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It's Going to Be Hard, but Hard Does Not Mean Impossible Important Points It’s going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible. ImportantQuestion Points 1 / प्रश्न 1 किस देश िे रहने वाले ननलाम्बर आचार्य िो भारत िा राजदतू ननर्ुक्त किर्ा गर्ा है? Nilambar Acharya was nominated as the Ambassador to India by which of the following country? 1. पे셂 / Peru 2. ईरान / Iran 3. बांग्लादेश / Bangladesh 4. नेपाल / Nepal 5. र्ूिे / UK ImportantAnswer Points नेपाल / Nepal • The Nepal government nominated Nilambar Acharya, the former Law Minister and senior politician, as Ambassador to India. • He will replace Deep Kumar Upadhyay. ImportantQuestion Points 2 / प्रश्न 2 किस भारतीर् पवयतारोही िो हाल ही में प्रनतकित नवश्वनवद्यालर् स्ट्रैथक्लाइड द्वारा मानद उपाधी से साननत किर्ा गर्ा है? Which Indian mountaineer has recently been awarded an honorary doctorate by a prestigious University of Strathclyde ? 1. बछेन्द्रीपाल / Bachendri Pal 2. प्रेमलता अग्रवाल / Premlata Agarwal 3. ददवािर पांडे / Diwakar Pandey 4. मालवाथ पूर्णा / Malavath Purna 5. अ셁णर्णमा ससा / Arunima Sinha ImportantAnswer Points अ셁णर्णमा ससा / Arunima Sinha • Arunima Sinha, the Indian mountaineer who became the world’s first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013, has been recently awarded an honorary doctorate by a prestigious UK university ‘ University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. ImportantQuestionQuestion Points / 3 प्रश्न/ प्रश्न3 3 सावयजननि स्वास्थ्य िे सलए र्ोग पर अंतराष्ट्र ीर् सेलन किस शहर में आर्ोसजत किर्ा गर्ा है? Which city is the venue of the International Conference on Yoga for Public Health? 1. िोलिाता / Kolkata 2. नई ददल्ली / New Delhi 3. अगरतला / Agartala 4. भोपाल / Bhopal 5. पंसजम / Panjim ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 3 पंसजम / Panjim • The International Conference on Yoga for Public Health has inaugurated at Kala Academy, Panjim. • The two-day conference is being organised by the Ministry of Ayush with theme ‘Yoga for Public Health’. • The 1000 representatives from around 50 countries are participating in the conference. ImportantQuestionQuestion Points / 4 प्रश्न/ प्रश्न4 4 नवश्व बौद्ध फोरम (डब्लूबीएफ-2018) िा 5वां संस्करर्ण किस देश में आर्ोसजत किर्ा गर्ा था? The 5th edition of World Buddhist Forum (WBF -2018) was recently held in which country? 1. भारत / India 2. नेपाल / Nepal 3. चीन / China 4. श्रीलंिा / Sri Lanka 5. र्ूएस / US ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 4 चीन / China • The 5th edition of World Buddhist Forum (WBF -2018) was recently held in Putian, the southeast Fujian Province of China. • Over 1,000 Buddhists, scholars and representatives from 55 countries and regions attended the forum. ImportantQuestionQuestion Points / 5 प्रश्न/ प्रश्न5 5 किस आईआईटी ने 500 किलोग्राम क्षमता वालेपोटेबल सौर-संचासलत शीत भंडारर्ण उपिरर्ण िा नविास किर्ा है? Which IIT has developed a portable solar-powered cold storage device with a 500 kg capacity? 1. आईआईटी इंदौर / IIT Indore 2. आईआईटी बॉम्बे / IIT Bombay 3. आईआईटी गुवाहाटी / IIT Guwahati 4. आईआईटी मद्रास / IIT Madras 5. आईआईटी िानपुर / IIT Kanpur ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 5 आईआईटी मद्रास / IIT Madras • The IIT Madras has recently developed a portable solar- powered cold storage device with a 500 kg capacity for storing vegetables, and fruits, among other items. • The first unit of the device, which provides storage facility with temperature ranging between 4 to 10 degree celsius. • The project has been funded by Department of Science and Technology (Ministry of Science and Technology) and IIT-M. ImportantQuestionQuestion Points / 6 प्रश्न/ प्रश्न6 6 किस भारतीर् शूटर ने िुवैत में आर्ोसजत एसशर्ाई शॉटगन चैम्पिर्नसशप 2018 में पु셁षों िे स्कीट में स्वर्णय पदि जीताहै? Which Indian shooter has won the historic men’s skeet gold at the Asian Shotgun Championship 2018 in Kuwait? 1. सौरभ चौधरी / Saurabh Chaudhary 2. अजुयन बाबुता / Arjun Babuta 3. अंगद वीर ससंह बाजवा / Angad Vir Singh Bajwa 4. दर् हजाररिा / Hriday Hazarika 5. मणर्णिा बत्रा / Manika Batra ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 6 अंगद वीर ससंह बाजवा / Angad Vir Singh Bajwa • 8th Asian Shotgun Championship 2018 held in Kuwait • Angad Vir Singh Bajwa has won the men’s skeet gold with a perfect score of 60 — a World record — in the finale. • China’s Di Jin who shot 58. UAE’s Saeed Al Maktoum won bronze with a score of 46. ImportantQuestionQuestion Points /7 प्रश्न / प्रश्न7 7 लोिसभा िा नर्ा महासचचव किसे ननर्ुक्त किर्ा गर्ा है? Who has been appointed the new Secretary General of Lok Sabha? 