This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: Which Indian-origin personality has been awarded the 2017 United Kingdom’s (UK) Outstanding Bravery of the Year Award? Laissez Faire is represented by which of the following economies? In which year did Alexander invade India? Who among the following was nominated by Mahatma Gandhi for the presidentship of the Congress in 1939 against Subhash Chandra Bose? Pyithu Hluttaw is the lower house of the parliament of which among the following countries? The Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) is located in which state? The Union ministry has recently sanctioned Rs 5 lakh assistance to family of sportsperson Nitisha Negi. Negi was related to which sports? Which football team has won the 71st edition of the Santosh Trophy Football tournament-2017? When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this Earth”? Who among the following was a social reformer belonging to the Mali Community of Pune? GK quiz set 479 – general knowledge MCQs for entry test to prepare for competitive exams. MCQ on general knowledge with answers.
Which Indian-origin personality has been awarded the 2017 United Kingdom’s (UK) Outstanding Bravery of the Year Award?
  1. Jasleen Laghari
  2. Aaleyah Khan
  3. Shand Panesar
  4. Harikiran Sharma

Correct answer is option C i.e. Shand Panesar
Explanation:
Shand Panesar, an Indian-origin constable with Scotland Yard, has been awarded 2017 United Kingdom’s (UK) Outstanding Bravery of the Year Award for risking his life with a colleague to rescue a couple from a burning building in London in September 2016. Panesar and Craig Nicholson were jointly awarded after the public voted for them in the Total Excellence in Policing Awards, which were presented by Metropolitan Police police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe.

Laissez Faire is represented by which of the following economies?

  1. Free Enterprise Economy
  2. Government Controlled Economy
  3. Mixed Economy
  4. Socialist Economy

Correct answer is option A i.e. Free Enterprise Economy
Explanation:

Laissez faire refers to the economic policy of letting owners of industry and business set working conditions without interference. This policy favours a free market unregulated by the government

In which year did Alexander invade India?
  1. 623 BC
  2. 236 BC
  3. 326 BC
  4. 362 BC

Correct answer is option C
Who among the following was nominated by Mahatma Gandhi for the presidentship of the Congress in 1939 against Subhash Chandra Bose?
  1. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
  2. Govind Ballabh Pant
  3. Jawahar Lal Nehru
  4. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Correct answer is option A

Pyithu Hluttaw is the lower house of the parliament of which among the following countries?

  1. Myanmmar
  2. Thailand
  3. Cambodia
  4. Vietnam

Correct answer is option A i.e. Myanmmar

The Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) is located in which state?

  1. Odisha
  2. Assam
  3. Uttar Pradesh
  4. Chhattisgarh

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

The Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) is located under Dhubriand Kokrajhar districts of Assam and covers an area of 45.568 square kilometers. It is famous for the golden langur and is the second protected habitat for golden langur in India. Some species of mammals recorded in this sanctuary are short nosed fruit bat, Indian false vampire, Indian pipistrelle, rhesus macaque, Chinese pangolin, Asiatic jackal, etc.

The Union ministry has recently sanctioned Rs 5 lakh assistance to family of sportsperson Nitisha Negi. Negi was related to which sports?

  1. Swimming
  2. Football
  3. Basketball
  4. Hockey

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

On 29th December, Union Sports Minister Col Rajyavardhan Rathore has sanctioned ex-gratia assistance of Rs. 5 lakh to the family of Nitisha Negi, the teenage footballer who drowned in the sea at Glenelg beach in Adelaide, Australia, on September 10, 2017. The financial assistance was provided under the ‘Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons’. The main purpose of the scheme is to provide suitable assistance to outstanding sportspersons living in indigent circumstances/injured during the period of their training for competitions. Nitisha from Delhi had gone to Australia for the Pacific School Games, when she and four other teammates got into trouble. Four of the girls were rescued by lifesavers while Nitisha was found dead near a rocky breakwater.

Which football team has won the 71st edition of the Santosh Trophy Football tournament-2017?
  1. West Bengal
  2. Goa
  3. Gujarat
  4. Tamil Nadu

Correct answer is option A i.e. West Bengal
Explanation:
The West Bengal football team has won the 71st edition of the Santosh Trophy Football tournament-2017 for the 32nd time by defeating Goa in the final at Bambolim, Goa. With this win, West Bengal ended a six-year wait having last won the title in 2011.
When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, who said, “None will believe that a man like this in body and soul ever walked on this Earth”?
  1. Bertrand Russell
  2. Leo Tolstoy
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan

Correct answer is option C
Who among the following was a social reformer belonging to the Mali Community of Pune?
  1. Thakkar Bhappa
  2. BR Ambedkar
  3. Jyotiba Phule
  4. None of these

Correct answer is option C