Trivia Flashcards
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Odisha health and family welfare minister Naba Kisore Das shot dead by asst. Sub-inspector gopal das in brajarajnagar
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Union education ministry
Females 49%
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All india survey on higher education AISHE
7.5% increase in enrolments
No. 4.13 crore
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India u-19 womens cricket 🏏 team
Maiden ICC trophy over engalnd in T20 World Cup at Potchefstroom, South africa
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Player of match. Titas sadhu
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India: the mother of democracy book
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Indian council of historical research ICHR
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Sub categorisation committee of OBC led by Justice G. Rohini
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Union ministry of social justice and empowerment
14 the extension
Formed Oct 2017
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Ashraf ghani
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Afghanistan president fled when taliban seized power in kabul
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DU mughal garden renamed
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Gautam buddha centenary garden
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GDP to grow 6.5% in 2023-24
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Highest ever paddy procurement
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Chhattisgarh
CM BHUPESH BAGHEL
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1st minister of Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon
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1st woman and longest serving first minister
Rose to power in 2014 after Alex salmond
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20 Feb 1987 37 th statehood day
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Arunachal pradesh
Land of rising sun
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New lizard species discovered in coastal kerala was named after one of the world’s most well known broadcasters
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Sitana Attenboroughii ,,,, sir David Attenborough
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Ferrari world park
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Dubai
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Apart from modena this town is also the home of ferrari
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Maranello
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Ferrari was founded in 1939 as racing division ➗️ of this automobile brand
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Alfa romeo
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Delhi newly elected mayor
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Shelly oberoi
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Engine propelling EV
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Electric motor
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EV manufacturer based on palo alto , california and was founded by Elon musk in 2003
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Tesla Inc
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1st electric car by who and when
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Robert Anderson, 1839
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2022….country highest share of electric car adoption as percent id total car sales
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Norway
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Ntl science day
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28 Feb 1928
CV raman _____ raman effect…….optical effect
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March 1 1872 yellowstone ntl Park
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Worlds 1st natl Park was established in US
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Person who suggested Feb 28 as ntl science day
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Narender Kumar sehgal
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Founder of Indian association for cultivation of science IACS calcutta
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Mahendralal sircar
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Ntl Park which translates to serpent river in local language
Nagarhole
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This ntl Park inspired setting for jingle book
Pench ntl Park
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This park is named after a hunter turned conservationist
Jim Corbett
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Mahavir harina vanasthali ntl Park state
Telangana
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Largest designated tiger reserve in India
Nagarjunasagar srisailam tiger reserve
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Dachigam ntl Park is last refuge of this endangered animal
Hangul
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Logo of CITES
Elephant
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Asian nation mooting idea of world wildlife day
Thailand 🇹🇭
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Red list of threatened species
IUCN. intl Union for conservation of nature
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Hyperion in california
Worlds tallest known living tree 🌳
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2023 world wildlife day
Theme. Partnerships for wildlife conservation
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Documentary which examines global financial crisis of 2008 won Oscar in 2011
Inside job
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Elephant 🐘 whisperer is set in this ntl park
Theppakadu , mudumalai ntl Park
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Eric garcetti
US AMBASSADOR TO INDIA
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Record by living legend at this Yr Oscar
Composer John Williams.....oldest academy award nominee became...the Fabelmans
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India border with China
3488 km LAC
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Chinese foreign minister
QIN GANG
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UPI -----MDR-----Merchant discount rate---- Charge recovered by the acquirer from the final recipient of the payment that is the merchant. It is collected by the Acquirer to compensate the various service providers and intermediaries in the payment system.
No MDR Charge for Rupay based debit card and UPI transactions .
.... Stakeholders are hence concerned over cost recovery for the services they provide
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World theater day ....March 27
Intl theatre institute
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armistice day--Nov 11--place where signed--Compiegne, France--silence for some mins
aka--commonwealth -- remembrance day
US---VETERANS DAY
Edward Lutyens design war memorial --cenotaph--Whitehall--London
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treaty ended WW1----TREATY OF VERSAILLES
song--Irving berlin--debut--armistice day broadcast--1938--GOD BLESS AMERICA
flower projected on Sydney opera house on centenary of end of WW1--red poppies
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This is the oldest continuously
published newspaper in India.
Bombay Samachar;
a stamp was released to commemorate 200 years
This Act was said to be enacted by the British mainly
against this newspaper.
Vernacular Press Act,
Amrita Bazar Patrika
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Tamil language newspaper founded by Indian journalist who also founded this leading English
newspaper.
Swadesamitran, The Hindu
This weekly founded by this individual has survived all
these years on subscriptions alone.
