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 operation was carried out by Sardar Patel to make Hyderabad State a part of the Indian Republic?

Operation Polo

Operation size

Operation Unity

Operation Blue Star

Correct Answer : Operation Polo

At the time of independence there were 565 indigenous princely states in India, which was 40 percent of the total area of India. Sardar Patel had included every state in Indian union by negotiation but Hyderabad princely state was included only after the 'Operation Polo' which was a military operation.

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2 .

"Kings are made for Public; Public is not made for King" - who made this statement during the national movement?

Dadabhai Naoroji

Abbas Tyabji

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Mahatma Gandhi

Correct Answer : Mahatma Gandhi

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3 .

Who says “Dushman ki goliyon ka hum samna karenge, Azad hee rahein hain, Azad hee rahenge”?

Bhagat Singh

Ramprasad Bismil

Chandra Shekhar Azad

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya

Correct Answer : Chandra Shekhar Azad

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4 .

Who says “Go back to Gita”?

Surdass

Valmiki

Vivekananda

None of the above

Correct Answer : Vivekananda

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5 .

Who was the chairman of All Parties Conference which put up a draft constitution recommending full dominion status for India?

Dadabhai Naoroji

Motilal Nehru

Rajagopalachari

Lala Lajpat Rai

Correct Answer : Motilal Nehru

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6 .

Which of the following newspapers was started by Motilal Nehru in 1919?

Independent

Young India

Voice of India

The Leader

Correct Answer : Independent

The Independent was an Allahabad based newspaper begun by Motilal Nehru in 1919. The paper closed down under British repression two years later. The Independent was started on February 5, 1919 with the primary aim of countering the moderate political line adopted by the then leading Allahabad daily The Leader

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7 .

Who founded the Deccan Education Society to impart teachings about India culture to India’s youth?

Dadabhai Naoroji

Motilal Nehru

C Rajagopalachari

Lokmanya Tilak

Correct Answer : Lokmanya Tilak

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8 .

Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Indian to be appointed as a Professor at Elphinstone College in

London

Mumbai

Delhi

Stuttgart

Correct Answer : Mumbai

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9 .

Do or Die was one of the most powerful slogans of India’s freedom struggle. Who gave it?

J. L. Nehru

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Mahatma Gandhi

Subhash Chandra Bose

Correct Answer : Mahatma Gandhi

Perhaps the simplest, and the most powerful, slogan of the Indian National Movement was “Quit India”, or “Bharat Chhoro” — the call and command that Mahatma Gandhi gave to the British rulers of India 77 years ago. For the masses of this country, his exhortation was: “Karo ya maro”, “Do or die”

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10 .

Hitavada, the newspaper started by Gopal Krishna Gokhale in 1911 was initially published from

Sholapur

Pune

Mumbai

Nagpur

Correct Answer : Nagpur

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