This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: Mo Farah has won the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. He hails from which country? Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”? Who among the following was the first muslim Military Commander who annexed Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty ? Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 makes provisions for a 3-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all the States having population of above__:Currently, Aadhaar is NOT being used in India for which of the following purposes? Where was the seat of the first Republic of the world in 6th century BC? The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in the year–Q4 . Which of the following statements about Akbar is incorrect? Who among the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries ? Consider the following:

  1. Western Himalaya
  2. Eastern Himalaya
  3. Western Ghats
  4. Eastern Ghats

Which among the above are two biodiversity Hotspots of India? GK quiz set 1150 – general knowledge MCQ questions SSC GK quiz online to prepare for multiple exams at several time which covers general awareness section. Check your answer by clicking view answer.

Mo Farah has won the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. He hails from which country?

  1. Britain
  2. South Africa
  3. Morocco
  4. Australia

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

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama “Mo” Farah, who is Britain’s most successful-ever distance runner, has won the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Farah, a four-time Olympic champion, has won his third successive world 10,000m gold medal in London in August 2017. He is the first athlete to win ten global outdoor long-distance titles on the track and the first Briton to win outdoor titles in four World Championships (both consecutively and outright). With this award, he became the first long-distance runner to win the Sports Personality award since Paula Radcliffe in 2002.

Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”?
  1. Amitabh Bachchan
  2. Shahrukh Khan
  3. Soumitra Chatterjee
  4. Kamal Hasan

Correct answer is option C i.e. Soumitra Chatterjee
Explanation:
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour” for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray’s films including ‘Apur Sansar’, ‘Debi’,’ Aranyer Din Ratri’, ‘Ghare Bairey’ and ‘Ganashatru’. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.
Who among the following was the first muslim Military Commander who annexed Bihar and Bengal by overthrowing the Sena dynasty ?
  1. Mahmud Gawan
  2. Bakhtiyar Khalji
  3. Adil Shah
  4. Shamsuddin

Correct answer is option B
Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 makes provisions for a 3-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all the States having population of above__:
  1. 15 Lakh
  2. 20 Lakh
  3. 25 Lakh
  4. 30 Lakh

Correct answer is option B i.e. 20 Lakh
Explanation:
The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 makes the following salient provisions:

  • To provide 3-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all the States having population of over 20 Lakhs.
  • To hold Panchayat Elections regularly every 5 years.
  • To provide reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Women (not less than 33%)
  • To appoint State Finance Commission to make recommendations as regards the financial powers of the Panchayats.
  • To constitute District Planning Committee to prepare draft development plan for the district as a whole.
Currently, Aadhaar is NOT being used in India for which of the following purposes?
  1. Identification of beneficiaries under pension schemes and Jan-dhan Programme
  2. Taxation
  3. Identification of MGNREGA beneficiaries
  4. Identification of mid-day meal programme at schools

Correct answer is option A i.e. Identification of beneficiaries under pension schemes and Jan-dhan Programme
Explanation:
Only one is correct in the above options. All other three are still in proposed state.
Where was the seat of the first Republic of the world in 6th century BC?
  1. Vaishali
  2. Athens
  3. Sparta
  4. Patliputra

Correct answer is option A
The English East India Company founded a permanent factory at Surat in the year–
  1. 1611
  2. 1613
  3. 1621
  4. 1626

Correct answer is option B
Q4 . Which of the following statements about Akbar is incorrect?
  1. He was a benevolent ruler.
  2. He founded a new religion Din-i-Ilahi.
  3. He maintained good relations with Rajputs.
  4. None of these

Correct answer is option D

Who among the following is known as Mother of Indian Revolutionaries ?

  1. Annie Besant
  2. Sarojini Naidu
  3. Madam Cama
  4. Usha Mehta

Correct answer is option C i.e. Madam Cama
Explanation:

Bhikaiji Rustom Cama,or Madam Cama was born on 24 September 1861 in Bombay. She was an outstanding lady of great courage, fearlessness, integrity, perseverance and passion for freedom.and is considered as the mother of Indian revolution because of her contributions to Indian freedom struggle. She was credited with designing
India’s first tricolour flag with green, saffron and red stripes bearing the immortal words – Vande Matram. After fighting tirelessly for India’s freedom struggle on foreign land for several years, she came back to India and died on August 13, 1936.

Consider the following:

  1. Western Himalaya
  2. Eastern Himalaya
  3. Western Ghats
  4. Eastern Ghats

Which among the above are two biodiversity Hotspots of India?

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 and 3
  3. 3 and 4
  4. 1 and 4

Correct answer is option B i.e. 2 and 3
Explanation:

A biodiversity hotspot is a region with a high level of endemic species. Endemic species are those species that are found in a certain limited area. Two of the twelve biodiversity hotspots in the world are in India. They are the North-Eastern region and the Western Ghats. Mega biodiversity: A unique combinations of different plants and animal species which is not available anywhere else.