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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.

1 .
When was the battle of Buxar fought?
A)
Jan. 1824
B)
October 1787
C)
October 1764
D)
Sept. 1564

Correct Answer : Option (C) - October 1764

Battle of Buxar, Buxur also spelled Baksar, (22 October 1764), conflict at Buxar in northeastern India between the forces of the British East India Company, commanded by Major Hector Munro, and the combined army of an alliance of Indian states including Bengal, Awadh, and the Mughal Empire.

Published On : June 23, 2021
2 .
Vasco da Gama a sailor belongs to
A)
Portuguese
B)
German
C)
American
D)
South American

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Portuguese

Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. He was born in 1460 in the town of Sines in Portugal.

Published On : June 23, 2021
3 .
Where French established their first factory?
A)
Pulicat
B)
Cochin
C)
Surat
D)
Masaulipatam

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Surat

The first French factory in India was established at Surat in 1668 and later one at Machillipatnam.

Published On : June 23, 2021
4 .
Which of the following is called “Magna Carta of English Education in India”?
A)
Macaulay Commission
B)
Wood’s Dispatch
C)
Vernacular Act
D)
Both (A) & (B)

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Wood’s Dispatch

Wood’s Despatch on Education in 1854 laid the foundation of Indian educational system and the establishments of Universities in Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. The despatch came to be considered as the Magna Carta of English education in India. The Scheme of education, as proposed by Wood`s Despatch, envisaged a co-ordinated system of education through out the country.

Published On : June 23, 2021
5 .
Which of the following act led to the introduction of dual system of government in India?
A)
The Regulating Act, AD 1827
B)
Charter Act, 1813 AD
C)
Charter Act, 1793 AD
D)
Pitt’s India Act, AD 1784

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Pitt’s India Act, AD 1784

Pitt's India Act 1784 or the East India Company Act 1784 was passed in the British Parliament to rectify the defects of the Regulating Act 1773. It resulted in dual control or joint government in India by Crown in Great Britain and the British East India Company, with crown having ultimate authority.

Published On : June 23, 2021
6 .
What was the another name of 'Quit India movement'?
A)
Home Rule Movement
B)
Khilafat Movement
C)
Swadeshi Movement
D)
August Kranti

Correct Answer : Option (D) - August Kranti

Quit India Movement or 'Bharat Chodo Andolan', also known as August Kranti Movement, was a call given by Mahatma Gandhi at the Bombay session of All India Congress Committee on August 8, 1942, for an end to the British rule in India.

Published On : June 23, 2021
7 .
The Indus Valley people trated with the
A)
Mesopotamians
B)
Romans
C)
Chinese
D)
Parthians

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Mesopotamians

The Indus Valley people traded with the Mesopotamians.

Mesopotamia of harappan times is now Iraq and Kuwait. The composition of trade was almost exclusively to luxury goods like spices, textiles and precious metals.

Mesopotamians didn't have many natural resources. So, they depended mostly on the trade to get what they wanted. Parthians are the ones who ruled in NW frontier India during later ancient period of India.

Published On : June 23, 2021
8 .
The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavation of mohenjodaro was made up of
A)
steatite
B)
terracotta
C)
bronze
D)
red limestone

Correct Answer : Option (C) - bronze

Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300–1750 BCE in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan), which was one of the earliest cities.

Published On : June 23, 2021
9 .
An advanced water management system of Harappan times has been unearthed at
A)
Lothal
B)
Dholavira
C)
Alamgirpur
D)
Kalibangan

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Dholavira

Published On : June 23, 2021
10 .
Rock cut architecture in Harappan culture context has been found at
A)
Kotdiji
B)
Kalibangan
C)
Dholavira
D)
Amri

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Dholavira

Published On : June 23, 2021