This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: What is the 2017 theme of International Day of UN Peacekeepers? The temple of Angkorwat in Combodia was dedicated toThe real name of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II was__:‘I am giving you a Muslim province’ __ who said? The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through Which of the following Sultans founded a town where now stands Agra ? Which of the following banks has become the India’s most-valued Public Sector Unit (PSU) in terms of market valuation? In ancient India, the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom was at—Sant Kabir Award has been launched for the people who are related to ___? Systematic approach is one of the major approach to study geography. The systematic approach was introduced by: GK quiz set 830 – general knowledge asked in SSC exam to score good in test for government jobs. GK online MCQ test with questions from different general awarness topics.
What is the 2017 theme of International Day of UN Peacekeepers?
  1. Investing in peace around the world
  2. A force for the future
  3. Honouring our heroes
  4. Women in peacekeeping

Correct answer is option A i.e. Investing in peace around the world
Explanation:
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is observed every year on May 29 to honor the memory of martyred peacekeepers and pay tribute to all those who have served and continue to serve in UN peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage. The 2017 theme is “Investing in peace around the world”. On this day, in 2017, two Indian peacekeepers, Rifleman Brijesh Thapa and Private Ravi Kumar have been honored posthumously with a prestigious United Nation (UN)’s Dag Hammarskjold Medal for their courage and sacrifice in the line of duty. Currently, India has deployed more than 7,600 military and police personnel to UN peace operations in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, Liberia, the Middle East, South Sudan, Sudan and the Western Sahara.
The temple of Angkorwat in Combodia was dedicated to
  1. Buddha
  2. Tara
  3. Shiva
  4. Vishnu

Correct answer is option D
The real name of Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II was__:
  1. Alamgir II
  2. Ahmed Shah Durrani
  3. Mirza Najaf Khan
  4. Ali Gauhar

Correct answer is option D i.e. Ali Gauhar
Explanation:
The real name of the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II (1759-1806) was Ali Gauhar.
‘I am giving you a Muslim province’ __ who said?
  1. Fazi-ul-Haque
  2. Lord Curzon
  3. Stafford Cripps
  4. Lord Mountbatten

Correct answer is option B
The State Jhansi was made a part of the British Empire in India through
  1. Doctrine of Lapse
  2. Policy of Subsidiary Alliance
  3. War against Rani Lakshmi Bai
  4. None of these

Correct answer is option A
Which of the following Sultans founded a town where now stands Agra ?
  1. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
  2. Firoz Tughlaq
  3. Bahlol Lodi
  4. Sikandar Lodi

Correct answer is option D
Which of the following banks has become the India’s most-valued Public Sector Unit (PSU) in terms of market valuation?
  1. Punjab National Bank
  2. Exim Bank
  3. State Bank of India
  4. Reserve Bank of India

Correct answer is option C i.e. State Bank of India
Explanation:
The State Bank of India (SBI) has become the India’s most valued Public Sector Unit (PSU) in terms of market valuation. At the end of trade on April 18, the market cap of SBI stood at Rs 2,35,307.51 crore. Among the top-10 most valued companies list, SBI is at 5th position, while ONGC is at 7th. Apart from this, IT major TCS is the most valued Indian company with a market cap of Rs 4,54,902.85 crore followed by RIL, HDFC Bank, ITC, SBI, HDFC, ONGC, Infosys, HUL, and Maruti Suzuki.
In ancient India, the earliest capital of Magadha kingdom was at—
  1. Pataliputra
  2. Rajgir
  3. Vaishali
  4. Varanasi

Correct answer is option B

Sant Kabir Award has been launched for the people who are related to ___?

  1. Cotton Textile Industry
  2. Woolen Industry
  3. Handloom Industry
  4. Village Industries

Correct answer is option C i.e. Handloom Industry
Explanation:

The Sant Kabir Award is conferred by Government of India every year on outstanding weavers who have made valuable contribution in keeping alive the handloom heritage and also for dedication in building up linkages between the past, present and future through dissemination of knowledge on traditional skills and designs.

Systematic approach is one of the major approach to study geography. The systematic approach was introduced by:
  1. Eratosthenese
  2. Ptolemy
  3. Alexander Von Humboldt
  4. Karl Ritter

Correct answer is option C i.e. Alexander Von Humboldt
Explanation:
Geography is studied majorly by using two approaches
1. Systematic approach
2. Regional approach
Systematic geography approach was introduced by German Geographer Alexander Von Humboldt where as regional geography approach was introduced by another German geographer Karl Ritter
• Any phenomenon of geography in systematic approach is studied world over as a whole, and then the identification of typologies or spatial patterns is done.

• In the regional approach, the world is divided into regions at different hierarchical levels and then all the geographical phenomena in a particular region are studied