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Date: September 5, 2017 Big Tragedy, Empty Rhetoric
Which disease caused the death of over 70 children in Gorakhpur's Baba Raghav Das Hospital? o o o o
Japanese Encephalitis Tuberculosis Typhoid Jaundice
What are the initiatives taken by the Indian government to transform the public health sector? o o o o
Clean India & Startup India Swachh Bharat & Mission Indradhanush Digital India Skill Development
What is the main reason for the mass death of children in Gorakhpur's BRD Hospital? o o o o
Doctor Shortage Oxygen Shortage Water Shortage Electricity Shortage
In which year the pestilence like encephalitis first broke out? o o o o
2017 1947 1978 2008
Neighboring region of Gorakhpur which also have the havoc of encephalitis are: o o o o
Bihar & Nepal Kolkata Delhi Madhya Pradesh
Which organization coined the term AES? o o o o
UNICEF UNESCO WTO WHO
What are the other pathogens known to cause AES? o o o o
West Nile Virus Dengue Virus Chandipura & Chikanguniya Virus All the above
Full form of AES? o o o o
Accurate Encephalitis Syndrome Acute Encephalitis Syndrome All Energy Syndrome Advanced Encephalitis Syndrome
Who is the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh? o o o o
Miss Mayawati Akhilesh Yadav Mulayam Singh Yadav Yogi Adityanath
What is Japanese Encephalitis? o o o o
Eyes Infection Heart Problem Inflammation of the brain due to infection Lungs collapse
Date: September 6, 2017 How the clause on a Uniform Civil Code was rendered toothless
What is the full form of UCC? o o o o
Uniform Civil Court Uniform Civil Code Unified Civil Class Unidentified Civil Court
Who was the firm advocates of 'UCC as a fundamental right'? o o o o
Kanhaiyalal Munshi Minoo Masani Bhimrao Ambedkar All of the above
Who were the two women in the 12-member panel of UCC? o o o o
Hansa Mehta & Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Smt. Chhaya Verman & Smt. Viplove Thakur Manashi Gupta & Dr. Pinky Anand Suparna Gupta & Vaani Kola
Which clause inclusion in new section of rights was voted by the panel? o o o o
Directive Principles of State Policy Social Progress Index Aadhar Adoption fighting Corruption
Full form of DPSP? o o o o
Directive Principles of State Policy Direct Principles of State Policy Directional Principles of State Policy Division Principles of State Policy
Who was Jinnah? o o o o
First Governor of India First Prime Minister of Pakistan First President of India First Governor General of Pakistan
Where Jinnah gave the call for direct action? o o o o
Bengal Uttar Pradesh Bihar Punjab
Which plan was accepted by the Indian leaders by June 1947? o o o o
Atal Bihari's Partition Plan Nehru's Partition Plan Gandhi's Partition Plan Mountbatten's Partition plan
Which was the constitution making body for India? o o o o
Legislative Assembly Ambedkar Assembly Constituent Assembly Rule & Regulation Assembly
Who was the head of advisor committee? o o o o
Sardar Patel Dr. BR Ambedkar Gandhi Jawaharlal Nehru
Who said, " no person shall be permitted to refuse any obligation of citizenship on the ground of caste, creed or religion.” o o o o
Khanhaiyalal Munshi Mahatma Gandhi Bhimrao Ambedkar Minoo Masani
The words "those water-tight compartments" has been referred to o o o o
Fundamental Rights Personal Laws Uniform Civil Code Criminal Laws
Directive Principles of State Policy are/ Uniform Civil code areo o o o
Enforceable by courts Not enforceable by courts Justiciable Punishable
Who was the chairman of Drafting Committee? o o o o
Jawaharlal Nehru Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Hansa Mehta Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
What is Uniform Civil code? o o o o
Indians to be governed by single civil code Indians to be governed by same personal laws Indians to be governed by their respective personal laws Indians to be governed by same criminal code
Which slogan has been used for Uniform Civil Code? o o o o
Same laws for all One nation one code One country same law One Rank One Pension
"The state shall endeavor to secure for the citizens a Uniform civil code" is ao Fundamental Right o Directive Principles of State Policy o Property Right
Date: September 7, 2017 Balance Sheet Of Indian Families A Matter Of Life And Debt
Which is the Indian central bank and regulators of all banks? o o o o
SBI RBI UBI CBI
Which one is the major asset for old age in western countries? o o o o
Deposits Institutional Borrowing Pension Insurance
What are the main target of investment in India? o o o o
Borrowing Real estate & Gold Shares Mutual Funds
Who headed the RBI's housing finance committee? o o o o
Raghuram Rajan Urijit Patel Tarun Ramadorai Vivek Goenka
Which have monetary value & which we must repay respectively are known as? o o o o
Loans & Advances Saving & Deposits Assets & Liabilities Cheques & Drafts
Date: September 8, 2017 Aging population to hit Asia growth
Full Form of IMF? o o o o
Indian Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund Industrial Management Fund Industry Managing Forum
Which country has forecasted to become the first "Ultra-aged" country by 2030? o o o o
China North Korea India Japan
Who is the managing director of IMF? o o o o
Shailene Woodley Jim Yong Kim Mary Cristopher Christine Lagarde
Who is the governor of Bank of Korea? o o o o
Lee Su-Won Lee Ju-Yeol Wae Ni-Pue Xa Zing-Pue
By which year IMF report projected population growth falling to zero in Asia? o o o o
2030 2040 2050 2060
What is the full form of IMF o o o o
International Money Fund Indian Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund International Marketing Fund
What world be the consequences of Aging populationo less population in future o small workforces in the future and potentially lower productivity growth o larger workforces in future and more productivity growth o more population in future with development
Who is managing director of IMF. o o o o
Christine Legarde Aung San Su Kyi Ban Ki Moon Antino Gueterres
According to Christine Lagarde, now the problem of aging population can be balanced? o o o o
By not giving them pension and salaries By removing aging people from job By boosting the proportion of women in the workforce By boosting child labor.
