This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: IROAF has won the 2017 Golden Peacock Award for Eco Innovation. What does “IROAF” stands for? Who has become the first Indian golfer to qualify for LPGA Tour Championships? The Puranas are …….. in number.The city of Jaunpur was founded byLiu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has passed away. He hailed from which country? Which Indian cartoonist has won 2017 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International President’s Award? Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists? IAF Marshal Arjan Singh has passed away recently. He led the Indian Air Force (IAF) in which India-Pakistan War? Which of the following acts of the British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over his executive councils by substituting “portfolio” or departmental system for Corporate Functioning? Who was the real founder of the Delhi saltnat? GK quiz set 380 – gk questions with answers for vao exam SSC job general knowledge to score good in test for government jobs. Multiple choice quiz on general knowledge with answers.
IROAF has won the 2017 Golden Peacock Award for Eco Innovation. What does “IROAF” stands for?
  1. Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel (IROAF)
  2. Indian Railways Organization for Advanced Fuel (IROAF)
  3. Indian Railways Organization for Alter Fuel (IROAF)
  4. None of the above

Correct answer is option A i.e. Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel (IROAF)
Explanation:
Rcently, the Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel (IROAF) has won the 2017 Golden Peacock Award for Eco-Innovation for introducing eco-friendly and cost-saving Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) based Dual Fuel 1400 HP Diesel engines on Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) trains. This innovation will reduce emissions considerably by bringing down NOx by 16%, CO2 by 6% and Particulate Matter by 18% besides achieving economy in fuel cost by 8%. So far, 19 Engines of DEMUs have been successfully converted into CNG based dual fuel engines with this technology. The IROAF is a unique organization in the Government space which was established by Ministry of Railways to explore new environment friendly fuels/ renewable energy and eco- friendly technologies like substitution of diesel with CNG/LNG in train sets, etc.

Who has become the first Indian golfer to qualify for LPGA Tour Championships?

  1. Anirban Lahiri
  2. Jeev Milkha Singh
  3. Aditi Ashok
  4. Jyoti Randhawa

Correct answer is option C i.e. Aditi Ashok
Explanation:

Aditi Ashok has become the first Indian golfer to qualify for the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship-2017 on the LPGA Tour and will head to Florida to take part in the prestigious event. Apart from Aditi, Nicole Broch Larsen, Peiyun Chien, Nelly Korda , Olafia Kristensdottir, Sung Hyun Park, Madelene Sagstrom and Angel Yin are the other rookies in the field. It will be an extremely competitive field, with each of the Top 10 players taking part and 18 out of the top 20 in the world rankings participating. The $250,000 competition starts on November 16 and will played over four rounds, ending on November 19.

The Puranas are …….. in number.
  1. 18
  2. 25
  3. 52
  4. 108

Correct answer is option A
The city of Jaunpur was founded by
  1. Mohmmad Bin Tughlaq
  2. Firoz Shah Tughlaq
  3. Ibrahim Lodi
  4. Sikandar Lodi

Correct answer is option B
Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate has passed away. He hailed from which country?
  1. Japan
  2. Taiwan
  3. Indonesia
  4. China

Correct answer is option D i.e. China
Explanation:
Liu Xiaobo (61), the Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and democracy campaigner, has died of multiple organ failure while under guard at a hospital in Shenyang, China on July 13, 2017. Liu had been serving an 11-year jail sentence for demanding an end to one-party rule and for introduction of multi-party democracy. He was the most prominent human rights and democracy advocate of China. Now, Xiaobo became the first Nobel Peace Prize laureate to die in custody since Carl von Ossietzky, the German pacifist and foe of Nazism who won the prize in 1935 and died under guard in 1938 after years of maltreatment.
Which Indian cartoonist has won 2017 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International President’s Award?
  1. Rohan Chakravarty
  2. Sudhir Dar
  3. O V Puthukkody
  4. Satish Acharya

Correct answer is option A i.e. Rohan Chakravarty
Explanation:
Rohan Chakravarty, a young Indian Wildlife and environment cartoonist, has won the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International President’s Award in Manado, Indonesia for his efforts to inspire change and attitudes towards nature. The award is the global conservation organization’s top accolade to recognize outstanding leadership in young conservationists from around the world. The award acknowledges and encourages outstanding achievements of young people under the age of 30 who are making significant contributions to nature conservation.
Which among the following is the sacred book of the Buddhists?
  1. Upanishad
  2. Vedas
  3. Tripitaka
  4. Agams

Correct answer is option C

IAF Marshal Arjan Singh has passed away recently. He led the Indian Air Force (IAF) in which India-Pakistan War?

  1. 1965
  2. 1971
  3. 1999
  4. 1947

Correct answer is option A i.e. 1965
Explanation:

Arjan Singh (98), who led the Indian Air Force in the 1965 India-Pakistan War, has passed in New Delhi on September 16, 2017. Throughout the 1965 war, Singh showed exemplary leadership, and was awarded the Padma Vibhushan for his leadership during the war and subsequently the rank of the CAS was upgraded to that of Air Chief Marshal. Thus, Singh became the first Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force. Till date, he is the only Air Force officer to have been promoted to the five-star rank. After his retirement in July 1969, he was appointed Indian ambassador to Switzerland.

Which of the following acts of the British India strengthened the Viceroy’s authority over his executive councils by substituting “portfolio” or departmental system for Corporate Functioning?

  1. Indian Councils Act 1861
  2. Government of India Act 1858
  3. Indian Councils Act 1892
  4. Indian councils Act 1909

Correct answer is option A i.e. Indian Councils Act 1861
Who was the real founder of the Delhi saltnat?
  1. Qutubuddin Aibak
  2. Iltutmish
  3. Sultan Mahmud
  4. Balban

Correct answer is option B