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Question 1 of 10
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Category: General Awareness
World’s largest Tricolour to be hoisted in _________.
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Explanation: Jharkhand is all set to beat a record held by a flag in Faridabad, Haryana in March 2015 by getting the world’s largest Tricolour flying atop the country’s tallest flagpole at the Pahari temple in Ranchi. The flag measuring 99 by 66 feet will be hoisted at a height of 293 feet.
About Pahari Temple
• It is India’s only temple where 70 year old tradition of hoisting the Tricolour since 1947 continues.
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Explanation: Jharkhand is all set to beat a record held by a flag in Faridabad, Haryana in March 2015 by getting the world’s largest Tricolour flying atop the country’s tallest flagpole at the Pahari temple in Ranchi. The flag measuring 99 by 66 feet will be hoisted at a height of 293 feet.
About Pahari Temple
• It is India’s only temple where 70 year old tradition of hoisting the Tricolour since 1947 continues.
Question 2 of 10
1 points
Category: General Awareness
World Bank extended an assistance of how much to help reconstruct the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP), which got devastated during cyclone Hudhud?
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Explanation: The Vizag zoo situated on the northern limit of the Visakhapatnam houses 170 different species of animals on its 250-hectare campus.
• According to the Andhra Pradesh government, Hudhud affected about 9.2 million people in over 7,285 villages in 4 coastal districts of the state.
• This unique one-of-its-kind push by the World Bank where it is providing assistance to an Indian zoo will add value to the 100 “Smart City” initiatives.
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Explanation: The Vizag zoo situated on the northern limit of the Visakhapatnam houses 170 different species of animals on its 250-hectare campus.
• According to the Andhra Pradesh government, Hudhud affected about 9.2 million people in over 7,285 villages in 4 coastal districts of the state.
• This unique one-of-its-kind push by the World Bank where it is providing assistance to an Indian zoo will add value to the 100 “Smart City” initiatives.
Question 3 of 10
1 points
Category: General Awareness
Who is the CEO of M & M Ltd.(Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.)?
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Explanation:
Recently, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has entered into an arrangement with Flipkart for online booking of Mahindra KUV100.This is the first time that Mahindra has developed a petrol engine on its own. KUV100 will compete with Maruti’s Swift and DZire and Hyundai’s i10 Grand.
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Explanation:
Recently, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has entered into an arrangement with Flipkart for online booking of Mahindra KUV100.This is the first time that Mahindra has developed a petrol engine on its own. KUV100 will compete with Maruti’s Swift and DZire and Hyundai’s i10 Grand.
Question 4 of 10
1 points
Category: General Awareness
Who has been conferred with DSC Prize for South Asian Literature?
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Explanation: The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 has been conferred upon Anuradha Roy for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka.
• Her novel sleeping on Jupiter, deals with violence against women with story revolving around girl named Nomi and is set in Jarmuli, a city of temples.
• US $50,000 DSC Prize and a trophy has been presented by Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to Anuradha Roy.
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Explanation: The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 has been conferred upon Anuradha Roy for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka.
• Her novel sleeping on Jupiter, deals with violence against women with story revolving around girl named Nomi and is set in Jarmuli, a city of temples.
• US $50,000 DSC Prize and a trophy has been presented by Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to Anuradha Roy.
Question 5 of 10
1 points
Category: General Awareness
Recently, Union Cabinet has approved construction of how many bridges on Trilateral Highway in Myanmar?
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Explanation: Worth: Rs.371 crore
• Completed by: Mid-2019
• Monitored by: Indian Embassy in Yangon, PMC and the Ministry of External Affairs.
• Purpose: The project will report all weather usability to the Tamu Kyigone-Kalewaroad section, part of the route for the proposed Imphal-Mandalay bus service.
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Explanation: Worth: Rs.371 crore
• Completed by: Mid-2019
• Monitored by: Indian Embassy in Yangon, PMC and the Ministry of External Affairs.
