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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 .
Who was the father of Vardhman Mahavir?
A)
Bimbisara
B)
Siddhartha
C)
Suddhdharma
D)
Suddhodana

Correct Answer :   Siddhartha

Siddhartha was the father of Mahavira, the 24th and last Jain Tirthankara. He was a Kshatriya King from the Ikshvaku dynasty and the ruler of the Nata, or Jnatri clan in Kshatriya Kundagrama, a suburb of Vaishali.He was married to Licchavi princess Trishala sister of King Chetaka of Vaishali.

Published On : June 22, 2021
2 .
The University of Nalanda was set up by which Gupta ruler?
A)
Kumaragupta I
B)
Kumaragupta II
C)
Chandragupta II
D)
Samudragupta II

Correct Answer :   Kumaragupta I

King Kumaragupta I : The University of Nalanda was founded around 427 by Kumargupta-1 (415-455), son of Chandragupta-II. Skandgupta (455-467) continued his father's royal patronage of the university by enlarging the physical facilities.

Published On : June 22, 2021
3 .
Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatma Gandhi?
A)
Sevagram Ashram
B)
Phoenix Ashram
C)
Sabarmati Ashram
D)
Vishwa Bharti

Correct Answer :   Vishwa Bharti

Published On : June 22, 2021
4 .
Who among the following woman social reformers was called ‘Pandit’?
A)
Gangabai
B)
Annie Besant
C)
Ramabai
D)
Sister Subbalakshmi

Correct Answer :   Ramabai

Pandita Ramabai : She was one of the ten women delegates of the Congress session of 1889. In the late 1890s, she founded Mukti Mission at Kedgaon village, forty miles east of the city of Pune.

Published On : June 22, 2021
5 .
‘Abhinav Bharat’ founded in 1904 was
A)
a newspaper
B)
a cultural organization
C)
a secret organization of revolutionary activities
D)
a trade union movement

Correct Answer :   a secret organization of revolutionary activities

Abhinav Bharat Society (Young India Society) was a secret society founded by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar in 1904.

Published On : June 22, 2021
6 .
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904, was passed during the time of which Governor General?
A)
Lord Curzon
B)
Lord Minto
C)
Lord Hardinge
D)
Lord Linlithgow

Correct Answer :   Lord Curzon

The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904 was passed in 18, March 1904 by British India during the times of Lord Curzon.

Published On : June 22, 2021
7 .
In February 1947 Prime Minister Attlee declared that the British would quit India by
A)
May 1948
B)
June 1948
C)
July 1948
D)
August 1948

Correct Answer :   June 1948

Clement Attlee, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced on 20 February 1947 that: The British Government would grant full self-government to British India by 30 June 1948 at the latest, The future of the Princely States would be decided after the date of final transfer is decided.

Published On : June 22, 2021
8 .
Who has called Gopal Krishna Gokhale a rare combination of “the practical, strenuous worker and the mystic dreamer of dreams”?
A)
Ganesh Savarkar
B)
V.D. Savarkar
C)
Mrs. Annie Besant
D)
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

Correct Answer :   Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

Published On : June 22, 2021
9 .
Which of the following is not one of the causes responsible for the rise of moneylenders in British India?
A)
Commercialization of Agriculture
B)
New Legal System
C)
New Revenue Policy
D)
New Educational System

Correct Answer :   New Educational System

Published On : June 22, 2021
10 .
Policy of tariff holiday was practiced by the British during
A)
1858 to 1870
B)
1870 to 1880
C)
1882 to 1894
D)
1898 to 1905

Correct Answer :   1882 to 1894

Published On : June 22, 2021