Questions and Answers 05 August 2016

Questions

1.Michelle Kakade, who has become the first person to complete the Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot, is belonged to which city of India?

  [A]Pune [B]Kochi [C]Chennai [D]Bengaluru

2.Which of the following Indian companies has/have been listed in the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations in terms of revenue?

  [A]Indian Oil Corporation 

  [B]Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd 

  [C]Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd 

  [D]All of the above

3.The Ghatampur Thermal Power Station (GTPS) is located in which state of India?

  [A]Odisha [B]Rajasthan [C]Madhya Pradesh [D]Uttar Pradesh

4.World book and copyright day is observed on ?
  [A]May,29
  [B]April,23
  [C]March,17
  [D]October,22

5.Gomai River is tributary to which of the following rivers ?
  [A]Narmada
  [B]Krishna
  [C]Tapti

  [D]None of these

Answers

1.[A] Pune.

  Michelle Kakade from Pune has become the first person to complete the Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot. It took her 193 days, 1 hour & 9 minutes to cover 5968.4 kms of the Golden Quadrilateral that connects the 4- major metros of India. With this, she booked her name in the Guinness Book of World Records for “Fastest time to travel the Indian Golden Quadrilateral on foot (female)” across 57 major cities in India and on the India’ most valuable and largest highway project.

2.[D]All of the above.

   In the 2016 Fortune 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations in terms of revenue, 7 Indian companies are listed. These are Indian Oil Corporation (161st), Reliance Industries Ltd (215th), Tata Motors Ltd (226th), State Bank of India (232nd), Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (358th), Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (367th), and Rajesh Exports (423rd). The list is topped by Walmart, followed by State Grid and China National Petroleum.
3.[D]Uttar Pradesh.

   The Ghatampur Thermal Power Station (GTPS) is an upcoming coal-based thermal power plant located in Ghatampur in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh (UP). Recently, it is in news because the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval for installation of 1980 MW Ghatampur Thermal Power Project (GTPC) through a Joint Venture Company “Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited (NUPPL)”, which is formed jointly by Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (UPRVUNL).

4.[B]April 23

   In 1995 UNESCO announced 23 April as World book and Copy right day.This date is Anniversary of the Birth and Death of William Shakespeare.

5.[C]Tapti

  Gomai originates from Satpura range and merge in Tapti river.apart from Gomai Arunavati, Shiva, Bori, Aner and Vaki rivers are also Tributaries to Tapti.