1. National Sports Day (NSD) is celebrated on which date in India?
[A] August 28
[B] August 29
[C] August 26
[D] August 27
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Correct Answer: B [August 29]
Notes:
National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29 in India. This day marks the birthday of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, regarded as one of the greatest field hockey players of all time. National Sports Day aims to raise awareness on the importance of sports and physical fitness.
2. Kemal Ataturk is known as founder and builder of Modern_______?
[A] Turkey
[B] Georgia
[C] Syria
[D] Kuwait
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Correct Answer: A [Turkey]
Notes:
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk also known as Mustafa Kemal Pasha (died 1938) was a Turkish leader and founder of Republic of Turkey. He is known for numerous progressive reforms that modernized Turkey into a secular, industrializing nation.
3. Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) was initiated by which among the following countries?
[A] India
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] Maldives
[D] Mauritius
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Correct Answer: D [Mauritius]
Notes:
Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) was initiated by Mauritius. It was formed in march 1997.
4. Who is the author of the book ‘Panchashati Galpo’?
[A] Krishna Sobti
[B] Nirmal Verma
[C] Mannu Bhandari
[D] Atin Bandyopadhyay
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Correct Answer: D [Atin Bandyopadhyay]
Notes:
Atin Bandyopadhyay (85), the renowned Bengali writer, has passed away in Kolkata on 19th January, 2019. Born in 1934 in Dhaka, he had taken up various jobs as a sailor, school teacher, factory manager, journalist to finally became a writer. He won the 2001 Sahitya Akademi award for his compilation of short stories ‘Panchashati Galpo’. His masterpiece is considered to be a four-part tetralogy on the Partition: “Nilkantha Pakhir Khonje”, ”Manusher Gharbari”, “Aloukik Jalajan” and “Ishwarer Bagan”.
5. Which of the following was the earlier name of WTO?
[A] UNCTAD
[B] GATT
[C] UNIDO
[D] OECD
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Correct Answer: B [GATT]
Notes:
The WTO’s predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), was established by a multilateral treaty of 23 countries in 1947 after World War II in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicated to international economic cooperation—such as the World Bank (founded 1944).
6. Who discovered X-rays?
[A] Paul Villard
[B] Albert Einstein
[C] Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
[D] Johann Riter
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Correct Answer: C [Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen]
Notes:
Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1895. X rays are part of high energy electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength ranging from 10 picometers to 10 nanometers.
7. Who is the author of “In Defense of Globalization”?
[A] Arvind Panagariya
[B] Jagadish Bhagwati
[C] Avinash Dixit
[D] I.G.Patel
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Correct Answer: B [Jagadish Bhagwati]
Notes:
Jagadish Bhagawati is an Indian-born American economist. He wrote In “Defense of Globalization” in 2007.
8. Which of the following was the author of Tattvasuddhi?
[A] Jayanta
[B] Nathamuni
[C] Haribhadra
[D] Udayana
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Correct Answer: D [Udayana]
Notes:
Tattvasuddhi was written by Udayana in 984 AD. He was Hindu logician of tenth century. He attempted to reconcile the views held by two major schools of logic called as Nyaya and Vaisheshika.
9. The “Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict” is a territorial dispute between which among the following nations?
[A] Armenia and Russia
[B] Armenia and Azerbaijan
[C] Azerbaijan and Russia
[D] Azerbaijan and Iran
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Correct Answer: B [Armenia and Azerbaijan]
Notes:
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict is a territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This region is legally recognized under the control of Azerbaijan. The conflict further leads to a full-scale war between 1988 and 1994.
10. Which day is celebrated as International Day for Tolerance?
[A] 1 January
[B] 16 November
[C] 10 October
[D] 9 March
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Correct Answer: B [16 November ]
Notes:
16 November is celebrated as the International Day for Tolerance.
