TRAI has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with which country’s telecom regulator to jointly conduct capacity building exercises in telecom sector?
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Vietnam
- Maldivies
Explanation:
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in New Delhi to jointly conduct capacity building exercises in the fields of broadcasting and telecommunications regulation. The agreement would help both regulators to work closely in enhancing mutual cooperation and bilateral relations in telecom and broadcasting regulation. The agreement will facilitate exchange of information and regulatory best practices in the fields of broadcasting and telecommunications, including new and emerging areas.
Which state government has declared 2017 as e-Pragati year?
- Andhra Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
- Assam
- Karnataka
Explanation:
N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has declared the year of 2017-18 as e-Pragati year. The flagship e-pragati training programme is for AP government officials to familiarize and update new technologies and its usage. The six-week training is conducted by a team from Indian School of Business (IBS), Hyderabad to all the 32 departments of AP government. These departments will start using the latest technology from October for administration and e-governance, which will bring transparency and make everything visible online.
- The English East India Company
- The French East India Company
- The United East India Company
- The Portuguese East India Company
- a)The Cholas
- b)The Satavahanas
- c)The Rashtrakutas
- d)The Cheras
- Uttar Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Jharkhand
- Rajasthan
Explanation:
The Madhya Pradesh government- run Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan will start a one-year diploma course on Hindu priesthood ‘Purohityam’ from July 2017. This course would be open for all irrespective of caste, gender or religion. The basic qualification needed is class X. Thus, there will be no specifications on caste as both Scheduled Caste and Brahmins can apply for the course. The candidates will be taught basics of priesthood, rituals, mantras in accordance with the Hindu tradition.
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Sikkim
Explanation:
A monastery of international repute, Tabo is situated at the height of 3050 meters in Spiti valley of Himanchal Pradesh.
In which among the following regions, RBI first operationalized the Cheque Truncation System?
- Delhi NCR
- Mumbai-Navi Mumbai
- Hyderabad-Secundarabad
- Bangalore-Mysore
- Punjab
- Bihar
- Haryana
- Gujarat
Explanation:
The 17th International Seminar on Counter Terrorism has been held at Manesar in Haryana on February 8, 2017. The seminar is organised by National Security Guard (NSA) and inaugurated by the Broadcasting Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. Apart from this, the Minister also unveiled the NSG annual magazine ‘The Bombshell’, which contains details of various IED explosions that occurred in various parts of the world in 2016.
- Pulin Bihari Das
- Pramath Nath Mitra
- Swani Shradhanand
- Barinda Kumar Ghosh
Kushinara or Kushinagar, where Lord Buddha attained parinirvana was located in which among the following provinces of ancient India?
- Anga
- Magadha
- Malla
- Vatsa
Explanation:
The Buddha belonged to a small gana known as the Sakya gana, and was a kshatriya. When he was a young man, he left the comforts of his home in search of knowledge. He wandered for several years, meeting and holding discussions with other thinkers. He finally decided to find his own path to realisation, and meditated for days on end under a peepal tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar, where he attained enlightenment. After that, he was known as the Buddha or the Wise One. He then went to Sarnath, near Varanasi, where he taught for the first time.
Buddha attained Nirvana at Kusinara a village some 180km from Varanasi and it was in the state of Mallas.
