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Who has been selected for the prestigious 2016 Jnanpith Award ?

A) Ravuri Bharadwaja	B) Shankha Ghosh
C) Kedarnath Singh	D) Chandrashekara Kambara

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shankha Ghosh

Explanation:

Shankha Ghosh, the outstanding Bengali writer, commentator and academician, has been chosen for the prestigious 52nd version of the Jnanpith Award (2016) by the Government of India (GoI) for his lovely phrase and tries different things with different beautiful structures check his significance as an imaginative ability.The Jnanpith Award is presented every year to a literary figure for their outstanding contribution in literature. The honor conveys a reference, prize cash of Rs. 12 lakh and a bronze imitation of Goddess Saraswati.He turned into the sixth Bengali creator to win India's most astounding artistic honor after Mahasweta Devi, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Ashapurna Devi, Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Bishnu Dey.

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______ was named by the Arabs as City of gold ?

A) Mumbai	B) Jaipur
C) Cooch Behar	D) Multan

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Multan

Explanation:

Mumbai - City of Wealth

Jaipur - Pink City

Cooch Behar - City of Beauty

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Which planet is known as "Bright Wandering Star"?

A) Saturn	B) Jupiter
C) Earth	D) Venus

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jupiter

Explanation:

The planet Jupiter is known as "Bright Wandering Star".

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Which of the following Valleys is known as "Paradise of Earth" ?

A) Kullu Valley	B) Doon Valley
C) Kangra Valley	D) Kashmir Valley

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kashmir Valley

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Which is the fastest running train on Indian railway

A) Mumbai - Goa super fast Express	B) New Delhi - Lucknow Shatabdi Express
C) New Delhi -Chandigarh Shatabdi Express	D) New Delhi - Mumbai Rajdhani Express

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) New Delhi - Mumbai Rajdhani Express

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The glacier of the Nubra Valley, the longest one with a length of over 72km is called the ______ glacier

A) Hispar	B) Siachen
C) Biafo	D) Baltaro

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Siachen

Explanation:

Hispar and Beturaof the Hunza valley are over 57km long. They are the largest glaciers. Biafo and Baltaro of the shigar valley are 60 km long

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Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who has won the prestigious ' Grammy Awards ' is an exponent in which of the following musical instuments

A) Sarod	B) Tabla
C) Violin	D) Mohan Veena

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mohan Veena

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Pure Banking, Nothing Else - is a slogan of

A) YES Bank	B) SBI Bank
C) Axis Bank	D) HDFC Bank

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) SBI Bank

Explanation:

"Pure Banking, Nothing Else" - is a slogan raised by SBI - State Bank of India.

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