Lankesh
Patrike, P. Lankesh
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GOI statutory body--Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Registrar of Newspapers for India
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RAFAEL NADAL
PROVINCE BALEARIC ISLANDS
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April 5 = ntl maritime day ...... 1st celebrated in 1964
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WTC designed by minoru yamasaki
Each floor had 110 floors
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Held record of worlds tallest building briefly
1 WTC NORTH TOWER
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This innovation of Fazlur rahman Khan was used in construction of WTC
Framed tube construction
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WTC zip code
10048
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Movie world trade center
Director Oliver Smith
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This indian sportsperson played in WTC observation deck
Viswanathan anand
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worlds southernmost mammal
wedell seal
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worlds southernmost mammal
wedell seal
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highest mt in antarctica was named after American politician
carl vinson
mt vinson = 8th highest in world
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1st human to reach south pole
roald amundsen
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no indigenuous ppl in antarctica
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2nd largest desert in world
arctic desert
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most widely distributed penguin in antarctica
adelie penguin
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indian research centre in antarctica which is used as a supply base
dakshin gangotri
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1st ship which journeyed to UK,on 5 April 1919
SS royalty buotl by scindia steam navigation company Ltd
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This parcel has the world's earliest Dock and this civilization traded using this Dock
Lothal, indus Valley civilization
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The 1st attested attempt to organise a navy in india is attributed to this empire
Mauryan empire
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56 gun 4th rate ship of the linenof the Royal navy
HMS HINDOSTAN
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Geographical term used to classify maritime forces capable of operating globally
Blue water navy
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1st engagement in action of Indian Navy following indias independence
Against Portuguese navy during liberation of goa in 1961
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only woman at the famous 1927 Solvay Conference.
Marie Curie
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This person found that any system will exclude an electron if it has another electron with the same four quantum numbers. Ans: Wolfgang Pauli (Pauli’s exclusion principle)
The Indian who created the rules for particles that ignore the Pauli’s exclusion principle. Ans: Satyendra Nath Bose
Visual: The scientist who figured out nuclear fission and had an element named for her. Ans: Lise Meitner
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The number of neutrons this newly discovered uranium isotope has. Ans: 149
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The number of neutrons this newly discovered uranium isotope has. Ans: 149
second-most abundant actinide element. Ans: Thorium
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only actinide named after 2 continents. : Americium
element with the highest ‘magic number’. Ans: Lead
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Scientists estimate the age of dead organic matter by measuring how much ______ it absorbed when alive. Ans: Carbon-14
Henri Becquerel; the SI unit of radioactivity is named after him
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World Health Day celebrated on April 7
How is Good Friday determined? Ans: Based on spring equinox, full moon
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cricketer hit fastest ODI 50. record now held by another cricketer: Sanath Jayasuriya, AB de Villiers
Name scientist known for discoveries in molecular biophysics .Ans: G. N. Ramachandran
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National Beer Day is celebrated in U.S. as an Act was signed to reverse the prohibition on beer. Name the Act and the President who signed it.
Ans: Cullen-Harrion Act, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The reason why April 7 was chosen as World Health Day. Ans: The WHO was founded in 1948 on April 7
physician who went on to serve as Mayor, Chief Minister and Governor. Ans: Dr. B. C. Roy
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The popular brand name of this ‘diet drug’ which works to reduce appetite. Ans: Ozempic
The Hindi name for this disease literally translates to Black Fever. Ans: Kala Azar (Hindi) or Visceral leishmaniasis
The definition of nocturnist. Ans: A doctor who works in any hospital only during nights
The more commonly known name of Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. Ans: Brain Freeze
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April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
The longest serving Chief Minister of Karnataka. Ans: Devaraj Urs
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SC judgment of 1994 which curbs the blatant misuse of Article 356 has the name of this former CM. Ans: S. R. Bommai
This person is known for being the last president of an undivided Indian National Congress. Ans: S. Nijalingappa
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former CM of Karnataka has also served as an acting President of the country. Ans: B.D. Jatti
Five years ago, the King of Swaziland renamed his country “Eswatini
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International Day for Monuments celebrated every year on April 18
first sites listed were Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Agra Fort, Taj Mahal, inscribed in 1983 session of World Heritage Committee. UNESCO
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This land-locked country in West Africa has retained its new name since 1984. Before 1984, it was called by this name. Ans: Burkina Faso; Upper Volta
This country, between 1971 to 1997, was called by this name and ruled by this dictator. Ans: The Democratic Republic of Congo; Zaire; Mobuto
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This country was originally named after a British mining magnate. The current name was first used by African nationalist Michael Mawema. Ans: Southern Rhodesia/Rhodesia; Zimbabwe.
