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 cells are responsible to send and receive electro-chemical signals to and from the brain

Stem cells

Axon

Neurons

None of the above

Correct Answer : Neurons

In the form of electrical impulses, constantly travel back and forth between the brain and other parts of the body. A special cell called a neuron is responsible for carrying these messages. There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain.

Published On : June 7, 2021

2 .

Which instrument is used to measure the intensity of earthquakes

Oscilloscope

Seismograph

Inclinometer

Interferometer

Correct Answer : Seismograph

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3 .

Which one is the biggest planet in our solar system

Mercury

Saturn

Jupiter

Earth

Correct Answer : Jupiter

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4 .

Which gas contains in largest volume in our atmosphere

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Carbon

Argon

Correct Answer : Nitrogen

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5 .

Who is known as the father of electricity

Michael Faraday

Alexander Graham Bell

Isaac Newton

Correct Answer : Michael Faraday

The Father of Electricity, Michael Faraday was born on September 22, in 1791. The English scientist, who is responsible for the discovery of electromagnetic induction, electrolysis and diamagnetism, hailed from a poor family of a blacksmith.

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6 .

Which one is India's first satellite exclusively used for educational purpose

EDUSAT

SARAL

HAMSAT

RISAT-1

Correct Answer : EDUSAT

GSAT-3, known as EDUSAT is meant for distant class room education from school level to higher education. This was the first dedicated "Educational Satellite" that provide the country with satellite based two way communication to class room for delivering educational materials.

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7 .

In which year Isaac Newton published "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosoph" for first time

1642

1664

1671

1687

Correct Answer : 1687

The three laws of motion were first compiled by Isaac Newton in his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), first published in 1687.

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8 .

The centre of a cyclone is a calm area, it is called the ________ of the storm.

point

limit

eye

needle

Correct Answer : eye

The eye is a region of mostly calm weather at the center of tropical cyclones. ... It is surrounded by the eyewall, a ring of towering thunderstorms where the most severe weather and highest winds occur.

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9 .

What is the name of ecologically clean rocket developed by Russia based space research center?

Korolev

Vostok

Luna

Angara

Correct Answer : Angara

The Angara rocket family is a family of space-launch vehicles being developed by the Moscow-based Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Russia.

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10 .

What is the name of the eighth planet discovered by NASA, circling Kepler- 90?

Kepler–90g

Kepler–90i

Kepler–90h

Kepler–908

Correct Answer : Kepler–90i

On 14 December 2017, NASA and Google announced the discovery of an eighth planet, Kepler-90i, in the Kepler-90 system: the discovery was made using a new machine learning method developed by Google.

Published On : June 7, 2021