Anita desai is a famous ?
Answer: C
She is a writer.
Anita Desai has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, for Clear Light of Day, In Custody and Fasting, Feasting. Her daughter Kiran Desai won it in 2006.
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In cricket whose nickname is ?Pigeon? ?
Answer: C
It is Glenn McGrath.
The Australian fast bowler was called Pigeon for his thin legs. He took 563 Test wickets, the most by any fast bowler until Anderson passed him, bowling on a relentless line just outside off stump.
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Who was the first Indian to make a movie?
Answer: B
It was Dhundiraj Govind Phalke.
Dadasaheb Phalke made Raja Harishchandra in 1913, India's first full-length feature. He had learned the technique in London after seeing The Life of Christ, and mortgaged his insurance to pay for it.
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Which Indian village was the first to be given the tag of India's first digital village?
Answer: B
It is Akodara.
The village in Sabarkantha district, Gujarat, was adopted by ICICI Bank in 2015 and made cashless - school records, payments and banking all done electronically - and was designated India's first digital village.
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For the year 2017 Who was elected as the President of FICCI?
Answer: B
It was Pankaj R. Patel.
The chairman of Zydus Cadila was elected president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for 2017, succeeding Harshavardhan Neotia.
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Who has been elected as US ambassador to the United Nations (UN) by US President-elect Donald Trump?
Answer: A
It was Nikki Haley.
The then Governor of South Carolina, born Nimrata Randhawa to Punjabi Sikh parents, was nominated US ambassador to the United Nations in 2016 and served until the end of 2018.
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The person who has recently replaced Cyrus Mistry as the Chairman of Tata Global Beverages is?
Answer: C
It was Harish Bhat.
The Tata Sons brand custodian took over as chairman of Tata Global Beverages in 2016, when Cyrus Mistry was removed from the group's boards.
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The newly launched toll-free helpline number for Unique Identification Authority of India is?
Answer: B
It is 1947.
UIDAI's toll-free Aadhaar helpline is 1947 - chosen so that it would be easy to remember. It operates in twelve languages.
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By when did Indian Railways recently set the target to achieve 100 percent de-carbonisation with 90 percent electrification?
Answer: A
It was 2021.
Indian Railways set a target of 90 per cent electrification and complete de-carbonisation of traction by 2021, part of a wider plan to become a net-zero carbon railway.
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The Indian states that have jointly topped the Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking 2015-16 are?
Answer: C
They were Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The two states jointly topped the World Bank and DIPP Ease of Doing Business Reforms Ranking for 2015-16, each implementing about 98.8 per cent of the recommended reforms.
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