1. The Tourism Ministry has proposed a festival As an international Festival. Name the Festival.
a) Thaipusam
b) Shigmo
c) Nabakalebar
d) None of the above
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Answer 3) Nabakalebar. The Tourism Ministry along with the Petroleum Ministry has decided to observe the‘Nabakalebar Rath Yatra’ in Odisha as an international tourism event this year.
2. Which Soccer player is the most valuable player in the world?
a) Eden Hazard
b) Cristiano Ronaldo
c) Neymar
d) Lionel Messi
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Answer 4) Lionel Messi. According to the latest valuations released by Football-Observatory.com, Lionel Messi of Barcelona FC in Spain’s La Liga is the most valuable soccer player in the world.
3. Which animal is the key source of MERS?
a) Juvenile Camel
b) Adult Camel
c) Rats
d) None of the above
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Answer 1) Juvenile Camel.Camel less tahn 4 years might be the source of MERS . An international team examined more than 800 dromedary camels to detect current or past infection. They informed that more than 90% of animals comes in contact with the infection by the age of two and virus was more common in calves than in adults.
4. Which State in India have launched the Selfie with daughter Contest?
a) Maharashtra
b) Bihar
c) Haryana
d) Delhi
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Answer 3) Haryana. In a unique initiative to save a girl child in Haryana, where the sex ratio has been shockingly low, a village panchayat in Jind has made an effort to increase the ratio by started a contest for clicking “selfie with daughter”. Selfie with daughter have been launched by Bibipur village panchaya.
5. Which country serves as the top destination for India’s Outbound Investment?
a) Japan
b) Singapore
c) China
d) Germany
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Answer 2) Singapore. Singapore has emerged as one of the top three locations attracting India’s outbound investments during June, 2013 – May, 2014 period. Singapore has ranked third, accounting for 13.3 per cent of India’s outbound investments during June 2013-May 2014 period..
6. What is the name of Saudi Blogger who won the prestigious Ludovic Trarieux Prize?
a) Waleed Abu al-Khair
b) Raif Badawi
c) Omar-Al-Abdullha
d) None of the above
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Answer 1) Waleed Abu al-Khair. Waleed Abu al-Khair, the Saudi Arabian lawyer, who is defending imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, has been conferred with the prestigious Ludovic Trarieux Prize for his work in defence of human rights
7. Which Athlete won Queen’s Young Leaders Award?
a) Sania Nehwal
b) Sania Mirza
c) Devika Malik
d) Harpreet Kaur
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Answer b) Devika Malik. SDevika Malik, an athlete and multi medal winner has been selected as one of the Queen’s Young Leaders Award winners from across all the Commonwealth Nations. The 24-year-old girl has received this award for the efforts made by the Wheeling Happiness foundation to build a more better society for persons with physical, emotional and social challenges in India.
8. Which country is the largest Oil Producer In India as of 2014?
a) U.K.
b) USA
c) India
d) China
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Answer 2) USA. The United States has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest oil producer in 2014. The US produced 15.9 per cent more oil in 2014 at 11.6 million barrels of oil per day to topple Saudi Arabia’s 11.5 million bpd production. Russia with 10.8 million bpd oil production was placed third..
9. Which country is phasing its own Currency?
a) Switzerland
b) Columbia
c) Zimbabwe
d) Finland
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Answer 3) Zimbabwe. As the value of Zimbabwe’s currency has receded to nothing, now, people in the country will start exchanging local dollars for U.S.