This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act was enacted in which year ? Rifath Sharook has designed the world’s lightest satellite “KalamSat”. He hails from which country? Which state is set to become the first Indian state to have a public registry of sex offenders? India’s first Hyperloop project will come up in which state? What is the India’s GDP growth rate in 2018, as per latest World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report? Consider the following events____
1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
2. First Round Table Conference
3. Simon Commission
4. Poona Pact
The correct chronological order of these event is Who was the founder of Vedic culture? What is the correct Chronological Order of Nandas, Sungas, Mauryas and Hayankas dynasties of Ancient India? Which Indian sportsperson has won bronze in the Under-7 rapid championship at the 2017 Asian Schools Chess Championship (ASCC)? Consider the following statements with respect to India’s geographical span:

  1. The distance between India’s extreme latitudes is more in comparison to distance between India’s extreme longitudes
  2. The total land-border of India is almost double of total coastline of India (including islands).

Which of the above is / are correct statements? GK quiz set 106 – general knowledge SSC CGL to improve your general awareness. General Knowledge Quiz with answers to prepare online.

Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act was enacted in which year ?

  1. 1950
  2. 1952
  3. 1962
  4. 1970

Correct answer is option B i.e. 1952
Rifath Sharook has designed the world’s lightest satellite “KalamSat”. He hails from which country?
  1. China
  2. Malaysia
  3. India
  4. Japan

Correct answer is option C i.e. India
Explanation:
Indian teen Rifath Sharook from Tamil Nadu has designed the world’s lightest and smallest satellite named “KalamSat”. The satellite weighs only 64 grams and will be launched by NASA on June 21, 2017. With this, he will become the first Indian student to have his experiment launched by NASA. The main role of the satellite will be to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre. The satellite has been designed in a way which will have a 240-minute mission in space and will operate for 12 minutes in a micro-gravity environment of space.
Which state is set to become the first Indian state to have a public registry of sex offenders?
  1. Punjab
  2. Haryana
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Kerala

Correct answer is option D i.e. Kerala
Explanation:
Kerala is set to become the first Indian state to have a public registry of sex offenders. This has been stated by the Kerala Governor Justice (retd) P Sathasivam in the budget session. The public registry will contain all identification details of sex offenders and would be kept in the public domain. Apart from this, the governor listed a slew of other measures to tackle crime against women in the state. These include setting up a separate department to exclusively look at women’s issues, setting up a relief fund for victims of sex crimes, increasing the representation of women in police force by up to 15% and ensuring each panchayat has a lady police officer.

India’s first Hyperloop project will come up in which state?

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

Correct answer is option B i.e. Andhra Pradesh
Explanation:

India’s first Hyperloop project will come up in Andhra Pradesh, which will connect the city centres of Vijayawada and Amaravati. It will supposedly cover the distance of over 35 km only in five minutes. The Andhra Pradesh – Economic Development Board (AP-EDB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) for developing the project. The Hyperloop Technology is a brainchild idea of Tesla founder Elon Musk, who dubs it as the 5th mode of transportation. It is a system of magnetically levitating capsules (pods) that are sent at high speeds through low-pressure tubes.

What is the India’s GDP growth rate in 2018, as per latest World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report?
  1. 7.5%
  2. 7.7%
  3. 7.2%
  4. 7.6%

Correct answer is option A i.e. 7.5%
Explanation:
The World Bank (WB) in its latest report “Global Economic Prospects (GEP)” has projected India’s GDP growth rate at 7.5% in 2018 and 7.7% in 2019. As per the report, the World Bank has also projected a strong 7.2% growth rate for India in FY 2017 against 6.8% growth in 2016, as India is recovering from the temporary adverse effects of demonetisation. However, World Bank has maintained its forecast for global growth in 2017 and 2018 unchanged at 2.7% and 2.9% respectively, as manufacturing and trade are picking up and confidence is improving.
Consider the following events____
1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact
2. First Round Table Conference
3. Simon Commission
4. Poona Pact
The correct chronological order of these event is
  1. 1-4-3-2
  2. 2-1-3-4
  3. 3-2-1-4
  4. 2-3-1-4

Correct answer is option C
Who was the founder of Vedic culture?
  1. Dravid
  2. Arya
  3. Harappan
  4. None of these

Correct answer is option B

What is the correct Chronological Order of Nandas, Sungas, Mauryas and Hayankas dynasties of Ancient India?

  1. Nandas, Sungas, Mauryas, Hayankas
  2. Mauryas, Hayankas, Sungas, Nandas
  3. Hayankas, Nandas, Mauryas, Sungas
  4. Nandas, Mauryas, Sungas, Haranyakas

Correct answer is option C i.e. Hayankas, Nandas, Mauryas, Sungas

Which Indian sportsperson has won bronze in the Under-7 rapid championship at the 2017 Asian Schools Chess Championship (ASCC)?

  1. Kuldeep Lohia
  2. T S Mani
  3. Aditya Patil
  4. Kiaan Agarwal

Consider the following statements with respect to India’s geographical span:

  1. The distance between India’s extreme latitudes is more in comparison to distance between India’s extreme longitudes
  2. The total land-border of India is almost double of total coastline of India (including islands).

Which of the above is / are correct statements?

  1. Only 1
  2. Only 2
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Correct answer is option C i.e. Both 1 and 2
Explanation:

Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8°4’ and 37°6’ north, longitudes 68°7’ and 97°25’ east and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes. It has a land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km. (India Year Book-2017)