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(1) Who has become India's 85th chess grandmaster?

  • A. P Shyamnikhil
  • B. Aditya Samant
  • C. Sayantan Das
  • D. Pranesh M
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Answer: (A) P Shyamnikhil

Explanation

He earned the International Masters (IM) degree in 2011.

(2) Sushil Kumar Modi has passed away, who was he?

  • A. Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
  • B. Governor of Bihar
  • C. Former Bihar leader
  • D. Former speaker of Bihar Assembly
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Answer: (A) Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar

Explanation

He became deputy Chief Minister for the first time in 2005.

(3) Where will Chattisgarh's first 15 MW floating solar planet be installed?

  • A. Raipur
  • B. Raigad
  • C. Bhilai
  • D. Korba
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Answer: (C) Bhilai

Explanation

Bhilai Steel plant (BSP), the Chattisgarh based arm of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has planned a 15 MW floating solar project at 'Maroda reservoir' in Chattigarh.

(4) The World Hydrogen Summit 2024 has beeb organized in which country?

  • A. USA
  • B. Netherlands
  • C. Japan
  • D. Australia
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Answer: (B) Netherlands

Explanation

The World Hydrogen Summit 2024 is being held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 13th to 15th may 2024.

(5) Who has become the first Indian Male wrestler to achieve a quota for the Paris Olympics 2024?

  • A. Aman Sehrawat
  • B. Vivek Chopra
  • C. Deepak Dahiya
  • D. Bajrang Punia
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Answer: (A) Aman Sehrawat

(6) Which Indian Cultural objects have been included in the 2024 cycle of UNESCO's Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register?

  • A. Ramcharitmanas
  • B. Panchatantra
  • C. Sahridayaloka-lokan
  • D. all of the above
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Answer: (D) all of the above

Explanation

Ramcharitmanas was written by Tulsidas in the Awadhi Dialect, Panchatantra is written by Vishnu Shara in Sanskrit and Sahridayaloka-lokan was composed by Acharya Anandvardhana in sanskrit.

(7) Which Space agency is working on a project called "Flexible Levitation on a track (FLOAT)" for the moon?

  • A. NASA
  • B. ISRO
  • C. CNSA
  • D. JAXA
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Answer: (A) NASA

(8) Which film from India will be screened in the D'Or Category at the 77th Cannes Film Festival 2024?

  • A. All V Imagine Edge Light
  • B. Fighter
  • C. Singham Again
  • D. Welcome to the Jungle
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Answer: (A) All V Imagine Edge Light

Explanation

it is Payal Kapadia's film.

(9) Which Indian Company has recently set up a human-centric AI centre at the Centre of Excellence?

  • A. Infosys
  • B. HCL Technologies
  • C. Tata Consultency Sevices
  • D. Wipro
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Answer: (C) Tata Consultency Sevices

Explanation

it will provide French companies with the best services related to the global ecosystem of startups, technology related to education and research.

(10) Which has become India's Best Institute in the Centre for World University Rankings?

  • A. IIT Madras
  • B. Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • C. IIT Bombay
  • D. IIM Ahmedabad
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Answer: (D) IIM Ahmedabad

Explanation



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