TALENT HUNT ANSWERS 23/10/2019

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1. The world’s first longest non-stop passenger flight flew from New York to which city of Australia in 19 hours and 16 minutes?
a. Sydney
b. Canberra
c. Hobart
d. Gold Coast

ANSWER: a. Sydney
Qantas airline QF 7879 had planned three extremely long flights earlier this year. A total of 49 people traveled 16,200 km in this flight. During this test flight, 4 pilots were on rotation and in this, food and sleep data of passengers was also collected.

2. Which Indian cricketer became the third batsman in cricket history to hit two sixes in his first two balls while batting in a Test against South Africa?
a. Virat Kohli
b. Rohit Sharma 
c. Umesh Yadav
d. Dinesh Karthik

ANSWER: c. Umesh Yadav
he hit sixes off the bowling of George Linda in the 112th over. Fofi Williams (year 1948) and Sachin Tendulkar (year 2013) have done so before them. Umesh Yadav has also become the first cricketer to hit five sixes in an innings without hitting a four.

3. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan recently announced that his country will open the much-awaited Kartarpur corridor on how many November?
a. 01 November
b. 09 November
c. 05 November
d. 30 November

ANSWER: b. 09 November
This proposed corridor will connect Darbar Sahib of Kartarpur with Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, so that Indian pilgrims will be able to make visa-free movement. Devotees just need a permit to visit Kartarpur Sahib. Guru Nanak Devji founded Kartarpur Sahib in the year 1522. Pakistan is constructing the corridor from the Indian border to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib of Kartarpur while India will construct the second part of the corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab to the border.

4. The Reserve Bank of India has issued guidelines to authorize which payment systems to promote innovation and competition?
a. On tap
b. Go one
c. Tap one
d. On go

ANSWER: a. On Tap
The Reserve Bank of India has decided to give on tap rights to Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit, Trade Receipt Rebate System and White Label ATMs. The decision to grant the license will be made based on the merits of the proposal and the assessment of the central bank about the business prospects for additional units in this area.

5. In which city of Belgium the Breguit Agreement has been agreed between the UK and European Union (EU) negotiators before the meeting of European leaders?
a. Mecklen
b. Brussels
c. Namur
d. Nivelles

ANSWER: b. Brussels The
agreement on the Breguet agreement between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and negotiators before the meeting of European leaders has been agreed in Brussels. Confirming the agreement to be agreed, EU Commission President Jean-Klod Junke also said that it will now be put up for discussion before European leaders. The UK and the EU are working on the legal draft of the agreement, but to implement it, approval has to be obtained from the parliaments of Britain and the EU.