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 .
Surface water resources are highest in
A)
Indus Plains
B)
Peninsular India
C)
Ganga plains
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Ganga plains

Surface water resources are highest in the Ganga plains.

Published On : June 25, 2021
2 .
The Dul Hasti Power Station is based on which one of the following rivers?
A)
Sutlej
B)
Chenab
C)
Beas
D)
Ravi

Correct Answer :   Chenab

The Dul Hasti Power Station is based on Chenab River

Dul Hasti is a 390 MW hydroelectric power plant in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India built by NHPC. The power plant is a run-of-the-river type on the Chenab River, in the Kishtwar region, a rugged, mountainous section of the Himalayas, and several hundred kilometers from larger cities.

Published On : June 25, 2021
3 .
When and by whom the PIN coode system was introduced in India ?
A)
Shriram Bhikaji Velankar
B)
Mahesh Barnwal
C)
D.R. Khullar
D)
Savinder Singh

Correct Answer :   Shriram Bhikaji Velankar

The PIN code was first introduced on 15th August, 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar who was the then Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Communications. A new system was felt required to simply the process of manual sorting and delivery of mails.

Published On : June 25, 2021
4 .
Where do the himalayas redirect monsoon winds?
A)
North-East
B)
South-East
C)
North
D)
West

Correct Answer :   South-East

The himalayas are the range of mountains that stretch upto 1500 miles in the southern asia in between India and China.  Himalayas redirect monsoon winds south and southeast asia.

Published On : June 25, 2021
5 .
Kullu valley is located among which of the following mountain ranges?
A)
Lesser Himalaya and Shivalik
B)
Ladakh and Pir Panjal
C)
Ranjoti and Nanga Parvat
D)
Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal

Correct Answer :   Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal

Kullu valley is located among Dhauladhar and Pir Panjal. Kullu Valley is a broad open valley in Himachal Pradesh, India, formed by the Beas River between Manali and Largi.

Published On : June 25, 2021
6 .
Which of the following is the largest lagoon in India ?
A)
Kolleru
B)
Pulicat lagoon
C)
Chilka lagoon
D)
Vembanad lagoon

Correct Answer :   Chilka lagoon

Chilika Lake is the largest brackish water lake with estuarine character that sprawls along the east coast of India. It is considered to be the largest lagoon in India and counted amongst the largest lagoons in the world.

Published On : June 25, 2021
7 .
Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun?
A)
Mumbai
B)
Kolkata
C)
Thiruvananthapuram
D)
Srinagar

Correct Answer :   Srinagar

Since Srinagar lies to the north of the Tropic of Cancer, it never gets the vertical rays of the sun.

Published On : June 25, 2021
8 .
Which of the following mountains are the oldest according to geological history?
A)
Vindhyas
B)
Aravalli
C)
Nilgiris
D)
Satpura Range

Correct Answer :   Aravalli

According to geological history, the important mountains of india arranged in the order of age starting from the oldest are the Aravallis , the westerm Ghats, Vindhya and Satpura, the Nilgiris , and the Himalayas.

Published On : June 25, 2021
9 .
Rihand Valley Project is located in the state of
A)
Madhya Pradesh
B)
Uttar Pradesh
C)
Bihar
D)
Orissa

Correct Answer :   Uttar Pradesh

Rihand Dam is a concrete gravity dam located at Pipri in Sonbhadra District in Uttar Pradesh, India. Its reservoir area is on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Published On : June 25, 2021
10 .
Which one of the following steel plant waqs started in 1965 in India with West German Collaboration ?
A)
Bokaro Steel Plant
B)
Durgapur Steel Plant
C)
Jamshedpur - Tata steel Plant
D)
Rourkela Steel Plant

Correct Answer :   Rourkela Steel Plant

Published On : June 25, 2021
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