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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 .
What did Edward Jenner pioneer?
A)
Electrocution
B)
Dialysis
C)
Open heart surgery
D)
Vaccination

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Vaccination

Edward Jenner, FRS FRCPE (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines including creating the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine.

Published On : June 7, 2021
2 .
What is the name of first solar mission of Indian Space Research Organisation set to be launch in 2019?
A)
Aditya–L1
B)
Halo–L1
C)
Corona–L1
D)
Ravi – L1

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Aditya–L1

The Aditya-1 mission was conceived as a 400kg class satellite carrying one payload, the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) and was planned to launch in a 800 km low earth orbit.

Published On : June 7, 2021
3 .
Which of the following technique is used to know the age of a tree in years?
A)
Counting the number of tree rings
B)
Counting the number of tree rings
C)
Counting the seasons of its flowering
D)
Measuring the size of the bark

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Counting the number of tree rings

Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed.

Published On : June 7, 2021
4 .
What is meant by space tourism?
A)
Touring the world only by flight
B)
Reaching out to Mars
C)
Scientific space exploration
D)
Space travel for leisure

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Space travel for leisure

Published On : June 7, 2021
5 .
Orbital period of Halley's comet is ___ years
A)
25
B)
50
C)
75
D)
100

Correct Answer : Option (C) - 75

Halley's Comet or Comet Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–76 years. Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and thus the only naked-eye comet that can appear twice in a human lifetime.

Published On : June 7, 2021
6 .
The official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) is
A)
Cosmic Research
B)
Space Science Reviews
C)
Astrophysics and Space
D)
Advances in Space Research

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Advances in Space Research

Advances in Space Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published 24 times per year by Elsevier. It was established in 1981 and is the official journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).

Published On : June 7, 2021
7 .
Which one is called the dwarf planet?
A)
Mercury
B)
Venus
C)
Moon
D)
Pluto

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Pluto

When Pluto was discovered in 1930 , it was called the ninth planet in our solar system, but its status as a fully fledged planet came into question in the 1990s. Pluto was officially reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 . The best-known dwarf planet, Pluto is also the largest in size and the second largest in mass.

Published On : June 7, 2021
8 .
The most suitable unit for expressing nuclear radius is
A)
Fermi
B)
Nanometre
C)
Micron
D)
Angstrom

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Fermi

This means that the nuclear radius is of the order of fermi. Hence, the most suitable unit for expressing nuclear radius is Fermi.

Published On : June 7, 2021
9 .
The color of tomatoes is due to the presence of
A)
Carotenoids
B)
Flavanoids
C)
Mineral Salts
D)
Vitamins

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Flavanoids

Published On : June 7, 2021
10 .
Which element has the highest electronegativity
A)
Copper
B)
Francium
C)
Gallium
D)
Flourine

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Flourine

Electronegativity increases from bottom to top in groups, and increases from left to right across periods. Thus, fluorine is the most electronegative element, while francium is one of the least electronegative.

Published On : June 7, 2021