This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: Robert W. Taylor, the renowned computer pioneer passed away. He hailed from which country? Which of the following is not a variety of mango? Which of the following union ministries have jointly launched a new scheme “SAATHI”? The Sakewa Festival has recently celebrated in which state? Which among the following can be done via Internet Banking? 1. Payments to third parties, including bill payments and telegraphic/wire transfers 2. Funds transfers between a customer’s own transactional account and savings accounts 3. Investment purchase or sale 4. Loan applications and transactions, such as repayments of enrollments Choose the correct option from the following. What is the theme of the 2017 World Hepatitis Day (WHD)? Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in—Shamsher Khan, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports? Who produced for the first time statistical estimate of average per capita income of India? Who among the following is the author of ‘Harshacharita’ ? GK quiz set 226 – gk questions related to competitive exams to read from home, university or any place of your comfort. Objective general knowledge for SSC.
Robert W. Taylor, the renowned computer pioneer passed away. He hailed from which country?
  1. France
  2. Japan
  3. Australia
  4. United States

Correct answer is option D i.e. United States
Explanation:
Robert William Taylor (85), the internet and computer pioneer, has recently passed away in California, United States. He was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer. Taylor’s was also responsible for developing ethernet local networking and a word processing program that became Microsoft Word.

Which of the following is not a variety of mango?

  1. Banganapalle
  2. Alphonso
  3. Sindhoora
  4. Red Dacca

Correct answer is option D i.e. Red Dacca
Explanation:

Red Dacca is a variety of banana with reddish-purple skin. Others are varieties of mango found in India.

Which of the following union ministries have jointly launched a new scheme “SAATHI”?

  1. Ministries of Finance and Railways
  2. Ministries of Power and Science and Technology
  3. Ministries of Minority Affairs and Human Resource Development
  4. Ministries of Power and Textiles

Correct answer is option D i.e. Ministries of Power and Textiles
Explanation:

Ministries of Power and Textiles have jointly launched a new scheme SAATHI under which Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) will provide energy efficient power loom equipment to small and medium units at no upfront cost. The use of the efficient equipment would result in energy and cost savings to the unit owner and he will repay in instalments to EESL over a 4 to 5 year period. The SAATHI initiative of the government will be jointly implemented by EESL and the office of the Textile Commissioner on a pan-India basis. The EESL will procure energy efficient powerlooms, motors and rapier kits in bulk and provide them to the small and medium power loom units. The acronym of SAATHI stands for “Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries”.

The Sakewa Festival has recently celebrated in which state?
  1. Jharkhand
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Sikkim
  4. Manipur

Correct answer is option C i.e. Sikkim
Explanation:
The Sakewa festival of Rai Community has recently celebrated in Sikkim as a tribute to Mother Nature. The fest is also known as Bhoomi Puja or Chandi Puja or worship of land. This festival is marked with the performing of puja where prayers are offered to the Supreme Power for Peace and Protection and for the well-being of all the living and non-living things of the universe. Apart from this, Buddha Purnima is also celebrated in Sikkim as the day marked the birth of Gautam Buddha and also the day on which he attained Nirvana under the Mahabodhi tree at Bodh Gaya. The people visited monasteries and listen sermons across the state. Most monks have spent the day reading scriptures before the statue of the Buddha.

Which among the following can be done via Internet Banking?

1. Payments to third parties, including bill payments and telegraphic/wire transfers

2. Funds transfers between a customer’s own transactional account and savings accounts

3. Investment purchase or sale

4. Loan applications and transactions, such as repayments of enrollments

Choose the correct option from the following.

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

Correct answer is option D i.e. 1, 2 , 3 and 4

What is the theme of the 2017 World Hepatitis Day (WHD)?

  1. Hepatitis: Think to Cure
  2. Eliminate Hepatitis
  3. Hepatitis: Aware Yourself
  4. Elimination

Correct answer is option B i.e. Eliminate Hepatitis
Explanation:

The World Hepatitis Day (WHD) is observed every year on July 28 to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. The 2017 theme is “Eliminate Hepatitis”. Hepatitis is a viral infection which causes inflammation in the liver. It is a group of infectious diseases known as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. The ‘ 2017 WHO Global hepatitis’ report indicates that a large majority of these people lack access to life-saving testing and treatment. As a result, millions face risk of chronic liver disease, cancer, and death. As per estimates of World Health Organisation (WHO), 4 crore people in India live with chronic Hepatitis B and an additional six lakh with Hepatitis C, which accounts for 40% and 20% of Hepatitis B and C infections in south-east Asia. Thus, hepatitis affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, causing acute and chronic disease and killing close to 1.4 million people every year.

Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in—
  1. Buddhism
  2. Jainism
  3. Vaishnavism
  4. Tantra

Correct answer is option A

Shamsher Khan, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?

  1. Swimming

    2. < li> Boxing

  2. Wrestling
  3. Table Tennis

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

Shamsher Khan (86), India’s first swimmer who had participated in the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, has passed away at his native village Repalle in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh on October 15, 2017. Mr. Khan had enrolled himself in the Indian Army in 1949. He had taken part in various national swimming competitions. He won a place in the Indian Olympics contingent that had visited Australia in 1956. However, he secured 4th place in the competition. He continued to serve in the Army till he retired in 1973.

Who produced for the first time statistical estimate of average per capita income of India?
  1. Dadabhai Naoroji
  2. Ramesh Chandra Dutta
  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  4. Pherozshah Mehta

Correct answer is option A
Who among the following is the author of ‘Harshacharita’ ?
  1. Banabhatta
  2. Hiuen Tsang
  3. Harshavardhan
  4. Bhaskarvarman

Correct answer is option A i.e. Banabhatta
Explanation:
Banabhatta was the court poet of Harshavardhana, who wrote Harshacharita and Kadambari. Harshacharita is an important historical work narratted the incidents of the earlier part of Harsha’s reign.