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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 .
Tribes of which division celebrate Goncha festival in Chhattisgarh?
A)
Bastar
B)
Sarguja
C)
Durg
D)
Raipur

Correct Answer :   Bastar

Published On : May 24, 2021
2 .
The Shatasahasri-Samhita is the nickname of which of the following texts?
A)
Ramayana
B)
Mahabharata
C)
Atharvaveda
D)
Rigveda

Correct Answer :   Mahabharata

The Shatasahasri-Samhita is the nickname of Epic Mahabharata. Mahabharata is the world's biggest Epic.

Published On : May 24, 2021
3 .
Which of the following books is not written by Salman Rushdie?
A)
The Satanic Verses
B)
An Area of Darkness
C)
Midnight's Children
D)
Sahme

Correct Answer :   An Area of Darkness

Published On : May 24, 2021
4 .
Prolific Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain predominantly used which of these animals to depict a lively and free spirit in his paintings?
A)
Tigers
B)
Horses
C)
Elephants
D)
Cows

Correct Answer :   Horses

Published On : May 24, 2021
5 .
Name the author who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for his book An Era of Darkness : The British Empire in India.
A)
Vikram Seth
B)
Romila Thapar
C)
Ramchandra Guha
D)
Shashi Tharoor

Correct Answer :   Shashi Tharoor

Published On : May 24, 2021
6 .
Who among the following was a famous Qawwall singer?
A)
Nusrat Fatech Ali Khan
B)
Nazia Hassan
C)
Begum Akhtar
D)
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

Correct Answer :   Nusrat Fatech Ali Khan

Published On : May 24, 2021
7 .
Which of the following is not a language of Northern group language?
A)
Brahui
B)
Malto
C)
Ahom
D)
Kurukh

Correct Answer :   Ahom

Ahom language belongs to Siamese-Chinese group of languages. Brahui is spoken in Baluchistan, Malto in tribal areas of West Bengal and Odisha, while Kurukh is spoken in West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.

Published On : May 24, 2021
8 .
How many major denominations of Hinduism do exist?
A)
Three
B)
Four
C)
Five
D)
Six

Correct Answer :   Four

Published On : May 24, 2021
9 .
Before joining the Suhrawardi order which of the following lived in the company of Gorakhnath?
A)
Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
B)
Saba Dawud Khaki Suhrawardi
C)
Shaikh Hasan
D)
Makhdum Hamzah

Correct Answer :   Shaikh Hasan

Shaikh Hasan was another prominent Sufi saint of the Suhrawardi order, who lived during the 16th and 17th centuries in Lahore in present-day Pakistan. Before joining the Suhrawardi order he lived in the ‘company of yogi Gorakhnath.

Published On : May 24, 2021
10 .
Vishvamitra, Atri, Gritsamada, Vasishtha, and Bharadvaja are associated with which of the following ages?
A)
Neolithic age
B)
Rig Vedic age
C)
Mauryan age
D)
Paleolithic age

Correct Answer :   Paleolithic age

Vishvamitra, Atri, Gritsamada, Vasishtha, and Bharadvaja are associated with Rig Vedic Age. The Rig Vedic texts like Rig Vedic Samhita were composed by families of certain seer poets such as ones mentioned above.

Published On : May 24, 2021