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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.

A)
Abhaya Mudra
B)
Bhumisparsa Mudra
C)
Dharmachakra Mudra
D)
Dhyana Mudra

Correct Answer :   Dharmachakra Mudra


Dharmachakra mudra is one of such interesting and unique hand gestures used in Buddha statues which means the wheel of Dharma in Buddhism. The Dharmachakra mudra is also known as gesture of Teaching of the Wheel of Dharma. This gesture depicts one of the most important moment in the Buddha's life as he performed the Dharmachakra mudra in his first sermon in Sarnath after he attained enlightenment.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Karachi
B)
Lahore
C)
Lucknow
D)
Hyderabad

Correct Answer :   Lahore


The Pakistan demand was formalised gradually. On 23 March 1940, the League moved a resolution demanding a measure of autonomy for the Muslim majority areas of the subcontinent. This ambiguous resolution never mentioned partition or Pakistan
The name Pakistan or Pak-stan (from Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Sind and Baluchistan) was coined by a Punjabi Muslim student at Cambridge, Choudhry Rehmat Ali, who, in pamphlets written in 1933 and 1935, desired a separate national status for this new entity.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Kanishka
B)
Harsha
C)
Bindusara
D)
Ashoka

Correct Answer :   Kanishka


Kanishka I or Kanishka the Great, an emperor of the Kushan dynasty in the second century (c. 127–150 CE), is famous for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. Asvaghosa or Ashvaghosh was a Buddhist philosopher, dramatist, poet and orator from India. He was born in Saketa in northern India. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Kena Upanishad
B)
Chhandogya Upanishad
C)
Mundaka Upanishad
D)
Katha Upanishad

Correct Answer :   Katha Upanishad


However, the primary story, dealing with the dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama, comes from the later Katha Upanishad, which is summarized below.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Megasthenese
B)
Hiuen-Tsang
C)
Fahien
D)
I Ching

Correct Answer :   Megasthenese


Megasthenes is the very first foreigner to be visited India from Greek. He had worked as ambassador of Selecus I of Syria. He came to the court of Sandrokattes who is none other than, the Great Chandragupta Maurya.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Gargi
B)
Smriti
C)
Gautami
D)
Meenakshi

Correct Answer :   Gautami


Mahapajapati Gotami (Pali; Sanskrit Mahaprajapati Gautamī) was the step-mother and maternal aunt (mother's sister) of the Buddha. In Buddhist tradition, she was the first woman to seek ordination for women, which she did from Gautama Buddha directly, and she became the first bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun).

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Selucas Nicator
B)
Hieun Tsiang
C)
Harshavardhan
D)
Megasthanese

Correct Answer :   Hieun Tsiang


Hieun Tsiang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who travelled to India in the seventh century and described the interaction between Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism during the early Tang dynasty.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Cow
B)
Bull
C)
Tiger
D)
Elephant

Correct Answer :   Bull


Bull signs was etched on the right leg of Rishabhanatha Tirthankara.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Alauddin Khalji
B)
Sikandar Lodi
C)
Iitutmish
D)
Muhammad-bin-Tughluq

Correct Answer :   Muhammad-bin-Tughluq


Muhammad-bin-Tughluq was a brilliant scholar. He was a knowledgeable person and well versed in astronomy, poetry, philosophy, logic, medicine, physical science, and mathematics.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Arjun
B)
Bahadur
C)
Har Rai
D)
Nanak

Correct Answer :   Arjun


The first version of the book was compiled by the 5th Sikh Guru, Arjun, at Amritsar in 1604 ce. He included his own hymns and those of his predecessors, the Gurus Nanak, Angad, Amar Das, and Ram Das, and a selection of devotional songs of both Hindu and Islamic saints (notably the poet Kabīr).

Published On : June 23, 2021