How the problem of aging population can be tackled? o o o o
education for the girls wider access to finance for women closing the gender gap in the employment All the above
Date: September 9, 2017 To break up monopolies in the digital era, antitrust legislation should ensure data portability from sites such as Facebook
In which year PM Dr. Manmohan Singh introduced mobile portability? o o o o
2010 2012 2011 2014
According to Facebook in July 2017 which country is one of its fastest growing markets? o o o o
China North Korea India Japan
Which company has acquired/bought WhatsApp in 2015? o o o o
Microsoft Hike Google Facebook
In India how many users are using Facebook according to its data? o o o o
281 million 241 million 263 billion 258 million
Facebook has introduced which feature for the list of photos & status updates? o o o o
Status feed Selfie feed News feed Save and lock options
Date: September 10, 2017 Now, chaiwallahs come from IIT & Harvard
'Sassi ka dhaba' is in which city? o o o o
Mumbai Delhi Nagpur Ranchi
Chayos is what type of company or startup? o o o o
Sugar Startup Coffee Startup Tea Startup Beverages Startup
Chai Point was started in which year, by whom and from where? o o o o
2010, Abhishek Gangwar, Madras 2010, Amuleek Singh Bijral, Bengluru 2011, Abhinav Shekawat, Mumbai 2012, Sandeep Tidke, Delhi
Which firm has funded Chai Thela, an QSR startup? o o o o
Judge Point Quarizon Tiger Global Tea-Halt
Which is the country's top luxury hotel brand? o o o o
St. Regis Mumbai St. Harvard QSK The Taj Hotel Indian Hotels
Date: September 11, 2017 Q&A – `Depth in men’s badminton has been much greater than in women’s side … Sindhu and Saina competing is very good
Who is the chief national badminton coach and former All England champion? o o o o
Santosh Padukone Pullela Gopichand Nalin Mehta Abhishek Parajuli
Who had won silver medal at the world badminton championship in 2017? o o o o
Kidambi Srikant Saina Nehwal PV Sindu H.S. Prannoy
Nozomi Okuhura is the badminton player of which country? o o o o
Japan China South Korea India
Who among them is not a badminton player? o o o o
P Kasyam Gurusai Sutt Ajay Jayaram Sakshi Malik
Pullela Gopichand is a member of Olympic task force appointed by PM Modi to target which Olympic? o o o o
2030 2020 2024 2018
Sania Nehwal is associated with which sports? o o o o
Tennis Cricket Badminton Long Jump
Who has won Silver medal in Rio Olympics 2016 in Badminton? o o o o
P.V Sindhu Saina Nehwal Sakshi Malik Sania Mirza
Who is Chief National Badminton Coach? o o o o
Sachin Tendulkar Greg Chapell Pullela Gopichand Sunil Gavaskar
What is the full form of SAI? o o o o
Sports Authority of India Sports Association of India Sports Agency of India Soccer Association of India
Who has appointed Pullela Gopichand as a member of the Olympic Task Force? o o o o
Pranb Mukherji Rahul Gandhi Rajnath Singh Narendra
Whom PV Sindhu beat in the semifinal of Rio Olympics 2106 and won a o o o o
Nnzomi Okuhara Wang Yihan Carolina Masin Saina Nehwal
Who has asked Pullela Gopichand to coach her again? o o o o
Sania Mirza Saina Nehwal P.V.Sindhu Jhulan Goswami
Date: September 12, 2017 RAFA RESURGENCE!
