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 is the second cricket team to pull out of Pakistan tour after New Zealand?

Australia

Sri Lanka

England

South Africa

Correct Answer : England

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on September 21, 2021 that they have withdrawn from the Pakistan tour that was scheduled to take place in October. ECB had earlier this year agreed to play two additional T20 World Cup warm-up games in Pakistan in October, ahead of the T20 World Cup. A short women's tour was also scheduled during the same time.

Published On : September 21, 2021

2 .

Raksha Mantri has recently released a book titled 'Shining Sikh Youth of India' as a part of the commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur. Who is the author of the book?

Satnam Singh Sandhu

Amritpal Kaur

Vishal Goyal

Prabhleen Singh

Correct Answer : Prabhleen Singh

The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has released a book titled ‘Shining Sikh Youth of India’ in New Delhi, as a part of the commemoration of the 400th birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Guru of Sikhs. The book has been authored by Dr Prabhleen Singh, administrative officer at the Punjabi University, Patiala. It covers 100 inspirational and motivational success stories of Sikh youth in India who have done exemplary work in their respective fields.

Published On : September 21, 2021

3 .

Who has been named as the mentor of the Indian cricket Men's team for the ICC T20 World Cup 2021?

Rahul Dravid

Sourav Ganguly

MS Dhoni

Virendra Sehwag

Correct Answer : MS Dhoni

India on Wednesday, 8 September 2021 announced their 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, with off-spinner R Ashwin making a return to the white-ball squad and MS Dhoni being announced as team mentor.

Jay Shah, the BCCI Honorary Secretary, revealed the thinking behind appointing Dhoni, the former India captain who led the side to the inaugural T20 World Cup trophy.

"As far as Dhoni is concerned, I spoke to him when I was in Dubai," said Shah. "He was okay with the decision, and he agreed to be a mentor for team India, for the T20 World Cup only.

"I spoke to the captain (Virat Kohli) and vice-captain (Rohit Sharma) as well as Ravi Shastri (the head coach), and that’s why we reached the conclusion."

Published On : September 21, 2021

4 .

Which player has won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021?

Geet Sethi

Pankaj Advani

Aditya Mehta

Sourav Kothari

Correct Answer : Pankaj Advani

India’s Pankaj Advani won the Asian Snooker Championship 2021 by defeating Amir Sarkhosh. He has won this title for a second consecutive time. He is the winner of the last Asian Snooker Championship held in 2019. In 2019, Pankaj also became the only player who won the titles in all forms of billiards, snooker, 6Reds, and 10Reds competitions. Yasin Merchant (1989, 2001), Alok Kumar (2004), Aditya Mehta (2012) were the other Indians who won the championship.

Published On : September 21, 2021

5 .

What was the name of the mission under which SpaceX launched world's first all civilian crew to orbit the Earth?

Crew-4

PSLV-4

Inspiration-4

Dragon CRS-4

Correct Answer : Inspiration-4

SpaceX launches first all-civilian crew to orbit under Inspiration4 mission

* The SpaceX recently launched the world’s first all-civilian crew into the Earth orbit under the mission named Inspiration-4 .

* A group of four civilians were part of the historic mission, featuring no trained astronauts.

* The Inspiration4 crew took off to orbit aboard SpaceX`s Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 16, 2021.

* The four member crew spent time in orbit in the SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed as Resilience.

* The three day flight safely re-entered Earth`s atmosphere in the Atlantic off Florida’s coast on September 19, 2021.

* The four members of the mission were Jared Isaacman (mission commander), Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux, and Chris Sembroski.

* The Inspiration4 mission was the first private mission conducted by SpaceX to orbit.

Published On : September 21, 2021

6 .

Name the mobile app launched by LIC for its development officers?

