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4. 2. Ranjana Sonawane, a resident of Tembhli, a
remote village in North Maharashtra briefly
became famous for something before receding to
shadows. Says Ranjana, “There is no banking
and no insurance here.” In 2010, netas and other
villagers clicked photos and went away. Nobody
has even bothered to ask us what happened after
that brief moment of fame. My bank account is
empty. I have not got a single amount of subsidy
deposited in my bank account to date.”
What was Ranjanja Sonawane’s brief moment
of fame?
6. 3. Which Canadian citizen
was honoured with the
National Film Award (Rajat
Kamal) by the Government of
India in 2017?
7. Ans. 3
Akshay Kumar (born Rajiv Hari Om
Bhatia; is an Indian origin actor,
producer, martial artist, stuntman and
television personality, who works
in Bollywood films, and currently
holds Canadian citizenship) was
conferred Best Actor Award for
Rustom.
10. In 2016, he was awarded the Padma Shri by
the Government of India.
In 2014, he was included in Time magazine's list
of 100 Most Influential People in the World.
In 2006, he visited IIT Madras to show his idea
and received suggestions. They registered his
invention for the National Innovation Foundation's
Grassroots Technological Innovations Award and
his idea won the award.
At the age of 14, he dropped out of school.
5. Who is he?
11. Ans. 5
Arunachalam Muruganantham is a social
entrepreneur from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. He
is the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad-making
machine and is credited for innovating grassroots
mechanisms for generating awareness about traditional
unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India.
His mini-machines, which can manufacture sanitary
pads for less than a third of the cost of commercial
pads, have been installed in 23 of the 29 states of India.
(The man who inspired the movie Padman)
12. 6. What is the most common
blood group type in humans?
13. Ans. 6
O+
(It is present in 1 out of 3
individuals. This means
approximately 37.4% of
the population has O
positive blood.)
14. 7. In our solar system which
planet has the shortest day?
15. Ans. 7
The planet Jupiter has the
shortest day of all the eight
major planets in the Solar
System. It spins around on its
axis once every 9 hr 55 min
29.69 sec.
16. 8. Who is the first woman
lawyer to be directly appointed
as a Supreme Court judge in
India?
17. Ans. 8
Justice Indu Malhotra
She is the seventh woman
judge in the top court since
Independence. Other
women judges were
elevated to the Supreme
Court from high courts.
18. 9. This is a school age picture of a
person who holds a prestigious office
at present. Identify the young boy in
beard.
19. Ans. 9
From being on a stage in
front of thousands to
leading an entire nation of
billions- Narendra Modi in a
school play.
20. 10. This young lady scripted history in
February 2018. Who is she?
21. Ans. 10
Flying Officer Avani
Chaturvedi
She became the first Indian
Woman Fighter Pilot to fly a
Supersonic Jet solo.
22. 11. This is the southernmost point of
the Indian territory. What is the name
of this point?
23. Ans. 11
Indira Point is a village in the Nicobar
district at Great Nicobar
Island of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, India. It is located in the Great
Nicobar tehsil.
It is the location of the southernmost
point of India's territory.
25. Ans. 12
Gatka is the name of an Indian
martial art associated with
the Sikhs of the Punjab region.
It is a style of stick fighting,
with wooden sticks intended to
simulate swords.
26. 13. Where is this renowned Jain temple
dedicated to Tirthankara Rishabhdeva
located?
27. Ans. 13
Ranakpur (Distt. Pali),
Rajasthan
Dharna Shah, a local Jain businessperson,
started construction of the temple in the
15th century following a divine vision. The
town of Ranakpur and the temple are
named after the provincial ruler monarch,
Rana Kumbha who supported the
construction of the temple.
33. Ans. 16
Ballet is a type
of performance dance that
originated during the Italian
Renaissance in the 15th
century and later developed
into a concert dance form in
France and Russia.
34. 17. Who became the longest-
serving chief minister of any
state of India?
35. Ans. 17
Pawan Kumar Chamling made
history on April 29, 2018,
becoming the longest-serving
(23 years 4 months and 17 days)
Chief Minister (Sikkim) in the
country when he surpassed
the record set by the late Jyoti
Basu.
36. 18. What is the current
portfolio of Shri Arun Jaitley in
the Indian Cabinet?
37. Ans. 18
Minister with no portfolio
Piyush Goyal is the
temporary Minister for
Finance and Corporate
Affairs currently
39. Ans. 19
Swaziland has a new name-
The Kingdom of eSwatini
The monarch Mswati III
announced the official change
during celebrations for the
50th anniversary of Swazi
independence.
40. 20. How many Indians feature
in the recently released
Forbes List of World’s Most
Powerful People, 2018?
42. 21. Who is the Secretary
General of United Nations?
43. Ans. 21
António Guterres
Guterres is the first former head of
government to become Secretary-
General, and the first Secretary-
General born after the establishment
of the United Nations. He was Prime
Minister of Portugal from 1995 to
2002
45. Ans. 22
"Completely Automated Public
Turing test to tell Computers and
Humans Apart“
It is a type of challenge-response test
used in computing to determine
whether or not the user is human.
46. 23. Who created history by
becoming the youngest Indian
gold medallist in the
Commonwealth games?
47. Ans. 23
Karnal’s 15 years old Anish
Bhanwala created history by
becoming the youngest ever gold
medallist at the Commonwealth
Games (CWG) for India.
He bagged the top prize in the
men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event
in Gold Coast, Australia.
48. 24. The national motto of India
Satyamev Jayate has been
adopted from which ancient
Indian scripture?
