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 .

Who gave the slogan "Des bachao… Des banao" to the nation ?

Indira gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi

P V Narasimha rao

Manmohan singh

Correct Answer : P V Narasimha rao

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2 .

Who is the Indian freedom fighter known as "Deen Bandhu"?

Jayaprakash Narayan

Charles Freer Andrews

Anugrah Narayan Sinha

Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer : Charles Freer Andrews

Charles Freer Andrews, a Christian missionary, social reformer and an educator in India was known lovingly as Deen Bandhu (Friend of the Poor) by Gandhiji, for his contributions towards India's freedom movement.

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3 .

Who is the Indian freedom fighter known as "Loknayak"?

M. S. Swaminathan

Vallabhbhai Patel

Gopinath Bordoloi

Jayaprakash Narayan

Correct Answer : Jayaprakash Narayan

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4 .

Who is the Indian freedom fighter known as "Gurudev"?

Rabindranath Tagore

Valmeeki

Dhyan Chand

Rajendra Prasad

Correct Answer : Rabindranath Tagore

One of the greatest man born on in India was the renowned poet and freedom fighter Rabindranath Tagore. Called as 'Gurudev' Tagore's thoughts and ideas motivate people and keep their love for the country alive even now.

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5 .

Who is the Indian known as "Frontier Gandhi"?

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Madan Mohan Malaviya

Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Jayaprakash Narayan

Correct Answer : Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Abdul Ghaffar Khan, (born 1890, Utmanzai, India—died Jan. 20, 1988, Peshawar, Pak.), the foremost 20th-century leader of the Pashtuns (Pakhtuns, or Pathans; a Muslim ethnic group of Pakistan and Afghanistan), who became a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was called the “Frontier Gandhi.”

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6 .

Who is the Indian known as "Nightingale of India"?

Indra Ghandhi

Sarojini Naidu

Tessy Thomas

P.T. Usha

Correct Answer : Sarojini Naidu

When Sarojni Naidu, the 'Nightingale of India', called Mahatma Gandhi 'Mickey Mouse' The father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, gave her the title, "Nightingale of India", but did you know she, too, had a nickname for Bapu.

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7 .

Who is known as "Missile woman of India"?

Tessy Thomas

Indra Gandhi

Priyanaka Gandhi

None of the above

Correct Answer : Tessy Thomas

Tessy Thomas (born April 1963) is an Indian scientist and Director General of Aeronautical Systems and the former Project Director for Agni-IV missile in Defence Research and Development Organisation. She is the first ever woman scientist to head a missile project in India.

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8 .

Who is the Indian known as "Missile man of India"?

Rabindranath Tagore

Narendra modi

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Jawaharlal Nehru

Correct Answer : A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Abdul Kalam. (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering.

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9 .

Who is the Indian known as "Father of Green Revolution in India"?

Rabindranath Tagore

Jayaprakash Narayan

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

M. S. Swaminathan

Correct Answer : M. S. Swaminathan

Swaminathan has been called the "Father of Green Revolution in India" for his role in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. He is the founder of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.

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10 .

Who is the Indian known as "Waterman of India"?

T. Prakasam

Sunil Gavaskar

Rajendra Singh

C. N. Annadurai

Correct Answer : Rajendra Singh

Rajendra Singh (born 6 August 1959) is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as "waterman of India", he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015. He runs an NGO called 'Tarun Bharat Sangh' (TBS), which was founded in 1975.

Published On : May 29, 2021