General Knowledge

World’s largest Tricolour to be hoisted in _________. Ranchi

Explanation: Jharkhand is all set to beat a record held by a flag in Faridabad, Haryana in March 2015 by getting the world’s largest Tricolour flying atop the country’s tallest flagpole at the Pahari temple in Ranchi. The flag measuring 99 by 66 feet will be hoisted at a height of 293 feet.
About Pahari Temple
• It is India’s only temple where 70 year old tradition of hoisting the Tricolour since 1947 continues.

• World Bank extended an assistance of how much to help reconstruct the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP), which got devastated during cyclone Hudhud?       USD 20 million

Explanation: The Vizag zoo situated on the northern limit of the Visakhapatnam houses 170 different species of animals on its 250-hectare campus.
• According to the Andhra Pradesh government, Hudhud affected about 9.2 million people in over 7,285 villages in 4 coastal districts of the state.
• This unique one-of-its-kind push by the World Bank where it is providing assistance to an Indian zoo will add value to the 100 “Smart City” initiatives.

      Who is the CEO of M & M Ltd.(Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.)? Anand Mahindra

Who has been conferred with DSC Prize for South Asian Literature? Anuradha Roy

Explanation: The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 has been conferred upon Anuradha Roy for her novel Sleeping on Jupiter at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka.
• Her novel sleeping on Jupiter, deals with violence against women with story revolving around girl named Nomi and is set in Jarmuli, a city of temples.
• US $50,000 DSC Prize and a trophy has been presented by Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to Anuradha Roy.

Recently, Union Cabinet has approved construction of how many bridges on Trilateral Highway in Myanmar? 69

Explanation: Worth: Rs.371 crore
• Completed by: Mid-2019
• Monitored by: Indian Embassy in Yangon, PMC and the Ministry of External Affairs.
• Purpose: The project will report all weather usability to the Tamu Kyigone-Kalewaroad section, part of the route for the proposed Imphal-Mandalay bus service

• Which telecom company launched a special website allowing customers to know everything about how Project Leap(60,000-crore network transformation program) is progressing in their respective localities? Bharti Airtel

Explanation: Customers will get a transparent view of coverage of voice and high speed broadband services.
• The microsite allows customers to see the network coverage for voice, basic data services (2G) and high speed data services (3G/ 4G) in their regions

Andhra Pradesh Government has launched Giriputrika Kalyana Pathakam Scheme and it is designed to provide a onetime financial assistance of how much money to each tribal woman who gets married?

• Rs.50,000

On the 119th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, PM Modi publicized how many secret files on the freedom fighter for the first time whose disappearance 70 years ago remains a mystery? 

100

Pasco tee plant (South Korea Company) situated at______ Orissa

Explanation: POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea.
• It is the world’s fourth-largest steelmaker by this measure.
• In 2010, it was the world’s largest steel manufacturing company by market value.
• In 2012, it was named as the 146th world’s largest corporations by the Fortune global 500.

“Yerevan” is the capital city of which country?  Armenia