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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 .
The American cotton textile industry moved from new England to the Southern States because:
A)
New England diversified its manufacturing industries
B)
The latter have a more humid climate
C)
The south offered lower coast of prodution
D)
The Population growth in the south provided a major market

Correct Answer : Option (C) - The south offered lower coast of prodution

Published On : July 2, 2021
2 .
Mount Everest is located between
A)
China & Nepal
B)
India & Nepal
C)
China & India
D)
India & Myanmar

Correct Answer : Option (A) - China & Nepal

Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya mountain range. It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China. At 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), it is considered the tallest point on Earth. In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

Published On : July 2, 2021
3 .
The land-locked country in SE Asia is
A)
Vietnam
B)
Thailand
C)
Malayasia
D)
Laos

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Laos

Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia bordered by Cambodia, China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Published On : July 2, 2021
4 .
Mediterranean climate is ideal for growing
A)
Surgarcane and beet
B)
Orange and lemons
C)
Tea and coffee
D)
Wheat and barley

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Orange and lemons

The hot dry summers and cool wet winters are especially suited for citrus fruits and therefore these lands are some times reffered to as the 'world's orchard land'.

Published On : July 2, 2021
5 .
Name the Continents that form a mirror image of each other___
A)
Asia and Africa
B)
Europe and Asia
C)
North America and South America
D)
Africa and South America

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Africa and South America

The continents that form a mirror image of each other are Africa and South America.

Published On : July 2, 2021
6 .
The nuclear fuel in the sun is
A)
Oxygen
B)
Helium
C)
Hydrogen
D)
Uranium

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Hydrogen

Therefore,the nuclear fuel in the sun is hydrogen gas. The sun can be considered as a big thermonuclear furnace where hydrogen atoms continuously get fused into helium atoms. Mass gets lost during these fusion reactions and energy is being produced.

Published On : July 2, 2021
7 .
Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in____
A)
Trophical Evergreen Forests
B)
Trophical Thorn Forests
C)
Tropical most Decidous
D)
Alpine forests

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Trophical Thorn Forests

Published On : July 2, 2021
8 .
The Shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is
A)
Over the Atlantic Ocean
B)
Over the North pole
C)
Over the Pacific via Siberia
D)
Through the latitude which passes through them

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Over the Atlantic Ocean

The Shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is over the Atlantic Ocean.
 
Moscow 37⁰ and Los Angeles 118⁰W show a longitude difference of 155⁰ across the Atlantic and of 205⁰ across the Pacific.

Published On : July 2, 2021
9 .
Second Ozone Hole was detected over
A)
Sweden
B)
Tibet
C)
Antarctica
D)
Northern hemisohere

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Tibet

Second ozone hole was detected over Tibet in the year 2006. Ozone is a form of oxygen, acts as a high-altitude atmospheric screen against cancer-causing ultraviolet light.
 
The main source of these halogens in the stratosphere is photodissociation of man made halocarbon refrigerants, solvents, propellants and CFC's.

Published On : July 2, 2021
10 .
Who discovered the solar system
A)
Newton
B)
Aryabhatta
C)
Kepler
D)
Nicolaus Copernicus

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Nicolaus Copernicus

Although the Greek philosopher Aristarchus of Samos had speculated on a heliocentric reordering of the cosmos, Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th century developed a mathematically predictive heliocentric system.

Published On : July 2, 2021