Questions

• Shivanasamudra is a famous waterfall situated in Mandya District of Karnataka State. 
• Gaganachukki and Barachukki Falls are collectively called as Shivanasamudra Falls.

Emphasize means giving special importance or worth giving attention to in speaking or writing.

Here in the options, Accentuate is most nearly means Emphasize.

Mg(NO3)2 is Magnesium nitrate.

In the case of Mg(NO3)2, the metal in the compound is magnesium (Mg), and the non-metal here is called the nitrate ion (NO3). This makes the name of the compound simply magnesium nitrate.

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour” for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray’s films including ‘Apur Sansar’, ‘Debi’,’ Aranyer Din Ratri’, ‘Ghare Bairey’ and ‘Ganashatru’. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.