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The Central Excise Day (CED) is celebrated on which date in India ?

 

A) February 24 B) February 22
C) February 21 D) February 27

Answer:   A) February 24



Explanation:

The Central Excise Day (CED) is celebrated every year on February 23 in India to commemorate the enactment of the Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944. The Central Excise officers all over the country celebrate this day by organizing seminars, workshops, trade interactions and cultural events etc.

 

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Richest Municipal Corporation in India?

A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai
C) Delhi D) Ludhiana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mumbai

Explanation:

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), is the governing civic body of Mumbai, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Maharashtra is India's richest municipal corporation. The BMC's annual budget exceeds that of some of the smaller states of India.

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First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?

A) Kiran Desai B) V.S. Naipaul
C) Salman Rushdie D) Arundhati Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Arundhati Roy

Explanation:

Arundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to win the Man Booker Prize in the year 1997.

An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize this evening for her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' a soaring story about a set of twins struggling to make sense of the world, themselves and their strange and difficult family in southern India.

 

Kiran Desai was the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.

Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. Man Booker Prize is one of the world's richest literary prizes.

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Which planet has maximum satellite?

A) Saturn B) Earth
C) Jupiter D) Mars
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jupiter

Explanation:

Jupiter has 67 natural satellites. Eight of Jupiter's moons are regular satellites, with 4 large, spherical moons, and 4 smaller moons that orbit closer to Jupiter. Jupiter has an additional 55 tiny irregular satellites.

 

The planet with the second highest number of moons is Saturn, with 61 moons.

Earth has only one natural satellite i.e, Moon.

Mercury and Venus have no satellites.

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World's smallest Computer is unveiled by

A) Infosys B) Intel
C) IBM D) Microsoft
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) IBM

Explanation:

IBM has unveiled the world's smallest computer - a device no bigger than a grain of salt. Presented at the company's Think 2018 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, the unit measures just 1mm by 1mm but has the same processing power as the x86 chip that ran early Nineties IBM desktop computers.

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According to a report by New World Wealth, which is the richest city in the world 2018?

A) Tokyo B) New York
C) London D) Paris
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) New York

Explanation:

New York City, London, and Tokyo are the richest cities in the world 2018, according to their ranks.

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Which is a green planet in the solar system?

A) Pluto B) Venus
C) Uranus D) Mars
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Uranus

Explanation:

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun which looks green color. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System. Uranus is similar in composition to Neptune, and both have different bulk chemical composition from that of the larger gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.

 

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Colors of other planets::

 

Mercury - Gray or slightly brownish

 

Venus - Pale yellow

 

Earth - Blue with white clouds

 

Mars - Mostly reddish brown

 

Jupiter - Orange and white bands

 

Saturn - Pale gold

 

Uranus - Green

 

Neptune - Pale blue

 

Pluto - Light brown

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The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is

A) Shakuntala Devi B) Raja Ramanna
C) Rina Panigrahi D) Ramanujam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shakuntala Devi

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Which of the following is known as the Electronic City of India?

A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai
C) Bengaluru D) Gurgaon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bengaluru

Explanation:

Bengaluru city is known as the Electronic City of India. Because Electronic City is an IT hub in Anekal taluk of Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It is one of India's largest electronic industrial parks in 3 phases i.e, in Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogur villages, Bengaluru.

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