1. On which day is Victory
Day celebrated to commemorate the victory of the Indian Army in the Indo-Pak
war of 1971?
a. 16 December
b. 17 December
c. 18 December
d. 19 December
ANSWER: a. December
16 is celebrated as a remembrance of the valor
of the Indian Army in the history of India. In the year 1971, on this day
the Indian Army defeated Pakistan, due to which this day is known as Victory
Day every year. On 16 December 1971, 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered
before the Indian Army Commander Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Arora in Dhaka.
2. On the recommendation
of India, on which of the following days has the International Tea Day been
declared by the United Nations?
a. 15 December
b. 02 May
c. 16 June
d. 21 May
ANSWER: d. 21
May On
the recommendation of India, the United Nations
General Assembly has declared 21 May as International Tea Day. India
presented this proposal 4 years ago at the International Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) inter-governmental group meeting in Milan. At present,
on December 15, International Tea Day is celebrated in the tea producing
countries. The month of May was chosen because this month is considered to
be the best for tea production.
3. Which of the following
has been recently chosen as Miss World 2019?
a. Suman Rao
b. Tony N. Singh
c. Vanessa Ponce
d. Opelie Mezzino
ANSWER: b. Tony
N. Singh
Indian-origin Jamaican resident Tony N. Singh
was chosen as Miss World 2019. The event was organized in London. She
was crowned by Miss World Vanessa Ponce of 2018. India’s Suman Rao was
ranked third in the Miss World competition. She has also been Miss World
Asia 2019. Earlier in June, she was chosen as Miss India 2019.
4. Boris Johnson, who
recently won the British general election, belongs to which party?
a. Labor Party
b. Britain Democratic Party
c. Conservative Party
d. Liberal Party of Britain
ANSWER: c. Conservative
Party The Conservative Party of
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won 364
seats out of the total 650 seats in the House of Commons. Jeremy Corbyn’s
Labor Party has won 203 seats. The victory gives Britain a strong base to
leave the European Union in January 2020.
5. How many Sanskrit
institutions have been given the status of Central University by the recently
passed Central Sanskrit University Bill, 2019?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
ANSWER: c. Four
Central Sanskrit University Bill, 2019 will make
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Bhopal), Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya
Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (New Delhi) and Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (Tirupati, Andhra
Pradesh) as Central Universities. These universities impart Sanskrit
education to the students. Sanskrit language is taught in more than 250
universities in 100 countries worldwide. Sanskrit is taught at 14
universities in Germany.