Who has won the 2017 US open men singles? o o o o
Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Andy Murray Stan Wawrinka
To whom Rafel Nadal has defeated in the US open final? o o o o
Andy Murray Stan Wawrinka Kevin Anderson Novak Djokovic
To which country Kevin Anderson and Rafael Nadal belongs respectively? o o o o
Switzerland, Spain Spain, England England, Russia South Africa, Spain
Rafael Nadal gas won which edition of Grand Slam of his career? o o o o
14th 17th 16th 12th
Which edition was the US open 2017 title of Rafael Nadal? o o o o
7th 3rd 4th 2nd
Who is Brad Gilbert? o o o o
Veteran Coach Author International Hockey Champion Veteran Actor
How many career titles Rafael Nadal has, in total? o o o o
49 74 56 78
Who has won 10th French Open of his career in June 2017? o o o o
Andy Murray Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Stan Wawrinka
To which country Roger Federer belongs? o o o o
Switzerland Spain England South Africa
When was Rafael Nadal born and what is his ATP ranking? o o o o
July 1, 1982; 1st September 5, 1892; 2nd June 3, 1986; 1st July 24, 1990; 3rd
Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open is associated with which sports ? o o o o
Badminton Tennis Table Tennis Football
How many Grand Slam title has Rafael Nadal won in his career o o o o
10 15 17 16
Who gave the title of 'The Fedal Slam' to Rafael Nadalo o o o
Kevin Anderson Roger Federer Andy Murray Brad Gilbert
Which is the correct meaning of word 'Ferocious'. o o o o
Violent Humble Sweet Stamina
Which is not the correct meaning of word 'adroit'. o o o o
Clever Skillful Amateur Handy
Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka couldn't play in 2017 because of o o o o
Doping Injuries Family problem Removed by Association
Who is the coach of Rafael Nadal? o o o o
Toni Nadal Carlos Moya a & b both none of the above
Rafael Nadal is associated with which sports? o o o o
Tennis Table Tennis Rugby Football
Date: September 13, 2017 Q&A – `Price of electricity from renewables will be same as from coal by 2025 … unfortunate that coal cess went to GST’
What is the full form of TERI? o o o o
The Electricity & Resource Institute The Emergency & Resource Institute The Eastern Resource Institute The Energy & Resource Institute
Who is the director General of TERI? o o o o
R.K. Pachauri Ajay Mathur Ashok Chawla B.V. Sreekantan
What is the unit of power? o o o o
kwh (Kilowatt-hour) Joule Newton Kilogram
By which year price of electricity from renewable will be same as from coal? o o o o
2020 2025 2030 2035
Full form of GST? o o o o
Global Secret Tax Great Service Tax Global Service Tax Goods & Service Tax
What is the tax levied on coal? o o o o
Education cess Swachh Bharat cess Krishi Kalyan cess Coal cess or clean energy cess
Who is chief economic advisor of India? o o o o
Arvind Subramaniam Raghuram Rajan kaushik Basu Urijit Patel
What is the act related to electricity? o o o o
Electricity Act, 2000 Electricity Act, 2001 Electricity Act, 2003 Electricity Act, 2017
Date: September 14, 2017 Indians flock to Asian havens to park wealth
What does the world 'Heaven' mean? o o o o
Paradise Wealth A place of safety Danger
What does the world 'offshore' mean? o o o o
Beach Situated or registered abroad Deepwater oceanic
How much wealth do Indians hold in offshores tax havens? o o o o
$ 8.6 million $ 1 million $ 62.9 million $ 60 million
How much Indian wealth do Asian Tax havens like Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and Malaysia held? o o o o
31 % 58 % 89 % 53 %
How many Indian wealth held in Swiss Bank in 2007? o o o o
58 % 53 % 89 % 20 %
Date: September 15, 2017 Q&A – ‘Aung San Suu Kyi is no longer a peace campaigner … it is cowardice and moral bankruptcy on Rohingyas’
Who is the author of 'The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide'? o o o o
Aung San Suu Kyi Azeem Ibrahim Khaled Hosseini Arundhati Roy
The people of Myanmar believe that the o o o o
Rohingyas are their friends Rohingyas are the reincarnation of ghosts Rohingyas are the reincarnation of snakes and insects Rohingyas are the reincarnation of bears.
