- Syed Ahmad Khan and Agha khan
- Mohammad Ali and Shaukat Ali
- Muhammad Iqbal and Salimullah Khan
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Sikandar Hayat Khan
- Jawahar Lal Nehru
- Gandhiji
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Sardar Patel
White Phosphorous is represented by which among the following symbols?
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
Explanation:
The most important form of elemental phosphorus from the perspective of applications and chemical literature is white phosphorus. It consists of tetrahedral P4 molecules, in which each atom is bound to the other three atoms by a single bond. This P4 tetrahedron is also present in liquid and gaseous phosphorus up to the temperature of 800 °C when it starts decomposing to P2 molecules
- Odisha
- Assam
- Uttarakhand
- Kerala
Explanation:
The 19th edition of Commonwealth Forestry Conference (CFC) has started at Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, Uttarakhand with the theme “Forests for Prosperity and Posterity” on April 3, 2017. About 500 delegations including scientists, academicians, forest officers, representatives of the governments, industries, and research and conservation agencies from India and abroad are attending the 5-day event. The conference is being organized in coordination with the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change along with Commonwealth Forestry Association of United Kingdom. The issues affecting climate change and green cover will be deliberated upon in the conference.
Who among the following was the first to adopt the new religion propounded by Akbar called Din-i-Ilahi?
- Abul Fazal
- Faizi
- Birbal
- Raja Todarmal
Explanation:
Din-i-Illahi was an eclectic doctrine that contained elements from very diverse fields. It overthrew almost every ceremonial rule whether Islam or Muslim, but took the good ideas from the Brahmins as well as from the missionaries and adopted “Sun” as a symbol of the worship of the creator. He started a new Illahi era. The new cult was immediately professed by a small band of the courtiers of Akbar including Faizi, Abul Fazal, Birbal and a few others
- Ved Vyas
- Panini
- Shukadeva
- Balmiki
- Khari Boli
- Awadhi
- Bhojpuri
- Maithili
Which state government has launched Facebook’s ‘She Means Business’ programme to train women entrepreneurs?
- Assam
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Odisha
Explanation:
Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Odisha, has recently launched Facebook’s ‘She Means Business’ programme in Bhubaneswar to train women entrepreneurs in the state. For this, Facebook has partnered the Odisha’s MSME department and Project Mission Shakti to train 25,000 women entrepreneurs and self-help group (SHG) members on digital marketing skills by the end of 2018. After imparting training, Facebook will make a database of entrepreneurs in the state and will monitor their growth, turnover and profit after one year.
The highest peak in the Western Ghats in India, highest point in South India, and also the highest point in India outside the Himalaya-Karakoram system is _________?
- Anamudi, Kerala
- Cardamom Hills, Kerala
- Agastya Mala, Kerala
- Sahaydri
- Indore
- Tiruchirapally
- Mysuru
- Visakhapatnam
Explanation:
According to the Swachh Survekshan 2017 (or Swachh Bharat survey 2017), Indore city of Madhya Pradesh has bagged the first position in the top ten clean cities of the country. Bhopal has acquired second position, followed by Visakhapatnam, Surat, Mysuru, Tiruchirapally, New Delhi Municipal Council, Navi Mumbai, Vadodara and Chandigarh. The Swachh
Survekshan was commissioned in 434 cities which saw the participation of 37 lakh citizens. The criteria and weightages for different components of sanitation related aspects used for the survey were: a) Solid waste management including door-to-door collection, processing, and disposal, ODF (open defecation free) status etc, b) Citizen feedback (30%) and c) Independent observation (25%). The survey was carried out by the Quality Council of India (QCI), which had deployed 421 assessors for on the spot assessment of 17,500 locations in 434 cities and towns.