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Q1. Which country won the first Kho-Kho World Cup held in New Delhi?
(A) Nepal
(B) India
(C) Africa
(D) Bhutan
(B) India
Q2. Who won the ‘Player of the Final’ award in the first Kho-Kho World Cup held in New Delhi?
(A) Nasreen Shaikh
(B) Priyanka Ingle
(C) B. Chaitra
(D) Satish Rai
(C) B. Chaitra
Kho-Kho player B. Chaitra is a resident of Kuruburu village in Mysuru district.Q3. Which player from Bihar has got the opportunity to participate in the 38th National Games.
(A) Aarti Kumari
(B) Nutan Kumari
(C) Rajesh Prasad Thakur
(D) Manju Devi
(B) Nutan Kumari
Nutan Kumari, a respected player of Bhojpur Wushu Association of Bihar, has got the opportunity to participate in the 38th National Games.Q4. Where is the 38th National Games being organized?
(A) Punjab
(B) Delhi
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
(D) Uttarakhand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 38th National Games in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.Q5. Which leader of Indian origin of the Liberal Party of Canada is in the race for the post of Prime Minister?
(A) Lovely
(B) Ruby Dhalla
(C) Misa
(D) Shambhavi
(B) Ruby Dhalla
Ruby Dhalla was born in a migrant family from Punjab. She was the runner-up of the Miss India-Canada pageant and has also worked in a Bollywood film.Q6. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the deepest and clearest infrared pictures of the universe, revealing which galaxy cluster.
(A) RMTSC 0723
(B) MRTCS 0237
(C) SMACS 0237
(D) SMACS 0723
(D) SMACS 0723
This image, known as the James Webb Telescope’s First Deep Field, shows thousands of galaxies, some of which date back less than a billion years after the Big Bang. Its powerful gravitational lens magnifies distant galaxies. Webb’s NIRCam and MIRI instruments provide unprecedented information. Which helps researchers to study the formation, evolution and cosmic history of the galaxy in a way never seen before.Q7. Among the Padma Shri recipients, which Brazilian citizen is also named in this list, who was a mechanical engineer by profession, who later became a spiritual guru.
(A) Pedro de Araújo Lima
(B) Jonas Massetti
(C) Dilma Rousseff
(D) Itamar Franco
(B) Jonas Massetti
Q8. The former goalkeeper of the Indian hockey team, known as ‘The Wall’, has been named, who has been awarded Padma Bhushan for 2025.
(A) P R Sreejesh
(B) Jarmanpreet Singh
(C) Rajkumar Pal
(D) Manpreet Singh
(A) P R Sreejesh
Q9. Which American citizen, who worked for five decades to revive the Maheshwari industry, has been awarded the 2025 Padma Shri.
(A) Henry Ford
(B) Oprah Winfrey
(C) Sally Holkar
(D)Elvis Presley
(C) Sally Holkar
Sally Holkar was born in America. Inspired by the legacy of Queen Ahilyabai Holkar, he revived the Maheshwari industry. He established a handloom school in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh. He gave global recognition to Maheshwari clothes by adding modernity to traditional designs. Thousands of weavers got employment due to their hard work. He gave recognition to Maheshwari saree and handloom art in the international market.Q10. Who is among the recipients of 2025 Padma Shri? She is a yoga practitioner from Kuwait who has been honored with Padma Shri.
(A) Dr. Mohammad Saba Al-Salem
(B) Aj Al-Sabah
(C) Hayat Al Fahad
(D) Farah Al-Hadi
(B) Aj Al-Sabah
He opened the first licensed yoga studio ‘Daratma’ in Kuwait Sheikha Aj Al-Sabah is a yoga trainer, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. He promoted the practice of yoga in the Gulf countries by combining traditional techniques with modern methods. He launched Yoga Education License in Kuwait. She co-founded Shams Youth Yoga, a comprehensive curriculum for children ages 0 to 14. He started “Yamnak Lil Yemen”, a fund raiser for Yemeni refugees and internally displaced persons. He also helped in the education of poor children in Kuwait.Read Also:
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