- Listen Peace
- Listen First
- Listen Yourself
- Listen Nature
Explanation:
The United Nations’ (UN) International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed every year on June 26 across the world to strengthen action and cooperation to achieve the goal of an international society free of drug abuse. The day also observes to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society. The 2017 theme is “Listen First – Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe “. This is an initiative to increase support for prevention of drug use that is based on science and is thus an effective investment in the well-being of children and youth, their families and their communities.
The 2017 Vijay Diwas is observed on which date on India?
- December 15
- December 17
- December 16
- December 18
Explanation:
The Vijay Diwas is commemorated every year on December 16 to mark India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, which had led to the creation of Bangladesh. On 16 December 1971, nearly 93,000 Pakistani Forces under the command of Lieutenant General AAK Niazi raised white flags and surrendered to the Indian Army at Dhaka, in the presence of the tri-service Commanders of Indian Armed Forces. It was on this day in 1971, that a declaration of cease-fire was brought into force, ending the Indo-Pak War and resulting in the birth of the sovereign country of Bangladesh.
- £255 million
- £340 million
- £555 million
- £240 million
Explanation:
The Government of India (GoI) and the United Kingdom (UK) have decided to set up a fund worth £240 million to finance clean energy projects in India. This will be known as the Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), which will be sub-fund of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF). The purpose of joint UK-India fund is to leverage private sector investment from the City of London to finance India’s infrastructure projects and is likely to raise around £500 million initially. It will focus initial investments in India’s rapidly growing energy and renewable market. The NIIF was formed in 2015 to finance greenfield as well as brownfield projects.
- Cauvery
- Tungabhadra
- Krishna
- Godavari
Which among the following is a Tamil grammatical treatise ?
- Pattupattu
- Ettutogai
- Silappadikaram
- Tolkappiam
Explanation:
The Tolkappiyam is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language It is written in the form of short formulaic compositions and comprises three books – the Ezhuttadikaram, the Solladikaram and the Poruladikaram.It deals with orthography, phonology, morphology, semantics, prosody and the subject matter of literature.
The popular drug “Acetylsalicylic Acid” is commonly known by which among the following names?
- Paracetamol
- Aspirin
- Salsalate
- Wintergreen
Explanation:
Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid, is a salicylate drug, often used as an analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains as an antipyretic to reduce fever and an anti-inflammatory medication. Aspirin also has an anti-platelet, or anti-clotting, effect and is used in long-term , low does to prevent heart attacks, strokes and blood clot formation in people.
- Assam
- Kerala
- Karnataka
- Haryana
Explanation:
The Haryana state government has recently launched e-textbook portal for school students. Now, students can download school books instantly from the e-textbook portal of the Haryana School Education Board (HSEB). As of now, 26 textbooks of classes IX to XII have been uploaded on the portal and these can be easily converted into audio files. The portal will also provide a facility to highlight certain portions of the e—textbooks making it easier for students to study.
- Chowdhary
- Rawat
- Malik
- Patwari
wing is known as the ‘Napoleon of India’?
- Chandragupta Maurya
- Samudragupta
- Chandragupta II
- Harshvardhan
- Shyamji Krishna Verma
- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
- Lala Hardayal
- Sohan Singh Bakna