General Awareness Questions

August 29, 1995 was for the first time declared National Sports Day, it being the 90th birthday of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand

Warren Edward Buffett(USA), chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is the world's richest investor, estimated to be worth $53.5 billion as of march 2013.

The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) announced the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Antyodaya Diwas, on 25th September 2014. DDU-GKY is a part of the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), tasked with the dual objectives of adding diversity to the incomes of rural poor families and cater to the career aspirations of rural youth.

DDU-GKY is uniquely focused on rural youth between the ages of 15 and 35 years from poor families. Over 180 million or 69% of the country’s youth population between the ages of 18 and 34 years, live in its rural areas. Of these, the bottom of the pyramid youth from poor families with no or marginal employment number about 55 million.

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The Moscow Metro in Russia carries 8-9 million passengers each day. By comparison, the New york City Subway, USA carries 4.5 million people each day and the London underground , UK, carries just over 3 million.

China has been by far the biggest coal producing country over the last three decades. The country produced about 3.6 billion tonnes (Bt) of coal in 2012 accounting for over 47% of the world's total coal output.

Speed has been identified as a key risk factor in road traffic injuries, influencing both the risk of a road crash as well as the severity of the injuries that result from crashes.

Speeding is a factor in 30 % of all fatal accidents.