Audrey Azoulay has been appointed as the new chief of UNESCO. She hails from which country?
- Germany
- Italy
- Bulgaria
- France
Explanation:
Audrey Azoulay, a former Minister of Culture and Communication of France, has been appointed as the new Director-General (DG) of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). She will succeed outgoing DG Irina Bokova on November 15, 2017. The new Director will set priorities for the organization’s World Heritage program that protects cultural sites and traditions. Ms Azoulay is the 11th Director-General of UNESCO and the second woman to occupy this position. She was born in Paris to a Moroccan Jewish family from Essaouira, and is the daughter of Andre Azoulay, who is current adviser to king Mohammed VI of Morocco.
Kamal-ud-Din Abd-ur-Razzaq ibn Ishaq Samarqandi, a Persian Islamic Scholar, visited which Indian city during early 1440s?
- Surat
- Calicut
- Chennai
- Chinsurah
Explanation:
Calicut is a metropolitan city in the state of Kerala in southern India on the Malabar Coast. Kamal-ud-Din Abd-ur-Razzaq ibn Ishaq Samarqandi visited Calicut in early 1440s. He wrote a narrative of what he saw in Calicut which is valuable as information on Calicut’s society and culture.
- John Kirkland
- William Dalrymple
- Thomas Wilson
- Simon Digby
. In which month, Vishu is celebrated in Kerala?
- January
- February
- March
- April
Explanation:
Vishu is usually celebrated on April 14, when the Sun transits into the Mesha Raasi, representing vernal equinox.
Sundarbans in India is a fine example of which among the following kind of forests?
- Dry Forests
- Deciduous Forests
- Tidal Forests
- Wet Deciduous Forests
Explanation:
Tidal forests grows mainly in the deltaic regions of the Ganga, Mahanadi, Godavari and Krishna which are flooded by tides and high sea waves. Mangrove is the representative of this type of vegetation. Sundari is the typical tree of tidal forests. It is found in abundance in the lower Ganga delta of West Bengal. This is the reason why it is popularly known as Sunderban. It is known for its hard and durable timber.
- Fred Mitchell
- Jmeail Dames
- Hubert Minnis
- Marguerite Pindling
Explanation:
Dr. Hubert Minnis has been elected as the new Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, after delivering a crushing defeat to Perry Christie’s Progressive Liberal Party in a 34-5 parliamentary split.
Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion from ________?
- Herbs
- Trees
- Bark
- insects
Demand of which among the following will be called as Direct Demand?
- Weaving Machine
- Sweater
- Wool for Factory
- Wool for making gloves
Gauri Lankesh, the noted journalist was shot dead. She hailed from which state?
- Kerala
- Karnataka
- Andhra Pradesh
- Telangana
Explanation:
Gauri Lankesh, the noted journalist and activists, was shot dead at her Rajarajeshwari Nagar’s residence in Bengaluru, Karnataka on September 5, 2017. She was the editor of popular Kannada tabloid Lankesh Patrike founded by her father and well-known writer P Lankesh. Lankesh was also part of a panel formed by State government to help surrender Naxals to reform. She was known to be a notable social and political commentator and acclaimed for her lifelong support for free speech and strong journalistic ethics, her works were popular in all quarters, her critics alike. The state government has formed a three team comprising of senior police officer to investigate the crime. AIR correspondent reports that killing of senior journalist known for her out spoken views, is being compared with the murder of rationalist, liberal thinkers, M M Kulburgi, Pansare and Dabholkar in recent years. Several associations of writers and journalists are holding protest in the state demanding immediate arrest of the perpetrators of crime.
la dynasty was ?
- Gopala
- Dharmapala
- Bhaskaravarman
- None of these