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Question 11.

General Sunith Francis, who has passed away, belongs to which profession?

  1.    Major General
  2.    Former Chief of Indian Army
  3.    Lieutenant General
  4.    General Officer
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Former Chief of Indian Army
Former Army chief General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, who was known as a strategist and also served as the governor of Punjab has passed away.
Question 12.

Hemananda Biswal, who has passed away, was the former Chief Minister of which state?

  1.    Maharashtra
  2.    Madhya Pradesh
  3.    Odisha
  4.    Rajasthan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Odisha
Politician and former Chief Minister of Odisha, Hemananda Biswal passed away in Bhubaneswar at the age of 82 years.
Question 13.

What was the profession of Ravish Tiwari, who has passed away?

  1.    Filmmaker
  2.    Sportsperson
  3.    Journalist
  4.    Economist
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Journalist
Senior journalist Ravish Tiwari has passed away. He was the national bureau chief of Indian Express. He was popular for his political news reporting.
Question 14.

What was the profession of Sandhya Mukherjee, who has passed away aged 90 years?

  1.    Sportswomen
  2.    Politician
  3.    Actress
  4.    Singer
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Singer
Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukherjee passed away at the age of 90 years due to cardiac arrest. Her full name was Geetashree Sandhya Mukhopadhyay.
Question 15.

Luc Montagnier, who passed away has won Nobel Prize for Medicine for which discovery?

  1.    Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  2.    Rotavirus
  3.    Chikungunya
  4.    Ebola
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Veteran Nobel-winning virologist Luc Montagnier died in Paris recently. He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS, along with his colleague Francoise Barr-Sinoussi.
Question 16.

Olympic bronze medallist Deon Lendore, who has passed away was known for which of the following sports event?

  1.    Hockey
  2.    Javelin throw
  3.    Football
  4.    Sprinting
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sprinting
Olympic and world medallist sprinter Deon Lendore, who specialized in the 400 metres, has passed away in an unfortunate car crash in Texas, USA.
Question 17.

Name the founder of Shillong Chamber Choir and renowned Indian concert pianist, who passed away?

  1.    Mahendra Prasad
  2.    R L Jalappa
  3.    KS Sethumadhavan
  4.    Neil Nongkynrih
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Neil Nongkynrih
Founder of Shillong Chamber Choir (SCC) and renowned Indian concert pianist Neil Nongkynrih passed away.
Question 18.

A veteran journalist Kamal Khan passed away at the age of 61. Did he work with which media channel?

  1.    India Today
  2.    CNN
  3.    NDTV
  4.    Times Now
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> NDTV
Kamal Khan, veteran NDTV Journalist and a recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Award passed away, at the age of 61 after suffering a heart attack.
Question 19.

Gulabo, which passed away at the Van Vihar National Park and Zoo, Bhopal. What is it?

  1.    One-horned Rhino
  2.    Giant Tortoise
  3.    Bengal Tiger
  4.    Sloth Bear
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Sloth Bear
India's oldest sloth bear, named Gulabo, died at the age of 40 at the Van Vihar National Park and Zoo in Bhopal.
Question 20.

Viktor Saneyev, who has passed away recently, was a three-time Olympic medallist in which of the following sports event?

  1.    Triple Jump
  2.    Tennis
  3.    Badminton
  4.    Javelin Throw
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Triple Jump
Ace Triple jumper Viktor Saneyev, who was a three-time Olympic champion and former world record-holder, has passed away. He was 76.

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