1. स्नेहलता श्रीवाव / Snehlata Shrivastava 2. अनुप नमश्रा / Anup Mishra 3. रामा देवी / Rama Devi 4. ननश्चल जैन / Nischal Jain 5. लालिृष्ण आडवार्णी / Lal Krishna Advani ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 7 स्नेहलता श्रीवाव / Snehlata Shrivastava • The tenure of the Lok Sabha Secretary General, Snehlata Shrivastava, has been extended by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for one year. • She was scheduled to retire on the 30th of this month. • She is the first woman Secretary General of the Lok Sabha. ImportantQuestionQuestion Points /8 प्रश्न / प्रश्न7 8 ननम्नसलखित देशों में से किसिो ईरान से तेल िरीदने िे सलए संर्ुक्त रा अमेररिा द्वारा छूट दी गई है? Which of the following countries have recently exempted by United States for buying Iranian oil? 1. चीन, ताइवान / China, Taiwan 2. जापान, दसक्षर्ण िोररर्ा / Japan, South Korea 3. भारत, इटली / India, Italy 4. तुिी, ग्रीस / Turkey,Greece 5. उपरोक्तसभी / All of the above ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 7 ननम्नसलखित देशों में से किसिो ईरान से तेल िरीदने िे सलए संर्ुक्त रा अमेररिा द्वारा छूट दी गई है? Which of the following countries have recently exempted by United States for buying Iranian oil? 1. चीन, ताइवान / China, Taiwan 2. जापान, दसक्षर्ण िोररर्ा / Japan, South Korea 3. भारत, इटली / India, Italy 4. तुिी, ग्रीस / Turkey,Greece 5. उपरोक्तसभी / All of the above ImportantQuestionQuestion Points / 9 प्रश्न / प्रश्न9 9 किस अवधध िे सलए, भारत िो अंतराष्ट्र ीर् दरू संचार संघ (आईटीर्ू) पररषद िा सद ननवाचचत किर्ा गर्ा है? For which term, India has been elected as a member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council? 1. 2020 से 2023 / 2020 to 2023 2. 2019 से 2022 / 2019 to 2022 3. 2021 से 2024 / 2021 to 2024 4. 2018 से 2021 / 2018 to 2021 5. 2018 से 2022 / 2018 to 2022 ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 9 2019 से 2022 / 2019 to 2022 • India has been elected as a member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council for another four-year term from 2019 to 2022. • India secured 165 votes and ranked third among the 13 countries elected to the council from the Asia- Australasia region, and 8th among the 48 countries elected to the council globally. • The ITU has 193 member states who elect representatives to the Council. QuestionImportantQuestion Points /10 प्रश्न/ प्रश्न10 10 आंध्र प्रदेश में िेती िो व्यवहार्य बनाने िे सलएहाल ही में किस अंतराष्ट्र ीर् संगठन ने 172 नमसलर्न डॉलर िा ऋर्ण समझौता किर्ा है? Which international organisation has recently inked $172 million loan pact to make farming viable in Andhra Pradesh? 1. एआईबीबी / AIIB 2. न्यू डेवलपमेंट बℂि / New Development Bank 3. र्ूननसेफ / UNICEF 4. नवश्व बℂि / World Bank 5. निक्सबℂि / Brics Bank ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 10 नवश्व बℂि / World Bank • The Central and Andhra Pradesh governments and the World Bank have signed the loan agreement for a $172.20 million project to enhance agricultural productivity, profitability, and climate resilience of poor and marginalised farmers in Andhra Pradesh. QuestionImportantQuestion Points /11 प्रश्न/ प्रश्न10 11 भारत भर में लोि सेवा प्रसारर्ण ददवस िब मनार्ा गर्ा था? When was Public Service Broadcasting Day celebrated across India? 1. 11 नवंबर / November 11 2. 8 नवंबर / November 8 3. 10 नवंबर / November 10 4. 12 नवंबर / November 12 5. इनमें से िोई नहीं / None of these ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 10 12 नवंबर / November 12 • On 12th November, Public Service Broadcasting Day was celebrated across India. • Public Service Broadcasting Day is celebrated annually to commemorate the only visit of Mahatma Gandhi to the studio of All India Radio, Delhi in 1947. • The Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi addressed the displaced people, who had temporarily settled at Kurukshetra in Haryana following partition QuestionImportantQuestion Points 12/ प्रश्न / प्रश्न11 12 'हेल्ड' पुि िे लेििों िा नाम बताएं, सजसिा अनावरर्ण किर्ा गर्ा ?था Name the authors of the book ‘Healed’ that was unveiled recently. 1. रािेश अलुवासलर्ा और अकपयता ससंह / Rakesh Ahluwalia & Arpita Singh 2. मनीषा िोइराला और नीलम िुमार / Manisha Koirala & Neelam Kumar 3. नवशाल राम और श्रीराम एस / Vishal Ram & Sreeram S 4. रनव किशन और पूणर्णयमा राव / Ravi Kishan & Poornima Rao 5. इनमें से िोई नहीं / None of these ImportantQuestionAnswer Points / प्रश्न 11 मनीषा िोइराला और नीलम िुमार / Manisha Koirala & Neelam Kumar • Actress Manisha Koirala unveiled her book “Healed”, her personal story of a battle against ovarian cancer, on 11th November 2018. • The book has been written by Manisha Koirala and Neelam Kumar. QuestionImportantQuestion Points /13 प्रश्न / प्रश्न12 13 िाजील में िाजीसलर्ाई ग्रांड कप्रक्स किसनेजीता? Who won the won Brazilian Grand Prix in Brazil? 1. लुईस हैनमल्टन / Lewis Hamilton 2.
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