This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: Who has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Skill Development? Name the Chola ruler whose original name was Arumolivarman? The world’s largest combustion research centre has inaugurated in which IIT institute? Sun accounts for approximately what fraction of total mass of Solar System ? Which ruler of Vijayanagar had sent his embassy to the emperor of China? Which among the following was the state emblem of Pandyas? Bronze was made by mixingWhich football team has won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup? Who of the following had called Subhash Chandra Bose as ‘Desh Nayak’? “Sur Sagar “, a treatise on music was written during the reign of which of the following Mughal emperors? GK quiz set 440 – general knowledge quiz for primary level to test your level of general awareness skills. GK questions for competitive exams with answers.

Who has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Skill Development?

  1. Alphons Kannanthanam
  2. Anant Kumar Hegde
  3. Ashwini Kumar Choubey
  4. Dharmendra Pradhan

Correct answer is option D i.e. Dharmendra Pradhan
Explanation:

Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, has been promoted as Cabinet Minister and got additional charge of Union Ministry of Skill Development after latest Union cabinet reshuffle on September 3, 2017. In the latest reshuffle, four Union ministers were promoted to Cabinet rank and nine new Ministers of state were inducted in the Union Council of Ministers. Excerpts are as follows: Nirmala Sitharaman has been appointed as new Union Defence Minister while Piyush Goyal is the new Rail Minister in addition to Coal. Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been elevated to the Cabinet rank. Suresh Prabhu is now new Commerce Minister, while Nitin Gadkari has been given additional charge of Water resources.

Name the Chola ruler whose original name was Arumolivarman?
  1. Rajendra-I
  2. Rajaraja-I
  3. Vikramachola
  4. Virarajendra

Correct answer is option B

The world’s largest combustion research centre has inaugurated in which IIT institute?

  1. IIT Bombay
  2. IIT Indore
  3. IIT Madras
  4. IIT Kharagpur

Correct answer is option C i.e. IIT Madras
Explanation:

The National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD) was inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) in Tamil Nadu on October 12, 2017, which is the world’s largest combustion research centre. The NCCRD has been established at a total cost of Rs 90 crore. It will develop state-of-the-art capabilities in combustion research involving experts in the country. The establishment of the centre will give a major boost to the Indian scientific community and will provide an impetus to research in ‘Alternative Energy and Environmental Protection’ by focusing on effective utilisation of combustion as a means of thermo-chemical energy conversion. The NCCRD’s research interests will cover automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, besides fire research and microgravity combustion to minor extent.

Sun accounts for approximately what fraction of total mass of Solar System ?

  1. 70%
  2. 90%
  3. 95%
  4. 99.86%

Correct answer is option D i.e. 99.86%
Which ruler of Vijayanagar had sent his embassy to the emperor of China?
  1. Harihar I
  2. Bukka I
  3. Krishnadeva Raya
  4. Saluva Narsimha

Correct answer is option B

Which among the following was the state emblem of Pandyas?

  1. Fish
  2. Bow and Arrow
  3. Sun
  4. Horse

Correct answer is option A i.e. Fish
Bronze was made by mixing
  1. copper & iron
  2. copper & zinc
  3. copper & stone
  4. iron & stone

Correct answer is option B
Which football team has won the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup?
  1. Mexico
  2. Chile
  3. Germany
  4. Portugal

Correct answer is option C i.e. Germany
Explanation:
Germany has won the 10th edition of FIFA Confederation Cup Football-2017 title by defeating Copa America Champion Chile by 1-0 goals in the final at St Petersburg, Russia. With this, Germany has won the title for the first time after Lars Stindl scored the only goal in the 20th minute when Chile midfielder Marcelo Diaz gave the ball away on the edge of his own area.
Who of the following had called Subhash Chandra Bose as ‘Desh Nayak’?
  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Ram Manohar Lohia
  3. Ravindranath Tagore
  4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Correct answer is option C

“Sur Sagar “, a treatise on music was written during the reign of which of the following Mughal emperors?

  1. Humayun
  2. Akbar
  3. Jahanagir
  4. Shahjahan

Correct answer is option B i.e. Akbar
Explanation:

Surdas wrote Sursagar, Tulsidas who wrote Ramcharitmanas was also a contemporary of Akbar.