THE EXAMS MADE SIMPLE: 24th February 2018 The Hindu and PIB Daily News Analysis

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24th February 2018 The Hindu and PIB Daily News Analysis

Prelims Factual Question:-

1)Which Indian swimmer has become the first Asian to swim across Ocean Seven?

[A] Bhakti Sharma
[B] Ashwin Menon
[C] Rehan Poncha
[D] Rohan More

2)The National Sugar Institute (NSI) is located in which city of Uttar Pradesh?

[A] Lucknow
[B] Kanpur
[C] Agra
[D] Varanasi

3)With reference to International Solar Alliance (ISA), consider the following statements:


  1. It is a coalition of solar resource rich countries lying fully between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
  2. It was launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in November, 2015.
  3. Currently, it has 52 countries as signatories of its Framework Agreement.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 A.1 and 2 only
 B.1 only
 C.2 and 3 only
 D, 2 and 3
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1)Assam to celebrate Rhino Day on September 22nd
To raise awareness on protection of the one-horned pachyderm.

2)Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav-2018:- To celebrate the idea of unity in diversity, the Ministry of Culture is organising the the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav at Gwalior.

3)Airtel, Huawei successfully conduct India’s first 5G network trial:- Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei have successfully conducted India’s first 5G (fifth generation) network trial. 

It was conducted at Airtel’s network experience centre in Manesar, Gurugram (Haryana) and was able to achieve over 3 gigabit per second (Gbps) data speed.

4)Kunwar Bai: 106-year-old icon for Swachh Bharat campaign passes away.

5)IISc scientists develop first super critical carbon dioxide (S-CO2) Brayton Test Loop facility.

Scientists from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru have indigenously developed country’s first super critical carbon dioxide (S-CO2) Brayton Test Loop facility.

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