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The correct answer is Music.

Key Points

• Nobel Prizes are not given in the fields of Music.
• Six Nobel Prizes are awarded each year, one in each of the following categories: literature, physics, chemistry, peace, economics, and physiology & medicine.
• The first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1901. It was given to Henry Dunant (Switzerland) and Frederic Passy (France) for Peace.
• A total of 590 Nobel awards have been given to 935 Nobel Laureates between 1901-2018.
• John Bardeen is the only Nobel Laureate who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice (1956, 1972).
• Marie Curie is the only woman who has been honoured with a Nobel Prize twice (1903, 1911).

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The correct answer is The distance travelled by light in one year.

Key Points

• "Light Year" is The distance travelled by light in one year.
• The International Astronomical Union defines a light-year is the distance light travels in 365.25 days.
• A light-year is a distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days).
• The nearest star to us is about 4.3 light-years away.
• The Milky Way galaxy is about 150,000 light-years across, and the nearest large galaxy, Andromeda, is 2.3 million light-years away.

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• The year in which February has 29 days is called a "leap year". This year with an extra day February 29 which is added nearly every four years to the calendar year.
• Sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth.
• The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, on 13 September 1959.
• The United States' Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.

The correct answer is Vishakhapatnam.

Key Points

• Vishakhapatnam is one of the major ports located on the East Coast of India.
• It is one of the 12 major ports of India. It is located on the east coast, midway between Kolkata and Chennai.
• The port started in 1933 transformed itself into a mega major port.
• The port contributes significantly to the maritime trade with the economies in the Asia and the Asia Pacific regions at economic cost besides economies in the Persian Gulf, Europe, Americas, and Africa.

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• Kandla Port is located in the Kutch district of the Indian state of Gujarat.
• Karaikal Port is located near the town of Karaikal in the Union Territory of Pondicherry.

The correct answer is Chilka.

Key Points

• India's largest lake is Chilka Lake.
• Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, Khurda, and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India.
• Chilka Lake is located on the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over 1,100 km2. It is the biggest lake in India.
• This lake is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the largest brackish water lagoon in the world.

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The correct answer is Arctic.

Key Points

• The smallest ocean in the world is the Arctic Ocean.
• The Central Arctic Ocean is the world's smallest ocean among all the five oceans. and he is surrounded by Eurasia and North America.
• The Arctic Ocean has a total area of about 14 million square kilometres (5.4 million square miles).
• The Arctic Ocean is located in the northern hemisphere north of 60 degrees North latitude.
• The Arctic Ocean derives its name from the word 'arktos' which means 'bear' in Greek.

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The correct answer is Kaziranga.

Key Points

• Kaziranga National Park is known for the Great Indian one-horned Rhinoceros.
• The Kaziranga National Park is located in Kanchanjuri (Nagaon district), Assam. It comprises 90% of the population of greater-one horned rhinos.
• The Kaziranga National Park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.
• The park has an immense area of 430 sq. kilometres. The park was given official status by the central government on 11 February 1974.

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The correct answer is Bangalore.

Key Points

• Bangalore is also known as the "Silicon Valley of India" because of its role in promoting the IT sector of India.
• ISRO, Infosys, Wipro, HAL, and other Indian technological organizations have their headquarters in Bangalore.
• In the early 1980s, Narayana Murthy & friends moved from Pune to build Infosys in the city closer to his hometown in Kolar.
• Bengaluru is also known as - India Science City of India Garden City of India Capital of Karnataka.

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The correct answer is Italy.

Key Points

• The ship "Enrica Laxie' belonged to Italy.
• On 15 February 2012, two Indian fishermen were killed off the coast of Kerala, India. India alleged that the two Italian marines aboard the Italian-flagged commercial oil tanker MB Enrica Lexie killed the fishermen.
• On 4 April 2013, the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a first information report against the two Italian marines in relation to charges including murder, attempted murder, mischief, conspiracy.
• The issue sparked a conflict of opinions over legal jurisdiction and functional immunity between the governments of India and Italy and has continued to cause diplomatic tension between the two nations.

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• The Italian ship "Enrica Laxie" captain of St. Antony, Freddie Louis, claimed that his vessel was returning from its fishing expedition in the Laccadive Sea when men on board Enrica Lexie began firing at them without provocation for approximately two minutes.
• Although most of the Italian public opinion is convinced that the two captured marines are innocent, some far-left groups claim they are guilty of killing. Finally, India closes the case against the Italian marines.

The correct answer is Myanmar.

Key Points

• Aung San Suu Kyi's party the National League for Democracy has won the election in Myanmar (Burma).
• The National League for Democracy (NLD) is a liberal democratic political party in Myanmar (Burma). It became the country's ruling party after a landslide victory in the 2015 general election but was overthrown in the military in early 2021.
• In May 1990, the government of Myanmar held free multiparty elections for the first time in almost 30 years, and the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, won earning 392 out of a total 492 seats. However, the ruling military junta refused to recognize the result.
• On 21 May 2021, the junta's Union Election Committee announced plans to permanently dissolve the National League for Democracy.

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• Aung San Suu Kyi was born on 19 June 1945 in Yangon Burma. She is a human rights activist.
• Nobel Peace Prize for 1991 was given to Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (Burma) for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.
• The National League for Democracy (NLD) was formed in 1990 and was ended when the military again took control of the country in a coup.
• The party advocates a non-violent movement towards multi-party democracy in Myanmar, which was under military rule from 1962 to 2011. The party also claims to support human rights (including broad-based freedom of speech), the rule of law, and national reconciliation.

The correct answer is Shooting.

Key Points

• Abhinav Bindra is a distinguished player in shooting games.
• Abhinav Bindra made history in Beijing 2008 Olympics by becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal.
• He is the first Indian to have held concurrently the world and Olympic titles for the men's 10-meter air rifle event, having earned those honors at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
• Abhinav Bindra has also won seven medals at the Commonwealth Games and three medals at the Asian Games.

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• Abhinav Bindra was born in Zirkpur, Punjab.
• Bindra was the youngest participant in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was also the youngest Indian participant at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
• He received more than 150 medals in his 22-year career.
• He is the recipient of the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India, He also received the Arjun award, and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, India's highest sports award.