TALENT HUNT ANSWERS 5/12/2019

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1. On which of the following days is Indian Navy Day celebrated?
a. 03 December
b. 04 December
c. 05 December
d. 06 December

Answer: b. 04 December
Every year, Indian Navy Day is celebrated on 04 December. This day is celebrated by the Indian Navy to commemorate the victory of the Indian Navy in the Indo-Pak war of 1971. The Pakistani army attacked on the Indian border on 3 December 1971. After this, the Indian Navy completely destroyed Pakistan’s Karachi port. Commemorating the strength and bravery of the Indian Navy, Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year on 4 December. 

2 . Which railway station has recently been certified as the first ‘brite right station’ in the country by FSSAI?
a. Ranchi
b. Gwalior
c. Mumbai Central
d. Patna

Answer: c. The Mumbai Central
Railway Station has recently been declared the country’s first ‘Eat Right Station’ by the Mumbai Central Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). Due to healthy food, hygiene, drinking water, food waste management, etc. at this station, it has been declared ‘Eat Right Station’. The objective of this campaign is to provide clean and healthy food to railway passengers.

3. Recently Russia and which country inaugurated the cross border gas pipeline named Power of Siberia?
a. China
b. Pakistan
c. Nepal
d. Sri Lanka

Answer:  a. China
This pipeline will help China and Russia to replace coal with natural gas and in addition to heat, this pipeline can also produce electricity. The new pipeline is a symbol of energy integration in Eurasia as major partners of Russia and China. Russia’s role has been that of a primary gas supplier in Europe but the Power of Siberia is the first cross border gas pipeline between Russia and China.

4. The Central Government has reduced the limit of onion storage in bulk from 25 tonnes to how many tonnes?
a. 10 tons
b. 5 tons
c. 15 tons
d. 20 tons

Answer: b. In
view of the rising prices of onions, the Central Government has changed its storage limit for retail and wholesale traders. This decision has been taken to increase the availability of onions in the open market. Earlier, retail traders were allowed to store 10 tonnes and wholesale traders 50 tonnes of onions.

5. What is the name of Google’s parent company, whose CEO Sundar Pichai has recently become?
a. Alphabet
b. ABCD
c. Techgent
d. Aztec

Answer: a. Alphabet
Google has appointed Indian-origin Sundar Pichai as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its parent company Alphabet. Pichai will replace Larry Page, co-founder of the Internet giant. Larry Page and Sergey Brin will participate in Alphabet as co-founders, share holders and members of Alphabet’s board of directors.