Showing posts with label Society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Society. Show all posts
Oct 23, 2017
Q.2580
In 2017, Amazon was granted a patent for a drone that could delivery a battery charge for electric cars on the move which are running out of charge. This is one of the many solutions that emerging for the feeling of being worried that you will be stranded by an empty battery while on the road in an electric car. What two word phrase is used for this?
Oct 22, 2017
Q.2579
In 2017, Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was revealed as having harassing and abusing several women over the years. In an attempt at a measure of his power in the film industry, Quartz magazine wrote that he was #3 on the list of most entities thanked by Oscar winners in the last 50 years.
If God was 2nd, who was 1st on this list?
Oct 12, 2017
Q.2569
Unverified reports of these began in Sept 2017 in Kashmir, with hysteria resembling those of the 'monkey man' scare in Delhi years ago. Several men, including foreigners, have been accused of this. In these cases, alleged victims said that they had been assaulted in what peculiar manner?
Jun 7, 2017
Q.2442
In May 2017, Truman Cafe in Melbourne, Australia, announced the creation of this ultimate hipster food and drink combination via an Instagram post. The store's manager says he put coffee in this fruit's shell as a joke but then started seeing takers for it.
What 8-letter word has resulted, much to the consternation of the sane world?
Feb 21, 2017
Q.2336
In Jan 2017, Finland became the first country in Europe to officially experiment with this socio-economic concept. Similar experiments are scheduled for many Dutch cities and the Canadian city of Ontario in 2017. In the case of Finland, the figure is 560 Euros a month. What concept?
Oct 28, 2016
Q.2220
In Oct 2016, "The Sellout" became the first book by an American author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize. The satirical book follows a character named "Me" who lives in a place 'wiped off the map' and sells watermelons and marijuana. How Me and others try to bring the town "back" drives the rest of the novel.
The name of the town is shared with a legendary English author, whose books also wrote about society, occasionally with a comic touch. What's the name?
Oct 25, 2016
Q.2217
In Oct 2016, this 75-year old was named a honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls by the United Nations. Some UN staffers did not like the choices for reasons ranging from the lady's image, clothing, and inability to have an opinion, to be able to travel and be interviewed.
Who was this controversial choice?
Jun 29, 2016
Q.2099
Three of the four winners of the 2016 World Food Prize worked on the same project: to bring an orange-fleshed version of a vegetable to parts of Africa. Rich in Vitamin A, this vegetable variant has helped improve nutritional levels on the continent. Which vegetable?
Jun 27, 2016
Q.2097
In 2016, which religious community received minority status in the state of Maharashtra, which means, among others, they can be counted separately in surveys?
Jun 9, 2016
Q.2079
In 1766, this country passed a constitutional law against 'censorship'. To mark 250 years of that landmark law in 2016, the country's tourist association made public a telephone number. Call the number (note: it'll be an international call!) and you'll get connected to a random citizen of the country. You can chat about anything you wish.
Which country?
May 20, 2016
Q.2059
Like in May 2015, the Government of Iraq once again ordered a complete shutdown of all internet services in the country, from 5 am to 8 am on certain days in May 2016. While governments usually block the internet for political reasons, this reason is highly unusual since the target is mainly a small segment of the population
What is the government trying to prevent?
May 17, 2016
Q.2056
In May 2016, this South American country announced that the number of working days in a week would be reduced to just two in order to deal with a crippling energy crisis.
Also tackling the Zika virus, drought, and politico-economic instability, which country is this?
May 9, 2016
Q.2048
Anthropologist and environmental conservationist Richard Leakey advised his country's President to take this headline-making step in July 1989. The same was repeated in May 2016 by the country's current President. Similar acts have been carried out in China, Mozambique, and the US.
What is this about?
Apr 1, 2016
Q.2010
In 2016, elections to this post are likely to become more open, with candidates taking part in open debates. This change to the normally secretive process has come after campaigns like "1 for 7 Billion".
Speculation is that an East European candidate may be given preference, since that region has never been represented in this post. The other category not to be represented is 'Women', so there is speculation about people such as Michelle Bachelet (Chile's President), Helen Clark (former NZ PM) and even Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany) being interested.
Which post?
Jan 1, 2016
Q.1919
Starting from Jan 1, 2016, this has officially been 'doubled' in China, thus modifying a restriction that was in place from about 1978. (Previous exemptions to this restriction involved girls in rural areas or ethnic minorities.)
What?
Dec 31, 2015
Q.1918
How can you connect the name of this movie to the Pope Saint Sylvester I (image shown)?
The movie stars Zac Efron, Ashton Kuthcer, and Robert De Niro etc. (poster shown)
Dec 26, 2015
Q.1913
Pandorum Technologies in the third week of December 2015 developed India’s first artificial _____ _____ with the help of 3-D printing technology. The development is a major step forward in the on-demand manufacturing of 3D printed human organs. The artificial ____ _____ can grow and survive up to eight weeks. Such 3D printing has the potential to save lives of patients. Also, it has less side-effect and can be made at lower costs.
Which organ is being talked about?
Dec 24, 2015
Q.1911
India on 22 December 2015 celebrated ‘National Mathematics Day’. On this occasion, India and UNESCO agreed to work jointly in spreading the joy of mathematics and knowledge to students and learners across the world.
To this end, Conferences on the ‘Zero’ at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, as well as at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore were held in recognition of Aryabhata’s role in the invention of zero.
Why was this particular date chosen as the National Mathematics Day?
Dec 23, 2015
Q.1910
Search engine giant Yahoo on 21 December 2015 named ___ as the Personality of the Year 2015. ___ managed to top the list over other high-profile contenders for the spot in Yahoo’s list of 2015 Year in Review (YIR) for India.
As per Yahoo India, it all started after the announcement of a certain type of ban in Maharashtra, which led to massive debates and arguments. The controversy was fuelled further by Dadri lynching and Award Wapsi campaign, and the ___ soon became the icon of discussions on intolerance.
Fill in the blank with a 3-lettered holy answer!
Dec 16, 2015
Q.1903
Union Government on 14 December 2015 requested the states to start the second part of an Operation from 1 January 2016. The Campaign aims to rescue and rehabilitate the missing children, just like its successful predecessor.
Similarly, another dedicated campaign titled Operation _____ was launched in the month of July 2015 throughout the country. 19742 children were rescued and rehabilitated under this Operation.
What are the 2 similar names of these two noble campaigns?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)