This country’s name was derived from a name proposed by freedom fighter Mburumba Kerina. Ans: Namibia
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This country renamed itself after achieving independence in 1981. Ans: Belize
This country was originally called the “New Hebrides Condominium”. Ans: Vanuatu
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Jobs, Wozniak, and administrative overseer Ronald Wayne founded Apple Computer Company (now called "Apple Inc.") as a business partnership in Jobs's parents' Crist Drive home on April 1, 1976.
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The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on April 26, 1986, in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Chernobyl nuclear disaster is one of 2 nuclear energy accidents rated at 7— max severity — on Intl Nuclear Event Scale. Which is the other one?
Fukushima nuclear disaster
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Considered the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history, this incident led to the release of radioactive gases and radioactive iodine into the environment. The film The China Syndrome was released 12 days before this incident. Identify the incident.
Three Mile Island accident
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He was a house painter who was subjected to an involuntary human radiation experiment and survived the highest known accumulated radiation dose in any human. Identify the person known as the most radioactive human ever. He was injected with which radioactive element?
plutonium===14 may 1945=====albert stevens
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Two nuclear accidents occurred in 1957, in the U.K., and the Soviet Union. Name them.
The Windscale fire in the U.K., and the Kyshtym disaster in the Soviet Union
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This intergovernmental organisation seeking to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy was established in 1957. The speech by then-U.S. President D. Eisenhower created the ideological background for this organisation. What is the name of the speech and the organisation?
The IAEA was created in 1957 in response to the deep fears and expectations generated by the discoveries and diverse uses of nuclear technology. The Agency's genesis was U.S. President Eisenhower's “Atoms for Peace” address to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 1953.
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The name of the director of Apple’s famous television commercial, 1984. Ans: Ridley Scott. 1984 was an allusion to George Orwell’s novel 1984, which depicted a dystopian future in which people were controlled by a totalitarian government.
The director of Steve Jobs, a 2015 biographical drama film. Ans: The movie was directed by Danny Boyle and written by Aaron Sorkin
What was Project Purple? Ans: The codename for the original iPhone development project
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Name the Prize that Andre Geim received in 2000 for levitating a frog using its own magnetic field. Ans: Ig Nobel Prize
2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov used micromechanical cleavage to isolate graphene from graphite. Aside from graphite, what material does this technique require to work? Ans: Cellophane tape
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What is the main application of GMR? Ans: To sense magnetic fields
Visual: Name this visual pattern named for the French word for ‘watered fabric’. Ans: Moire pattern
Germanene is to germanium, and stanene is to ______. Fill in the blank. Ans: Tin
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first recorded encounter killing in Andhra was local hero in Rampa Rebellion of 1922. This revolutionary waged an armed campaign against British colonial rule in India. What is the name of the person?
Alluri sitaram raju
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Manya Surve,
He was Indian underworld don in Mumbai. In 1982, he took a taxi to Wadala and was killed in alleged encounter there.
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criminal case in Gujarat where person was taken away by police when travelling on a public bus with his wife, in 2005. He was killed three days later near Ahmedabad. One of current Union Ministers was accused and acquitted in case.
Sohrabuddin case====amit shah
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This Delhi Police operation resulted in the deaths of two terrorists and one police officer, following five serial blasts in 2008. What is the name of the ‘encounter’ case?
batla house
Indian Mujahideen
inspector mohan chand sharma
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On April 28, 100 years ago, the original Wembley Stadium was opened in London.
This material, concrete, is the world’s second-most used, behind X. Name X. Ans: Water
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imp ingredient of concrete is X. most common type of X in world is Portland X. Ans: Cement
3. bacterium, Sporosarcina pasteurii, takes calcium and urea to produce calcite, a form of _______ _________. Ans: Calcium carbonate
Most of concrete’s enormous carbon footprint is due to production of _______, main component of cement. Ans: Clinker
5. Concrete and X are major culprits of urban heat island effect. Name X, which is called asphalt in U.S. Ans: Bitumen
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This dam has the world’s highest hydroelectric power generation capacity. Name the dam. Ans: Three Gorges Dam, China
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Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren became only 20th player to won World Championship (open) in chess.
This word comes from a Greek word which means a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. Ans: Stadium and Stadion.
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This stadium in U.S. has permanent seating capacity of 2,35,000. Ans: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway
This county side plays its home games at the ‘Mecca of Cricket’ Lord’s. Ans: Middlesex
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The San Siro is the home of these two football clubs. Ans: A.C. Milan and Inter Milan. The name of the stadium is Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
5. Kaseya Center and Toyota Center are the stadiums of these NBA champions. Ans: Miami Heat and Houston Rockets
This stadium in India bears the name of an American employee of an Indian MNC. Ans: Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur
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On May 7, in the first coronation in the United Kingdom in 70 years, Charles III was crowned King.
