Answer-(A) Shantanu BhowmickExplanation:
Currently India spends Rs 1.5 lakh on a single jacket and weigh between 15-18 kgs.
Dr. Bowmick’s jacket will cost only Rs 50,000 /jacket and weigh 1.5kg.
It has 20 layers and enable to work in 57 degree Celsius.
It will save Rs 20,000 cr every year
2) Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal?
(A) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
(B) Sher Bahadur Deuba
(C) Bidhya Devi Bhandari
(D) Sushila Karki
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Answer-(B) Sher Bahadur DeubaExplanation:
Sher Bahadur Deuba is the newly elected Prime Minster who succeeds Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the current and first women to hold the office of President in Nepal.
Sushila Karki is the current and first women Chief Justice of Nepal.
3) Recently Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu at the ‘Smart Railway Conclave’ announced ____________, an overnight double-decker train service equipped with modern facilities to attract business travellers.
(A) Tejas Express
(B) Uday Express
(C) Suvidha Express
(D) Deen Dayal Express
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Answer-(C) Uday ExpressExplanation:
Uday Express looks to connect metropolitan centres through its service and it starts its operation by 2019.
Tejas Express-India’s first semi-high speed full AC train run between Mumbai and Goa.
Deen Dayalu Express-The first modern unreserved coach with facilities like potable drinking water, mobile charging points and bio-toilets among others to be used in mail and express trains.
4) _________ is the first indigenous Scorpene-class submarine built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai for the Indian Navy.
(A) INS Rajali
(B) INS Sindhurakshak
(C) INS Virat
(D) INS Kalvari
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Answer-(D) INS KalvariExplanation:
INS Kalvari (S50) is the first of the Indian Navy’s six Kalvari-class submarine being built in India
Designed by DCNS (French Naval Defence & Energy Company)
5) __________ is the Indian Navy’s first Indian all women circumnavigation of the globe expedition.
(A) INSV Mhadei
(B) INS Kalvari
(C) INSV Tarini
(D) INS Vikranth
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Answer-(D) INSV TariniExplanation:
INSV Tarini is the Indian Navy’s 2nd ocean-going sailboat after INSV Mhadei.
The Captain of the sailing boat is Lt Commander Vartika Joshi
INSV Tarini (Indian Naval Sailing Vessel Tarini) is named after the Tara-Tarini hill shrine in Odisha.
6) El-Nino is a _______ current and La-Nino is a ________current.
(A) Cold, Warm
(B) Warm, Cold
(C) Cold, Cold
(D) Warm, Warm
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Answer-(B) Warm, ColdExplanation:
El-Nino (The little boy or Child Christ in Spanish).
La-Nino (The little girl)
Both occur in Southern Pacific Ocean.
La-Nino helps the South west monsoon and El-Nino affects the monsoon.
7) __________ is the second novel of Arundati Roy published recently.
(A) The God of small things
(B) The Ministry of Utmost happiness
(C) Electric Moon
(D) The Banyan Tree
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Answer-(B) The Ministry of Utmost HappinessExplanation:
Arundati Roy is the first Indian citizen to win The Booker Prize for “The God of Small Things”, her first novel, published in 1997.
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