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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.

A)
Cauvery Basin
B)
Sri Lanka
C)
Antarctica
D)
Sundarbans Delta

Correct Answer :   Antarctica


Dakshin Gangotri was the first scientific base station of India situated in Antarctica, part of the Indian Antarctic Programme. It is located at a distance of 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) from the South Pole.

Published On : June 8, 2021
A)
Bhaskar
B)
Surya
C)
Aditya
D)
Ravi

Correct Answer :   Aditya


The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has recently announced that its first solar mission, named Aditya-L1, will be launched in 2019–20. The spacecraft aims to answer fundamental questions in solar physics by studying dynamic processes on the Sun.

Published On : June 8, 2021
A)
Yuri Denver
B)
Yuri Malenchenko
C)
Yuri Johnson
D)
David Malenchenk

Correct Answer :   Yuri Malenchenko


Yuri Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, on 10 August 2003, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station.

Published On : June 7, 2021
A)
Asteroid Strom
B)
Comet Strom
C)
Meteorite Strom
D)
Solar Strom

Correct Answer :   Solar Strom


Published On : June 7, 2021
A)
space observatory
B)
Reconnaissance satellite
C)
Reconnaissance satellite
D)
Communication satellite

Correct Answer :   space observatory


ASTROSAT is India's first dedicated multi wavelength space observatory. ... ASTROSAT observes universe in the optical, Ultraviolet, low and high energy X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, whereas most other scientific satellites are capable of observing a narrow range of wavelength band.

Published On : June 7, 2021
A)
America
B)
Africa
C)
West Asia
D)
Central Asia

Correct Answer :   Africa


Published On : June 7, 2021
A)
Joseph Asbrook
B)
Sylvain Arend
C)
Clyde Tombaugh
D)
Edwin Hubble

Correct Answer :   Clyde Tombaugh


Pluto (denoted here by the arrows) was revealed to its discoverer, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, through its movement between January 23, 1930, and January 29, 1930, the dates on which the first and second photographs, respectively, were taken.

Published On : June 7, 2021
A)
Sun
B)
Saturn
C)
Jupiter
D)
Moon

Correct Answer :   Moon


Chang'e-5 mission is the first lunar sample-return mission conducted by humanity in over four decades since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976. By completing the mission, China became the third country to return samples from the Moon after the United States and the Soviet Union.

Published On : June 7, 2021
A)
Nebula
B)
Black Hole
C)
Supernova
D)
Galaxy

Correct Answer :   Nebula


(nebulae or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases. Originally, the term was used to describe any diffused astronomical object, including galaxies beyond the Milky Way.

Published On : June 7, 2021
A)
Maxwell
B)
Diesel
C)
Volta
D)
Michael Faraday

Correct Answer :   Michael Faraday


Michael Faraday (1791-1867) an Englishman, made one of the most significant discoveries in the history of electricity: Electromagnetic induction. His pioneering work dealt with how electric currents work. Many inventions would come from his experiments, but they would come fifty to one hundred years later. Failures never discouraged Faraday. He would say; "the failures are just as important as the successes." He felt failures also teach. The farad, the unit of capacitance is named in the honor of Michael Faraday.

Published On : June 7, 2021