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 said that “My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye”?
A)
Daya Nand Saraswati
B)
Mahatma Gandhi
C)
Jawahar Lal Nehru
D)
Lord Curzon

Correct Answer :   Jawahar Lal Nehru

Jawahar Lal Nehru said that "My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye".

Published On : June 23, 2021
2 .
Who introduced the Subsidiary Alliance System in India?
A)
Lord Ripan
B)
Lord Wellesley
C)
Lord Dalhousie
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Lord Wellesley

The doctrine of subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805.The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to enter into such an alliance in 1798.Tipu Sultan of Mysore refused to do so, but after the British victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was forced to become a subsidiary state in 1799.The Nawab of Awadh was the next to accept the Subsidiary Alliance, in 1801.

Published On : June 23, 2021
3 .
Who advocated the concept of 'one caste, one religion and one God’ for all?
A)
Mahatma Gandhi
B)
Swami Vivekananda
C)
Periyar
D)
Narayan Guru

Correct Answer :   Narayan Guru

Sree Narayana Guru brought back to the minds of the people the real message of “Advaitha” which he formulated into a powerful practical philosophy of life as “One Caste, One Religion, One God for Man”.

Published On : June 23, 2021
4 .
Charles wood’s dispatch deals with which of the following issues?
A)
Female education
B)
Female infanticide
C)
Child marriages
D)
Abolition of sati

Correct Answer :   Female education

Sir Charles Wood, the President of the Board of Control, had an important effect on spreading English learning and female education in India.

Published On : June 23, 2021
5 .
Which of the following act of India ensured the partition of India?
A)
Government of India Act, 1919
B)
Government of India Act, 1922
C)
Government of India Act, 1929
D)
Government of India Act, 1935

Correct Answer :   Government of India Act, 1919

It was passed to expand participation of Indians in the government of India. The Act embodied the reforms recommended in the report of the Secretary of State for India, Edwin Montagu, and the Viceroy, Lord Chemlsford. The Act covered ten years, from 1919 to 1929. The Act received royal assent on 23 December 1919.

Published On : June 23, 2021
6 .
Lothal is a site where dockyard of which of the following civilization were found?
A)
Egyptian
B)
Persian
C)
Indus Valley
D)
Mesopotamian

Correct Answer :   Indus Valley

Lothal was one of the southernmost cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, located in the Bhal region of the modern state of Gujarat.

Published On : June 23, 2021
7 .
The local name of Mohenjodaro is
A)
Mound of the Living
B)
Mound of the dead
C)
Mound of the Survivor
D)
Mound of the Great

Correct Answer :   Mound of the dead

Mohenjo-daro, the modern name for the site, has been variously interpreted as "Mound of the Dead Men" in Sindhi, and as "Mound of Mohan" (where Mohan is Krishna).

Published On : June 23, 2021
8 .
The earliest city discovered in India was
A)
Mohenjo-Daro
B)
Sindh
C)
Rangpur
D)
Harappa

Correct Answer :   Harappa

The earliest city to be developed in India was Harappa in Punjab, in present day Pakistan. Further down the Indus valley, another city was excavated and this was Mohenjo-Daro in Sind.

Published On : June 23, 2021
9 .
The battle of Mahabharata is believed to have been foughts at kurukshetra for
A)
16 days
B)
18 days
C)
20 days
D)
22 days

Correct Answer :   18 days

Published On : June 23, 2021
10 .
In which language was the 'Shrimad Bhagavad Gita' originally written?
A)
Sanskrit
B)
Apabhramsa
C)
Prakrit
D)
Pali

Correct Answer :   Sanskrit

In India, its Sanskrit name is often written as Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, श्रीमद् भगवद् गीता (the latter two words often written as a single word भगवद्गीता), where the Shrimad prefix is used to denote a high degree of respect.

Published On : June 23, 2021
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