Static GK Test: May 28, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

• Kiribath, a mildly flavored rice cake is a dish from Sri Lanka.
• kiribath means milk rice.
• It is one of the traditional breakfasts of Sri Lanka.

• The paintings in the Ajanta caves predominantly narrate the Jataka tales. These are Buddhist legends describing the previous births of the Buddha.
• The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra.

Kharchi Puja festival is celebrated in Tripura state.

• It takes place in July month every year.
• The festival is dedicated to lord Shiva and other associated 14 deities.
• These fourteen deities are situated in Puran Haveli, Agartala.
• Cultural events, fairs, competitions, rituals etc are performed during the festival?

Different colours and their respective chemicals responsible in firecrackers are as follow-

• Red: Strontium salts (Nitrates, carbonates and sulphates of strontium).
• Orange: Calcium salts (Carbonates, chlorides and sulphates of calcium).
• Yellow: Sodium salts (Nitrates and oxalates of sodium).
• Green: Barium salts (Nitrates, carbonates, chlorides and chlorates of barium).
• Blue: Copper salts (Carbonates and oxides of copper).
• Purple: A combination of copper and strontium compounds.
• White: The burning of metals like magnesium, aluminium and titanium.

• Vinobha Bhave was the first Indian to win Magsaysay Award.
• CD Deshmukh was the first Indian Bureaucrat who won this award.
• First Indian woman who won Ramon Magsaysay Award- Mother Teresa.
• CD Deshmukh, Kiran Bedi, Arvind Kejriwal, TN Sheshan and JM Lyngdoh are some eminent personalities who won Magsaysay award.
• Jay Prakash Narayan was the first Indian who won this award for Public Service.

• The headquarters of IUCN is located at Gland, Switzerland.
• IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature and it was established in 1948.
• It is best known for compiling and publishing the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
• IUCN has observer and consultative status at the United Nations.
• The IUCN Red List Categories define the extinction risk of species assessed nine categories.

• Karnam Malleshwari was the first woman recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1995.
• * She was also the first Indian Woman to win a medal at the Olympics.
• In 1994, she won silver at the World Championships in Istanbul and in 1995 she won the Asian Weightlifting Championships.
• She was awarded Arjuna Award in 1994 and Padma Shri in 1999.

• World Red Cross day is celebrated on 8th May.
• Jean Henry Dunant was the founder of Red cross.
• He was the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize
• The first Red Cross Day was celebrated on May 8, 1948.

• Indira Gandhi was the first prime minister that was a member of the Rajya Sabha.
• She served as prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, making her the second longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father.
• She was assassinated on 31^st October 1984 in New Delhi.

• Meenakari: It is an art which originated in Persia (now Iran).
• It is an art of coating grooves or engravings in ornaments with coloured enamels.
• It is believed to have been brought to India during the rule of Shah Jahan.