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  • Question
  • Which of the following pair won a International James Dyson award 2018 for designing a 'Urban wind turbine' called O-Wind Turbine?


  • Options
  • A. Nicolas Orellana, Yaseen Noorani
  • B. Arian Richard, Samuel Rolland
  • C. Peter Prentice, Michael Regan
  • D. Sean Preston, Mike Delfino

  • Correct Answer
  • Nicolas Orellana, Yaseen Noorani 

    Explanation
    The prestigious International James Dyson award 2018 was won by Nicolas Orellana of Chile and Yaseen Noorani from Kenya for their innovative design 'Urban wind turbine' called O-Wind Turbine. It would help cities to harness energy to produce electricity and was inspired from NASA's Mars Tumbleweed Rover. It is a sphere shaped object with vents that spins and converts the power of the wind into electricity. This can either be used as a direct source of power or it can be fed into the electricity grid.

  • Awards and Honours problems


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    • 1. Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred to whom?

    • Options
    • A. T H Vinayakram
    • B. Tarun Bhattacharya
    • C. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
    • D. Hariprasad Chaurasia
    • Discuss
    • 2. Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar released a book named as "Experiential Learning - Gandhiji's Nai Talim" on which date?

    • Options
    • A. September 5
    • B. August 30
    • C. September 2
    • D. August 26
    • Discuss
    • 3. Union Minister Suresh Prabhu awarded this airport for the 100% Grievance Redressal.

    • Options
    • A. Trivandrum Airport
    • B. Chennai airport
    • C. Cochin Airport
    • D. Pune Airport
    • Discuss
    • 4. Name of the company which tops in Fortune's 'Change the World' list.

    • Options
    • A. Alibaba Group
    • B. Reliance Jio
    • C. Bank of America
    • D. Merck
    • Discuss
    • 5. How many workers have been selected for PM Shram Awards 2017?

    • Options
    • A. 50
    • B. 40
    • C. 30
    • D. 20
    • Discuss
    • 6. For which field, the Government of India will award "Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar award"?

    • Options
    • A. Safety Service
    • B. Disaster management
    • C. Risk management
    • D. Scientific Inventions
    • Discuss
    • 7. Who was honoured at the 36th International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Congress in Athens?

    • Options
    • A. Anushka Ravishankar
    • B. Manoj Das
    • C. Ramendra Kumar
    • D. Shyam Benegal
    • Discuss
    • 8. 8th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force has been selected for the Award "Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar". It was located in;

    • Options
    • A. Lucknow
    • B. Ghaziabad
    • C. Patna
    • D. Aurangabad
    • Discuss
    • 9. Shaan and Arijit Singh was awarded with the 'Sangeet Mahasamman' by which of the government?

    • Options
    • A. Haryana
    • B. West Bengal
    • C. Manipur
    • D. Odisha
    • Discuss
    • 10. How many Indian teams win the award in the 25th Annual Human Exploration Rover challenge 2019?

    • Options
    • A. 5
    • B. 4
    • C. 3
    • D. 6
    • Discuss


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