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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 .
The Fourth Buddhist Council was held in Kashmir under the leadership of
A)
Bindusara
B)
Ashoka
C)
Kunal
D)
Kanishka

Correct Answer :   Kanishka

The Fourth Buddhist Council was held during the rule of Kanishka Vasumitra had presided over the council and Buddhism was divided into Heenyan sect and Mahayan Sect.

Published On : June 22, 2021
2 .
The Upanishads are the
A)
Source of Hindu Philosophy
B)
Story Books
C)
Law Books
D)
Great Epics

Correct Answer :   Source of Hindu Philosophy

Published On : June 22, 2021
3 .
Baburnama was composed in which language?
A)
Persian
B)
Arabic
C)
Urdu
D)
Chagatai Turkic

Correct Answer :   Chagatai Turkic

Babur has written his biography i.e. Baburnama which is also known as Tuzuk-i-Baburi. Babur and Jahangir are the only two emperors of Mughal Empire who wrote their own biographies. Baburnama is also known to be the first true autobiography in the Islamic literature. Baburnama was written in Chagatai Turkic, which was Babur’s mother tongue.

Published On : June 22, 2021
4 .
Krishnadevaraya of the Vijaya nagar empire was a contemporary of
A)
Balban
B)
Akbar
C)
Babur
D)
Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Correct Answer :   Babur

Krishnandeva ray of vijaynagara empire was a content of contemporary of the Mughal empire babur.

Published On : June 22, 2021
5 .
The ‘Iqtadari’ system was introduced by
A)
Alauddin Khilji
B)
Iltutmish
C)
Balban
D)
Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Correct Answer :   Iltutmish

The Iqta system provided an agrarian system to the country while the members of the ruling class attained income without any permanent attachment to any territory. The Iqta system was provided institutional status by Iltutmish and later this system became the mainstay of the sultanate administration under slave dynasty.

Published On : June 22, 2021
6 .
Veda Samaj founded under the initiative of Kesab Chandra Sen in 1864 in Madras was renamed as the Brahmo Samaj of South India in 1871 by
A)
K. Sreedharalu Naidu
B)
Sir R. Venkataratnam Naidu
C)
Rajagopala Naidu
D)
Subbarayala Chetti

Correct Answer :   K. Sreedharalu Naidu

Veda Samaj was established by Keshab Chandra Sen and K. Sridharalu Naidu when the former visited Madras in 1864. K. Sridharalu Naidu later visited Calcutta to study the Brahmo Samaj movement and when he returned, he renamed the Veda Samaj as Brahmo Samaj of Southern India in 1871. He translated the books of Brahmo Dharma into Tamil and Telugu and undertook missionary tours to propagate the faith. However, Naidu’s untimely death in 1874 in an accident led to several schisms into this organization.

Published On : June 22, 2021
7 .
Vaikom Satyagraha was launched by Gandhiji in Kerala to
A)
Open the temples for the entry of avarnas or lower castes.
B)
Ban devadasi system in temple services.
C)
For the appointment of non- Brahmins as priests
D)
Remove untouchability

Correct Answer :   Open the temples for the entry of avarnas or lower castes.

Vaikom Satyagraha (1924–25) was a satyagraha (social protest) in erstwhile Travancore (now part of Kerala, India) against untouchability and caste discrimination in Hindu society of Kerala. The movement was centered around the Sri Mahadeva Temple temple at Vaikom, in the present day Kottayam district.

Published On : June 22, 2021
8 .
The policy announcement regarding the ‘progressive realization of responsible Government in India as an integral part of the British Empire’ was made by
A)
Lord Irwin
B)
Lord Ripon
C)
Lord Morley
D)
Lord Montague

Correct Answer :   Lord Montague

The Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms was introduced by the colonial government in British India in 1919. Edwin Montagu was the then Secretary of State for India and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy of India. It announced the progressive realization of responsible Government in India as an integral part of the British Empire.

Published On : June 22, 2021
9 .
The worrisome aspect of the drain of wealth in the late nineteenth century according to Dadabhai Naoroji was
A)
British investments in India
B)
Transfer of India’s accumulated gold
C)
Unrequited exports
D)
Depletion of urban wealth

Correct Answer :   Unrequited exports

Published On : June 22, 2021
10 .
The aim of the Cripps Mission was
A)
To convince the Congress Ministries to withdraw their resignations
B)
To persuade Indian leaders to support British war efforts
C)
To set up a Constitution making body immediately
D)
To prevent the Quit India Movement from being launched

Correct Answer :   To persuade Indian leaders to support British war efforts

Published On : June 22, 2021