This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: The greatest of the pallava rulers wasTo whom is the Gayatri Mantra dedicated? Consider the following statements:
i) Ahmednagar was ruled by Nizamshahi dynasty.
ii) Bijapur was ruled by Adil Shahi dynasty
Choose the right option:Which state government will give lifetime monthly pensions to ‘Hindi Satyagrahis’? Which of the following has become the India’s first payments bank to integrate the UPI on its digital platform? Which union minister has launched a mobile app “Celebrating Yoga” for scientific healthy living? Which inter-disciplinary standing committee has been constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review cyber threats? At which among the following sessions of the Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinnah had invented a new slogan “Divide and Quit”? The Union government has recently launched “Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2” scheme in which state? The Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS) is located in which state? GK quiz set 146 – UPSC general knowledge questions with answers to learn from anywhere with help of this free online GK quiz with solutions. GK MCQ quiz online for government exams.
The greatest of the pallava rulers was
  1. Narasimha varma-I
  2. Narasimhavarma-II
  3. Rajasimha
  4. Maheridravarma

Correct answer is option A
To whom is the Gayatri Mantra dedicated?
  1. Savitri (A solar deity)
  2. Surya (Sun)
  3. Soma (God of the intoxicating juice)
  4. Maruts (Storm Gods)

Correct answer is option A
Consider the following statements:
i) Ahmednagar was ruled by Nizamshahi dynasty.
ii) Bijapur was ruled by Adil Shahi dynasty
Choose the right option:
  1. Both i and ii are correct
  2. Only i is correct
  3. Only ii is correct
  4. Neither i nor ii is correct

Correct answer is option A

Which state government will give lifetime monthly pensions to ‘Hindi Satyagrahis’?

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Haryana
  3. Rajasthan
  4. Gujarat

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

The Haryana government has recently announced lifetime monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for ‘Hindi Satyagrahis’ and those from the state who were jailed during the Emergency. For this, the state government has identified 194 ‘Satyagrahis’ who were imprisoned during the ‘Hindi Satyagraha’ launched by the Punjab Arya Pratinidhi Sabha in 1957 to promote the language. Apart from this, the state government has also announced financial assistance to soldiers from Haryana who took part in the World War-II, and their widows, from Rs 4,500 to Rs 10,000.

Which of the following has become the India’s first payments bank to integrate the UPI on its digital platform?

  1. FINO Payments Bank
  2. Airtel Payments Bank
  3. Paytm Payments Bank
  4. India Post Payments Bank

Correct answer is option B i.e. Airtel Payments Bank
Explanation:

The Airtel Payments Bank (APB) has become the India’s first payments bank to integrate the UPI on its digital platform. This will add to customer choice and convenience for making secure digital payments to online/offline merchants and making instant money transfers to any bank account in India.

Which union minister has launched a mobile app “Celebrating Yoga” for scientific healthy living?
  1. Arun Jaitley
  2. Narendra Modi
  3. M Venkaiah Naidu
  4. Harsh Vardhan

Correct answer is option D i.e. Harsh Vardhan
Explanation:
The Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched a mobile app “Celebrating Yoga” in New Delhi to connect people through Yoga for scientific healthy living. The mobile app has been developed by Department of Science and Technology on the occasion of International Yoga Day (IYD) 2017. The aim of the app is to popularize Yoga and encourage people to practice yoga for a scientifically healthy living.
Which inter-disciplinary standing committee has been constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review cyber threats?
  1. Krishna Pendalaya committee
  2. Nandkumar Sarvade committee
  3. Meena Hemchandra committee
  4. A S Ramasastri committee

Correct answer is option C i.e. Meena Hemchandra committee
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently constituted an inter-disciplinary standing committee on cyber security to review the threats inherent in the existing and emerging technology. The 11—member committee headed by Meena Hemchandra, Executive Director of RBI, will study adoption of various security standards and protocols, interface with stakeholders and suggest appropriate policy interventions to strengthen cyber security and resilience. The committee has been formed on the recommendations of the expert panel on Cyber Security and Information Technology Examination.

At which among the following sessions of the Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinnah had invented a new slogan “Divide and Quit”?

  1. Lucknow Session 1931
  2. Karachi Session 1933
  3. Lahore Session 1940
  4. Karachi Session 1943

Correct answer is option D i.e. Karachi Session 1943

The Union government has recently launched “Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2” scheme in which state?

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Gujarat
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Odisha

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

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, has launched “Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2” in Mumbai, Maharashtra under the Jiyo Parsi scheme. The main purpose of the “Jiyo Parsi” scheme (or Central Sector Scheme) is to reverse the declining trend of Parsi population by adopting a scientific protocol and structured interventions, stabilize their population a
nd increase the population of Parsis in India.

The Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary (KWLS) is located in which state?
  1. Kerala
  2. Andhra Pradesh
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Odisha

Correct answer is option B i.e. Andhra Pradesh
Explanation:
The Kaundinya Wild Life Sanctuary (KWLS) is a wildlife sanctuary and an elephant reserve loacted in Andhra Pradesh. It is the only sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh with a population of Asian elephants, which migrated after 200 years from neighbouring regions. The sanctuary is covered by southern tropical dry deciduous and thorn forests. Some of the important flora consists of Albizia amara, Acacia, Lagerstroemia, Ficus, bamboo, and a species which is a regeneration of Santalum album.