• Purpose: The project will report all weather usability to the Tamu Kyigone-Kalewaroad section, part of the route for the proposed Imphal-Mandalay bus service.
Question 6 of 10
1 points
Category: General Awareness
Which telecom company launched a special website allowing customers to know everything about how Project Leap(60,000-crore network transformation program) is progressing in their respective localities?
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Explanation: Customers will get a transparent view of coverage of voice and high speed broadband services.
• The microsite allows customers to see the network coverage for voice, basic data services (2G) and high speed data services (3G/ 4G) in their regions.
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Explanation: Customers will get a transparent view of coverage of voice and high speed broadband services.
• The microsite allows customers to see the network coverage for voice, basic data services (2G) and high speed data services (3G/ 4G) in their regions.
Question 7 of 10
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Category: General Awareness
Andhra Pradesh Government has launched Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam Scheme and it is designed to provide a onetime financial assistance of how much money to each tribal woman who gets married?
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Explanation: It is to support the tribal women in their quest for livelihood. The scheme seeks to reduce rampant infant mortality and child marriages among tribal people.
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Explanation: It is to support the tribal women in their quest for livelihood. The scheme seeks to reduce rampant infant mortality and child marriages among tribal people.
Question 8 of 10
1 points
Category: General Awareness
On the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, PM Modi publicized how many secret files on the freedom fighter for the first time whose disappearance 70 years ago remains a mystery?
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Explanation: The public digital copies of the files were on the display at Delhi’s National Archives of India (NAI).
Still there is not proved reason behind death or killing of Netaji. Here are some conclusions of the inquiries:
• Two commissions had concluded that Netaji died in a plane crash in Taipei on August 18, 1945.
• According to another commission – the leader fled to the Soviet Union to continue to fight for India’s independence but was killed.
One more conclusion says that he returned to India as an ascetic, “Gumnami Baba” and continued to live in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad till 1985.
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Explanation: The public digital copies of the files were on the display at Delhi’s National Archives of India (NAI).
Still there is not proved reason behind death or killing of Netaji. Here are some conclusions of the inquiries:
• Two commissions had concluded that Netaji died in a plane crash in Taipei on August 18, 1945.
• According to another commission – the leader fled to the Soviet Union to continue to fight for India’s independence but was killed.
One more conclusion says that he returned to India as an ascetic, “Gumnami Baba” and continued to live in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad till 1985.
Question 9 of 10
1 points
Category: General Awareness
Pasco tee plant (South Korea Company) situated at______
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Explanation: POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea.
• It is the world’s fourth-largest steelmaker by this measure.
• In 2010, it was the world’s largest steel manufacturing company by market value.
• In 2012, it was named as the 146th world’s largest corporations by the Fortune global 500.
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Explanation: POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea.
• It is the world’s fourth-largest steelmaker by this measure.
• In 2010, it was the world’s largest steel manufacturing company by market value.
• In 2012, it was named as the 146th world’s largest corporations by the Fortune global 500.
Question 10 of 10
1 points
Category: General Awareness
“Yerevan” is the capital city of which country?
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Explanation: Yerevan, is marked by grand Soviet-era architecture.
• The basalt Matenadaran library, housing thousands of ancient Greek and Armenian manuscripts, dominates its main avenue.
• Republic Square is the city’s core, with musical water fountains and colonnaded government buildings. The 1920s History Museum of Armenia on the square’s eastern side contains archaeological objects like a circa-3500-B.C. leather shoe.
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Explanation: Yerevan, is marked by grand Soviet-era architecture.
• The basalt Matenadaran library, housing thousands of ancient Greek and Armenian manuscripts, dominates its main avenue.
• Republic Square is the city’s core, with musical water fountains and colonnaded government buildings. The 1920s History Museum of Armenia on the square’s eastern side contains archaeological objects like a circa-3500-B.C. leather shoe.
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