Top Ten Questions: ’Contributed by ‘Lakshya IAS Study Circle’, SCO 32, Phase 1, Mohali

1. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik  dedicated the state’s longest bridge to the nation. To whom this bridge  is dedicated?
2. Name the lady who according to Forbes Middle East has topped a poll of the most powerful Arab women in government 2017.
3. Under which mission the Union Ministry of Rural Development will soon launch a new sub-scheme Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana?
4. Name the lead singer of the famous band Linking Park who recently passed away.
5. Astrosat, Chandra and Hubble recently jointly detected massive cosmic explosion on_______
6. The President of India Pranab Mukharjee recently inaugurated the Bicentenary celebration of the Paika Rebellion, .. where did it happen?
7. The MP who has won the award for Best Woman Parliamentarian of the Year (Rajya Sabha) at Lokmat Parliamentary Awards 2017 is ________________
8. Name the city which would be developed into a smart port city by the Union government.
9. Name the Indian women cricket team vice-captain whose unbeaten knock of 171 off 115-balls helped India to storm into finals of the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup of Cricket?
10. In which country did the lawmakers recently pass the draft bill to further strengthen the country’s anti-terror laws?

1. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: On July 19 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik  dedicated to the nation the state's longest bridge and named it after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The 2.88 km bridge over the river Kathajodi connects the state capital of Bhubaneswar with Cuttack reducing the distance between the two cities by 12 km.
2. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi
3. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission
4. Chester Bennington
5. Proxima Centauri: Proxima Centauri, or Alpha Centauri C, is a red dwarf, a small low-mass star, about 4.25 light-years (1.30 pc) from the Sun in the constellation of Centauru
6. an armed rebellion against the British East India Company's rule in Odisha in 1817
7. Jaya Bachchan
8. Paradip: Paradip is one of the Major Ports of India. Late Biju Patnaik, the then Chief Minister of Odisha, is the founder father of Paradip Port. It is the only Major Port in the State of Odisha situated 210 nautical miles south of Kolkata and 260 nautical miles north of Visakhapatnam on the east coast on the shore of Bay of Bengal.
9. Harmanpreet Kaur
10. France .

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