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Q1. Who has BCCI decided to appoint as the batting coach for the upcoming 5 T20 and 3 ODI home series against England?
(A) Abhishek Nair
(B) Sitanshu Kotak
(C) Gautam Gambhir
(D) T Dilip
(B) Sitanshu Kotak
Q2. Sunita Williams was one of the astronauts of the American agency NASA and who else did an important spacewalk on Thursday.
(A) Paolo Nespoli
(B) Nick Hague
(C) Rakesh Sharma
(D) Brian Binny
(B) Nick Hague
Q3. On January 16, 2025, how many times has Sunita Williams done spacewalk so far?
(A) This was five
(B) This time it was eighth
(C) This time it was forty
(D) This time it was twenty
(B) This time it was eighth
Q4. Sunita Williams and Hague carried out a spacewalk on January 16, 2025. This mission was named.
(A) Best Spacewalk 100
(B) US Spacewalk 91
(C) Sunita Spacewalk 2
(D) USA Spacewalk
(B) US Spacewalk 91
Q5. Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that is sending a huge energy beam toward Earth, approximately billions of light years away.
(A) 16 billion light years
(B) 8.0 billion light years
(C) 12.9 billion light years
(D) 20 billion light years
(C) 12.9 billion light years
Q6. NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a photo of a rare supernova, located in the Gemini constellation, about 650 million light years from Earth. This is the name given to the supernova.
(A) CP 2023RS
(B) SN 2024PI
(C) UN 2024CI
(D) SP 2025DP
(B) SN 2024PI
Q7. To give a new impetus to the space mission, the Government of India on Thursday approved the establishment of a third launch site in Sriharikota worth how many crores of rupees.
(A) 4,589
(B) 3,985
(C) 7,000
(D) 2,500
(B) 3,985
Q8. After how long, a massive explosion occurred in SpaceX’s new Starship rocket booster on the launching pad during testing.
(A) 0.5 ½
(B) 8 ½
(C) 10 ¼
(D) 20 ½
(B) 8 ½
Q9. Who is the current Secretary General of the United Nations
(A) Boutras Ghali
(B) Kofi Annan
(C) Ban Ki Moon
(D) Antonio Guterres
(D) Antonio Guterres
Q10. How many internationally recognized nations are currently included in the United Nations?
(A) 193
(B) 200
(C) 197
(D) 190
(A) 193
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