General Awareness-One Liners

1- Which Indian state has demanded a separate time zone to improve efficiency?
Ans- Arunachal Pradesh

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2-Name the 40th Prime Minister of Nepal?
Ans-Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba was elected 40th Prime Minister of Nepal.

 

 

 

 

 

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3-Which building in India has received the world’s second highest Green rating?
Ans-SIERRA ODC building in Coimbatore gets world’s second highest green rating.

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4-ISRO has successfully launched which satellite from French Guiana on June 29, 2017?
Ans-GSAT-17 is the third satellite launch by ISRO this month, the other two being a first developmental flight of GSLV MkIII and PSLV C-38 missions, both from Sriharikota spaceport.
It will be the 21st satellite from ISRO to be launched by Arianespace.

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5- U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American Krishna R Urs as the new US Ambassador to Peru.

 

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6-UNESCO names Sharjah as World Book Capital 2019

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7-The 70th British Academy Film Awards commonly known as the BAFTA Awards was held on February 12, 2017, at the Royal Albert Hall in London.The Movie La La Land won the most awards at the event

 

 

 

 

 

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8-The BAFTA Fellowship is a lifetime achievement award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) since 1971

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9-British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others.

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10-The BAFTA awards consist of a theatrical mask designed by American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe.

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