What is the old name of Myanmar? o o o o
Rangoon Rohingya Burma Bangladesh
When did Burma become Independent? o o o o
1945 1947 1948 1949
At the time of World War II, who invade Burma? o o o o
Portuguese Britishers Dutch Japanese
Date: September 16, 2017 Robots can create, not eliminate, jobs says UN report
Which country has the second largest army of industrial robots? o o o o
India China USA Germany
Which organization has released its report on the industrial robots? o o o o
WHO World Bank UN/UNCTAD IMF
What is the full form of UNCTAD? o o o o
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Universal Nation Cultural & Traditional Development Uniform New Conference on Terrorism & Drug United National Community Timely Action Design
According to UNCTAD use of industrial robots is expected to rise by about half to 2.5 million by which year? o o o o
2018 2019 2022 2017
Of the current stock of the robots around 60% are in developed countries, three countries which accounts for 43% are? o o o o
India, Russia & Sri Lanka Japan, Germany & US USA, China & Sweden Mexico, Canada & Singapore
What is the full form of UNCTAD? o o o o
United Nations Committee of Trade and Development United Nations Committee of Technology and Development United nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Conference on Technology and Development
Which country has the second largest army of industrial robots currently? o o o o
South Korea North Korea USA China
Which countries together have current stock of robots of 43%? o o o o
Germany, Japan and the US Germany and Mexico Japan, China and North Korea South Korea and North Korea
Which three Asian countries have about 46% of the global share of industrial robots? o o o o
Japan, South Korea and China India, Singapore and Japan North Korea, South Korea and Singapore China, India and Singapore
Which country has the largest army of industrial robots? o o o o
United States of America China South Korea Japan
Which industries have the highest concentration of industrial robots? o o o o
Automobiles, computers and electronics Machinery, electrical equipment and appliances Rubber, plastic and chemical products All of the above
Date: September 17, 2017 How China is cashing in on bitcoin farms
Which one is the digital and virtual currency? o o o o
Won Yen Bitcoin Dollar
Inner Mongolia is the part of which country? o o o o
Taiwan Mongolia People's Republic of China Korea
Which one is one of the biggest Bitcoin Farms in the world o o o o
Dalad Economic Development Zone Seoul Special Economic Zone Xiamen Special Economic Zone Brunel Development Zone
Which company produces cryptocurrency worth $ 318,000 a day in China? o o o o
Bitcoin Pvt Ltd Bitmain China Dallas Producing Company Yuan Main Ltd.
Who is the founder of Bitmain China Company? o o o o
Shishimano Wen Jihan Wu Hu Zing Ping Xi Wu Nay
Which country makes more than two thirds of all bitcoin issued daily? o o o o
Norway Germany Korea China
Which company is the China's first and largest digital currency exchange? o o o o
Softbank Bitmain China Alibaba BTC China
Date: September 18, 2017 Preventing The Next Crash
What is the name of the US central bank? o o o o
The Central Bank of America The Federal Reserve The American Bank Bank Of US
Who is the chairwoman of 'The Fed Reserve'? o o o o
Ivana Trump Schumeir Robert Janet Yellen Lady Mary Bara
In which year the US faced the financial crisis? o o o o
2005 2012 2015 2008
Which inflation measure changes in the prices of market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households? o o o o
Retail price of deflation Consumer price inflation Wholesale price inflation Fast moving goods price inflation
Which one is not the financial assets? o o o o
Stocks Equipment & Machinery Housing bank deposits
Who is the vice chairman of The Fed Reserve? o o o o
Janet Yellen Stanley Fischer Dexteor Wesley Rosy William
Who is Alan M Taylor? o o o o
Global investor Economist Actor Author
Today, global financial assets are worth over how much and amount to about what percent of global GDP? o o o o
$250 trillion, 330% $550 trillion, 230% $425 trillion, 260% $250 trillion, 300%
Date: September 19, 2017 Snow leopard now no longer endangered.
What is the full form of IUCN? o o o o
International Union for Conservation Of Nature Industrial United for Conservation National Innovative Union for Computer Network Increased Universal Conservation Nation
Which animal has reclassified by the IUNC from the endangered list to the vulnerable category? o o o o
Tiger Hippopotamus Snow leopard Penguins
Snow leopard can still face a decline of what % over the next three generations in its habitats? o o o o
20% or less 30% or more 10% or less 10% or more
Where is the habitats of snow leopard in the central Asia? o o o o
Kazakhstan & Pakistan Kyrgyzstan & Pakistan Afghanistan & Uzbekistan Turkmenistan & Pakistan
Which international organization is working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resource? o o o o
ILO ICAN IUCN IMF
Which International Organization is working in the field of Nature conservation? o o o o
