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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 .
Which new European satellite using advanced laser technology to track global winds and improve weather forecasts has been successfully put into orbit on a Vega rocket from French Guyana?
A)
Aeolus
B)
Radyo 4
C)
Telstar 12
D)
Eutelsat W 2

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Aeolus

Published On : June 11, 2021
2 .
What are amino acids made of?
A)
Nitrogen
B)
Carbon
C)
Hydrogen & Oxygen
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer : Option (D) - All of the above

The carbon, oxygen, hydrogen and nitrogen are the key elements in aminoacids as all aminoacids contain amine (NH2) and carboxyl (COOH) as functional groups and R group for every specific aminoacid.

Published On : June 11, 2021
3 .
Kyoto Protocol is related to
A)
Ozone depletion
B)
Climate change
C)
Air pollution
D)
Wetland conservation

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Climate change

In short, the Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets.

Published On : June 11, 2021
4 .
The hormone that helps plants respond to drought is
A)
Cytokinin
B)
Ethylene
C)
Auxin
D)
Abscicic acid

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Abscicic acid

One of these is abscisic acid (ABA), a plant hormone involved in seed development and water optimization. When water is scarce or salinity is high, roots and leaves produce ABA.03-Nov-2016

Published On : June 11, 2021
5 .
The Plant Fibres are made up of
A)
Vitamins
B)
Collagen
C)
Cellulose
D)
Proteins

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Cellulose

Plant fibers are generally composed of cellulose, often in combination with other components such as lignin. Examples include cotton, hemp, jute, flax, ramie, sisal, and bagasse.

Published On : June 11, 2021
6 .
Which Chinese space probe touched down on the far side of the moon?
A)
Juno
B)
Voyager 2
C)
Chang'e 4
D)
Mars Pathfinder

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Chang'e 4

Chang'e 4 is a robotic spacecraft mission, part of the second phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. China achieved humanity's first soft landing on the far side of the Moon, on 3 January 2019.

Published On : June 11, 2021
7 .
Which gas in the atmosphere is essential for respiration?
A)
Nitrogen
B)
Oxygen
C)
Argon
D)
Carbon dioxide

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Oxygen

Inhaling of oxygen and releasing of carbon dioxide to make our living is the process called as respiration. We know that, air is a mixture several gases like 78% of nitrogen, 21% of oxygen and several other gases with watervapour. Hence, Oxygen is essential for respiration process.

Published On : June 11, 2021
8 .
Atom bomb discovered by
A)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
B)
Felix Adler
C)
Lyndon B. Johnson
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer : Option (A) - J. Robert Oppenheimer

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is among those who are credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for their role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. The first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945, in the Trinity test in New Mexico.

Published On : June 11, 2021
9 .
Bronze is the mixture of
A)
aluminium and copper
B)
copper and iron
C)
copper and tin
D)
tin and aluminium

Correct Answer : Option (C) - copper and tin

Bronze is the mixture of is a mixture of copper and tin. The composition is copper is 88% and tin is 12%.

Published On : June 11, 2021
10 .
A kind of foliated metamorphic rock
A)
slate
B)
gneiss
C)
phyllite
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer : Option (D) - All of the above

Some kinds of metamorphic rocks -- granite gneiss and biotite schist are two examples -- are strongly banded or foliated. (Foliated means the parallel arrangement of certain mineral grains that gives the rock a striped appearance.)

Published On : June 11, 2021