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1. (A) Harry Kane won the adidas Golden held at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama which
Boot Award. England's Harry Kane finished is about 12 km from Kohima. All the tribes
as the leading goal scorer at the 2018 FIFA of Nagaland take part in this festival. The
World Cup to win the adidas Golden Boot. aim of the festival is to revive and protect
France's Antoine Griezmann and Belgium's the rich culture of Nagaland and display its
Romelu Lukaku finished second and third extravaganza and traditions.
respectively. 8. (C) Meira Kumar (born 31 March 1945) is an
2. (B) Nirmala Sitharaman becomes the first Indian politician and five-time Member of
full-fledged woman defence minister of Parliament who was the United Progressive
India, though Indira Gandhi has held this Alliance nominee for President of India in
portfolio before, in addition to her the 2017 election. She was elected
responsibilities as Prime Minister of India. unopposed as the first woman Speaker of
3. (D) Abuja, city, capital of Nigeria. It lies in Lok Sabha and served from 2009 to 2014.
the central part of Nigeria, in the Federal 9. (D) Rajagopalachari was the founder of
Capital Territory (FCT; created 1976). The Swatantra Party. This party was an Indian
city is approximately 300 miles (480 km) classical liberal political party that existed
northeast of Lagos, the former capital (until from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by him in
1991). reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal
4. (B) The founder of the Satavahana dynasty Nehru-dominated Indian National
was Simuka. He and his successors Congress's increasingly socialist and statist
established their authority from the mouth outlook.
of the Krishna to the entire Deccan plateau. 10.(B) Naypyitaw is the capital of
According to the Puranas, the Satavahana Myanmar. Yangon, also called Rangoon,
king killed the last Kanva ruler of Magadha city, capital of independent Myanmar
and presumably took possession of his (Burma) from 1948 to 2006, when the
kingdom. government officially proclaimed the new
5. (B) Currently, bowlers are allowed to deliver city of Nay Pyi Taw (Naypyitaw) the capital
two bouncers per over in Tests and one-day of the country.
internationals, and one per over in 11.(B) The Arthashastra is the title of a
Twenty20 internationals, with similar rules handbook for running an empire, written
applying in senior domestic cricket. by Kautilya (also known as Chanakya, c. 350-
6. (A) Prakash Padukone (born 10 June 1955) 275 BCE) an Indian statesman and
is a former Indian badminton player. He was philosopher, chief advisor and Prime
ranked World No. 1 in 1980; the same year Minister of the Indian Emperor
he became the first Indian to win the All Chandragupta, the first ruler of the
England Open Badminton Championships. Mauryan Empire.
7. (D) Nagaland is the state where Hornbill 12.(A) Bhubaneswar is called as the 'Cathedral
Festival is celebrated. The Hornbill Festival is City' was once the capital of an ancient