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 .
Origin of Indus river
A)
Tibetan
B)
Mahabaleswar
C)
Upper Himalaya
D)
Amarkantak

Correct Answer :   Tibetan

The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and East Asia. The 3,180 km river rises in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of Jammu and Kashmir, bends sharply to the left after the Nanga Parbat massif, and flows south-by-southwest through Pakistan, before it empties into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi.

Published On : June 3, 2021
2 .
Which is the longest river in India?
A)
Ganga
B)
Brahmaputra
C)
Nile
D)
Hwang Ho

Correct Answer :   Brahmaputra

Published On : June 3, 2021
3 .
Which of the following river is the home for freshwater dolphins?
A)
Sabarmati
B)
Yamuna
C)
Brahmaputra
D)
Ganga

Correct Answer :   Ganga

Ganges River dolphin, Platanista gangetica, is one of the three obligatory freshwater dolphins in the world and is distributed in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna and Sangu–Karnaphuli River systems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Published On : June 3, 2021
4 .
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam, located in Karnataka is built on which of the following river?
A)
Kaveri
B)
Mahanadi
C)
Godavari
D)
Krishna

Correct Answer :   Kaveri

Krishna Raja Sagar Dam is built across the Kaveri River, which is the main source of water in South Karnataka. The town where KRS Dam and Reservoir is built is also known as Krishnarajasagara.

Published On : June 3, 2021
5 .
On the banks of which are the capital cities of Austria, Serbia and Hungary located?
A)
Volga
B)
Seine
C)
Danube
D)
Euphrates

Correct Answer :   Danube

The Danube River flows directly through many significant European cities, including four national capitals – Vienna (Austria), Bratislava (Slovakia), Budapest (Hungary) and Belgrade (Serbia).

Published On : June 3, 2021
6 .
On which of the following rivers is the Aswan Dam located?
A)
Congo
B)
Nile
C)
Irrawady
D)
Hwang Ho

Correct Answer :   Nile

Aswan High Dam is a rock-fill dam located at the northern border between Egypt and Sudan. The dam is fed by the River Nile and the reservoir forms Lake Nasser. Construction for the project began in 1960 and was completed in 1968.

Published On : June 3, 2021
7 .
Mesopotamian civilization thrived in the area between which two rivers?
A)
Tigris and Euphrates
B)
Euphrates and Diyala
C)
Euphrates and Nile
D)
Nile and Tigris

Correct Answer :   Tigris and Euphrates

The civilization of Ancient Mesopotamia grew up along the banks of two great rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris. In the midst of a vast desert, the peoples of Mesopotamia relied upon these rivers to provide drinking water, agricultural irrigation, and major transportation routes.

Published On : June 3, 2021
8 .
Sutlej, Dras and Zanskar are the tributaries of
A)
Indus
B)
Jhelum
C)
Yamuna
D)
Ravi

Correct Answer :   Indus

Zaskar, Nubra, Shyok and Hunza are the main tributaries of Indus in Kashmir region.

Published On : June 3, 2021
9 .
What is popular name of the river formed by the confluence of Chandra and Bhagha rivers?
A)
Yamuna
B)
Ganga
C)
Jhelum
D)
Chenab

Correct Answer :   Chenab

Chenab River, river of the Indian subcontinent in northwestern India and northeastern and eastern Pakistan. Chenab River, near Sialkot, Pakistan. The Chenab is formed by the confluence of two streams, Chandra and Bhaga, in the western (Punjab) Himalayas in India's Himachal Pradesh state.

Published On : June 3, 2021
10 .
Kameng is a tributary of
A)
Meghna
B)
Padma
C)
Brahmaputra
D)
Subansiri

Correct Answer :   Brahmaputra

It is also a major tributary of Brahmaputra River and joins this mighty river at Tezpur in Assam.

Published On : June 3, 2021
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