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New Education Minister of India - 2019

A) Smriti Irani B) Harsh Vardhan
C) Prakash Javadekar D) Ramesh Pokhriyal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ramesh Pokhriyal

Explanation:

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The Ministry of Human Resource Development, formerly Ministry of Education in India
Ramesh Pokhriyal the Union Cabinet Minister of Human Resource Development in 2019. He represents the Haridwar Parliamentary constituency of Uttarakhand in the 17 Lok Sabha elections.

Prakash Javadekar was the former Human Resource Development Minister in 2018.

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Which of the following areas has the largest production of coal in China?

 

A) Shaanxi B) Xinjiang  
C) Inner Mongolia D) Hebei
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shaanxi

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What does the term Jim Crow refer to? 

A) the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century B) northern whites who sympathized with African Americans
C) African American politicians during Reconstruction D) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction

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Q:

World's oldest living man 2018?

A) Masazo Nonaka B) Francisco Nunez Olivera
C) Juan Pablo Villalos D) Les Colley
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Masazo Nonaka

Explanation:

According to Guiness World Records, the world's oldest living man Masazo Nonaka has turned 113 years on 25 July of 2018 in Japan's Hokkaido.

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Francisco Nunez Olivera was the former oldest person who died on 29th of January 2018 at the age of 112 years.

 

Les Colley (1898 - 1998, Australia), is the oldest ever man to father a child. He had his ninth child a son named Oswald to his third wife at the age of 92 years 10 months.

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Which country is resettling its refugees in the Bhashan Char Island?

 

 

A) Bangladesh B) China
C) Sri Lanka D) Nepal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bangladesh

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Which countries organized joint military exercise named ‘Mitra Shakti’ in October 2017?

 

A) India-Sri Lanka B) India-Nepal
C) India-Japan D) India-Bhutan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) India-Sri Lanka

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Which warship has become the India’s first warship to install solar panels on board ?

A) INS Sindhudurg B) INS Sarvekshak
C) NS Vindhyagiri D) INS Godavari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) INS Sarvekshak

Explanation:

Indian Navy’s survey vessel INS Sarvekshak has become the India’s first warship to install solar power system on board. The solar power system works on sunlight and hence is 100% per cent reliable for power source that can be used for communication equipment, battery charging and general lightings onboard round the clock with battery outputs during night. The system is maintenance free.

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Which Arab scientist could be given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm?

A) Al-Khwarizmi B) Ibn al -Haytham
C) Ibn Rushd D) Ibn Sina
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Al-Khwarizmi

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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, formerly Latinized as Algorithmi,was a Persianscholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography under the patronage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun of the Abbasid Caliphate.

He also developed the concept of the algorithm in mathematics, which is why some have called him the "grandfather of computer science".

His name gave rise to the terms algorism and algorithm.

 

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