- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Feroze Shah Mehta
- Surendranath Banerjee
- Dadabhai Naorji
- Vinai Thummalapally
- Krishna R Urs
- Geeta Passi
- Atul Keshap
Explanation:
Krishna R Urs, a veteran Indian- origin career diplomat, has been appointed as the new US Ambassador to Peru by the Donald Trump administration. Currently, Urs is Charge d’ Affaires of the US Embassy in Madrid, Spain. He has specialization in economic issues and is considered an expert on the Andean region of South America.
Konjum Taba, who has clinched gold at the 2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships, is associated with which weight category?
- 82 kg
- 65 kg
- 57 kg
- 94 kg
Explanation:
Konjum Taba has clinched gold in the junior men’s 94 kg category by lifting 317 kg at the 2017 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Gold Coast, Australia. In the senior men’s 94 kg, Vikas Thakur won the bronze medal by lifting 340 kg, while Punam Yadav won silver in the 69 kilogram senior category by lifting 217 kg. In the youth girl 75 kg event, A Anju Devi won the silver medal by lifting 167 kg overall. On day 5 of the championship, India bagged six medals, including two Gold.
The term Round-trip delay time, used in telecommunication is replaced in computers with which among the following?
- Access time
- Response time
- Ping time
- Entrance time
- First Buddhist Council
- Second Buddhist Council
- Third Buddhist Council
- Fourth Buddhist Council
Explanation:
Buddhism was divided into Mahayana and Hinayana in the Fourth Buddhist Council.
The Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary (JWS) is located in which state/UT?
- Nagaland
- Haryana
- Gujarat
- Telangana
Explanation:
The Jambughoda Wildlife Sanctuary (JWS) is located in Jambughoda Tehsil, in the South-Central part of Gujarat and covers an area of 542.08 square kilometres. It is a forest of teak, bamboo and other miscellaneous species. Flora here includes Sag, sadad, shisham, khair, mahuda, bamboos, timru, bor, dhav, bili and dudhalo. It is home to Indian leopard, hyena, wolf, jackal, four horned antelope, Blue bull, wild boar, etc.
- Lala Lajapat Rai and Feroze Shah Mehta
- Sarojini Naidu and Annie Besant
- CR Das and Motilal Nehru
- C Rajagopalachari and CY Chintamani
Who has inaugurated the 8th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES-2017)?
- Suresh Prabhu
- Amitabh Kant
- Narendra Modi
- Sushma Swaraj
Explanation:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President’s adviser Ivanka Trump jointly inaugurated the 8th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES-2017) in Hyderabad on November 28, 2017. The 3-day event is co-hosted by India and the USA and for the first time it is held in South Asia. The NITI Ayog in partnership with the US State Department and other agencies and in coordination with the Telangana state Government is organising the prestigious event. This year’s theme “Women First, Prosperity for All” will demonstrate the commitment of the United States and Indian governments to the principle that when women are economically empowered, their communities and countries thrive. About 1500 delegates from over 150 countries are taking part in the three-day Summit. Ten countries are being represented by all women delegations.
- They are generally occupied by blooms
- They have high plant nutrient flux
- They have low primary productivity
- They are dominated by blue green algae
Explanation:
C is incorrect because its high primary productivity which makes occupied by blooms.
- Bhagat Singh
- Bipin Chandra Pal
- Jatin Das
- Subhash Chandr
a Bose