General Awareness Questions

The aim of science is to get an understanding of the natural world, while the aim of technology is to use that understanding to improve people's lives. 

Hence, Advances in science can lead to new technology.

Musi River or Musinuru is a tributary of the Krishna River in the Deccan Plateau flowing through Telangana state in India. Hyderabad stands on the banks of Musi river, Which divides the historic old city and the new city.

Five associate banks of SBI – State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ), State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH), State Bank of Mysore (SBM), State Bank of Patiala (SBP) and State Bank of Travancore (SBT), besides Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) became part of the State Bank of India (SBI) on 1 April 2017. This merger catapulted SBI to among the top 50 banks in the world.

– With this six-way mega merger, the merged entity (SBI) will have a deposit base of more than Rs. 26 lakh crore and advances level of Rs. 18.50 lakh crore. It will have a total customer base of 37 crore with a branch network of around 24,000 and nearly 59,000 ATMs across the country.

– The government had in February 2017 approved the merger of these five associate banks with SBI. Later in March 2017, the Cabinet approved merger of BMB as well.

– SBI first merged State Bank of Saurashtra with itself in 2008. Two years later, State Bank of Indore was merged with it.

Headquarters of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd is in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Samit Ghosh is CEO and MD of it.

Virat Kohli becomes 1st player to win all 3 top ICC Awards :-

1. Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year,

2. ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year &

3. ICC ODI Player of the Year for 2018.

China has built an 'artificial sun' that reaches 100million °C, 6 times temperature of Sun’s core.

A Focus of an earthquake is the location where the earthquake begins. The ground ruptures at this spot, then seismic waves radiate outward in all directions.

At this focus point, the release of energy due to faulting actually occurs during an earthquake. The point directly above the focus on the surface is called Epicenter.

The focus is also called as Hypocenter as it is the synonym of the focus.