This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: What is the maximum life of an ordinance promulgated by President? Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty? Who founded Agra? Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries? Who replaced Megasthanese as the ambassador of the Syrian king Antiochus I in the court of Bindusara? The shortest war recorded in history between two sovereign powers was between__? Corpus Callosum makes an important part of which among the following organs in Human body? Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma Gandhi? Rishang Keishing, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state? First Governor-General of India GK quiz set 699 – simple GK questions with answers about India to improve your confidence. General Knowledge Quiz with answers to prepare online.

What is the maximum life of an ordinance promulgated by President?

  1. 6 months
  2. 7.5 months
  3. 12 months
  4. 15 months

Correct answer is option B i.e. 7.5 months
Explanation:

Article 123 of the Indian constitution empowers the President to promulgate ordinances. This mechanism has been devised to enable the executive to deal with a situation that may suddenly and immediately arise when the Parliament is not in session (either one or both houses)

As maximum gap between two session of a house can be 6 months therefore maximum life of a ordinance can be 6 months and 6 weeks;

Who was the founder of Sunga dynasty?
  1. Pushyagupta
  2. Pushyamitra
  3. Pushparaja
  4. Pravarsena

Correct answer is option B
Who founded Agra?
  1. Iltutmish
  2. Firoz Tughlaq
  3. Sikander Lodhi
  4. Ibrahim Lodhi

Correct answer is option C
Who said that the constant ‘drain of wealth’ from India was responsible for India’s economic miseries?
  1. BC Pal
  2. BP Wadia
  3. Dadabhai Naoroji
  4. GS Arundale

Correct answer is option C
Who replaced Megasthanese as the ambassador of the Syrian king Antiochus I in the court of Bindusara?
  1. Diodorus
  2. Arrian
  3. Dionysius
  4. Deimachos

Correct answer is option D
The shortest war recorded in history between two sovereign powers was between__?
  1. UK and France
  2. Denmark and UK
  3. UK and Zanzibar
  4. Italy and France

Correct answer is option C i.e. UK and Zanzibar
Explanation:
The shortest-ever war in recorded history was that between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar (which is now a part of Tanzania) from 9.02 a.m. to 9.40 a.m. on August 27, 1896. The UK battle fleet under Rear-Admiral Harry Holdsworth Rawson (1843-1910) delivered an ultimatum to the self- appointed Sultan of Zanzibar, Said Khalid, to evacuate his palace and surrender. This was not forthcoming until after 38 minutes of bombardment.

Corpus Callosum makes an important part of which among the following organs in Human body?

  1. Brain
  2. Liver
  3. Kidney
  4. Spinal Chord

Correct answer is option A i.e. Brain
Who led the Salt Satyagraha Movement with Mahatma Gandhi?
  1. Annie Besant
  2. Mridula Sarabhai
  3. Muthu Lakshmi
  4. Sarojini Naidu

Correct answer is option D

Rishang Keishing, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state?

  1. Mizoram
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Manipur
  4. Nagaland

Correct answer is option C i.e. Manipur
Explanation:

Rishang Keishing (96), the former Manipur Chief Minister and a member of the first Lok Sabha, has passed away in Imphal, Manipur on August 23, 2017. The veteran Congress leader and a Naga served as the chief minister of Manipur from 1980 to 1988 and from 1994 to 1997. The Manipur government has declared that all government offices and educational institutions will be closed on August 24 as mark of respect to Keishing.

First Governor-General of India
  1. Lord Amherst
  2. Lord William Bentinck
  3. Sir Charles Metcalfe
  4. Robert Clive

Correct answer is option B