General Knowledge 22

1.
Where is the headquarters of the European Organization for Nuclear

Research (CERN)?
[A] Geneva
[B] Berlin
[C] Washington
[D] New York
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1. Where is the headquarters of the European Organization for Nuclear
Research (CERN)?
[A] Geneva
[B] Berlin
[C] Washington
[D] New York
Geneva
India has recently become an associate member of the European
Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) that operates the largest
particle physics laboratory in the world. The agreement was signed by
Dr. Sekhar Basu, Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary
and CERN Director General Dr. Fabiola Gianotti in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
With this membership, India will enhance participation of young
scientists and engineers in various CERN projects and bring back
knowledge for deployment in the domestic programmes. It will also open
opportunities for Indian industries to participate directly in the CERN
project. The headquarters of the CERN is located at Geneva, Switzerland.
2. Which Indian golfer has won 2016 BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open?
[A] Anirban Lahiri
[B] Gaganjeet Bhullar
[C] Jyoti Randhawa
[D] Jeev Milkha Singh
2. Which Indian golfer has won 2016 BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open?
[A] Anirban Lahiri
[B] Gaganjeet Bhullar
[C] Jyoti Randhawa
[D] Jeev Milkha Singh
Gaganjeet Bhullar
Gaganjeet Singh Bhullar, an Indian professional golfer, has won the
$300,000 BANK BRI-JCB Indonesia Open for the 2nd time in his career
after closing with a four-under-par 68 at Pantai Indah Kapuk in Jakarta.
With this win, Bhullar has become the 5th player after Thaworn
Wiratchant of Thailand, Frank Nobilo of New Zealand, Frankie Minoza of
the Philippines and Lu His-chuen of Chinese Taipei to win the event twice.
3. The worlds first Bollywood Park theme park has opened in which city?
[A] Mumbai
[B] New York
[C] Dubai
[D] Kuala Lumpur
3. The worlds first Bollywood Park theme park has opened in which city?
[A] Mumbai
[B] New York
[C] Dubai
[D] Kuala Lumpur
Dubai
The worlds first Bollywood theme park has opened in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (UAE). The theme park will have 16 cinematic rides, six themed
restaurants and a choice of 30 live shows that are inspired by
contemporary and classic blockbusters, including the Dabangg action
movies and the epic historical drama Mughal-E-Azam. The vibrant
cultutal-rich park boasts cinemas, a theatre, rides, simulators and 4D
shows of popular Hindi movies.
4. Denton Cooley, the famous surgeon who performed worlds first
artificial heart transplant, was belonged to which country?
[A] Germany
[B] China
[C] Japan
[D] United States
4. Denton Cooley, the famous surgeon who performed worlds first
artificial heart transplant, was belonged to which country?
[A] Germany
[B] China
[C] Japan
[D] United States
United States
Dr. Denton A. Cooley (96), the famous heart surgeon who performed
worlds first artificial heart transplant, has recently passed away in
Texas, United States. Cooley was the founder of Texas Heart Institute
and pioneered many techniques that are still used in cardiovascular
surgery.
5. Which Indian personality has been honoured with the 2016 Dr.
Nagendra Singh Internal Peace award?
[A] Baba Ramdev
[B] Sushma Swaraj
[C] Narendra Modi
[D] Sri Sri Ravishankar
5. Which Indian personality has been honoured with the 2016 Dr.
Nagendra Singh Internal Peace award?
[A] Baba Ramdev
[B] Sushma Swaraj
[C] Narendra Modi
[D] Sri Sri Ravishankar
Sri Sri Ravishankar
Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar has been honoured with the Dr
Nagendra Singh International Peace Award for his efforts in ensuring
world peace at a function at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.The award has
been instituted in the memory of Dr.Nagendra Singh, the first Indian judge
at International Court of Justice, Hague.
6. Which of the following is the Indias longest expressway in the Indian
road network?
[A] Agra-Lucknow Expressway [B]
Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway
[C] Allahabad Bypass Expressway
[D] Yamuna Expressway
6. Which of the following is the Indias longest expressway in the Indian
road network?
[A] Agra-Lucknow Expressway [B]
Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway
[C] Allahabad Bypass Expressway
[D] Yamuna Expressway
Agra-Lucknow Expressway
Indias longest Agra-Lucknow Expressway has recently inaugurated by
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav at Bangarmau in Unnao
district of Uttar Pradesh. It is a 302 kms 6-lane controlled-access highway,
which will be expandable to 8-lanes in future. The Greenfield expressway
is expected to reduce the travel time between two cities to three and half
hours. It will further reduce the journey time between Lucknow and Delhi
by almost half to 5-6 hours.
7. What is the Indias rank in the 2017 Climate Change Performance Index
(CCPI)?
[A] 56th
[B] 20th
[C] 37th
[D] 66th
7. What is the Indias rank in the 2017 Climate Change Performance Index
(CCPI)?
[A] 56th
[B] 20th
[C] 37th
[D] 66th
20th
India has been ranked 20th out of 58 nations on the 2017 Climate Change
Performance Index (CCPI), as per latest publication issued by
Germanwatch and Climate Action Network Europe. The top three
positions are left vacant and France is at 4th position followed by
Sweden, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta and Portugal. The
CCPI is an instrument designed to increase transparency in international
climate politics and aims to put political and social pressure on those
countries which have, up until now, failed to take ambitious action on
climate protection.
8. Who has won the 2016 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize?
[A] Mahesh Rao
[B] Janice Pariat
[C] Akshaya Mukul
[D] Samanth Subramanian
8. Who has won the 2016 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize?
[A] Mahesh Rao
[B] Janice Pariat
[C] Akshaya Mukul
[D] Samanth Subramanian
Akshaya Mukul
Akshaya Mukul, the senior journalist, has been awarded the 2016 Shakti
Bhatt First Book Prize for his book Gita Press and the Making of Hindu
India. The book gives us details how a small regional press like Gita
Press and Kalyan magazine and a determined individual ideologue can
influence the mind-set of a nation, reconstruct a religion and seed the
politics of separatism that flowers nearly a century later.
9. Ram Naresh Yadav, who recently passed away, was the former Chief
Minister of which state?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Haryana
9. Ram Naresh Yadav, who recently passed away, was the former Chief
Minister of which state?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Ram Naresh Yadav (89), the Veteran Congress leader and former Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister, has recently passed away in Lucknow. He was
very popular among common and poor people as he was easily
accessible to all of them. He completed his term as Madhya Pradesh
governor on September 8, 2016 as his last stint of public service.
10. The book The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of The House of Travancore
has been authored by whom?
[A] Manu S. Pillai
[B] Kanishk Tharoor
[C] Madhu Gurung
[D] Nisid Hajari
10. The book The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of The House of Travancore
has been authored by whom?
[A] Manu S. Pillai
[B] Kanishk Tharoor
[C] Madhu Gurung
[D] Nisid Hajari
Manu S. Pillai
The book The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of The House of Travancore has
been authored by Manu S. Pillai. Through the novel, the author traces the
rise and fall of Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi (1895 -1985), regent queen
of the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore.

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