General Awareness Questions

The Theme of National Press Day 2017 is "Challenges before media".

In India, country's 1st Owl Festival held in Pune, for two days i.e, on Nov 29 and Nov 30. It is a first-of-its-kind festival in the country that is being organised with the intention of creating awareness about owl as a bird and debunking numerous superstitions associated with it.

A posted speed limit of 55 mph means that we can drive at a speed of 55 miles per hour(mph) under good conditions in that area. We cannot that speed limit in that area.

The founder and also first Chairman of the ISRO is Vikram Sarabhai.

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'.