- C. Parthasarathy
- M Y Saxena
- M V R Prasad
- R R Hanchinal
Explanation:
Dr. Rayappa Ramappa Hanchinal has been bestowed with the 6th edition of prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture. Dr Hanchinal received the award for his contributions and sustained support to the areas of crop improvement for hot and very hot dry environments, seed production technology and intellectual protection rights in plant varieties. He is the Chairperson of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, New Delhi. The award is instituted and given under the aegis of Retired ICAR Employees Association (RICAREA) in association with the Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd (NSL). It carries a cash prize of Rs. 2 lakh, a medal and citation.
Which state government will organise village-level tourneys to curb drug menace?
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Haryana
- Uttar Pradesh
Explanation:
The Punjab government will soon start a campaign to organise village level sports tournaments across the state in order to wipe out the menace of drugs. These tournaments will promote sportsmanship amongst the youth besides channelizing their unbounded energy in a positive direction. In these games, the dope test will be made mandatory in order to ensure free and fair competition in these tournaments.
- MacDonald
- Baldwin
- Chamberlain
- Churchi
- S K Khurana
- O P Rawat
- Nasim Zaidi
- Achal Kumar Jyoti
Explanation:
Achal Kumar Jyoti, a retired 1975-batch IAS Officer of Gujarat Cadre, has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) for one year, when he will turn 65. He will succeed Nasim Zaidi, who will retire on July 6, 2017. Currently, A K Jyoti is the Election Commissioner of India along with O P Rawat. An EC or a CEC has tenure of six years in office or till he or she attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
- Michael Stonebraker
- Martin E. Hellman
- Leslie Lamport
- Tim Berners-Lee
Explanation:
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Oxford, has been bestowed with the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award for inventing the World Wide Web (WWW), the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale. The ACM Turing Award is often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Computing,” which is presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The annual award carries a $1 million prize, with financial support provided by Google Inc.
Which is the longest National High way in India?
- NH-44
- NH-1
- NH-2
- NH-10
Explanation:
NH-44 is the longest highway in India. It starts from Srinagar (J and K) and ends at Kanyakumari (Tamilnadu). Total length of this highway is 3,745km. Previously this highway was known as NH-07.
- acquisition of knowledge
- a life after death
- release from the cycle of births and deaths
- material comforts and victory
A generic name for Intel processors released after the original 8086 processor is ______?
- Pentium
- x86
- Pentium 286
- None of these
Pushyamitra Shunga, who was originally a Senapati of the Mauryan Empire and assassinated the last Mauryan Emperor Brihadrath in 185 BC was a ____?
- Brahaman
- Kshatriya
- Vaishya
- Shudra
- Brussels
- New Delhi
- Paris
- Geneva
Explanation:
The 70th edition of World Health Assembly (WHA70) has started in Geneva, Switzerland on May 22, 2017 and ends on May 31, 2017. In it, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia has ele
cted a new Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO). He will succeed Dr. Margaret Chan and will take office for a five-year term on July 1, 2017. From India, J P Nadda, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, has addressed the plenary meeting on the theme – ‘Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: building better systems for health’. The WHA is the forum through which the WHO is governed by its 194 member states. It is the world’s highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states.