International Agency for Nature conservation International Union for conservation of Nature World Conservation Monitoring center Global Environment Facility
What is an endangered Species? o o o o
a species that is at risk of becoming extinct a species that is included in catch and release programs a species that has become domesticated a species that is very aggressive
When the number of individual in a species becomes so small that the species may not survive, the species iso o o o
extinct endangered threatened troubled
The snow leopard's population is at risk. According to conservationists, ______are the reason. o o o o
Hunting Poaching and Habitual loss Illegal wild life trade All the above
Snow leopard has been reclassified according to new data into o o o o
high risk of extinction very high risk of extinction endangered threatened
The world 'wild' in Article 'The Snow Leopard is no longer endangered' has been referred too o o o
Animal Forest Nature Zoo
Snow Leopard mostly found in o o o o
Forests Mountainous Areas Grassland Plains
Date: September 20, 2017 Man who saved the world from nuke war dead
Who is the man who averted the possible nuke war or saved the world from nuclear war? o o o o
Petrovkiv Dmitry Stanlis Wawrinka Peter Thompson Stanislav Petrov
What was the name of Soviet union's secret command center? o o o o
SS-3 Shyster Serpukhov-15 R-7 Semyorka Kaspersky 14
Soviet military was monitoring which country's missiles through its secret command center outside Moscow? o o o o
USA Germany France China
Colonel Petrov died at age of 77 in which suburb region of Moscow? o o o o
St. Petersburg Fryazino Kremlin Pyatnitskaya
Which award was not awarded to Stanislav Petrov? o o o o
World citizen by Association of world citizens Dresden Prize German Media Award Nobel Peace Prize
Stanislav Petrov was the subject of which documentary film in 2014? o o o o
The Man Who Saved the World Man Behind The Ouko The Plow That Broke the Plains Man On Wire
Date: September 21, 2017 Now, scientists `colour’ butterfly’s wings
Which technique i.e. used to edit/hack the gene of butterflies? o o o o
Gene Hacking Way, The Chestnut Coloring Gene Creating Solution, The WntA Cas4 Gene Formation test, The Optix Test Gene Editing Technique, The Crispr Cas9
What are the two major genes that control the appearance of a butterfly's wings? o o o o
Optix & WntA ABO & HFE BrCa1 & BrCa2 Myh7 & Phf8
Adult Gulf Fritillary are mostly of which color? o o o o
Deep red Blue or light color Deep brown or chestnut color Yellow
After deleting Optix gene which pigment is produced instead of the usual chestnut coloring? o o o o
Yellow pigment Black pigment Green pigment White pigment
Gulf fritillary butterfly is of which family and subfamily? o o o o
Adhimixonomi & helicophia Franziladae % Zexicomolinial Nymphalidae & Heliconiinal Sendycrome crux & whilamentier
How many bands nymphalid butterflies consists of? o o o o
Eight Six Three Four
When WntA is deleted what happens in the pattern and coloring of Nymphalid butterfly wings? o o o o
1st band disappears partially from the wings 2nd band disappears entirely from the wings 3rd band disappears entirely from the wings 4rt band disappears partially from the wings
What is called as the second band of standard pattern of nymphalid butterflies? o o o o
Advanced central system Asymmetric central system Central symmetry system Coloring central system
The Crispr Gene Editing Tool was invented in which year? o o o o
2008 2011 2012 2006
Date: September 22, 2017 Now, Mueller turns lens on Trump’s decisions as prez
Donald Trump fired or dismissed his first N.S.A & F.B.I director. Who were they? o o o o
Ryan Zinke & Inanca Clinton Rex Tillerson & Steve Mnuchin Ty cobb & Jack Williams Mike Tlynn & James Comey
Which is the official office of the President of the United States. It is in the West Wing of the White House Complex? o o o o
Oval office Madison Square Executive office Quad office
Who is the vice president of the United states of America? o o o o
Williams Wox Hillary Clinton Rex Tillerson Mike Pence
Who is the foreign minister of Russia since 2004? o o o o
Yevgeny Primakov Sergey Lavrov Sergey Kislyak Andrey Kozyrev
Who was the Russian envoy to the U.S from 20082017? o o o o
Sergey Kislyak Vladimir Plosolsky Igor Ivanov Sergey Lavrov
Which lawyer has filed the lawsuit to block Mexico wall against the Trump? o o o o
Mike Pence Frank Wilson Xavier Becerra Robert Mueller
Which is the official sir traffic control call sign for a United States Air force aircraft carrying the President of the United States? o o o o
Airforce One Airbase One Aircraft One Airbounce One
San Diego is a major city in which State of U.S? o o o o
Washington D.C Mexico California Los Angels
The law which suspends the activity of politically active nonprofit organization which receive money from American citizens or organization. It also bans citizens of the U.S from adopting children from Russia? o o o o
Moscow Adoption Mexico Adoption Russian Adoption Ukraine Adoption
Date: September 23, 2017 `That Chakma numbers is 100,000 is Goebbelsspeak’
Who are known as Daingnet people, they are an ethnic group scattered in Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya and West Bengal of India and in Chittagong Hill Tracts o o o o