Hannah Arendt reported on trial of Nazi official Adolf Eichmann for war crimes, coining term “banality of evil” to describe how even ordinary ppl can be capable of great evil in right circumstances
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This chess GM was briefly world champion in the 1960s. His innovative and aggressive style set him apart. Ans: Mikhail Tal
2. The former chess world champion Mikhail Botvinnik said this, “In the hands of this young man lies the future of chess,” about this player. Ans: Garry Kasparov
This GM coached the outstanding Indian chess talent Arjun Erigaisi recently. Ans: Rustam Kazimdzhanov
4. This world champion was once unbeaten for eight years from 10 February 1916 to 21 March 1924. Ans: Jose Raul Capablanca
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This chess world champion was also an electrical engineer, who once won the Order of Badge of Honour for his work on power stations in the Ural mountains in Russia. Ans: Mikhail Botvinnik
Name the two players in the picture from a practice game at Moscow in June 1958. Ans: Bobby Fischer, Tigran Petrosian
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On May 3 in 1979, Margaret Thatcher was elected the Prime Minister of Britain.
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May 4 = ‘Star Wars Day’ thanks to a pun on franchise’s most famous phrase ‘May the Force Be With You’.
Margaret Thatcher was known by this nickname. This actor played the role of Thatcher in a 2011 biographical drama film. Ans: Iron Lady; Meryl Streep
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This horse is used in the Kentucky Derby race. The race takes place at this time of the year. Ans: Thoroughbred; it is organised usually on the first Saturday in May
3. This book by Margaret Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction on May 3, 1937. Ans: Gone with the Wind
4. This actor won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1944 and this person sung the song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". Ans: Bing Crosby, Pete Seeger
This Indian film is considered the first full-length Indian feature film. Ans: Raja Harishchandra by Dadasaheb Phalke (the year was misprinted as 2013; the film was released on May 3, 1913)
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may 10 1994 nelson mandela sworn in as SA 1st black president
1. This king was the first monarch to broadcast to the Empire at Christmas. Ans: George V
2. This queen who ruled for five years is known by the name of a popular cocktail. Ans: Mary 1 or ‘Bloody Mary’
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3. When Queen Anne was succeeded by George I in 1714, this reason led to more than 50 other claimants being rejected. Ans: They were Catholics and therefore ineligible to rule. The Act of Settlement passed in 1701 was designed to secure Protestant succession to the throne
4. This UNESCO site was built as a demonstration of power by William the Conqueror. Ans: Tower of London
5. He was the first king of Great Britain. Ans: James I
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6. This monarch commissioned the Gold State Coach which is used by the British royal family. Ans: George III
: This monarch was immortalised by Shakespeare and was known as a brilliant general. Ans: Henry V
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WHO has declared that COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern.
1. The system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s. Ans: Apartheid
2. In 1956, during a trial in Johannesburg for this reason against 156 people, this person was exiled. Ans: Treason; Oliver Tambo
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3. This trial in South Africa led to the imprisonment of Mandela. Ans: Rivonia Trial
4. The name of the three-hour speech given by Mandela at the trial that sentenced him to prison. Ans: I am Prepared to Die
5. The significance of 46664. Ans: Mandela was imprisoned in 1964. He was the 466th prisoner that year. His prison number remained 466/64 until 1982
: This actor played Mandela in this film. Ans: Idris Elba, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. The film is based on Mandela’s book Long Walk to Freedom
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june 1 since 2001 is world milk day---by FAO
CM won Bharat Ratna in 1961--B.C. Roy, West Bengal
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CM was key participant in Punnapra-Vayalar uprising in the late 1940s. Ans: V. S. Achuthanandan, Kerala
3. This leader became CM of his State merely eight months after his party was formed in the year 1982. Ans: N. T. Rama Rao, Andhra Pradesh (undivided)
CM was lawyer and defended accused, including many trade unionists, in the Meerut Conspiracy Case. Ans: Kailash Nath Katju, Madhya Pradesh
5. CM was credited for his passionate advocacy as a provincial leader for creation of a new UT with a legislative assembly in 1963. Ans: Yashwant Singh Parmar, Himachal Pradesh
This person served as CM of Rajasthan for longest period. Ans: Mohanlal Sukhadia
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1. The first product that Microsoft ever sold. Ans: Altair BASIC
2. The name of Microsoft's virtual assistant. Ans: Cortana
3. The current CEO of Microsoft. Ans: Satya Nadela
The name of the Microsoft program that is providing free software to schools in developing countries. Ans: Microsoft Imagine Academy
5. The Rolling Stones song to which Bill Gates danced when Windows 95 was launched. Ans: Start Me Up
6. The CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. Ans: Steve Balmer
Visual: The nickname for the longest-used Microsoft logo. Ans: The ‘Pac Man’ logo