VIKAS

MITRA

BHASKAR

PRAGATI

Correct Answer : PRAGATI

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched a new mobile app ‘PRAGATI’ for the exclusive use of its Development Officers. PRAGATI stands for “Performance Review Application, Growth And Trend Indicator”. LIC has been taking a lot of customer-centric and digital initiatives for ease of operations for its customers and field force.

About the ‘PRAGATI’ app : The Pragati app will help the Development Officers to get near real-time information about the performance of their agency force in critical areas of business performance like premium collection, agency activisation, prospective outperformers, etc apart from monitoring their team on activities such as usage of agents mobile app and NACH validation. The app also provides development officers with a calculator to measure their cost ratio.

Published On : September 21, 2021

7 .

Which among the following auto companies has announced to close its business in India?

Ford

Fiat

Toyota

Volkswagen

Correct Answer : Ford

Ford Motor has announced on September 9, 2021 to close manufacturing plants in India. Ford has two integrated manufacturing facilities in India one at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and another at Sanand, Gujarat.

American automobile giant Ford Motor Company announced on September 9 that it will shut down its plants in India. The manufacturing of vehicles for domestic sales will cease immediately, while vehicles meant for exports will continue to be manufactured till 2022.

Even as the company winds down its manufacturing operations, it said it will continue to provide aftermarket service and support to its customers in India.

“As part of our Ford+ plan, we are taking difficult but necessary actions to deliver a sustainably profitable business longer term and allocate our capital to grow and create value in the right areas,” said Jim Farley, Ford Motor Company’s President and CEO. “Despite investing significantly in India, Ford has accumulated more than $2 billion of operating losses over the past 10 years and the demand for new vehicles has been much weaker than forecast.”

Ford had to take the decision to close its plants in India due to unviable business conditions. The company had recorded operating losses of more than $2 billion over the past 10 years and a $0.8-billion non-operating write-down of assets in 2019 alone. With poor sales and weak exports, the troubles faced by the company had been compounded by the COVID-19 crisis. The company had only managed to sell 2,790 units in June this year, compared to 2,872 units in June 2020...

Published On : September 21, 2021

8 .

Who is the author of the book 'Translating Myself and Others'?

Jhumpa Lahiri

Anita Desai

Sudha Murthy

Arundhati Roy

Correct Answer : Jhumpa Lahiri

The Pulitzer Prize-winning noted fiction writer, Jhumpa Lahiri, is set to launch her new book titled ‘Translating Myself and Others’, which will highlight her work as a translator.

Published On : September 18, 2021

9 .

Which organization is working on technologies in order to develop reusable GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle?

Space X

ISRO

NASA

Virgin Galactic

Correct Answer : ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on technologies in order to develop a reusable Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk III) to enable the vertical landing of its rockets. According to senior officials, this possibility is being checked primarily about the heavy-lift rocket GSLV Mk3, which is powered by 3 stages of engines - solid-fuel, liquid-fuel, and cryogenic fuel.

About the Technology :

* With this technology, ISRO aims to recover the 1st and 2nd stages of the launch vehicle.

* The development of a reusable GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle will help ISRO is saving money as well.

* It will help ISRO to land its GSLV Mk-III launch vehicles vertically.

GSLV Mk III :

* It is also referred to as the Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3).

* It is a three-stage medium-lift launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

* It is primarily designed to launch communication satellites into geostationary orbit.

* It is also identified as the launch vehicle for crewed missions under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme and dedicated science missions like Chandrayaan-2.

* It has a higher payload capacity than the similarly named GSLV Mk II.

Published On : September 18, 2021

10 .

Recently, RBI has given its nod to which bank to form a special committee of directors in order to oversee the operations?

Yes Bank

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

IDFC First Bank

Equitas Small Finance Bank

Correct Answer : Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

Reserve Bank of India has given its approval to the Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (SFB) to form a special committee of directors so that they can oversee the operations in absence of a CEO and MD. This Special Committee of Directors will comprise of three independent directors as its members. This committee will oversee the operations and administration of the bank in effect from September 16.

Published On : September 18, 2021