Answer-(B) Electricity Connectivity Explanation:
The web portal aims to ensure transparency as well as accelerate household electrification in rural as well as urban areas in the country.
2) The first ever Namami Barak festival was held in _____.
(A) Assam
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) West Bengal
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Answer-(A) AssamExplanation:
The 3-day river festival aimed to pay tribute to River Barak and to showcase of Barak’s potential & possibilities to emerge as hub of trade and commerce.
Barak River is one of major rivers of South Assam. The 564 kilometres long river is part of Surma-Meghna River System.
It rises in hill country of Manipur where it is biggest and most important of hill Country rivers. After Manipur it flows through Mizoram and Assam. It later enters Bangladesh where it forks into Surma and Kushiyara rivers.
The sixth national waterway stretch is on this river.
3) Who was selected Indira Gandhi Prize for peace?
(A) Sonia Gandhi
(B) Rahul Gandhi
(C) Manmohan Singh
(D) Pranab Mukherjee
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Answer-(C) Manmohan SinghExplanation:
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (85) was selected Indira Gandhi Prize for peace, disarmament and development for his leadership of the country between 2004 and 2014 and for enhancing India’s stature globally.
4) _______ wins Miss World 2017 title.
(A) Andrea Meza
(B) Reita Faria
(C) Manushi Chhillar
(D) Diana Haydon
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Answer-(C) Manushi ChhillarExplanation:
Ms Chhillar is sixth Indian woman to win the coveted title of Miss World. Reita Faria was first Indian woman to claim title back in 1966, followed by Aishwariya Rai Bachchan (1994), Diana Haydon (1997), Yukta Mookhey (1999) and Priyanka Chopra (2000).
She had won Femina Miss India World 2017 in May 2017.
5) Which govenment to form ‘Mahila Suraksha Dals’ to curb crimes against women?
(A) Delhi
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Madhya Pradesh
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Answer-(A) Delhi
6) Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) was held in ________.
(A) Goa
(B) New Delhi
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Bengaluru
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Answer-(B) New DelhiExplanation:
The next Steering Committee meeting will take place in Sri Lanka in May, 2018.
7) As per rankings released by business magazine ‘Fortune’, _______ is World’s Richest Country in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita.
(A) USA
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Qatar
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Answer-(D) QatarExplanation:
It is to be noted that despite low unemployment and growth in consumption and investment, US did not feature in the Top – 10 richest countries list.
Most of the Top 10 richest countries have small populations as compared to countries that are world leader in terms of size of GDP — such as the United States, China and Germany.
Qatar’s GDP Per Capita is $1,24,930.
8) ______ opens world’s coolest library.
(A) USA
(B) China
(C) Iceland
(D) New Zealand
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Answer-(B) ChinaExplanation:
It is a five-story library. It can hold up to 1.2 million books. It took three years to complete the construction.
It has been dubbed “The Eye of Binhai”, as it has a giant spherical auditorium in the middle that looks just like a giant eye.
Largest libraries of the world:
♦ British Library – United Kingdom
♦ Library of Congress – United States
♦ Library and Archives Canada – Canada
♦ New York Public Library – United States
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