General Awareness Questions

Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Indian Army. It is a truly historic Indian Regiment raised by Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of the Dogra Kingdom in 1820. Amongst all the princely State Forces of India, it was the only one to be absorbed into the Indian Army as a separate Regiment and did not lose its entity by merger into the existing Regiments of the Army.

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, has collaborated with Nobel Media AB, Sweden to hold the Nobel Prize Series in India for five years.

The second edition of the Nobel Prize Series -India 2018 will be held at Panjim, Goain partnership with Government of Goa on February 1-2, 2018. It will start on February 1, 2018 with the formal inauguration of the Nobel Prize Series -India 2018, Science Exhibition by the Hon'ble Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Parrikar.

Power Ministry constitutes a Committee to investigate into the causes of the NTPC, Unchahar Thermal Power Plant accident

The composition of the committee would be as follows:

       Name                                                                                                 Position

Shri P.D. Siwal, Member (Thermal), CEA                                                      Chairman

Shri Subir Chakraborty,Director (Projects), UPRVUNL                                      Member

Shri Dhawal Prakash Antapurkar,Director of Steam Boilers, Maharashtra           Member

Dr. L.D. Papney,Chief Engoneer, (TE&TD), CEA                                              Member & Convenor