Question 1

Which of these national parks has the world's largest population of the Indian one horned Rhino ?

Accepted Answer

Kajiranga national park

Question 2

Which Temple has been awarded the ‘most visited place of the world’ by 'World Book of Records' (WBR)?

Accepted Answer

WBR that is World Book of Records, the London based organization that focuses on maintaining and cataloging the world records has awarded the title of 'Most visited place in the World' to the famous Golden Temple. This holy Shrine has recorded quite an uplift after the successful Heritage street project carried out by the Amritsar department. Sri Harmandir Sahib, also known as Golden Temple and the Darbar Sahib, is the holiest Gurdwara and the most important pilgrimage site of Sikhism. It is located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India.

Question 3

What is the currency of Singapore?

Accepted Answer

Dollar

Question 4

The Basic Architecture of Computer was developed by

Accepted Answer

John Von Neumann

Question 5

Which of the following has become the first country to grant citizenship to a Robot ?

Accepted Answer

Saudi Arabia

Question 6

Name the state that has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters.

Accepted Answer

Maharashtra has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgender in the state register as voters in greater numbers.

Question 7

A semi-mechanised car park, the first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, was inaugurated by ___________.

Accepted Answer

A semi-mechanised car park, the first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti who hoped the facility would ease traffic congestion in and around Lal Chowk. The multi-level car park, located near the old KMD bus stand on Maulana Azad Road, has been set up at a cost of Rs 27.15 crore and has a capacity to hold 288 vehicles.

Question 8

Which city in the country has created a new Guinness world record with maximum number of people sweeping the ‘floor’ (single venue) ?

Accepted Answer

Residents of Vadodara, the 10th cleanest city in the country has created a new Guinness world record with maximum number of people sweeping the ‘floor’ (single venue). Vadodara municipal corporation commissioner Vinod Rao said around 5,058 people came together to sweep the venue – a bridge connecting Akota with Dandia bazaar – spread over one kilometre. The record was achieved by participants who swept the place in groups of 50.

Question 9

India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be set up in which state ?

Accepted Answer

India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be implemented by the Government of India (GoI) in Andhra Pradesh (AP). The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under the Ministry of Power will retrofit10 lakh conventional street lights with LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in AP. This is the first project for rural LED street lighting in the country under the GoI’s Street Lighting National Project (SLNP). In the first phase, the replacement will be undertaken in gram panchayats of the districts of Guntur, Prakasham, Nellore, Kurnool, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor. This replacement drive in rural areas will help the gram panchayats to cumulatively save approximately 147 million units of electricity annually and lead to reduction of 12 crore tonnes of CO2. The entire upfront capital cost of this project is being funded by French Development Agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD).

Question 10

Which award the Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (EVIN) app won in 2017 ?

Accepted Answer

GSMA Asia Mobile Award

Question 11

World’s largest aircraft supercarrier USS Gerald R Ford belongs to _____ country.

Accepted Answer

1. US Navy commissioned world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford into the fleet. The commissioning ceremony was held at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in presence of US President Donald Trump. 2. USS Gerald R. Ford is the first ship in this new class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers for the U.S. Navy. The ship is named after the 38th President of the United States Gerald Ford and has been built by Newport News Ship Building Company. The massive 1,106-foot-long carrier is powered by two new generation nuclear reactors.

Question 12

The branch of agriculture science which deals with principles and practices of soil, water and crop management is called ______ ?

Accepted Answer

Agronomy deals with the methods which provide favourable environment to crop for higher productivity.

Question 13

Source of river Mahanadi ?

Accepted Answer

Dandakaranya

Question 14

Which country has launched its first environmental research satellite 'Venus' ?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 15

Israel’s Rafael Defense Systems ltd has formed a joint venture with ________ to produce anti-tank guided missiles for the Indian armed forces.

Accepted Answer

Kalyani Group

Question 16

Who has been appointed by Flipkart as an in-charge of the newly acquired e-Bay India business ?

Accepted Answer

Anil Goteti

Question 17

Which Software services firm has completed the acquisition of London-based Brilliant Basics ?

Accepted Answer

Infosys had acquired the product design and customer experience (CX) company Brilliant Basics in a cash deal worth 7.5 million pounds, including earn-out and employee retention amounts.

Question 18

What are the followers of buddhism called?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 520 million followers or over 7% of the global population. People who practice Buddhism are called Buddhists. Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god.

Question 19

Sushma Swaraj is _________ by profession.

Accepted Answer

Other than being the politician of India, Sushma Swaraj is Advocate by profession. She was the first women chief minister of Delhi for a brief period, Second women Minister for External Affairs after Indira Gandhi.

Question 20

Which forests are called "Lungs of the Earth"?

Accepted Answer

The world’s largest tropical rainforest Amazon rain forests are called "Lungs of the Earth". It is so called because it produces 20% of the Earth's oxygen, and is also a vast carbon sink, absorbs more than 1 billion tons of atmospheric carbon which is emitted by the burning of fossil fuels annually.

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