- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- V.D. Savarkar
- Syed Ahmed Khan
- None of these
- Ratnas
- Nirvanas
- Jina
- Kaivalya
- W.C. Bannerjee
- Surendra Nath Bannerjee
- Bipin Chandra Pal
- Chitta Ranjan Das
Cobalt oxide is used to impart which color to glass?
- Brown
- Blue
- Red
- Yellow
- Shilpa Shetty
- Priyanka Chopra
- Deepika Padukone
- Kangana Ranaut
Explanation:
The Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has become the new Brand Ambassador for “Swachh Bharat Mission”. She will feature in TV and radio campaigns aimed at discouraging people from littering on roads. Shetty is the latest entrant in the list of the mission’s ambassadors like Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Shankar Mahadevan and Sachin Tendulkar.
Which among the following organization helps world’s poorest countries?
- IMF
- IBRD
- IDA
- ADB
Explanation:
The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. It complements the World Bank’s other lending arm — the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) — which serves middle-income countries with capital investment and advisory services.
- Akbar
- Jahangir
- Shahjahan
- Aurangzeb
Sue Grafton, the author of detective novels passed away. She hails from which country?
- Italy
- United States
- Germany
- France
Explanation:
Sue Grafton (77), an American author of detective novels, has passed away in Santa Barbara, California on December 28, 2017. According to author’s webpage, she started the alphabet novels in 1982. The mystery writer penned best-selling novels with alphabet-based titles, starting with “A Is for Alibi” and ending with “Y Is for Yesterday”. Her last alphabet mystery was published last August. “Z Is for Zero” was tentatively scheduled to come out in 2019.
- Chandragupta-I
- Samudragupta
- Kumargupta-II
- Chandragupta-II
- Slave Dynasty
- Lodi Dynasty
- Mughal Dynasty
- Tughlaq Dynasty