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The only Communist Government of Europe which had kept itself free from the influence of Soviet Union is ______

A) Czechoslovakia B) Greece
C) Romania D) Yugoslavia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Yugoslavia

Explanation:

The Communist Government of Yugoslavia had kept itself free from the Soviet Union almost from the beginning . Yugoslavia was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. It was a fedaration of 6 republics. In four of these republics, the rule of the communist parties came to an end in 1990. By 1992,Yugoslavia broke up into five independent states-the new states of yugoslavia comprising Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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Which best summarizes the concept of natural selection?

A) the fittest organisms survive and reproduce B) an organism will always adapt to its environment
C) an organism will always mutate to survive D) a mutation always makes a species fitter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the fittest organisms survive and reproduce

Explanation:

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations.

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First woman to win olympic medal for India

A) Mary Kom B) Saina Nehwal
C) Karnam Malleshwari D) P.V. Sindhu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karnam Malleshwari

Explanation:

The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal for India was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics 2000 in the Women's 69 kg category in Weightlifting.

 

Karnam Malleswari is a retired Indian weightlifter. In 1995 she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, and in 1999 the civilian Padma Shri award.

 

After that Indian women who won Olymic medals to India was : 

 

1. Mary Kom at the London 2012 Summer Olympics won bronze medal in women's boxing.

 

2. Saina Nehwal was the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, by winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012.

 

3. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Wrestling. She won the Bronze medal in Women's 58 kg freestyle wrestling in 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio.

 

4. P.V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win the Silver medal at the Olympics, by reaching the Badminton final at Rio Olympics 2016.

 

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Which country is known as land of kangaroo ?

A) France B) Italy
C) Australia D) Africa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Australia

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Which newspaper has acquired 67 per cent stake in Kolkata-based daily The Asian Age?

A) Hindustan Times B) Times of India
C) Deccan Chronicle D) The Hindu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Deccan Chronicle

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Who is the author of the book ' The Goldfinch'

Answer

Donna Tratt

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With which of the following was U. R. Rao who passed away at 85 is associated with ?

A) Scientist B) Poet
C) Politics D) Auther
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scientist

Explanation:

1. Eminent space scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Udupi Ramachandra Rao passed away due to age related ailments. He was 85.

2. He was currently serving as the chairman of the governing council of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad. Rao served as the chairman of ISRO for 10 years from 1984-1994.

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Trips and Trims are the terms associated with

A) IBRD B) WTO
C) IDA D) IMF
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) WTO

Explanation:

TRIM "Trade-related Investment Measures", an agreement within the Uruguay round trade negotiations.

TRIPS "TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, is an international legal agreement between all the member nations of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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