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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 resigned from Viceroy's Executive Council as a protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
A)
Mahatma Gandhi
B)
Rabindra Nath Tagore
C)
Jamnalal Bajaj
D)
Shankaran Nair

Correct Answer :   Shankaran Nair

Shankaran Nair resigned from the membership of the Viceroy’s Executive Council as a protect against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre on April 13, 1919.

Published On : June 22, 2021
2 .
Among the four sons of Shah Jahan, who is credited to have got translated Atharva Veda?
A)
Shuja
B)
Murad
C)
Dara
D)
Aurangzeb

Correct Answer :   Dara

Published On : June 22, 2021
3 .
What is the most significant feature of the Indus Valley Civilization?
A)
Burnt Brick buildings
B)
Buildings of worship
C)
First true arches
D)
Art and architecture

Correct Answer :   Burnt Brick buildings

The significant features of Indus Valley civilization are personal cleanliness, town planning, construction of burnt-brick houses, ceramics, casting, forging of metals, manufacturing of cotton and woolen textiles.

Published On : June 22, 2021
4 .
Mahatma Gandhi returned to India, leaving South Africa forever in
A)
1914
B)
1915
C)
1916
D)
1917

Correct Answer :   1915

He went on to live in South Africa for 21 years. It was in South Africa that Gandhi raised a family, and first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. In 1915, aged 45, he returned to India.

Published On : June 22, 2021
5 .
The Society of Jesus, whose followers were called Jesuits, was set up by
A)
Ulrich Zwingli
B)
Erasmus
C)
Ignatius Loyola
D)
Martin Luther

Correct Answer :   Ignatius Loyola

Jesuit, member of the Society of Jesus (S.J.), a Roman Catholic order of religious men founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola, noted for its educational, missionary, and charitable works.

Published On : June 22, 2021
6 .
Which of the following is correct?
A)
"The First War of Independence : 1857"
B)
"The Champaran Satygrah" : 1917
C)
"The Quit India Movement " : 1942
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

Published On : June 22, 2021
7 .
Who among the following sultanate rulers were of Afghan origin ?
A)
Khalji
B)
Lodi
C)
Sayyid
D)
Tughlaq

Correct Answer :   Lodi

Published On : June 22, 2021
8 .
“History is a continuous process of interaction between past and present.” Who said this ?
A)
Charles Firth
B)
Karl Marx
C)
V.A. Smith
D)
E. H. Carr

Correct Answer :   E. H. Carr

Published On : June 22, 2021
9 .
Under which Act were the Muslims provided separate electorates in British India ?
A)
Morely-Minto Reforms, 1909
B)
Indian Council Act, 1892
C)
Indian Council Act, 1861
D)
Montagu – Chelmsford Reforms, 1919

Correct Answer :   Morely-Minto Reforms, 1909

Indian Council Act of 1909 is also known as Morley- Minto Reform. It was instituted to placate the Moderates (Congress) and introduces separate electorates on the basis of religion.

Published On : June 22, 2021
10 .
Safdarjung tomb was build by
A)
Humayun
B)
Aurangzeb
C)
Shauja-ud-Daula
D)
Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Correct Answer :   Shauja-ud-Daula

It was built by Safdarjung's son Shuja-ud-daula (who was defeated by the British in the Battle of Buxar), and the construction was supervised by an Abyssinian architect, Billal Mohammad Khan.

Published On : June 21, 2021