1. Where is India’s longest bridge situated?
a. Nagaland
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Jammu & Kashmir
d. Arunachal Pradesh
S-d
E- Bogibeel, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge connecting Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25. The bridge, which has been constructed by the railways, is 4.94 km long and 32 metres above the water level of the Brahmaputra. It will be the second largest bridge in Asia with three-lane roads on top and a double-line railway track below.
2. Who is Saudi Arabia’s first women ambassador to the US?
a. Hafisa Bint Faisal
b. Lolowah Bint Faisal Al Saud
c. Reema bint Bandar Al Saud
d. Ameerah al-Taweel
S-c
E- Saudi Arabia appointed its first female to serve as an ambassador for the kingdom Saturday, naming Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud to be ambassador to the United States. She will replace Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's younger brother, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.
3. Who has been appointed as Pakistan’s first Hindu civil judge ?
a. Suman Kumari
b. Rana Bhagwandas
c. Rina Kumari
d. Mita Bhagwandas
S-a
E- Suman Kumari has become the first Hindu woman in Pakistan to be appointed as a civil judge. Suman, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot, will serve in her native district. The first judge from the Hindu community was Justice Rana Bhagwandas, who served as the acting chief justice for brief periods between 2005 and 2007. Hindus make up nearly 2% of Pakistan’s total population and Hinduism remains the second largest religion in Pakistan after Islam.
4. Where is National War memorial of India situated?
a. Punjab
b. Rajasthan
c. Haryana
d. New Delhi
S-d
E- The National War Memorial is India’s first war memorial to commemorate wars and conflicts since 1947. Situated in the heart of the capital at the India Gate C-Hexagon, the memorial will be spread over approximately 40 acres, and have a 15-metre-high obelisk at its centre. Names of martyrs killed in wars in 1947–48, 1961 (Goa), 1962 (China), 1965, 1971, 1987 (Siachen), 1987-88 (Sri Lanka), 1999 (Kargil), and other Operations will be inscribed on a memorial wall.
5. India has signed S-400 Triumph deal with which country?
a. United States
b. Russia
c. China
d. France
S-b
E- The S-400 missile deal between India and Russia was signed despite America's sanction against any purchase of arms from Moscow.
6. Which country has been blocking India’s plea of declaring Mazood Azhar as
a terrorist at the UNSC?
a. South Africa
b. China
c. Russia
d. Brazil
S-b
E- India demanded that Masood Azhar be declared a global terrorist under the aegis of the UNSC (United Nations Security Council) 1267 committee. China, which is one of the five permanent members and hence has the power to veto, intervened at Pakistan’s behest and stalled the process in the garb of a “technical hold” in March 2016 and then in October 2016. A day before the technical hold ended, China used its veto power to block the proposal banning Azhar in December 2016. In January 2017, China again employed a technical hold and blocked the proposal put forward by the US, the UK and France, three of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Azhar was released by the A B Vajpayee government in December 1999, along with Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar and Omar Sheikh, in exchange for release of the passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814.
7. Who among the following is the Indian Air force chief?
a. Sunil Lanba
b. Birender Singh Dhanoa
c. Dalbir Singh
d. Bipin Rawat
S-b
E- Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa is the 25th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force. He assumed the post on 31 December 2016 after Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha retired.
8. Who has been representing Kulbhushan Yadav at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
a. Harish Salve
b. Ram Jethmalani
c. Mukul Rohtagi
d. Tushar Mehta
S-a
E- India is presenting its case at the International Court of Justice, seeking cancellation of the death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav - an Indian national, accused of spying by Pakistan. Senior advocate senior Harish Salve is representing India before the ICJ. He was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in 2017. India had approached the Hague-based International Court of Justice for "egregious" violation of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963, by Pakistan in the case. The International Court of Justice had halted his execution on India's appeal pending the final verdict by it.
9. Who among the following bagged the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Shikhar Dhawan
c. Rohit Sharma
d. Hardik Pandya
S-a
E- Indian captain Virat Kohli bagged the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the second year in a row as he was named the ICC Cricketer of the Year. He proved his credentials as the best in the world, as he ended up as the top-scoring batsman in the calendar year, scoring a total of 2735 runs across formats. Other than bagging the ICC Cricketer of the Year title, Kohli was also named the ODI and Test Cricketer of the Year to sweep the award ceremony with a hat-trick of titles - a first-ever in the history of the sport.
10. Which country has declared Hindi as the third official court language?
a. Abu Dhabi
b. Iceland
c. Fiji
d. Japan
S-a
E- In a landmark decision, Abu Dhabi has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English, as part of a move designed to improve access to justice.
