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The correct answer is Wimbledon.

Key Points

• Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament that is played on grass courts.

Additional Information

• The French Open is played on clay courts.
• The U.S. Open is played on hard courts.
• The Australian Open is also played on hard courts.

The correct answer is Squash.

Key Points

• Jahangir Khan is famous in the sport of squash.
• Widely regarded as the greatest squash player of all time and one of the greatest sportsmen in Pakistan's history.
• Khan was unbeaten for an extraordinary period from 1981 to 1986.
• During this period, he won 555 consecutive matches.
• This streak is the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sport as recorded by Guinness World Records

The correct answer is Literature.

Key Points

• Jnanpith Award is a literary award presented by the Bhartiya Jnanpith organization to Indian writers every year.
• The first Jnanpith award was given to G.Sankara Kurup (Malayalam) in 1965 for his novel "Odakkuzhal" (The Bamboo Flute).
• The winner is given a cash prize of Rs.11 lakh and a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning.
• The first woman writer to be awarded this award was Ashapoorna Devi, a Bengali writer in 1976.
• Bhartiya Jnanpith organization was founded in 1944 by industrialist and philanthropist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Rishi Kapoor.

Key Points

• The autobiography titled Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored belongs to the veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor.
• This book was co-authored by Rishi Kapoor along with Meena Iyer and was published by HarperCollins.
• Rishi Kapoor released this autobiography in 2017, providing an intimate and honest account of his experiences in the Indian film industry.
• Sadly, Rishi Kapoor passed away on April 30, 2020, after battling leukemia

The correct answer is Kiran Bedi

Key Points

• Based on the ground realities of nearly five years of service as the 24^th Lt Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi has penned down her journey of governance in the book ‘Fearless Governance’.
• It was launched by Indra Nooyi (former Chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo) and Prof Debashis Chatterjee (director, IIM Kozhikode).
• It has been published by Diamond Books.
• The current Lt Governor of Puducherry (As of May 2022) is Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan.

The correct answer is Manipur.

Key Points

• The festival is named the Sangai Festival to stage the uniqueness of the shy and gentle brow-antlered deer popularly known as the Sangai Deer, which is the state animal of Manipur.
• It is one of the largest Government-sponsored tourism fests.
• The Festival is all about unity in diversity and a true reflection of Manipur’s saga.
• It exhibits the best of Manipur, in terms of art and culture, cuisines and music, scenic beauty of the land, handloom and fine arts, indigenous sports, eco, and adventure tourism activities such as trekking, white water rafting, and parasailing, etc.
• Along with its indigenous martial arts- Thang Ta (a combination Spear & Sword skills), Yubi-Lakpi (a game played with greased coconut-like rugby), Mukna Kangjei (a game that combines hockey and wrestling), and Sagol Kangjei– Modern Polo (believed to have evolved in Manipur).

The correct answer is India - United Kingdom

Key Points

• Konkan naval exercise
• Konkan naval exercise is conducted between the India-United Kingdom. Hence, Option 3 is correct.
• The Bilateral KONKAN exercise provides a platform for the two Navies to periodically exercise at sea and in harbor, to build interoperability and share best practices.
• The KONKAN series of exercises commenced in 2004, and since then has grown in scale.
• Naval cooperation between India and the United Kingdom is based on the long-term strategic relationship between both countries.
• Exercise Konkan is a great opportunity to reinforce the India-UK defence partnership, deepening understanding of how both the Navies can work together to counter maritime threats. This sits alongside a wide range of UK activity in the Indian Ocean – covering military, multilateral, and commercial engagement.

Additional Information

• List of important Indian bilateral army exercises.

The correct answer is Harilal J. Kania.

Key Points

• Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the first Chief Justice of India.
• He was the Chief Justice of India from 1950 to 1951.
• He read the oath of chief justice of India to Dr Rajendra Prasad(India's first President).
• H. J. Kania served as acting editor of the Indian Law Reports.
• Mandakolathur Patanjali Sastri was the second Chief Justice of India.
• Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.
• Sudhi Ranjan Das (S.R. Das) was the 5^th Chief Justice of India.

Additional Information

• The current Chief Justice of India is Sanjiv Khanna(Upto May, 2025).

The correct answer is Hiralal Chaudhary.

Key Points

• Dr. Hiralal Chaudhary is considered the father of the Blue Revolution.
• Dr. Hiralal Chaudhary was an Indian Bengali fisheries scientist
• The blue revolution is related to fisheries.
• It was launched in India during the seventh five-year plan (1985-1990).
• Its aim is to achieve the economic prosperity of the country and the fishers and fish farmers.

The correct answer is Uniform Resource Locator

Key Points

• URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which is the address of a unique resource on the internet.
• URLs are primarily used to locate web pages but can also reference emails and databases.
• Each valid URL should point to a unique resource, although there are some practical exceptions.
• A URL includes protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP for various types of data retrieval.