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Question 1111. Kuldip Nayar, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commissioner in :
  1.    UK
  2.    Pakistan
  3.    Sri Lanka
  4.    Australia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> UK
Kuldip Nayar was appointed High Commissioner to Great Britain in 1990 and nominated to the upper house of Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha in August 1997.
Question 1112. Who amidst the following is a distinguished painter?
  1.    Uday Shankar
  2.    Sonal Mansingh
  3.    Amrita Shergill
  4.    Yamini Kirshnamurthy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Amrita Shergill
Amrita Sher-Gil was a Hungarian-Indian painter. She has been called "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists of the early 20th century" and a "pioneer" in modern Indian art. Drawn to painting from an early age, Sher-Gil started getting formal lessons in the art, at the age of eight.
Question 1113. Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected as the President of which country in presidential election held in November 2017?
  1.    Uganda
  2.    Kenya
  3.    Zimbabwe
  4.    Ghana
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Zimbabwe
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who has served as President of Zimbabwe since 24 November 2017.
Question 1114. Which Indian American is the CEO of Adobe Systems?
  1.    Sundar Pichai
  2.    Francisco D'Souza
  3.    Sanjay Kumar Jha
  4.    Shantanu Narayen
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Shantanu Narayen
Shantanu Narayen (born 27 May, 1963) is an American business executive. He has been the chairman, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Adobe Inc.
Question 1115. In which of the following countries did Prime Minister Modi start ' Ramayana Circuit' on 11 May, 2018?
  1.    Sri Lanka
  2.    Myanmar
  3.    Nepal
  4.    Indonesia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Nepal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart K. P. Sharma Oli inaugurated a direct bus service between Janakpur and Ayodhya, the two sacred cities for Hindus, as a part of a "Ramayan Circuit" to promote religious tourism in Nepal and India.
Question 1116. Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus belongs to which one of the following countries.
  1.    Sri Lanka
  2.    Pakistan
  3.    Maldives
  4.    Bangladesh
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Bangladesh
Muhammed Yunus is a professor of economics who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2006 for his role in developing a microcredit bank in Bangladesh.
Question 1117. National Commission on Farmers was chaired by -
  1.    Sri Som Pal
  2.    Sri Y. C. Nanda
  3.    Dr. C. Rangarajan
  4.    Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) was constituted on 18 November, 2004 under the chairmanship of Professor M. S. Swaminathan.
Question 1118. Who is the newly appointed Governor of Tamil Nadu as of February 2018?
  1.    Subramanian Swamy
  2.    Satyapal Malik
  3.    Banwarilal Purohit
  4.    K Rosaiah
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Banwarilal Purohit
Banwarilal Purohit (born 16 April 1940) is an Indian politician who is the current and 14th Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Question 1119. Where did Foreign Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj inaugurate 'Panini Language Laboratory' in August 2018?
  1.    Sri Lanka
  2.    South Africa
  3.    Mauritius
  4.    Indonesia
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Mauritius
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated "Panini Language Laboratory" at Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI) at Port Louis in Mauritius.
Question 1120. Ratan Thylam, the famous personality from Manipur, is known for his work in the field of :
  1.    Sports
  2.    Music
  3.    Theatre
  4.    Social reform
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Theatre
Ratan Thiyam (born 20 January 1948) is an Indian playwright and theatre director, and the winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987, one of leading figures of the "theatre of roots" movement in Indian theatre, which started in the 1970s.

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