The “Planetoids” are located between which among the following?
- Mars and Jupiter
- Saturn and Jupiter
- Mercury and Venus
- Earth and Mars
Explanation:
Asteroids also called the inner solar system are minor planets which are neither categorised as a planet or a comet. They are in direct orbit around the Sun. They primarily remain on the circumstellar disk of gas around new stars and also the debris of the disk together. They are also known as planetoids and range in size from hundreds of miles to few feet. Most of them are irregular in shape. They are majorly present in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
- Dindigul
- Mysore
- Srirangappattanam
- Arcot
“New Moore” island is located in?
- Arabian Sea
- Indian Ocean
- Bay of Bengal
- Pacific Ocean
Explanation:
New Moore Island was known as New Moore Island in India and South Talpatti Island in Bangladesh. It was an unhabitated island which emerged in the Bay of Bengal in the aftermath of the Bhola cyclone in 1970. It had been created by the delta currents. It was located south of the Hariabhanga river. Now it has disappeared due to raising sea levels.
- Kristina Mladenovic
- Garbine Muguruza
- Jelena Ostapenko
- Simona Halep
Explanation:
Jelena Ostapenk, a Latvian professional tennis player, has won the 2017 French Open Women’s Singles Tennis Tournament by defeating Simona Halep from Romania in the final by 4–6, 6–4, 6–3. With this win, Ostapenk became the first Latvian player to win a Grand Slam singles tournament and the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933. She is known for her highly aggressive playing style, including powerful inside-out groundstrokes and a tendency to aim for the lines.
- Indra
- Agni
- Pasupati
- Vishnu
- Guru Ram Das
- Guru Nanak
- Guru Ram Singh
- Guru Gobind Singh
- HDFC Bank
- IDFC Bank
- ICICI Bank
- State Bank of India
Explanation:
IDFC has become the first bank to launch the biometric-based payment system Aadhaar Pay through its network
- The Turkish Caliph
- Aga Khan
- Muhammed Ali Jinnah
- Agha Kalam Azad
The term “Round Revolution” is related to which among the following?
- Potato
- Egg
- Fish
- Brinjal
- Indian National Congress (INC)
- Telugu Desam Party (TDS)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Communist Party of India (CPI)
Explanation:
Palvai Govardhan Reddy (81), the noted politician from the Indian National Congress (INC) party, has passed away due to heart attack in Kullu Manali, Himachal Pradesh on June 9, 2017. Reddy was in Kullu Manali to attend a Parliamentary committee meeting. Presently, he was representing the Telangana State as a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).