Ajay Kumar Saroj, who won gold at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, is associated with which category?
- Boxing
- Race
- Wrestling
- Swimming
Explanation:
Ajay Kumar Saroj from India won the gold in men’s 1500m race in the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on September 20, 2017. In track cycling, Deborah Herold won a silver in women’s 200m individual sprint race. Meanwhile, Neha Solanki and Jyoti bagged a bronze each in women’s kurash +87kg and —87kg respectively. With 5 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze, India are 8th in the medals tally with hosts Turkmenistan on top with a whopping 52 gold, 36 silver and 37 bronze. India are being represented by more than 200 athletes in 15 sports disciplines in the Games, touted as the second biggest multi-sporting event of the continent after the Asiad.
- Allahabad pillar inscription
- Aihole inscription
- Alapadu grant
- Hanumakonda inscription
Explanation:
Aihole inscription mentions the name of Kalidasa .
- protection of wildlife
- protection of victims of wars
- protection of intellectual property rights
- protection of human rights
Explanation:
In 1886, copyright entered the international arena with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
- Lord Clive
- Lord Cornwallis
- Spencer
- Lord Warren Hastings
- Vijaya Bank
- State Bank of India
- Punjab National Bank
- Dena Bank
Explanation:
The State Bank of India (SBI) has tied-up with Tirumala Milk Products to provide loans to dairy farmers who supply milk to the latter. As per the scheme for financing dairy units, SBI offers loans for construction of shed, and purchase of milch animals, milking machine, and chaff cutter. Apart from this, the bank also provides loans to dairy societies for modernisation and creation of infrastructure such as purchase of automatic milk collection system, purchase of transport vehicles and bulk chilling unit. The Tirumala Milk Products is a South- based company, which was acquired by France-based Groupe Lactalis in 2014.
Which among the following Island of the Andaman and Nicobar islands contains the only known examples of mud volcanoes in India, called locally as “jalki”?
- Baratang Island
- Barren Island
- Car Nicobar
- Havelock Island
Elizabeth I was contemporary of which Mughal ruler?
- Babur
- Humayun
- Akbar
- Jahangir
Lightest and most abundant chemical element, constituting roughly 75 % of the Universe’s elemental mass.
- Carbon
- Aluminium
- Bauxite
- Hydrogen
- Chandragupta II
- Kumargupta- I
- Skandgupta
- Budhagupta
- ICICI Bank
- HDFC Bank
- Axis Bank
- IDFC Bank
Explanation:
IDFC Bank has become the India’s first bank to launch the biometric-based digital payment system ‘Aadhaar Pay’ through its network that will allow even those without mobile phones to do cashless transactions. The Aadhar Pay service is for merchants which will enable them to receive Aadhaar-enabled payments by passing credit and debit cards, pin and password.