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 .

Supreme Court Judges retire upon attaining the age of

62 years

65 years

67 years

70 years

Correct Answer : 65 years

Supreme Court Judges retire upon attaining the age of 65 years.

Published On : June 19, 2021

2 .

Which of the following is not one of the essential qualification for the candidature of President?

Citizen of India

Tenth pass

Completion of 35 years of age

Qualified for election as a member of the house of people

Correct Answer : Tenth pass

The Article 58(1) of the Constitution of India has enumerated the qualifications for the election of President of India. These are: He should be a citizen of India, he should have completed 35 years of age, he should be qualified for election as a member of the Lok Sabha and he should not hold any office of profit under the Union government or any state government or any local authority or any other public authority.

Published On : June 19, 2021

3 .

The original constitution of India had included 14 languages in the 8th schedule. Which of the following was the 15th language to be included in this schedule?

Manipuri

Dogri

Sindhi

Konkani

Correct Answer : Sindhi

Eighth Schedule mentions the languages recognized by the Constitution of India. Originally it contained 14 languages but presently there are 22 languages. Sindhi was added by the 21st Amendment Act of 1967. Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali were added in 1992 by 71st Constitutional Amendment Act; and Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santali were added in 2003 by 92nd Constitutional Amendment Act.

Published On : June 19, 2021

4 .

Which of the following parts/ provisions of the Indian Constitution cannot be amended?

Fundamental Rights

Preamble to the Constitution

Directive Principles of State Policy

Judicial Review

Correct Answer : Judicial Review

Judicial Review forms the part of the basic structure of the Constitution which cannot be altered by the amendment procedure.

Published On : June 19, 2021

5 .

In which year, first general elections to Lok Sabha were held in India?

1948

1950

1951

1953

Correct Answer : 1951

The first general elections to elect members of Lok Sabha were held between October 25, 1951 and March 27, 1952. The result was election of India’s first Lok Sabha. The election was won by Indian National Congress and consequently, Jawaharlal Nehru became India’s first democratically elected Prime Minister.

Published On : June 19, 2021

6 .

The organization and interconnection of the various components of a computer system is

Networks

Designing

Architecture

Graphics

Correct Answer : Architecture

The organization and interconnection of the various components of a computer system is Architecture.

Published On : June 18, 2021

7 .

Which programming language is based on Algol 60

SIMULA

SNOBOL

ADA

PILOT

Correct Answer : SIMULA

Simula Programming Language : Simula is the name of two simulation programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard. Syntactically, it is a fairly faithful superset of ALGOL 60, also influenced by the design of Simscript.

Published On : June 18, 2021

8 .

What is the name given to the weapons which use computerised guidance system?

Dumb weapons

Smart weapons

Guided weapons

Starwars weapons

Correct Answer : Smart weapons

Smart weapons : A precision-guided munition (PGM, smart weapon, smart munition, smart bomb) is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target, to minimize collateral damage and increase lethality against intended targets.

Published On : June 18, 2021

9 .

A billionth of a second is defined as a

picoseconds

millisecond

microsecond

nanosecond

Correct Answer : nanosecond

Nanosecond : A nanosecond (ns) is an SI unit of time equal to one thousand-millionth of a second (or one billionth of a second), that is, 1/1,000,000,000 of a second, or 10−9 seconds.

Published On : June 18, 2021

10 .

Which of the following memory is capable of operating at electronics speed?

Magnetic disks

Magnetic drums

Semiconductor memory

Magnetic tapes

Correct Answer : Semiconductor memory

Semiconductor memory is a digital electronic data storage device, often used as computer memory, implemented with semiconductor electronic devices on an integrated circuit. There are many different types of implementations using various technologies.

Published On : June 18, 2021