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- Question
Which city has been designated as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2019 ?
Options- A. Warsaw
- B. Sharjah
- C. Pune
- D. Kochi
- Correct Answer
- Sharjah
ExplanationSharjah, the city of United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been designated as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2019 by Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, at the Headquarters of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) at La Haye. The honour is in recognition of the Emirate?s pioneering role in supporting and expanding the local and regional publishing industries, promoting reading to become an intrinsic cultural practice, as well as embracing inter-cultural, knowledge-based dialogue. Sharjah was the first emirate in UAE to establish a formal school and a library. It was also the first emirate to house many cultural institutions like the Emirates Publishers Association and the Emirates? writers Union. Sharjah is the 19th city to become World Book Capital. It is preceded by Conakry in 2017 and Athens in 2018.
- 1. First Bank to introduce ATM in India is ?
Options- A. ICICI Bank
- B. HSBC Bank
- C. HDFC Bank
- D. YES Bank Discuss
- 2. Which nation plans to build the first city on Mars by 2117 ?
Options- A. India
- B. United Arab Emirates
- C. China
- D. Russia Discuss
- 3. ?C25? India?s first indigenously developed high thrust cryogenic rocket engine has successfully ground-tested by the ISRO for which rocket vehicle?
Options- A. GSLV-Mark-II
- B. GSLV-Mark-III
- C. GSLV-Mark-IV
- D. GSLV-Mark-V Discuss
- 4. Who will inaugurate the 6th Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference? Venkaiah Naidu Sushma Swaraj Narendra Modi Menaka Gandhi
Options- A. Narendra Modi
- B. Menaka Gandhi
- C. Sushma Swaraj
- D. Venkaiah Naidu Discuss
- 5. Pharaohs : Egypt Discuss
- 6. Which company is now listed to be one of the world's most valuable privately held companies ?
Options- A. Space X
- B. Tata Steels
- C. Facebook
- D. Apple Discuss
- 7. Country's first unmanned tank, rolls out from the Chennai lab. What is its name ?
Options- A. Muntra
- B. Lira
- C. Santra
- D. Myntra Discuss
- 8. YUVA - a skill development programme under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, an initiative of ____.
Options- A. Delhi Police
- B. Border Security Force
- C. Central Industrial Security Forces
- D. Maharashtra Police Discuss
- 9. With which Bank, Solar energy services company Freyr Energy has tied up to offer term loans ?
Options- A. Axis Bank
- B. United Bank
- C. SBI
- D. Union Bank Discuss
- 10. Who became the first wicketkeeper in world cricket to effect 100 stumpings in ODI's in 2017 ?
Options- A. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
- B. Kumar Sangakkara
- C. Mark Boucher
- D. Adam Gilchrist Discuss
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Correct Answer: HSBC Bank
Explanation:
HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is the first bank to introduce ATM concept in India in the year 1987 in Mumbai.
Correct Answer: United Arab Emirates
Explanation:
The President and Vice-President of United Arab Emirates Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Shaik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced in Febraury 2017 that they are planning to build the first inhabitable human settlement on Mars by 2117.
Correct Answer: GSLV-Mark-III
Explanation:
India?s first indigenously designed and developed high thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes was successfully endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds on July 16, 2015 at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri.
The engine will be used for powering the Cryogenic stage (C25), the upper stage of the next generation GSLV Mark-III launch vehicle of ISRO, capable of launching four tonne class satellites.
This cryogenic engine of C25 Stage operates on Gas Generator Cycle using extremely low temperature propellants ? Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) at 20 Kelvin (-253 deg C) and Liquid Oxygen (LOX) at 80K (-193 deg C).
Correct Answer: Venkaiah Naidu
Correct Answer: Pharaoh is the common title of the monarchs of ancient Egypt The Pharaoh in ancient Egypt was the political and religious leader of the people and held the titles 'Lord of the Two Lands' and 'High Priest of Every Temple'
Correct Answer: Space X
Correct Answer: Muntra
Explanation:
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an unmanned, remotely operated tank which has three variants - surveillance, mine detection and reconnaissance in areas with nuclear and bio threats. It is called Muntra.
Correct Answer: Delhi Police
Correct Answer: Axis Bank
Correct Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Explanation:
Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper in world cricket to effect 100 stumpings in One Day Internationals. He broke the record of former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara.
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