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First woman to win olympic medal for India

A) Mary Kom B) Saina Nehwal
C) Karnam Malleshwari D) P.V. Sindhu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karnam Malleshwari

Explanation:

The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal for India was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics 2000 in the Women's 69 kg category in Weightlifting.

 

Karnam Malleswari is a retired Indian weightlifter. In 1995 she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, and in 1999 the civilian Padma Shri award.

 

After that Indian women who won Olymic medals to India was : 

 

1. Mary Kom at the London 2012 Summer Olympics won bronze medal in women's boxing.

 

2. Saina Nehwal was the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, by winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012.

 

3. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Wrestling. She won the Bronze medal in Women's 58 kg freestyle wrestling in 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio.

 

4. P.V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win the Silver medal at the Olympics, by reaching the Badminton final at Rio Olympics 2016.

 

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The earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical path and the sun is located at one focus of the ellipse. Imagine a situation in which the earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. Which one among the following would result in under that situation ?

A) It would not make any difference B) Difference between seasons will be reduced
C) The earth would become very hot D) The earth would become very cold
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Difference between seasons will be reduced

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The largest flag of India measuring _______ feet was inaugurated on March 5, 2017 on the tallest flag post at the Indo-Pak Attari Border in Amritsar.

A) 360 ft B) 280 ft
C) 300 ft D) 310 ft
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 360 ft

Explanation:
  • A 360-foot-high (110 metres) flag post, said to be the country's tallest, was inaugurated at the Indo-Pak Attari Border, just a stone's throw from Pakistan.
  • Punjab Minister Anil Joshi inaugurated the country's largest tricolour on the tallest flag post - measuring 110 metres in length, 24 metres in width and 55 tons in weight. Built at an approximate cost of Rs 3.50 crore, the post was a project of the Amritsar Improvement Trust Authority of the Punjab Government.
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In Thanjavur delta ________ crop is cultivated three times in a year

A) Wheat B) Rice
C) Sugarcane D) Groundnut
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rice

Explanation:

Fertile alluvial soil sufficient water supply  and optimum temperatures are the reasons behind the high output of paddy here. Also known as the 'Granary of the South', it is located in Tamil Nadu.

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The Prestigious 'Ramanujan Mathematics Award' at Eighth National Mathematical Convention on January 28, 2014,  was awarded to

A) Mr. Sushanta Kumar B) Mr. Anand Kumar
C) Mr. Vinod Kumar Singh D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mr. Anand Kumar

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Who became the first European : Woman to travel to the Forbidden City of Tibet

A) Gertude Bell B) Althea Gibson
C) Alexandra David Neel D) Ann Bancraft
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Alexandra David Neel

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Solve the missing number puzzle?

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A) 9 B) 6
C) 5 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

Explanation:

Let the value to be find be 'x'.

 
Sum of individual column value = 14

 
C1 = 7 + 2 + 1 + 4 = 14
C2 = 3 + 8 + 1 + 2 = 14
C3 = 6 + 5 + 2 + 1 = 14

 

C4 = 2 + 4 + 4 + x = 14

x = 14 - 10

x = 4

 

Hence, the missing number is '4'.

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How do you display current date and time in MS Excel ?

A) Time () B) Now ()
C) Date () D) Today ()
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Now ()

Explanation:

To display current date and time in MS Excel, we use Now() method. 

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