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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 appoints the MD and CEOs of public sector banks and insurance companies?
A)
Ministry of Finance
B)
Reserve Bank of India
C)
Respective Banks and Companies
D)
Banks Board Bureau

Correct Answer :   Banks Board Bureau

The CEOs and MDs of public sector banks and insurance companies are chosen by the Banks Board Bureau (BBB).

Published On : October 6, 2021
2 .
S V Sunil and Birendra Lakra have recently announced retirement from which sports event?
A)
Cricket
B)
Football
C)
Hockey
D)
Badminton

Correct Answer :   Hockey

S V Sunil, the veteran forward and star striker of India men’s field hockey team and Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey star defender Birendra Lakra have announced their retirement from international hockey.

Published On : October 4, 2021
3 .
Name the winners of the 2021 Global Leadership Award, by the US India Business Council (USIBC)?
A)
N Chandrasekaran & Jim Taiclet
B)
Sundar Pichai and Adena Friedman
C)
Shiv Nadar and Mallika Srinivasan
D)
Adar Poonawalla and Adil Zainulbhai

Correct Answer :   Shiv Nadar and Mallika Srinivasan

2021 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD USIBC (US India Business Council) to present Global Leadership Award to Shiv Nadar and Mallika Srinivasan, Past recipients of the awards include - Tata group Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Nasdaq president Adena Friedman.

Published On : October 2, 2021
4 .
The 23-year-old Shashvat Nakrani is the youngest self-made individual in Hurun India Rich List 2021. He is the co-founder of which company?
A)
Paytm
B)
BharatPe
C)
PhonePe
D)
Amazon Pay

Correct Answer :   BharatPe

The IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List came out with its latest top 100 wealthiest people in the country and there are quite a few new faces on there. Notably, the youngest person on the list is 23-year-old Shashvat Nakrani. He is the entrepreneur and founder behind the payment platform BharatPe, which he founded in his third year of college. He is among 13 individuals on the list who were born in the 90s who are all considered self-made individuals by the listing entity.
 
Nakrani co-founded the BharatPe payment gateway with his colleague Ashneer Grover, in 2018. Keep in mind that he had only joined the In Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2015. In just 2 years he established his very own company, which has gone on to give competition to the likes of Paytm and PhonePe and other payment gateway platforms in India.
 
Nakrani, who was part of the 2015 batch of IIT Delhi, got his bachelor’s degree in Textile Technology. Hailing from Bhavnagar, India, this young entrepreneur has come a long way. During his third year, he had identified a large gap in the market, the presence of a payment gateway that was accessible to merchants that did not cut into their margins.

Published On : October 2, 2021
5 .
India's first Sports Arbitration Centre has been unveiled in which city?
A)
Chennai
B)
New Delhi
C)
Ahmedabad
D)
Hyderabad

Correct Answer :   Ahmedabad

The Union Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju has inaugurated the first Sports Arbitration Centre of India at Ahmedabad in Gujarat.

Published On : October 2, 2021
6 .
Which Indian organisation has been honored with the 2021 Right Livelihood Award?
A)
Sulabh International
B)
Give Me Trees Trust, Delhi
C)
Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE), Delhi
D)
Vindhyan Ecology and Natural History Foundation (VENHF), Mirzapur

Correct Answer :   Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE), Delhi

Delhi-based environmental organisation “Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)” has been felicitated with the 2021 Right Livelihood Award, an international honour, also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize.

Published On : October 2, 2021
7 .
Who is the author of the book "My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future"?
A)
Nita Ambani
B)
Indra Nooyi
C)
Satya Nadella
D)
Melinda French Gates

Correct Answer :   Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi, the former CEO of PepsiCo, has come out with her memoir titled “My Life in Full: Work, Family, and Our Future”

Published On : October 2, 2021
8 .
Who has become the first Indian woman to score a Test hundred on Australian soil?
A)
Smriti Mandhana
B)
Mithali Raj
C)
Shafali Verma
D)
Harmanpreet Kaur

Correct Answer :   Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana has become the first Indian woman to score a Test hundred on Australian soil. She achieved the feat while batting during India's first innings on the second day of the first pink-ball Test match against Australia at the Carrara Oval in Queensland. The cricketer scored 127 runs, which includes 22 fours and a six.

Published On : October 1, 2021
9 .
Who is the author of the book named "Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth"?
A)
Barbara Skeath
B)
Christopher Okigbo
C)
Chinua Achebe
D)
Wole Soyinka

Correct Answer :   Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka’s new novel titled “Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth” is released.
 
Wole Soyinka hails from Nigeria and is Africa’s first Nobel laureate in Literature. he has penned his last novel titled The Interpreters (1965) and ”Season of Anomy” in 1973.
 
Wole Soyinka Prizes and awards :

* Nobel Prize in Literature (1986)
* Benson Medal from Royal Society of Literature (1990)
* Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award (2009)
* Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Lifetime Achievement (2012)

Published On : October 1, 2021
10 .
Centre has recently announced an extension in the timeline of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). What is the extended period of the scheme?
A)
January 31, 2022
B)
March 31, 2022
C)
October 31, 2021
D)
December 31, 2021

Correct Answer :   March 31, 2022

The Government of India has extended the timeline of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) till 31.03.2022 or till guarantees for an amount of Rs 4.5 lakh crore are issued under the scheme, whichever is earlier.

Published On : October 1, 2021