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 .

Which Gandhian movement has been called a ‘Spontaneous Revolution’?

Quit India movement

Champaran movement

Non-cooperation movement

Civil Disobedience movement

Correct Answer : Quit India movement

Published On : June 22, 2021

2 .

Who was the first President of All India Depressed Class Association?

E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker

Shahu Maharaj

B. R. Ambedkar

M.C. Rajah

Correct Answer : M.C. Rajah

Outraged at this, Rajah quit the party in 1923. He remained a member of the Madras Legislative Council till 1926. In 1925, he created and became the president of the All India Depressed Classes Association at Nagpur.

Published On : June 22, 2021

3 .

In which language has Mahavira given his sermons?

Pali

Magadhi

Ardha-Magadhi

Shuraseni

Correct Answer : Ardha-Magadhi

Mahavir Swami delivered his first sermon in the language of the common people called Ardha Magadhi and Prakrit.

Published On : June 22, 2021

4 .

The real name of Sabarmati Ashram

Dandi Ashram

Satyagraha Ashram

Gandhi Ashram

Finiks Farm

Correct Answer : Satyagraha Ashram

The Sabarmati Ashram (also known as Harijan Ashram) was home to Mohandas Gandhi from 1917 until 1930 and served as one of the main centres of the Indian freedom struggle.

Published On : June 22, 2021

5 .

Ibn Batuta, the famous Arab scholar, visited India during the reign of

Qutubuddin Aibak

Alauddin Khilji

Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Akbar

Correct Answer : Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq

Ibn Battuta served as a qadi or judge for six years during Muhammad bin Tughluq's reign.

Published On : June 22, 2021

6 .

Mahavira was born in the royal family of the

Licchavis

Sakyas

Satavahanas

Kshatriyas

Correct Answer : Licchavis

Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6th century BCE into a royal family in Bihar, India. His mother's name was Trishala and his father's name was Siddhartha. They were lay devotees of Parshvanatha.

Published On : June 22, 2021

7 .

Who was the Delhi Sultan to impose Jizya even on the Brahmins?

Ala-ud-din Khilji

Balban

Muhammad Tughluq

Firoz Tughluq

Correct Answer : Firoz Tughluq

Feroz Shah Tughlaq (1351-88) supposedly the . kindest. of the Delhi sultans was a zealous Muslim bigot who imposed Jizya upon the Brahmins and made it a separate tax.

Published On : June 22, 2021

8 .

Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit India Movement?

Lord Mountbatten

Lord Wavell

Lord Irwin

Lord Linlithgow

Correct Answer : Lord Mountbatten

Lord Mountbatten, the Viceroy of India, presented a plan for the division of India into India and Pakistan, and the Indian leaders had no choice but to accept the division, as the Muslim League was adamant. Thus, India became free at the stroke of midnight, on August 14, 1947.

Published On : June 22, 2021

9 .

Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty in India?

Iltutmish

Qutub-ud-din Aibak

Balban

Mohammad Ghori

Correct Answer : Qutub-ud-din Aibak

The Slave Dynasty ruled the Sub-continent for about 84 years. It was the first Muslim dynasty that ruled India. Qutub-ud-din Aibak, a slave of Muhammad Ghori, who became the ruler after the death of his master, founded the Slave Dynasty.

Published On : June 22, 2021

10 .

The Rama Krishna Mission was founded by

Han's Raj

Dayananda Saraswati

Vivekananda

Keshab Chandra

Correct Answer : Vivekananda

Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a Hindu religious and spiritual organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movement. The mission is named after and inspired by the Indian saint Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897.

Published On : June 22, 2021