1. Which is the largest country in Africa, geographically?
a) South Africa
b) Democratic Republic of Congo
c) Egypt
d) Algeria
Answer. d) Algeria
Context:
1. The 7th round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Algeria was held in Algiers, where both nations agreed to strengthen parliamentary cooperation and combat terrorism.
2. Algeria is the largest country in Africa and the Arab world by land area.
2. Rice’s Whale is primarily found in which region?
a) Red Sea
b) Baltic Sea
c) Gulf of Mexico
d) Andaman's Sea
Answer. c) Gulf of Mexico
Context:
1. The Trump administration has invoked national security (citing the Iran war and rising energy prices) to seek an exemption from endangered species laws to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
2. Rice's Whale is critically endangered —of which fewer than 100 remain—primarily found in the Gulf of Mexico ( mainly a narrow area in the northeastern part of the Gulf)
3. Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906) was widely considered the father of modern Indian art. He was born in which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala
Answer. d) Kerala
Context:
1. Raja Ravi Varma’s painting ‘Yashoda and Krishna’ has become the most expensive work of modern Indian art ever sold at auction, fetching a record-shattering ₹167.2 crore.
2. He was born in 1848 into an aristocratic family in the princely state of Travancore (present-day Kerala).
4. Which country is located on the coast of the Molucca Sea?
a) Spain
b) South Africa
c) Australia
d) Indonesia
Answer. d) Indonesia
Context: A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Northern Molucca Sea, resulting in at least one death and damage to buildings across West Java and North Sulawesi.
5. Which continent is Burkina Faso located on?
a) Europe
b) Africa
c) Asia
d) South America
Answer. b) Africa
Context:
1. India has dispatched a humanitarian aid consignment of 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to Burkina Faso to bolster food security for vulnerable communities and internally displaced persons.
2. Burkina Faso is a landlocked sovereign country located in West Africa.
3. It is one of the world’s largest producers of gold and cotton
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