Chakmas Khamti Singpho Ranchi
Which Indian State has Maximum Population of Chakmas? o o o o
Tripura Assam Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram
Full Form of (NHRC)? o o o o
National Human Rights Court National Human Rights Commission National Help Rights Commission National Human Racial Commission
In Which Indian State the Foreigner issue is Completely Finished? o o o o
Assam Arunchal Pradesh Mizoram Meghalya
Who are the Main Refugees in Arunachal Pradesh other than Chakmas? o o o o
Singpho Hajongs Thangsa Khamti
Date: September 24, 2017 Chinese robot has just done world’s first dental surgery
What is the name of country which did the worlds First Robot Dental Surgery? o o o o
India Japan Russia China
Name of the Place where the World's First Robot Dental Surgery Implanted? o o o o
Xian, Shaanxi Beijing Shanghai Wuhan
University Which developed Surgery Robot? o o o o
Xinjiang Medical University, South China University of technology Hebei Medical University, Nanjing Tech University Tianjin Medical University, Liaoning Technical University Fourth Medical Hospital, Beijing University
What is the name of Robot System used by US Food and Drug Administration? o o o o
Gomi Yomi Dallas Yuan
What king of surgery is done by Chinese Robot? o o o o
Plastic Surgery Heart Surgery Orthopedic Surgery Dental Surgery
Date: September 25, 2017 India has no formal definition of refugees but 3 Acts deal with them
Which convention was passed on refugees for their protection? o o o o
1987 Convention 1967 Treaty 1891 Convention 1951 Convention
Who was appointed as the guardian of the 1951 convention to protect refugees? o o o o
UNHCR UNESCO UNICEF ILO
How many countries have been ratified 1951 convention so far? o o o o
156 143 145 140
Along with 1951 convention which protocol related to the status of refugees defines a refugee? o o o o
1871 protocol 1967 protocol 1891 protocol 1851 protocol
Which country has not signed the 1951 convention related to refugees? o o o o
China Pakistan India Bangladesh
In 1970 which party of Pakistan had won the elections? o o o o
Nawaj Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League Mufti's People Democratic Party Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's Pakistan's Peoples Party Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Awami League
Who was the Pakistan's military dictator at the time of 1970 crisis? o o o o
Yahya Khan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Sheikh Mujibur Nawab Haqani
By the end of 1971 over 10 million Pakistani crossed the border, they were of which region? o o o o
South Pakistan West Pakistan East Pakistan North Pakistan
During the period of 1971 humanitarian crisis who was the head of UNHCR? o o o o
Sheikh Mujibur Yahya Khan Sadruddin Aga Khan Jardari Ali Bhutto
According to 1971 crisis report by UNHCR the Indian government was shielding its assistance to which force? o o o o
Indian central military forces Pak-e-Shani, Pakistani Paramilitary force Mukti Bahini, The Bangladeshi guerrilla force Shaheen wahini, The Pakistani Army Forcess
Which country has the Registration of Foreigners Act 1939, Foreigners Act 1946 and Passport Act 1967 to deal with refugees? o o o o
Myanmmar Bangladesh India Pakistan
Date: September 26, 2017 Battery revolution that will power e-cars
Which ion is used in Batteries? o o o o
Helium-ion Lithium-ion Nitrogen-ion Carbon-ion
What is the full form of the IEA? o o o o
International Emergency Agency International Electron Agency International Electric Agency International Energy Agency
What kind of Material determines the key properties of the battery, such as its energy content, safety and life span? o o o o
Diode Material Anode Material Cathode Material None of Above
Ions Moves In electrolyte from which Direction? o o o o
Cathode to Anode Anode to Cathode Ions Don't Move Move Same Direction as Electric Current
Which country use maximum e-cars? o o o o
India Japan U.S.A China
Date: September 27, 2017 Fears of Bali volcano spark exodus of 75,000
More than 75,000 people who have fled a volcano on the tourist island of which place? o o o o
Bali, Indonesia Jember, Jakarta Mataram, Indonesia Raba, Indonesia
Which mountain has been rumbling since August and threatening to erupt since 1963? o o o o
Mount Elbert Mount Harvard Mount Agung Mount Whitney
World's deadliest eruption in recent history also took place in Indonesia - Mt Tambura in which year? o o o o
1918 1891 1815 1971
Mt. Agung was raised to the highest alert level, danger zone extends up to how many kms from the crater? o o o o
17 19 15 18
Where is the airport in Bali through which millions of tourists pass every year? o o o o
Mataram Raba Denpasar Jember
Which country, an archipelago of thousands of islands, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire."? o o o o
Singapore Australia Indonesia Myanmar
Date: September 28, 2017 Why does everyone hate journalists? By attacking them, we undermine our own freedoms
Who called the journalists as 'lifeblood of any democracy'? o o o o
Bee Rowlatt Tongam Rina Nic Dawes Nelson Mandela
Who is the current president of the Philippines? o o o o
