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- Question
Which among the following won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award for being the best airport in size and region for the year 2018?
Options- A. SM Badaruddin II Airport
- B. Biju Patnaik International Airport
- C. Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport
- D. Yichang Sanxia Airport
- Correct Answer
- Biju Patnaik International Airport
ExplanationThe Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award for being the best airport in size and region (2-5 million passengers in Asia-Pacific) for the year 2018. It has been chosen for the award by the Airports Council International. Chandigarh Airport, Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport in Indore, SM Badaruddin II Airport in Indonesia, SS Kasim II Airport in Indonesia and Yichang Sanxia Airport in China were also chosen for the award. The award is given on the basis of independent survey among passengers on the parameters of security, safety, experience, ambience, ease of availability and cleanliness. - 1. Which university has been named as the World's Most Innovative University?
Options- A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B. University of Washington
- C. Stanford University
- D. University of Washington Discuss
- 2. Catholic Chamber of Commerce and Industry selects how many people for the Rachana Awards 2018?
Options- A. 3
- B. 4
- C. 5
- D. 6 Discuss
- 3. William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer clinched the 2018 Nobel Prize in __________.
Options- A. Chemistry
- B. Physiology
- C. Medicine
- D. Economic Science Discuss
- 4. Who was honoured as a 'Distinguished Fellow' by IndiaGlobal recently?
Options- A. Om Puri
- B. Zoe Kazan
- C. Anil Kapoor
- D. Anupam Kher Discuss
- 5. Who won the 'Vimala V Pai Vishwa' Konkani best book award for the year 2018 recently?
Options- A. Damodar Mauzo
- B. Mahabaleshwar Sail
- C. H M Pernal
- D. Pundalik Naik Discuss
- 6. This compaby wins $56-million International Arbitration Award, recently.
Options- A. GMR Group
- B. Tata Power
- C. Reliance Power
- D. Prestige Capital Discuss
- 7. Who has topped the 'Women who Changed the World' list as per the survey of BBC History Magazine?
Options- A. Marie Curie
- B. Rosa Parks
- C. Ada Lovelace
- D. Rosalind Franklin Discuss
- 8. 2018 Nobel Medicine or Physiology Prize has been awarded to whom of the following persons?
Options- A. Carl H. June and Timothy Ray Brown
- B. Steven Rosenberg and Zelig Eshhar
- C. James Reyniers and Ragnar Granit
- D. James P Allison and Tasaku Honjo Discuss
- 9. Who topped the Asian Rich List 2019 with Rs 2.3 lakh crore?
Options- A. Hinduja family
- B. Lakshmi Mittal & family
- C. SP Lohia
- D. Mukesh Ambani family Discuss
- 10. Which of the following network was conferred with the Swacchta Pakhwada Awards-2019?
Options- A. All India Radio
- B. AIR FM Gold
- C. Radio Mirchi
- D. AIR FM Rainbow Discuss
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Correct Answer: Stanford University
Explanation:
Stanford University has been named the World's Most Innovative University for the fourth consecutive year in Reuters' ranking of World's Most Innovative Universities. This list ranks educational institutions based on new technologies they have invented and new markets and industries they have powered. Stanford University is followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania.
Correct Answer: 6
Explanation:
Rachana - Catholic Chamber of Commerce and Industry selected 6 eminent people for the Rachana Awards 2018. The award ceremony would take place in at Milagres Jubilee Hall on November 17, 2018 in Mangaluru. The 6 selected awardees are: Aloysius Richard Lobo for Rachana NRI of the Year award, Lawrence Pinto for Rachana Agriculturist of the Year award, Ronald Castelino for Rachana Entrepreneur of the Year award, Faye D'Souza from Mirror now for Rachana Professional of the Year award. Sr Maria Jyothi AC for Rachana Woman of the Year award.
Correct Answer: Economic Science
Explanation:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2018 to William D. Nordhaus "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis" and Paul M. Romer "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis".
Correct Answer: Anupam Kher
Explanation:
Veteran actor Anupam Kher was honoured as a 'Distinguished Fellow' by IndiaGlobal - a leading US think-tank that works on issues concerning non-resident Indians. The actor was given a fellowship at the 3rd IndiaGlobal Summit. The event was held at the prestigious MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston, and was facilitated by MIT Sloan India Business Club.
Correct Answer: H M Pernal
Explanation:
'Beeg Ani Beegath', a collection of short stories in Konkani by the well-known writer, journalist, and critic H M Pernal bagged the prestigious 'Vimala V Pai Vishwa' Konkani best book award for the year 2018. H M Pernal is the pen name of Henry M Mendonca, a native of Pernal in Udupi district, who currently lives in Mangaluru. Konkani poet Sharathchandra Shenoy from Kochi won the Vishwa Konkani best poetry award for his book 'Idam Na Mama,' while Vishwanath M Shet from Uttara Kannada bagged the Vishwa Konkani lifetime achievement award. Each award carries a purse of Rs one lakh each, a certificate, memento and shawi.
Correct Answer: Reliance Power
Explanation:
Reliance Power has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reliance Power Netherlands BV has won an international arbitration award of $56 million (Rs 390 crore) against Prestige Capital Holdings (a Seychelles-based company) and Kokos Jiang. Kokos Jiang is the owner of Sugico Group in Indonesia, from whom Reliance Power had acquired the entire economic interest in three coal mining concessions in Indonesia in 2010.
Correct Answer: Marie Curie
Explanation:
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie was adjudged the most influential woman in history, through a poll conducted by BBC History Magazine. Marie Curie has topped the 'Women who Changed the World' list followed byRosa Parks (US civil rights activist), Emmeline Pankhurst (leader of the British suffragette movement), Emmeline Pankhurst (leader of the British suffragette movement).
Correct Answer: James P Allison and Tasaku Honjo
Explanation:
The Nobel Medicine or Physiology Prize has been awarded to James P Allison and Tasaku Honjo "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation". This is for the first time that no Literature Prize will be given in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Correct Answer: Hinduja family
Explanation:
Leading London-based NRI industrial tycoons, the Hinduja family has topped the Asian Rich List 2019 for the sixth successive year with £25.2 billion (over Rs 2.3 lakh crore) wealth. Steel magnates Lakshmi Mittal and his son Aditya Mittal were ranked second with £11.2 billion (over Rs 1 lakh crore) wealth. Petrochemicals billionaire SP Lohia was ranked third with £5.8 billion (over Rs 53,000 crore) wealth.
Correct Answer: All India Radio
Explanation:
All India Radio and the Publication Division and Children's Film Society of India were awarded with the Swacchta Pakhwada Awards-2019. Director General of All India Radio, F. Sheheryar and Director General (News), Ira Joshi received the Award for All India Radio.
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