This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb? Who has been conferred the 52nd edition of the Jnanpith Award-2016? Who said, “Like summer gale revolt of Meerut was unprecedented and short-lived”? Which among the following was the royal emblem of Chera Kingdom? The boring of India’s first underwater rail tunnel has completed under which river? Who were the signatories of the Treaty of Mangalore? Who was the president of INC at the time of independence? In the Rigvedic Dasrajan Yudha (Battle of Ten Kings) the Bharatas emerged winner at the bank of __? Arjun Tulshiram Pawar, who passed away recently, was related to which field? Which Indian state is hosting the 2017 BWF World Senior Badminton Championships? GK quiz set 908 – general knowledge UPSC to get better score in general awareness section of examination. GK quiz with answers for competitive exams.
Who was the Sikh Guru to be slaughtered by Aurangzeb?
  1. Ramdas
  2. Arjundev
  3. Teg Bahadur
  4. Govind Singh

Correct answer is option C
Who has been conferred the 52nd edition of the Jnanpith Award-2016?
  1. Sankha Ghosh
  2. Chandrashekhara Kambara
  3. Bishnu Dey
  4. D R Bendre

Correct answer is option A i.e. Sankha Ghosh
Explanation:
Prof. Sankha Ghosh, an eminent Bengali poet and literary critic, has been conferred the 52nd edition of the Jnanpith Award (2016) by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function in New Delhi on April 27, 2017. He was awarded for his outstanding contribution in the field of literature. Excerpt of Ghosh’s classic creations are Adim lata -gulmomay, Murkho Baro, Samajik Noy and Baborer Prarthana. With this, Prof. Ghosh has become the 6th Bengali author to win India’s highest literary award after Mahasweta Devi, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Ashapurna Devi, Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Bishnu Dey.
Who said, “Like summer gale revolt of Meerut was unprecedented and short-lived”?
  1. S.N. Sen
  2. R.C. Majumdar
  3. S.B. Chaudhari
  4. V.D. Savarkar

Correct answer is option A
Which among the following was the royal emblem of Chera Kingdom?
  1. Tiger
  2. Bow
  3. Fish
  4. Carp

Correct answer is option B i.e. Bow
Explanation:
Bow was the royal emblem of Chera Kingdom.
The boring of India’s first underwater rail tunnel has completed under which river?
  1. Kaveri River
  2. Godavari River
  3. Hooghly River
  4. Krishna River

Correct answer is option C i.e. Hooghly River
Explanation:
The boring of India’s first underwater rail tunnel under the Hooghly River for establishing metro link between Howrah and Kolkata has completed before its scheduled deadline of July 2017. The tunnel is 16.6 km long, out of which 10.8 km runs under the ground. Of this 10.8 km, 502 metres is under the water and the whole thing connects Howrah to the west and Salt lake to the east. It will have 12 stations and six will be underground. Estimated cost of the entire project is $750 million or about Rs 5,000 crores. The final commissioning of the project is expected by December 2019, following which it will be operational. The project is built by Afcons Transtonnelstroy and implemented by Kolkata Metro Railway Corporation Ltd (KMRCL).
Who were the signatories of the Treaty of Mangalore?
  1. The English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
  2. The English East India Company and the Marathas
  3. Hyder Ali and the English East India Company
  4. The French East India Company and Tipu Sultan

Correct answer is option A

Who was the president of INC at the time of independence?

  1. Gandhi
  2. JB Kripalani
  3. Sarojini Naidu
  4. None of the above

Correct answer is option B i.e. JB Kripalani
Explanation:
J. B. Kripalani was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of independence. Acharya (scholar) Jiwantram Bhagwandas Kripalani was a Gandhian Socialist, environmentalist, mystic and freedom fighter, noted for his incorruptibility and determination.

In the Rigvedic Dasrajan Yudha (Battle of Ten Kings) the Bharatas emerged winner at the bank of __?

  1. The Indus River
  2. The Saraswati River
  3. The Sutlej River
  4. The Parushni River

Correct answer is option D i.e. The Parushni River
Explanation:

According to Rigveda,the famous battle of ten kings ( or Dasrajan Yudha) was between Sudas, a Bharata king of the Tritsu family and the confederacy of ten well-known tribes- Puru, Yadu, Turvasa, Anu, Druhyu, Alina, Paktha ,Bhalanas,Shiva and Vishanin.In the bloody and decisive battle on the banks of River Parushni the Bharatas emerged victorious.

Arjun Tulshiram Pawar, who passed away recently, was related to which field?
  1. Sports
  2. Journalism
  3. Law
  4. Politics

Correct answer is option D i.e. Politics
Explanation:
Arjun Tulshiram Pawar (80), the senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra minister, has recently passed away in Mumbai. He was the minister of state for tribal welfare in the Congress-NCP government led by Vilasrao Deshmukh in 1999. The leader, who represented Kalvan Vidhan Sabha constituency for many years, lost the 2014 state Assembly election.

Which Indian state is hosting the 2017 BWF World Senior Badminton Championships?

  1. Kerala
  2. Karnataka
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Andhra Pradesh

Correct answer is option A i.e. Kerala
Explanation:

The BWF World Senior Badminton Championship has started at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi,
Kerala on September 11 and will continue till September 17. It is for the first time that India is hosting the Championship. The President of Badminton Association of India (BAI) Himanta Biswa Sarma has formally inaugurated the week long Championship. The tournament will see a total of 665 players from 40 countries battle it out in eight different age groups and will be played in all the five categories. About 175 players are representing India including Olympians in the Championship.