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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 are the parameters to become a member of the UN?
A)
It must accept the obligations to the Charter; it must be willing to carry out these obligations
B)
It must be a state, it must be peace loving
C)
It must be able to carry out these obligations
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer :   All of the above

Published On : May 30, 2021
2 .
Who was the only Secretary General of the UNO to have died while in office?
A)
Kurt Waldhiem
B)
Trygve Lie
C)
U Thant
D)
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld

Correct Answer :   Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 10 April 1953 until 18 September 1961 when he died in a plane crash while on a peace mission in the Congo.

Published On : May 30, 2021
3 .
Who of the following was the U.N.O.'s first Secretary General from the African continent?
A)
Javier Perez de Cuellar
B)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
C)
Ban Ki-moon
D)
Kofi Anan

Correct Answer :   Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Published On : May 30, 2021
4 .
Permanent Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of SAARC programme is located at
A)
Dhaka
B)
Colombo
C)
Kathmandu
D)
New Delhi

Correct Answer :   Kathmandu

Published On : May 30, 2021
5 .
The Halifax summit was that of
A)
Leaders of the NAM
B)
G-7 countries
C)
Palestinian and Israeli leaders
D)
countries in favour of a common currency for Europe

Correct Answer :   G-7 countries

The 21st G-7 summit was held on June 15–17, 1995 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Published On : May 30, 2021
6 .
Besides UK, USA, Germany and Japan the G-7 countries includes
A)
Canada, France and Italy
B)
Canada, France and Russia
C)
Canada, Italy and Netherlands
D)
France, Netherlands and Russia

Correct Answer :   Canada, France and Italy

Published On : May 30, 2021
7 .
Which one of the following is not related to disarmament?
A)
CTBT
B)
SALT
C)
NPT
D)
NATO

Correct Answer :   NATO

Published On : May 30, 2021
8 .
Pakistan which rejoined the Commonwealth, had pulled itself out of it in the year
A)
1972
B)
1975
C)
1981
D)
1986

Correct Answer :   1972

Published On : May 30, 2021
9 .
How many former republics of USSR have become members of the Commonwealth of Independent States?
A)
9
B)
10
C)
11
D)
12

Correct Answer :   11

Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Russian Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv, free association of sovereign states that was formed in 1991 by Russia and 11 other republics that were formerly part of the Soviet Union.

Published On : May 30, 2021
10 .
The non-permanent members of the Security Council of the UN elected by the General Assembly for two years term at present include (2-year term which begins on the January 1, 2011)
A)
Morocco, Cape, Verde, Belgium, Russia
B)
Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, South Africa
C)
Zimbabwe, Venezuela, India, France
D)
Japan, India, Hungary, Venezuela

Correct Answer :   Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, South Africa

For the 2-year term which begins on the January 1, 2011, the elected non-permanent members for this 2-year period will be Colombia, Germany, India, Portugal, and South Africa.

Published On : May 30, 2021