1. Manu Bhaker recently
won which medals in the Senior and Junior category of the Women’s 10m Air
Pistol in the National Shooting Championships?
a. Gold medal
b. Silver Medal
c. Bronze medal
d. None of these
ANSWER: a. Gold
medal
Manu Bhakar won the gold medal in the
junior category with 243 points while topping the top. He won the title
with 241.5 points in the final of the senior category. In the senior
category, Devanshi Dhama won silver with 237.8 points while Yashaswini Singh
Deswal won bronze with 217.7 points.
2. Recently Rohtang tunnel
has been renamed by the Central Government?
a. Maratha tunnel
b. Atal Tunnel
c. Patel Tunnel
d. Hindu tunnel
ANSWER: b. Atal
Tunnel On
the occasion of the 95th birth anniversary of
former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, it was announced in his honor that
the strategic tunnel connecting Leh and Manali under the Rohtang Pass will now
be named Atal Tunnel. The tunnel will facilitate connectivity in remote
areas of Lahaul and Spiti valley and will reduce the distance of Manali and Leh
by 46 kilometers. The historic decision to construct a tunnel of strategic
importance under the Rohtang Pass was taken on June 3, 2000, when Atal Bihari
Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of the country.
3. Recently, the
retirement age of Road Transport Corporation employees has been increased from
58 years to how much by the Telangana government?
a. 60
b. 62
c. 65
d. 61
ANSWER: a. 60
The
Telangana government has recently announced that
the retirement age of Road Transport Corporation (RTC) employees will be
increased from 58 years to 60 years. This decision taken by the state
government will apply to all the employees working in the department. In
addition, RTC was asked by Chief Minister C. Chandrasekhar Rao to start cargo
and parcel services so that more people could be given the benefit of
government services.
4. India’s tennis player
Leander Paes has announced to retire in which year?
a. 2020
b. 2021
c. 2022
d. 2019
ANSWER: a. 2020
Indian tennis player Leander Paes has announced
his retirement. Giving information on Wednesday, 46-year-old Paes said
that 2020 will be the last year of his career. After this, he will say
goodbye to tennis. Paes has achieved many achievements in his
career. She has won several Grand Slam titles in singles as well as
doubles.
5. Which state has got the
first position in the Good Governance Index released by the Central
Government?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Telangana
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Odisha
ANSWER: c. Tamil
Nadu
states and Union Territories in this index is divided
into three groups, large states, northeast and hill states and union
territories. Tamil Nadu has got the first place in the category of big
states. It is followed by Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Andhra
Pradesh. In this, Odisha, Bihar, Goa and Uttar Pradesh are in the list of
poor performing states.