Donald Trump Elizabeth Zimmerman Honeylet Avancena Rodrigo Duterte
Which organization that promotes and defends freedom of information and freedom of the press? o o o o
International Transparency Amnesty International Reporters Without Borders International Reporters organization
According to Press Freedom Index, India ranked at which place? o o o o
145 136 151 167
Who landed the first punch in defense of press freedom back in 1644 with his flame-throwing Areopagitica.? o o o o
John Milton Menaka Guruswamy Bee Rowlatt Maleeha Lodhi
India is how many places above the Pakistan in Press Freedom Index? o o o o
Four Three Two Six
Date: September 29, 2017 Death of newborns is due to low birth weight on rise: Lancet study
What are the top causes of death for new born babies in India? o o o o
Infections Birth asphyxia/ trauma Mom-communicable low birth weight/ prematurity
Which one is not among these major causes for underweight or premature babies? o o o o
Poor nutrition of mothers under-age motherhood Inadequate pre-natal care Diabetes mellitus
Which study gathered data in which the Registrar General of India's surveyors do verbal autopsies of the deaths? o o o o
Fertility Rate study Major Causes Study Million Death Study (MDS) Billion Death Study (BDS)
The MDS captured 94,309 child deaths (52,252 neonatal deaths and 42,057 deaths) at what ages from 2001 to 2013? o o o o
2-64 months 1-59 months 4-57 months 1-45 months
According to Mortality rates from prematurity or low birth weight has increased in these states, which are not among them? o o o o
Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan, Bihar Punjab and Haryana Himachal, Manipur
In which states the mortality rate has declined according to the study observed by MDS? o o o o
Meghalaya & Manipur Haryana, Punjab & most of the poorer states Arunachal Pradesh & Uttar Pradesh Odisha, Assam and most of the richer states
Top cause of death for new born babies in India, has steadily risen from 12.3 per 1,000 live births in 2000 to what number by 2015? o o o o
14.3 12.5 16.5 17.3
Date: September 30, 2017 Elphinstone station tragedy: Let’s stop being tolerant of sub-optimal lives and broken citysystems
Where is Elphinstone station? o o o o
Madras Chennai Mumbai Pune
Our cities house over 400 million people, almost how many million more than the US? o o o o
600 300 200 100
By 2050 our cities will house over how many people? o o o o
600 million 700 million 800 million 500 million
What is the body of electors in the area covered by one or more polling booths in a ward, as suggested in the community Participation Law Bill? o o o o
Area Panchayat Area Sabhas Civic Sabhas Rajya Sabhas
Date: October 2, 2017 Defiant Catalans vote on split from Spain despite crackdown
Which country's supreme court invalidated the referendum held on 1 oct 2017 casted by defiant Catalans? o o o o
France Portugal Argentina Spain
People from which region or ethnic group desire autonomy/ independence from Spain & voting against the banned referendum? o o o o
Aragon Valencia Portugal Catalonia
What is the Capital of Catalonia? o o o o
Madrid Valencia Barcelona Aragon
What percent of Catalans were against independence and favor respectively in autonomy according to the recent poll commissioned by the regional government in July? o o o o
45% & 52% 48.2% & 46.1% 49.4% & 41.1% 43% & 56%
What is the population of Catalonia? o o o o
5.6 million 7.5 million 8.5 million 7.1 million
Catalans was suppressed under whose dictatorship from 1939-75 & granted the autonomous status Under 1978 constitution? o o o o
Gen William Rose Gen Gorge Scott Gen Francisco Franco Gen Francisco Hollande
Who is the mayor of the regional capital Barcelona? o o o o
Enric Millo Francisco Mara Ada Colau Suci Allie
Which football player hails from Barcelona? o o o o
Neymar Mieoslav Klose Lionel Messi Dirk Kyut
Date: October 3, 2017 MED NOBEL FOR DECODING BODY CLOCK
Who among these American scientists have not been selected for the Nobel prize in Medicine for the year 2017? o o o o
Jeffrey C Hall Michael Rosbash Jimmy wilson Michael W Young
For what the trio Hall, Rosbash & Young have been awarded The Nobel Prize 2017 in medicine? o o o o
MMR Biological/Body clock X Ray Insulin
Biological clock is also known by which another biological name? o o o o
Cardiovascular Rhythm Muscular Rhythm Circadian Rhythm Melanin Rhythm
Hall and Rosbash in Boston, and Young in New York, in 1984 successfully isolated which gene, shown to control circadian rhythm? o o o o
Oscillator Gene Clock Gene Period Gene Spatial Gene
What has been used as a model by the Hall, Rosbash in Boston & Young in New York in 1984 for isolating the period gene? o o o o
Rat Fish Fruit Flies Butterflies
Hall, Rosbash then found that levels of PER, the protein encoded by period, oscillate over how many hour cycle, in time with the circadian rhythm? o o o o
12 22 20 24
What is the function of circadian clock? o It tells us the time of our body's movement in different states o the circadian clock anticipates and adapts our physiology to the different phases of the day o The movement of the blood through heart o The circulation of oxygenated blood from the left ventricle, through the arteries, to the capillaries in the tissues of the body
