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Who amongst the following is the author of the book " Development as Freedom" ?

A) M.S. Swaminathan B) C. Rangarajan
C) Y.V. Reddy D) Amartya Sen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Amartya Sen

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Who was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India (CJI) recently ?

A) Justice Tirath Singh Thakur B) Justice Atul Mehta
C) Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar D) Justice T M Goyal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar

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Where is the Devils Tower located?

A) black hills of crook county B) belgium
C) colombia D) Georgia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) black hills of crook county

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Devils tower is located in black hills of crook county of north eastern whyoming .It was the first declared United States National Monument.

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Q:

Antonym of Sober?

A) not affected by alcohol B) Sensible
C) Serious D) emotional
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) emotional

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Sober means not afected by alcohol, clear headed, very serious, sensible,...

 

Antonyms of Sober are :: light hearted, frivolous, sensational, emotional,...

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Who was named as " Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World " for 2016 ?

A) M S Dhoni B) Musharaf Ali
C) Virat Kohli D) Ashwin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Virat Kohli

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i. India’s Virat Kohli was named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016.

ii. Kohli had also won the prestigious ‘Polly Umrigar award’ presented to the ‘International Cricketer of the Year’ at the BCCI Annual Awards.

iii. Kohli was additionally declared Wisden India Almanack’s Cricketer of the Year for the second time in its 2017 edition.

 

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When was the Opium war held between Britain and China ?

A) 1853 B) 1857
C) 1837 D) 1839
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1839

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Which city has been designated as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2019  ?

A) Warsaw B) Sharjah
C) Pune D) Kochi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sharjah

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Sharjah, the city of United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been designated as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2019 by Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, at the Headquarters of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) at La Haye. The honour is in recognition of the Emirate’s pioneering role in supporting and expanding the local and regional publishing industries, promoting reading to become an intrinsic cultural practice, as well as embracing inter-cultural, knowledge-based dialogue. Sharjah was the first emirate in UAE to establish a formal school and a library. It was also the first emirate to house many cultural institutions like the Emirates Publishers Association and the Emirates’ writers Union. Sharjah is the 19th city to become World Book Capital. It is preceded by Conakry in 2017 and Athens in 2018.

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Q:

India's First Rual Telephone exchange is located in 

A) Karnataka B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Kerala D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Karnataka

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