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 is the chemical symbol of Gold

Correct Answer : Au

Gold, symbol Au, is a soft yellow element. It is a good thermal and electrical conductor and has an atomic number of 79 and an atomic weight of 196.967. Gold; it's chemical symbol is Au and it's the most malleable and ductile of the known metals. Gold is the highly sought-after because of it's valuable uses.

Published On : June 7, 2021

2 .

Who many edges are in a 'icosagon'

Correct Answer : 20

In geometry, an icosagon or 20-gon is a twenty-sided polygon.

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3 .

In which year did Yuri Gagarin become the first person in space

1957

1961

1963

1965

Correct Answer : 1961

Yuri Gagarin, in full Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (born March 9, 1934, near Gzhatsk, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now Gagarin, Russia]—died March 27, 1968, near Moscow), Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first man to travel into space.

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4 .

Which one is the only movable bone in the human skull

Lacrimal Bone

Vomer

Maxilla

Mandible

Correct Answer : Mandible

The only bone in your skull that forms freely movable joints is your mandible, or jawbone.

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5 .

On which year the disaster of Space Shuttle Columbia happened in which accident Kalpana Chawla died

1997

2000

2003

2005

Correct Answer : 2003

Streaks of burning debris from the U.S. space shuttle orbiter Columbia as it broke up over Texas on February 1, 2003. The accident killed all seven astronauts aboard the craft. Columbia, which had made the shuttle program's first flight into space in 1981, lifted off for its 28th mission, STS-107, on January 16, 2003.

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6 .

What was the name of the first space shuttle on which Kalpana Chawla flew to space in 1997

Columbia

Discovery

Atlantis

Endeavour

Correct Answer : Columbia

Chawla's first opportunity to fly in space came in November 1997, aboard the space shuttle Columbia on flight STS-87. The shuttle made 252 orbits of the Earth in just over two weeks.

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7 .

Who first performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.

C. Walton Lillehei

Christiaan Barnard

Norman Shumway

None of the above

Correct Answer : Christiaan Barnard

On 3 December 1967, a large medical, nursing, and technical team led by the surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first human to human heart transplant, placing Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, on the international map.

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8 .

INSAT-3D, India's newest weather satellite in 2013 was launched from

USA

French

Rusia

India

Correct Answer : French

India's Advanced Weather Satellite INSAT-3D Successfully Launched. India's Weather Satellite INSAT-3D, carrying advanced weather monitoring payloads, was launched successfully in the early hours of today (July 26, 2013) by Ariane-5 (VA214) launch vehicle from Kourou, French Guiana.

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9 .

India's first dedicated navigation satellite IRNSS-1A was launched from

Thiruvananthapuram

Ahmedabad

Balasore

Sriharikota

Correct Answer : Sriharikota

ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C22, successfully launched IRNSS-1A, the first satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), in the early morning hours of today (July 2, 2013) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

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10 .

Total number of bones in a human spine

Correct Answer : 33

Vertebrae are the 33 individual bones that interlock with each other to form the spinal column. The vertebrae are numbered and divided into regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx. Only the top 24 bones are moveable; the vertebrae of the sacrum and coccyx are fused.

Published On : June 7, 2021