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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 .
Who is the top-ranked Indian batsman on ICC T20I Batting Rankings?
A)
KL Rahul
B)
Virat Kohli
C)
Rohit Sharma
D)
Shikhar Dhawan

Correct Answer :   KL Rahul

Indian batsman KL Rahul moved up three places to be ranked 5th, while skipper Virat Kohli dropped four places to the 8th rank in the latest ICC men's T20I Batting Rankings released on November 10, 2021.

Published On : November 11, 2021
2 .
West Indies cricket player _________ announced retirement from international cricket
A)
Jason Holder
B)
Kieron Pollard
C)
Dwayne Bravo
D)
Carlos Brathwaite

Correct Answer :   Dwayne Bravo

Trinidadian cricketer Dwayne Bravo, the former captain of the West Indies cricket team has confirmed his retirement from international cricket on 5th November 2021. He has played in all seven T20 World Cups and he has been a part of the West Indies team that won the T20 Title in 2012 and 2016. He has scored 1245 runs at an average of 22.23 and a strike rate of 115.38 and he has picked up 78 wickets.

Published On : November 10, 2021
3 .
Which is Indian 1st state to approve Tissue Culture-Based Seed Potato Rules?
A)
Bihar
B)
Punjab
C)
Gujarat
D)
Maharashtra

Correct Answer :   Punjab

The Punjab Cabinet headed by chief minister "Charanjit Singh Channi" approved the ‘Punjab Tissue Culture Based Seed Potato Rules-2021’ to develop Punjab as a standard potato seed centre. With this decision, Punjab has become the first Indian state to have the facility of tissue culture-based certification, which will develop the Jalandhar-Kapurthala belt of Punjab as the export hub of potatoes. The Cabinet also approved to introduce the ‘Punjab Horticulture Nursery Bill-2021’ by amending 'Punjab Fruit Nursery Act-1961'.

Published On : November 10, 2021
4 .
Who is the author of a 'MODERN INDIA' book?
A)
Chetan Bhagat
B)
Amitav Ghosh
C)
Shabana Azmi
D)
Poonam Dalal Dahiya

Correct Answer :   Poonam Dalal Dahiya

Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister (CM) of Haryana released the book titled “MODERN INDIA : For Civil Services and Other Competitive Examinations” authored by Poonam Dalal Dahiya, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Gurugram. During the launch event, Poonam Dalal Dahiya gifted the first copy of the book to CM Manohar Lal Khatta The book offers comprehensive information on the history of modern India.

Published On : November 10, 2021
5 .
Who is win ________ WTT Contender Table Tennis Tournament
A)
Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath
B)
Neha Aggarwal and Mouma Das
C)
Ankita Das and Poulomi Ghatak
D)
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal

Correct Answer :   Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath

In Table Tennis, Indian duo Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath clinched the women’s doubles title in the WTT Contender tournament in Lasko, Slovenia. The Indian pair defeated the Puerto Rican team of Melanie Diaz and Adriana Diaz, 11-3, 11-8, 12-10 to win the title. Meanwhile, Manika Batra also claimed a bronze medal in the women’s singles title after Wang Yidi of China defeated her by 2-4 (11-7, 7-11, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-5).

Published On : November 9, 2021
6 .
Who will be posthumously conferred the Basavashree award 2021?
A)
Puneeth Rajkumar
B)
Kishori Ballal
C)
Bullet Prakash
D)
Chiranjeevi Sarja

Correct Answer :   Puneeth Rajkumar

Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar will be posthumously conferred the Basavashree award 2021 by the Bruhanmutt. Murugha Mutt seer Dr Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru on Thursday(04-11-2021) made an announcement in this regard.
 
The award honours people for services to society in their respective fields by following the principles of Lord Basaveshwar. It is presented by Chitradurga Bruhanmutt since 1997. The award includes a Rs 5 lakh cash and a memento.

Published On : November 8, 2021
7 .
The Bandhan Bank has appointed Zubeen Garg as its brand ambassador for which of the following Indian state?
A)
Tripura
B)
Manipur
C)
Assam
D)
West Bengal

Correct Answer :   Assam

Bandhan Bank has announced Popular Assamese & Bollywood singer Zubeen Garg as the brand ambassador for the Bank in Assam.

Published On : November 8, 2021
8 .
Who is the author of the book 'The Cinema of Satyajit Ray' ?
A)
Sanjay Dattatri
B)
Shabana Azmi
C)
Christopher Okigbo
D)
Bhaskar Chattopadhyay

Correct Answer :   Bhaskar Chattopadhyay

A new book titled ‘The Cinema of Satyajit Ray’ written by the author Bhaskar Chattopadhyay and published by Westland details the life of legendary Indian Filmmaker – ‘Satyajit Ray’. Bhaskar Chattopadhyay also authored novels like “Patang” (2016), “Here Falls the Shadow” (2017), and “The Disappearance of Sally Sequeira” (2018).

Published On : November 8, 2021
9 .
Who is the author of a 'Not Just Cricket' book?
A)
Megha Rajagopalan
B)
Prabhakar Aloka
C)
Pradeep Magazine
D)
Randeep Sisodia

Correct Answer :   Pradeep Magazine

A book titled "Not just cricket: A Reporters Journey" authored by Pradeep Magazine is going to be released in Dec 2021. It consists of life experiences, social, political, ups and downs of Indian cricket by the journalist Pradeep Magazine. He is the author of the book “Not quite cricket” which exposed the match-fixing scandal.

Published On : November 8, 2021
10 .
Who is the author of The Sage with Two Horns book?
A)
Sudha Rai
B)
Sudha Murty
C)
Sudha Murli
D)
Sudha Goyal

Correct Answer :   Sudha Murty

Renowned Indian author Sudha Murty has authored her new book for children named “The Sage with Two Horns”, which has been published by Puffin and has illustrations by Priyankar Gupta. the book is about to resolve around lesser-known facts of Indian mythology.

Published On : November 7, 2021