General Awareness Questions

Rio de Janeiro has been named as the World Capital of Architecture for 2020.

Vienna has become the world's most pleasant city to live in by topping the Global Liveability Index of the Economist Intelligence Unit by dislodging Melbourne, the Austrian capital.

While Damascus retained the last place and Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital was in second last place in the annual survey examined 140 metropolitan cities.

The main causes for the boat accidents are ::

1. Excessive speed

2. Machinery failure

3. Operator inexperience

4. Alcohol use

5. Operator inattention

6. Lack of proper look-out

7. Careless/reckless behavior and hull failure

8. Hazardous waters

and some more...

India’s fastest indigenous train Train18, which will run from Delhi to Varanasi, named as Vande Bharat Express.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) central bank (UAECB) and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) have announced that the interbank digital currency they are co-developing will be called 'Aber.'

Himachal Pradesh state became 1st to launch a pan-India single emergency no. 112 where all kinds of immediate help can be sought in urgent matters.

Under this project, an Emergency Response Centre (ERC) has been established in Shimla along with 12 district command centres (DCCs), covering the entire state. The ERC has been integrated with police (100), fire (101), health (108) and women (1090) helpline numbers to provide emergency services through the emergency number '112'.