This GK General Knowledge quiz covers SSC question answer like: Who among the following scientists had discovered Radium? Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, who recently passed away, was the noted folk singer of which language? Second Battle of Panipat was fought..Arthasastra was written by..From which one of the following places, remains of wells have been found in houses belonging to the developed stage of the Indus Valley Civilization ? Sahapedia in partnership with which UN organisation has launched fellowship programme to promote India’s cultural heritage? Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Haiti? Ganpati Festival in Maharashtra was started byWhich union minister has launched the nation-wide hackathon #OpenGovDataHack? The Maratha power reached its zenith during the Peshwaship of GK quiz set 898 – free online general knowledge quiz questions and answers for online practice of different general knowledge topics. GK quiz with answers for competitive exams.

Who among the following scientists had discovered Radium?

  1. Marie Sklodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie
  2. André-Louis Debierne
  3. Kasimir Fajans
  4. Oswald Helmuth Göhring

Correct answer is option A i.e. Marie Sklodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya, who recently passed away, was the noted folk singer of which language?
  1. Odia
  2. Hindi
  3. Bengali
  4. Urdu

Correct answer is option C i.e. Bengali
Explanation:
Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya (46), the noted Bengali folk music singer, has recently passed away in Hooghly district, West Bengal. Besides popularising folk songs of rural Bengal among the present generation in the albums of his band ‘Dohar’, he had also lent his voice in films like Jaatishwar (2014), Moner Manush (2010) and Bhuban Majhi (2017).
Second Battle of Panipat was fought..
  1. 1526
  2. 1761
  3. 1564
  4. 1556

Correct answer is option D
Arthasastra was written by..
  1. Dhanananda
  2. Kautilya
  3. Bimbisara
  4. Pushyamitra

Correct answer is option B
From which one of the following places, remains of wells have been found in houses belonging to the developed stage of the Indus Valley Civilization ?
  1. Harappa
  2. Kalibangan
  3. Lothal
  4. Mohenjodaro

Correct answer is option D
Sahapedia in partnership with which UN organisation has launched fellowship programme to promote India’s cultural heritage?
  1. WIPO
  2. UNODC
  3. UNESCO
  4. IFAD

Correct answer is option C i.e. UNESCO
Explanation:
Sahapedia, an open online interactive heritage portal on Indian arts, in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recently launched a fellowship programme, to inspire and provide an opportunity for young people to expand their knowledge and encourage documentation of India’s rich cultural heritage. The Sahapedia-UNESCO Fellowships will be available to post-doctoral scholars, doctoral candidates, post-graduates, and graduates. The fellowships will be available in two variants — the Sahapedia Project Fellowship (SPF) and the Sahapedia Research Fellowship (SRF) — that gives the applicants the option of participating either at the level of primary documentation or in the content curation process.
Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Haiti?
  1. James T. Hill
  2. Jovenel Moise
  3. Michel Martelly
  4. Ajax Porto Pinheiro

Correct answer is option B i.e. Jovenel Moise
Explanation:
Jovenel Moise, a banana exporter, has been sworn-in as the new President of Haiti after a political crisis that lasted more than a year. Moise won a re-run presidential election 2016 with 55.6% votes after the first round of elections in October 2015 were scrapped over fraud allegations. Moise succeeded interim president Jocelerme Privert, who was appointed to the post in February 2016.
Ganpati Festival in Maharashtra was started by
  1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  3. Aurobindo Ghosh
  4. Bipin Chandra Pal

Correct answer is option A

Which union minister has launched the nation-wide hackathon #OpenGovDataHack?

  1. D V Sadananda Gowda
  2. Prakash Javadekar
  3. Ravi Shankar Prasad
  4. Nirmala Sitharaman

Correct answer is option C i.e. Ravi Shankar Prasad
Explanation:

Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, has launched a nation-wide hackathon #OpenGovDataHack on September 12, 2017. As part of the Startup Eco-system Development program, NIC and IAMAI have collaborated to conduct Nation Wide Hackathon #OpenGovDataHack across seven states of India. The purposeof the hackathon is to support and showcase potentially great Ideas/Talent from Inner India by reaching out in their own State/City (7 Cities). It is to enable them making their ideas developed into Apps/Infographics primarily by use of Open Government Data around the themes of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Transport, Education, Crime and Health to a stage, after which it can be evaluated by jury and be selected for Prizes and future support/funding.

The Maratha power reached its zenith during the Peshwaship of
  1. Balaji Vishwanath
  2. Balaji II
  3. Baji Rao I
  4. Madhav Rao

Correct answer is option B