The Gajner Wildlife Sanctuary (GWS) is located in which state?
- Maharashtra
- Rajasthan
- Jharkhand
- Kerala
Explanation:
The Gajner Wildlife Sanctuary (GWS) is located at a distance of about 32.0 km from Bikaner, Rajasthan. This is one of the proposed forests for the reintroduction of cheetahs in India. It is home to mammals such as wildfowl, deer, antelope, nilgai, chinkara, black buck, desert fox and wild boar.
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
- Myanmar
- Sri Lanka
Explanation:
Godavaya is an ancient port trade site on southern coast of Sri Lanka.
Shahgarh Landscape, in Rajasthan is being considered for relocation / reintroduction of which among the following animals ?
- Panther
- Cheetah
- Tiger
- Lion
- John Kirkland
- William Dalrymple
- Thomas Wilson
- Simon Digby
- Hong Kong
- Germany
- South Korea
- China
Explanation:
South Korea has won the 15th edition of the Sudirman Cup-2017 by defeating China in the final with a 3-2 win Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre in Australia on May 28, 2017. It is S.Korea’s fourth title, with the last one coming in 2003. It was the first time that Australia had hosted the tournament and the first time this event is hosted outside Asia and Europe since its establishment in 1989.
- 1560 A.D.
- 1572 A.D.
- 1576 A.D.
- 1579 A.D.
- 7 states
- 9 states
- 5 states
- 4 states
General secretariat of International Organization Of Securities Commission IOSCO is located at ?
- Madrid, Spain
- Basel, Switzerland
- Paris, France
- Newyork, USA
During British Era, the Duke Memorandum became the basis of which among the following?
- Nehru Report
- Mont-Ford Reforms
- Indian Councils Act 1909
- Government of India Act 1935
Explanation:
Duke Memorandum is associated with Sir William Duke, a member of the English Round Table Group and he had formulated a scheme which eventually became the basis of Joint Report of Montague and Chelmsford.
The National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) has signed MoU with Bonn food industries to promote coloured wheat. The NABI is an autonomous body of which union ministry?
- Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Explanation:
The National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI) has signed MoU with Ludhiana based Bonn Food Industries to promote coloured wheat with antioxidant qualities beneficial for control of diabetes, cholesterol and obesity. It has been developed by routine way of plant breeding by crossing high yielding Indian cultivars PBW550, PBW621, HD2967 with colored wheat procured from Japan and America, which is as rich in anthocynanins as blueberries and high in zinc. Anthocyanins can act as antioxidants that remove free radicals from the body and help in prevention of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, inflammation, cancer, obesity and aging. Anthocyanin rich colored wheat developed at NABI also has enhanced Zinc content-one of the most deficient micro-nutrients in the developing countries. The NABI is an autonomous body of Ministry of Science and Technology.