1. World Hindi Day is celebrated annually on which day?
a) 10 January
b)14 September
c) 21 February
d) 15 August
Answer: a) 10 January
World Hindi Day (विश्व हिन्दी दिवस) is celebrated every year on 10 January to promote the Hindi language at the international level.
The first World Hindi Conference was held in 1975 in Nagpur, and since 2006, 10 January has been observed as World Hindi Day.
Hindi Day (हिन्दी दिवस) is different; it is celebrated on 14 September every year in India to commemorate the adoption of Hindi as the official language by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.
2. " Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS)" is located in which state?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
Answer. b) Maharashtra;
Context: Five individuals were arrested for poaching an Indian Pangolin in Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS), Yavatmal, Maharashtra.
3. " Salamis Bay" often appears in the news. In which country is it located?
a) Canada
b) Israel
c) Turkey
d) Greece
Answer. d) Greece;
Context: INS Trikand, a stealth frigate of the Indian Navy, reached Salamis Bay, Greece.
It will participate in the first-ever bilateral maritime exercise between India and Greece to boost interoperability and naval cooperation.
4. What is a "Grey Rhino Event"?
a) An unexpected crisis that cannot be predicted
b) A highly probable and high-impact threat that is ignored
c) An event limited only to financial markets
d) A minor and negligible risk with little impact
Answer: b) A highly probable and high-impact threat that is ignored
Grey Rhino was coined by Michele Wucker, a U.S.-based policy analyst, in her 2016 book The Gray Rhino.
Context: Kerala’s Wayanad landslide (July 2024) has been described as a “grey rhino event” by scientists in the report Sliding Earth, Scattered Lives (Sept 2025), highlighting how policymakers ignored years of warnings about ecological fragility and rainfall risks.
5. In which state was India’s First Bamboo-Based Ethanol Plant inaugurated?
a) Bihar
b) Assam
c) West Bengal
d) Kerala
Answer. b) Assam
Context: The Prime Minister of India inaugurated India’s first bamboo-based ethanol plant at Numaligarh Refinery, Golaghat, Assam, and laid the foundation stone of a polypropylene plant.
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