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.

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1 .
The words ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in the State emblem has been taken from
A)
Mundaka Upanishad
B)
Chandogya Upanishad
C)
Isa Upanishad
D)
Svetasvatara Upanishad

Correct Answer :   Mundaka Upanishad

The words Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning 'Truth Alone Triumphs', are inscribed below the abacus in Devanagari script.

Published On : June 22, 2021
2 .
The first Swadeshi dacoity or robbery was organised in the year 1906 in
A)
Muzaffarpur
B)
Maniktala
C)
Midnapur
D)
Rangapur

Correct Answer :   Rangapur

Rangpura is the place where first swadeshi dacoity was organised in 1906.

Published On : June 22, 2021
3 .
One of the following was not associated with Justice Party:
A)
Raja Ram Rainingar
B)
Tanguturi Prakasam
C)
K.M. Patro
D)
Ramaswami Naikar

Correct Answer :   Tanguturi Prakasam

Published On : June 22, 2021
4 .
The Moplahs were the poor peasants and agricultural labourers of South Malabar. They were mainly converts to Islam from the lower castes like
A)
Tiyya, Cheruma
B)
Mahar, Mang
C)
Mala, Madiga
D)
Ramdasiya, Mehtar

Correct Answer :   Tiyya, Cheruma

Published On : June 22, 2021
5 .
Name the ruler who was deposed in 1875 on charges of ‘gross misrule’.
A)
Gangasingh of Bikaner
B)
Krishna Raja Wadiar of Mysore
C)
Malhar Rao Gaikwad of Baroda
D)
Bupendranath Singh of Patiala

Correct Answer :   Malhar Rao Gaikwad of Baroda

The result of all this was that the young Tondaiman grew into a complicated man. When the British deposed Malhar rao for "gross misrule" in 1875, Maharani Jamnabai of Baroda adopted Gopalrao at the age of 12.

Published On : June 22, 2021
6 .
The LexLoci Act gave
A)
No right over the ancestral properties for the Christian converts.
B)
The Christian converts the right to inherit their ancestral properties.
C)
No right over the ancestral properties for the converts from Buddhist religion.
D)
The right to inherit the ancestralproperties for the converts fromJain religion.

Correct Answer :   The Christian converts the right to inherit their ancestral properties.

Lex loci Act 1850 (11 April 1850) Upsc : The Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850, was a law passed in British India under East India Company rule, that abolished all laws affecting the rights of people converting to another religion or caste.

Published On : June 22, 2021
7 .
Shri Narayan Dharma Paripalana Yogam of Kerala worked for
A)
Women’s education.
B)
Eradication of child labour.
C)
The Hindu widow remarriage.
D)
Upliftment of dalits and peasants.

Correct Answer :   Upliftment of dalits and peasants.

Published On : June 22, 2021
8 .
Which of the following was not true of James Augustus Hickey?
A)
He was sent to prison by Company Government for being fearless journalist.
B)
He was the pioneer of Indian Journalism.
C)
He always worked for the press freedom.
D)
He was the founder of the Bengal Chronicle.

Correct Answer :   He was the founder of the Bengal Chronicle.

Published On : June 22, 2021
9 .
The Gujarat Sabha led by Gandhi played a leading role in the
A)
Peasant Agitation of Kheda
B)
Bardoli Agitation
C)
Salt Satyagraha
D)
Ahmedabad Mill Workers’ Strike

Correct Answer :   Peasant Agitation of Kheda

Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi served as its president from 1918 to 1919. The Sabha would play a pivotal role in organizing the peasant rebellion in Kheda in 1918–19. It merged into the Indian National Congress in 1920 - becoming the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee.

Published On : June 22, 2021
10 .
Which proto-historic site has yielded the evidence of threads of raw silk?
A)
Ahar
B)
Inamgaon
C)
Nevasa
D)
Navadatoli

Correct Answer :   Nevasa

The new evidence which comes from Harappa and Chanhu-daro show silk threads almost a millennium earlier than previously believed; the earliest find for silk in India was a thread found in Nevasa (1500 BCE). Now three silk fragments, which came from wild silk moth species, dated to the mature Harappan period (2600 – 1700 BCE) show that wild silk was used not just in China. Hence, Option A is correct.

Published On : June 22, 2021
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