Q.3 What was ‘Word of the Year-2017’ according to the Oxford Dictionaries? (A) Youthquake (B) Youth (C) Passion (D) dictionary Ans . A Q.4 NASA launched the ‘OSIRIS-REx’ Mission to collect samples from which asteroid? (A) Asteroid Benn (B) (C) (D) Ans . A Q.5 In Bihar, UNESCO has declaredContinue Reading
The Eras a) Vikram Era—58 BC, b) Saka Era—78 AD, c) Kalachuri Era—248 AD, d) Gupta Era—319-20 AD, e) Harsha Era—606 AD, f) Nevari Era of Nepal—October 20, 879 AD. g) Kollane Era of Malabar—825 AD, h) Chalukya-Vikramaditya Era—1075 AD, i) Ilahi Era started by Akbar—1556 AD. Alexander’s Invasion (326Continue Reading
Cargo Express is India’s first time-tabled freight train. It runs between Delhi to Bengaluru. A 114-km stretch between Rameswaram and Manamadurai in Tamil Nadu is India’s first ‘green train corridor’. A green corridor or zero toilet discharge section envisages that all trains on that route will have bio-toilets, thereby eliminatingContinue Reading
Mangalyaan has been named among the best inventions of 2014 by Time magazine which described it as a technological feat that will allow India to flex its “interplanetary muscles.” “Nobody gets Mars right on the first try. The US didn’t, Russia didn’t, the Europeans didn’t. But on September 24, IndiaContinue Reading
The Lion Capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four Indian lions standing back to back, on an elaborate base that includes other animals. A graphic representation of it was adopted as the official Emblem of India in 1950. It was originally placed atop the Aśoka pillar at the importantContinue Reading
India took its first formal step to recapture its erstwhile glory as an international knowledge destination with the opening of the new Nalanda University (NU) on 1 September 2014, 12 km from where the ruins of the ancient university are located. The 11-member governing board of the university isContinue Reading
IT services giant Infosys has announced the launch of “India in a Box”, a new solution for its Japanese clients. The solution is based on industry-standard Microsoft Dynamics NAV. It enables Japanese companies to jumpstart their business operations in India by moving to an IT infrastructure in just eight weeks.Continue Reading
1. Which of the following statements is incorrect in regard to Battle of Buxar? The battle was fought in 1863. 2. Which of the following events took place in 1948 AD? Assassination of Gandhi 3. During which Five-Year Plan period price level registered a decline ? First 4. The periodContinue Reading
Donald Wins US PGA Golf Luke Donald of England reclaimed the World no-1 ranking by defeating Rory Mcllory by winning the US PGA Transitions Championship on 18 March 2012 in Palm Harbour, FloridaContinue Reading
Indian Coast Guard Hovercraft H-187 Commissioned Indian Coast Guard Hovercraft H-187 was commissioned by Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan, the Director General Indian Coast Guard, at Okha in Gujarat on 11 June 2012. Hovercraft H-187 is the first of the series of twelve Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVS) designed and builtContinue Reading
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