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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 .
Who discovered Pluto?
A)
Tim Heynman
B)
Myne Ketteborough
C)
Jim Maxwell
D)
Clyde Tombaugh

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Clyde Tombaugh

Clyde Tombaugh, Discoverer of Pluto. NASA. The search for Planet X did not resume until 1929, when the job was handed to Clyde Tombaugh, a 23-year-old Kansan who had just arrived at the Lowell Observatory.

Published On : June 9, 2021
2 .
Allium Cepa is the scientific name of
A)
Potato
B)
Carrot
C)
Onion
D)
Tomato

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Onion

The onion (Allium cepa L., from Latin cepa "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium.

Published On : June 9, 2021
3 .
Precipitation in the form of a mixture of rain and snow is called
A)
Snow
B)
Drizzle
C)
Hail
D)
Sleet

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Sleet

Published On : June 9, 2021
4 .
__________ acts as a shield absorbing ultraviolet radiation from the sun.
A)
Stratosphere
B)
Ozone hole
C)
Greenhouse
D)
Chlorofluorocarbons

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Stratosphere

Published On : June 9, 2021
5 .
______ is the time taken by the earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.
A)
Solar year
B)
Sidereal year
C)
Lunar year
D)
Tropical year

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Sidereal year

Published On : June 9, 2021
6 .
Marble is a metamorphic rock of _______
A)
Clay
B)
Granite
C)
Sandstone
D)
Limestone

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Limestone

Published On : June 9, 2021
7 .
The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited, which are called glacial ________
A)
deltas
B)
grooves
C)
moraines
D)
plateaus

Correct Answer : Option (C) - moraines

Published On : June 9, 2021
8 .
What is the sound made by seal called?
A)
Moo
B)
Bark
C)
Growl
D)
Screech

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Bark

Published On : June 9, 2021
9 .
What is the name of the acid in an ant's sting?
A)
Formic acid
B)
Acetic acid
C)
Citric acid
D)
Lactic acid

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Formic acid

Formic acid, a component of ant venom uncommon in bee or wasp stings, is derived from the superfamily name Formicidae.

Published On : June 9, 2021
10 .
An ideal voltage source will charge an ideal capacitor
A)
Exponentially
B)
In infinite time
C)
Instantaneously
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Instantaneously

Since the voltage source is ideal, therefore its internal resistance is zero. Therefore, the time constant for the circuit becomes 0. Hence, the capacitor will charge and discharge instantaneously.

Published On : June 9, 2021