- Assam
- Odisha
- Gujarat
- Maharashtra
Explanation:
Pathani Patnaik (89), the renowned litterateur, poet, writer and academician, has recently passed away in Cuttack, Odisha. He was the former principal of Christ College and also served as President of Odisha Sahitya Akademi. He had written over 50 books on different aspects of literature, including short stories and poems and also received the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi Award in 2010 for his autobiography “Jeebanara Chalapatha”.
Who has been appointed the chairman of the newly constituted National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) under GST regime?
- JC Chauhan
- Bijay Kumar
- Badri Narain Sharma
- R. Bhagyadevi
Explanation:
Badri Narain Sharma, the 1985 batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, has been appointed the chairman of the newly constituted National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. Prior to this appointment, Sharma was an Additional Secretary in the Department of Revenue. The NAA has been set up for a two-year period and is mandated to ensure that the benefits of input credit and the reduction in tax rates effected by the GST Council are passed on to the consumers.
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Rajasthan
- Madhya Pradesh
- Karnataka
Explanation:
The first evidence of the Stone Age culture in India surfaced in Karnataka as early as in 1842 when Dr. Primrose discovered polished stone knives and arrow heads at Lingsugur in Raichur district of Karnataka.
- Alauddin Mujahid Shah
- Ahmed Shah
- Alauddin Bahaman Shah
- Tajuddin Firoz Shah
- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Pheroz Sha Mehta
- CR Das
- Pali
- Prakrit
- Magadhi
- Sanskrit
The Bori Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is located in which state?
- Chhattisgarh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Rajasthan
Explanation:
The Bori Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) is located in in Hoshangabad District of Madhya Pradesh and covers an area of 518 square kilometers. It is an important transition zone between the forests of western and eastern India. The sanctuary is mostly covered in mixed deciduous and bamboo forests, part of the Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests eco-region. It is home to tiger, leopard, wild boar, muntjac deer, gaur, chital deer, etc.
- Tondi
- Musiri
- Madurai
- Kaveripattnam
Explanation:
Madurai was the capital of Pandya Kingdom.
- $375 million
- $475 million
- $425 million
- $500 million
Explanation:
India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed $375 million pact for loans and grants to develop 800—km Visakhapatnam—Chennai Industrial Corridor, which is the first phase of a planned 2,500-km East Coast Economic Corridor. Apart from this, The Asian Development Bank has approved loans comprising a $ 500 million multitranche facility to build key infrastructure in the four main centers along the corridor — Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Amaravati, and Yerpedu—Srikalahasti in Andhra Pradesh.
- Digital Map Portal
- SoI Portal
- Nakshe Portal
- OSM Portal
Explanation:
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister of Science and Technology, has recently launched the Nakshe Portal in New Delhi to mark the 250th an
niversary of the Survey of India (SoI). These topographic maps or Open Series Maps (OSM) have been made available for free download from “nakshe” web portal in PDF format on 1:50,000 scale through Aadhaar – enabled user authentication process, in line with Digital India programme of the Government of India (GoI).