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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)
Outbuddin Aibak
B)
Iltutmish
C)
Mahmud of Ghazni
D)
Muhammad bin Oasim

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Iltutmish


Iltutmish is known as the "slave of a slave" as he succeeded Qutubuddin Aibak founder of slave dynasty in India.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Her sex
B)
Her incompetence
C)
Her unpopularity with the people of Delhi
D)
Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact


The most appropriate cause for the failure of Raziya was her intention to be the ruler not only in name but also in fact.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed
B)
Infantry of the Mughals
C)
Royal household
D)
Very rich food

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Mughal territories from which Chauth was claimed


Chauth (from Sanskrit meaning one-fourth) was a regular tax or tribute imposed, from early 18th century, by the Maratha Empire in India. It was an annual tax nominally levied at 25% on revenue or produce, hence the name. It was levied on the lands which were under nominal Mughal rule.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Akbar
B)
Babur
C)
Aurangzeb
D)
Jahangir

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Aurangzeb


Aurangzeb was called “Zinda Pir”or “Living Saint ” in Mughal India.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Education
B)
Judiciary
C)
Demonstration
D)
Press

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Press


Proposed by Lord Lytton, then viceroy of India (governed 1876–80), the act was intended to prevent the vernacular press from expressing criticism of British policies—notably, the opposition that had grown with the outset of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80). The act excluded English-language publications.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones
B)
A form of music
C)
Armour
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Pictorial mosaic work using semi-precious stones


Pietra dura, (Italian: “hard stone”), in mosaic, any of several kinds of hard stone used in commesso mosaic work, an art that flourished in Florence particularly in the late 16th and 17th centuries and involved the fashioning of highly illusionistic pictures out of cut-to-shape pieces of coloured stone.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Calcutta
B)
Lucknow
C)
Bombay
D)
Madras

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Bombay


On August 8, 1942, the Quit India Resolution was passed at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). On the same day, Gandhi urged Indians to act as a free nation and follow non-violent civil disobedience. This took place in August Kranti Maidan.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
To establish political ties with India
B)
To visit the holy places connected with Buddhism
C)
To know the geography of India
D)
To amass wealth

Correct Answer : Option (B) - To visit the holy places connected with Buddhism


The primary aim of the visit of Hiuen Tsang to India was to gain knowledge of Buddhism and collect its religious texts.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Copper Age
B)
Chalcolithic Age
C)
New Stone Age
D)
Iron Age

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Chalcolithic Age


The Indus or the Harappan civilisation belongs to the Chalcolithic or Bronze Age since the objects of copper and stone were found at the various sites of this civilisation. Nearly, 1,400 Harappan sites are known so far in the sub-continent.

Published On : June 23, 2021
A)
Dholavira
B)
Lothal
C)
Rakhigarhi
D)
Mohenjodaro

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Mohenjodaro


Mohenjodaro was the prominent Harappan site, being surrounded by flood barriers in order to protect it with the aid of UNESCO funds.

Published On : June 23, 2021