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 .
A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as
A)
U Shaped Valley
B)
V Shaped Valley
C)
Hanging Valley
D)
Rift Valley

Correct Answer :   Rift Valley

A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side moves down with reference to the other. It is commonly seen between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault. A rift valley is formed on a divergent plate boundary, a crustal extension, a spreading apart of the surface.

Published On : June 30, 2021
2 .
In April 2017, diplomatic ties were re-established after 37 years between Cuba and
A)
Sri Lanka
B)
USA
C)
Morocco
D)
India

Correct Answer :   Morocco

Cuba and Morocco relationship suffered several strains due to Cuba’s decision to side with Algeria during the Morocco-Algerian military conflict of 1963 known as the Sand War.
 
In the 1970s, Havana again decided to side with Algeria in its support for the independence of the Western Sahara from Morocco.
 
Morocco finally cut ties with Cuba in 1980 after the latter officially recognized Western Sahara as the independent Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which Morocco claims as its own territory.

Published On : June 30, 2021
3 .
Petrodava Dacian Fortress is a famous archaeological landmark in
A)
France
B)
Romania
C)
Chile
D)
Bulgaria

Correct Answer :   Romania

The Petrodava Dacian Fortress is the oldest historical monument located in Piatra Neamt city, Romania. The fort was built around 82 BC and AD 106 by the Dacian people in ancient Europe.

Days after the first mysterious metal monolith disappeared in a remote, uninhabited desert in Utah, USA, a second similar structure has been spotted in Romania, a few metres away from the fortress. The monolith which disappeared and appeared again was a triangular, shiny pillar.

Published On : June 30, 2021
4 .
Which of these rivers primarily flows in South Africa?
A)
Orange River
B)
Nile River
C)
Congo River
D)
Niger River

Correct Answer :   Orange River

The South African central plateau contains only two major rivers: the Limpopo (a stretch of which is shared with Zimbabwe), and the Orange (with its tributary, the Vaal) which runs with a variable flow across the central landscape from east to west, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at the Namibian border.

Published On : June 30, 2021
5 .
The G-77 is a coalition of developing nation, what was the venue of G-77, 2017 summit?
A)
South Korea
B)
Argentina
C)
Ecuador
D)
Indonesia

Correct Answer :   Ecuador

Published On : June 30, 2021
6 .
Estonia is a country in which continent?
A)
South America
B)
Africa
C)
Asia
D)
Europe

Correct Answer :   Europe

Estonia, country in northeastern Europe, the northernmost of the three Baltic states. Estonia's area includes some 1,500 islands and islets; the two largest of these islands, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, are off mainland Estonia's west coast.

Published On : June 29, 2021
7 .
Pyranees forms the boundary between
A)
Hungary and Rumania
B)
Poland and Russia
C)
Spain and Portugal
D)
France and Spain

Correct Answer :   France and Spain

The Pyrenees Mountains form the natural border between France and Spain, and it completely engulfs the nation of Andorra.
The mountains extend for about 270 miles from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea. The highest point is Pico de Aneto at 11,168 ft. (3,404m)

Additional mountain ranges found on the Iberian Peninsula include the Cantabrian, Sierra De Gata and Sierra Guadarrama in the north and central, and the Sierra Morena and Sierra Nevada in the south of Spain.

Published On : June 29, 2021
8 .
Landowners often complain that hunters
A)
make too much noise
B)
do not get written permission to hunt
C)
leave litter behind
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   do not get written permission to hunt

Landowners often complain that hunters :
 
* Don’t get permission to hunt.
* Don’t tell the landowners when they arrive at or leave the property.
* Make too much noise.
* Leave litter behind.
* Carry loaded firearms in vehicles.
* Drive off the ranch roads.
* Don’t leave gates as they were found (open or shut) when the hunter arrived.
* Shoot too close to neighbors or livestock.
* Leave fires unattended.
* Violate game laws.
* Drink alcohol. Alcohol should NEVER be part of a hunt.

Published On : June 29, 2021
9 .
The layer where the decrease in temperature with increasing altitude is totally absent is
A)
Stratosphere
B)
Ionosphere
C)
Mesosphere
D)
Troposphere

Correct Answer :   Stratosphere

Published On : June 29, 2021
10 .
In terms of population which is the largest city of China?
A)
Shenzhen
B)
Guanzhou
C)
Shanghai
D)
Beijing

Correct Answer :   Shanghai

Shanghai was the largest city in China in 2020, followed by Beijing with around 20 million inhabitants.

Published On : June 29, 2021
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