USA

India

China

Russia

Correct Answer : China

Chinese scientists have proposed a project named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system through a space telescope.

This is will be the world's first space mission specially designed to search for habitable planets in the universe.

Source : Republic World

Published On : May 20, 2022

2 .

Which Indian state has reported the first case of BA.4 Omicron Variant?

Kerala

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Telangana

Correct Answer : Telangana

The very first confirmed case of the BA.4 Omicron variant in India has been reported from Hyderabad, Telangana, as per the recent data available with the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG). The group of genetic laboratories are currently working to identify new variants of SARS-CoV-2 from Indian Covid-19 positive patients. This is first the first time that the BA.4 variant of Omicron has been reported in India.

It is important to note that the BA.4 Omicron variant was identified by geneticists from the sample of a Covid positive individual in Hyderabad, which was collected on May 9th, 2022. Since January, both the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron have been associated with the fifth Covid wave in South Africa, a fresh wave of infections in the US and Europe.

New omicron sublineages, discovered by South African scientists this month, are likely able to evade vaccines and natural immunity from prior infections, the head of gene sequencing units that produced a study on the strains said.

As per reports, the BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages appear to be more infectious than the earlier BA.2 lineage, which itself was more infectious than the original omicron variant, said Tulio de Oliveira, the head of the institutes at the universities of KwaZulu-Natal and Stellenbosch, as per Bloomberg report..

Source : Mint

Published On : May 20, 2022

3 .

Which Indian boxer won gold in the 52 kg category at the Women's World Boxing Championship 2022?

Jamuna Boro

Pwilao Basumatary

Lovlina Borgohain

Nikhat Zareen

Correct Answer : Nikhat Zareen

Indian boxer "Nikhat Zareen" won the gold medal in the 52kg category at the Women's World Boxing Championship 2022. She beat Thailand's Jitpong Jutamas in the fly-weight final in Istanbul, Turkey on May 19, 2022.

Nikhat has become the only fifth Indian women's boxer after Mary Kom, Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha KC to win a gold at the World Championships.

Source : Sports Star

Published On : May 20, 2022

4 .

Who is going to publish a new novel titled 'A Place Called Home' based on a story about a coffee estate in Sakleshpur, Karnataka?

Nikita Singh

Preeti Shenoy

Anuja Chauhan

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Correct Answer : Preeti Shenoy

Bestselling author Preeti Shenoy is set to publish a new novel titled “A Place Called Home”, a story set in a coffee estate in Sakleshpur, Karnataka with a strong female protagonist at its core. The new novel is about secrets, family, and finding yourself. The book published by HarperCollins Publishers India is set to be released in June 2022.

Preeti Shenoy has authored around 15 novels which include, The Magic Mindset, When Love Came Calling, Wake Up Life is Calling, Life is What You Make it, The Rule Breakers, and A Hundred Little Flames. Her works have also been translated into many Indian languages and also into Turkish.

Source : PR News Wire

Published On : May 19, 2022

5 .

Who won the Colby award for 'The Hardest Place' in May 2022?

Malalai Joya

Wesley Morgan

Wasef Bakhtari

Khaled Hosseini

Correct Answer : Wesley Morgan

Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year’s winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing. He was cited for his book The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley.

The Colby award, a $5,000 prize named for the former ambassador and CIA director, is given for “a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations or international affairs.”..

Source : Indian Express

Published On : May 19, 2022

6 .

Which Navy successfully test-fires naval anti-ship missile in 18th May 2022?

United States Navy

Russian Navy

Indian Navy

Pakistan Navy

Correct Answer : Indian Navy

The Indian Navy on Wednesday(18th May 2022) successfully carried out the maiden test firing of the first indigenously developed naval anti-ship missile from a Seaking helicopter, officials said.

The test was conducted at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha's Balasore.

"This firing is a significant step towards achieving self-reliance in niche missile technology and reaffirms the Indian Navy's commitment to indigenisation," said a senior Navy official.

The Indian Navy carried out the test in association with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

On Twitter, the Indian Navy released a brief video of the Seaking 42B helicopter firing the missile..

Source : Deccan Chronicle

Published On : May 19, 2022

7 .

Which cricketer-turned-politician has been sentenced by the Supreme Court to one-year imprisonment?

Vinod Kambli

Navjot Singh Sidhu

Gautam Gambhir

Chetan Chauhan

Correct Answer : Navjot Singh Sidhu

The Supreme Court on May 19,2022 sentenced Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu to one-year jail term in a three-decade-old road rage case in which a person had died. The Supreme Court had allowed the review application on the issue of sentence against Sidhu. However, the SC bench comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and S K Kaul rejected the plea for imposing culpable homicide not amounting to murder charge under Section 304A of IPC on Sidhu.

Published On : May 19, 2022

8 .

Which country hosted Deaflympics 2021?

Spain

France

Brazil

Canada

Correct Answer : Brazil

Deaflympics 2021 was held from 1st May 2022 - 15th May 2022 at the Festa da Uva Main Pavilion in Caxias do Sul city in southern Brazil. The quadrennial event saw participation from around 2,100 athletes from 72 countries across the globe. The first-ever edition of the event, then known as the International Silent Games, was held in Paris in 1924.

Published On : May 19, 2022

9 .

Who is the new Finance Minister of Tripura in May 2022?

Ratan Lal Nath

Manik Sarkar

Sudip Roy Barman

Jishnu Dev Varma

Correct Answer : Jishnu Dev Varma

Deputy Chief Minister "Jishnu Dev Varma" will continue to hold his previous portfolios including Finance, Power, Rural Development and Science and Technology under the new portfolio allocations by the new Tripura CM Manik Saha.

The Chief Minister himself has kept key departments including Home and Health with himself. Ratan Lal Nath has also been retained as the Law and Education Minister and NC Debbarma will continue to hold Revenue and Forest Portfolios.

Published On : May 19, 2022

10 .

Who won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award?

Cecile Ndjebet

Angelina Jolie

Charlize Theron

Jennifer Aniston

Correct Answer : Cecile Ndjebet

Activist Cécile Ndjebet, of Cameroon, 5th May 2022 won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to preserving forests and improving the lives of people who depend on them.

Presented by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the award was conferred at a ceremony during the XV World Forestry Congress in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

“This award celebrates Cécile Ndjebet’s energy and dedication over three decades in promoting women’s rights to land and forests. She has actively shown that women’s participation in forest governance and preservation is fundamental to achieving sustainable forest management,” said FAO Deputy Director-General and CPF Chair Maria Helena Semedo..

Source : FAO

Published On : May 19, 2022