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Quiz 681: GK Questions for MPPSC Recruitment Exams

This quiz has 10 General Knowledge / GK Questions for MPPSC Recruitment Exams based on syllabus of GK of Competition examinations and previous years question papers. 123456789101. Where...

September 4, 2017

TRAPPIST-1 planets likely to have water

According to international team of astronomers, earth-sized planets orbiting ultracool TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star may have substantial amounts of water and could be habitable. They had used Hubble Space...

September 4, 2017

2017 Union Ministerial Reshuffle

Nine new members were inducted into Council of Ministers of NDA Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in recent reshuffle. The aim of reshuffle was to reinforce...

September 4, 2017

India’s Energy Diplomacy: Key initiates, efforts done so far, way forward

Recently, Sri Lanka has invited India’s Petronet LNG to establish a liquid gas import terminal on the west coast of Sri Lanka in close vicinity of Colombo. This...

September 3, 2017

The Code on Wages Bill, 2017

Labour and labour reforms come under the concurrent list except exceptional matters related to labour in safety mines and oil fields (which come under union list). Since the...

September 3, 2017

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: September 2-3, 2017

1. Nirmala Sitharaman, who has become the new Defence Minister of India, is currently a representative of which state in Rajya Sabha? [A] Karnataka[B] Kerala[C] Tamil Nadu[D] Maharashtra...

September 3, 2017

Nirmala Sitharaman: India’s first full time woman Defence Minister

Nirmala Sitharaman (58) became first full time woman Defence Minister of India after she was promoted to the Union Cabinet. She takes charge of the crucial ministry from...

September 3, 2017

Piyush Goyal to be new Union Minister of Railways

Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Railways after latest Union cabinet reshuffle on September 3, 2017. He succeeded Suresh Prabhu, who has become...

September 3, 2017

Ahmedabad formally accorded status of India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO

Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of Gujarat, has been formally accorded the status of India’s first World Heritage City (WHC) by UNESCO. Irina Bokova, the Director General of UNESCO,...

September 3, 2017

Shirish Pai (88), renowned Marathi poet and activist passes away

Shirish Pai (88), the renowned Marathi poet and activist, has passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra on September 2, 2017. She was credited with introducing ‘Haiku’ to the Marathi...

September 3, 2017

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