What we experience when we travel across several time zones? o o o o
Rise in temperature of body Fast oscillations of body clock Slow functioning of pineal gland in brain Jet lag
Chronic mismatch between lifestyle and circadian rhythm linked to what type of risk? o o o o
Increased risk of various diseases Risk of heart failure Risk of body temperature fall Decreased risk of body clock failure
What is required for the activation of the period gene, as well as for the mechanism by which light can synchronize the clock? o o o o
Additional Sunlight Additional Vitamins Additional Proteins Additional Water
Which gene is not identified by the Hall, Rosbash & Young? o o o o
Period Gene Wax Gene Clock Gene Timeless Double Time Gene
What is the prize money awarded to the Hall, Rosbash & Young for Nobel Prize 2017 in Medicine? o o o o
$2.5 million $1.5 million $1.8 million $1.1 million
Date: October 4, 2017 ‘Einstein Waves’ fetch US trio Physics Nobel’
For which discovery or work this year Nobel committee is awarding the Physics Nobel Prize 2017? o o o o
For the detection of black hole For the detection of light waves For the detection of centrifugal forces For the detection of Gravitational waves
Who is not among the three scientists who have bagged the award & associated with the LIGO project through which they detected the G-waves? o o o o
Rainer Weiss Kip Thorne Barry Barish John W. Young
What is the farthest distance at which LIGO can pick up the signals? o o o o
4.25 million light years away 4.25 billion light years away 3.25 billion light years away 4.85 billion light years away
The first stars formed when the universe was only about how many million years old? o o o o
800 million 300 million 600 million 900 million
What is full form of LIGO? o o o o
Laser Inferometer Gravitational Waves Observatory Light Interference in Gravity Observation Laser International Granting Organization Light Intensity & Gravity Oscillations
LIGO antennas that detected the G-waves are in which places in U.S? o o o o
Hanford (Washington D.C) & Livingston(Louisiana) New York & California Boston & Chicago Seattle & Houston
What happens to the LIGO when a Gravitational wave hits the arms of inferometer? o Inferometer arms affect differently (one extends & other contracts) o Both arms of inferometer extend every time o Mirror break down o Beam splitter reverses itself
What happens if the arms are disturbed by a Gwave? A. Light waves will travel same distances B. Light waves will travel different distances C. Light waves then escape through the splitter & hit the detector D. Light waves then return to the test mirror again from splitter * Only C *A&D *B&C *B&D
If there is no disturbance, then what happens to the light beam return back to the splitter? o o o o
Light beams will have the same phases Light beams have the different phases Light beams will not cancel out each other Light beams will reflect & hit the detector
The waves came from a collision between two black holes & took how many years to reach Earth according to LIGO? o o o o
2.7 billion years 1.3 billion years 4.6 billion years 3 billion years
Date: October 5, 2017 2017 CHEMISTRY NOBEL FOR PEERING INTO LIFE’S DEEPEST DETAILS
For which technique Chemistry Nobel Prize 2017 is being awarded? o o o o
Periodic Table Cryo-electron microscopy Haber process Electrolysis
Who among is not the scientists awarded the Nobel Prize Chemistry 2017? o o o o
Jacques Dubochet Joachim Frank Ernest Rutherford Richard Henderson
Who has developed methods for preparation of samples for the cryo-electron microscopy studies of biomolecules in water? o o o o
Joachim Frank Jacques Dubochet Richard Henderson Svante Arrhenius
Who has demonstrated that it is possible to obtain atomic resolution structures of biomolecules using cryo-electron microscopy? o o o o
Joachim Frank Jacques Dubochet Svante Arrhenius Richard Henderson
Who has devised methods to determine structures of biomolecules from collections of particles in solution? o o o o
Joachim Frank Jacques Dubochet Svante Arrhenius Richard Henderson
In the cryo-electron microscopy a beam of electron is fired at which type of solution? o o o o
Frozen nutrients solution Frozen proteins solution Hydrochloric acid solution Hydrogen gas solution
Which type of image is created when the emerging scattered electrons passed through a lens? o o o o
Small Very Small Very Large Magnified
What is the function of cryo-electron microscopy technique? o It enables high-resolution imagery of the structure of biomolecules, revealing the hidden machinery inside a cell. o It is an analytical technique that ionizes chemical species o It diagnosis to visualize the fragments of molecules o It enables us to count the spectrum beams after lens
Which technique let us obtain information of molecules & observe their interactions, also helped us to see detailed images of life's complex machineries? o o o o
Mass Spectrometry Cryo-Electron Microscopy Effective light microscopy Chemical Fixation
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