Static Awareness Quiz | 20th November 2018

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Q1. Every year, on which of the following day, the World Health Organization and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD)?

(a) 12 August

(b) 02 September

(c) 31 May

(d) 27 June

(e) 24 October

Q2. The World Milk Day (WMD) is observed every year by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on June 1 to recognize the importance of milk as a global food. What is the theme of the 2018 World Milk Day (WMD) in India?

(a) Be Strong Be Healthy

(b) Natural Drink for Health

(c) Milk: A Healthy Drink

(d) Drink Move Be Strong

(e) None of these

Q3.  The Somasila Dam is built across the Penna River near Somasila in Nellore district of which state?

(a) Kerala

(b) Telangana

(c) Karnataka

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Odisha

Q4. Name the city hosted the 49th Conference of Governors?

(a) Jaipur

(b) Lucknow

(c) New Delhi

(d) Mumbai

(e) None of these

Q5. What is the Capital city of Belarus?

(a) Kiev

(b) Minsk

(c) Warsaw

(d) Vilnius

(e) Riga

Q6. Karwar is a city in Karnataka, situated on which river?

(a) Panchaganga River

(b) Kali River

(c) Minachil River

(d) Savitri river

(e) None of these

Q7. Garba is a famous dance performed by women in which state?

(a) Punjab

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Gujarat

(d) Odisha

(e) None of these

Q8. Pattadakkal Dance Festival celebrated in which state?

(a) Odisha

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Karnataka

(d) Telangana

(e) None of these

Q9.  Kudremukh National Park is located in which state?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Telangana

(e) Kerala

Q10. Where is the headquarter of First Rand Bank?

(a) USA

(b) South Africa

(c) Brazil

(d) Australia

(e) None of these

Solutions

  1. Ans.(c)

Exp. Every year, on 31 May, World Health Organization and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).  The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is “Tobacco and heart disease.”

  1. Ans.(d)

Exp. The World Milk Day (WMD) is observed every year by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on June 1 to recognize the importance of milk as a global food. WMD 2018 theme in India is “Drink Move Be Strong”. Milk is enriched with nutrients like calcium, protein, vitamin B2, potassium, iodine, etc.

  1. Ans.(d)

Exp. The Somasila Dam is a dam constructed across the Penna River near Somasila, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

  1. Ans.(c)

Exp. The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the two-day Conference of Governors at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

  1. Ans.(b)

Exp. Minsk is the Capital city of Belarus. Its Currency is Belarusian ruble.

  1. Ans.(b)

Exp. Karwar is a city in Karnataka being the head quarter of Uttara Kannada district in the Southern western coast of India. It is situated between Sahyadri ever green forest in east, blue Arabian Sea to the west, towards south ends with harbor and North the beautiful Kali river.

  1. Ans.(c)

Exp. Garba is customarily performed by women, the dance involves circular patterns of movement and rhythmic clapping. It popularly performed during Navratri. The word comes from “garbha deep” which is translated as either light in the inner sanctum of the temple or lamp inside a perforated earthen pot (which is often used in the dance).

  1. Ans.(c)

Exp. Pattadakkal Dance Festival is an annual dance festival which is held annually in Pattadakkal, a small town located in the southern state of Karnataka, India.

  1. Ans.(a)

Exp. Designated as national park in the year 1987, Kudremukh National Park is located in the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka state.

  1. Ans.(b)

Exp. FirstRand Limited, also referred to as FirstRand Group is the holding company of FirstRand Bank, and is a financial services provider in South Africa. It is one of the financial services providers licensed by the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the national banking regulator.

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