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Long-distance great _____, a two-time Olympian, and a double Asian Games gold medallist passed away.
Vipin Singh
Hari Chand
Vinod Rai
Sandeep Dixit
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Hari Chand was also conferred with Arjuna Award for his contribution to sports. New Delhi: Two-time Olympian and double Asian Games gold medallist, Hari Chand passed away on Monday at the age of 69. One of India’s greatest long-distance runners, he belonged to Ghorewah village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district.
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Pandit Sukh Ram has passed away recently. He was a/an __________
Rajya Sabha member
Vice-president of BCCI
Businessman
Union Minister
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Veteran Himachal Pradesh Congress leader and former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram has passed away at 94.
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Indian music composer and ____________ player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed away recently.
Santoor
Sarod
Sarangi
Tabla
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Indian music composer and santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed away in Mumbai.
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Which of the following Australian cricket legend has passed away due to a suspected heart attack on 4 March 2022?
Steve Waugh
Shane Warne
Ricky Ponting
Matthew Hayden
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Australian cricket legend Shane Warne dies of a suspected heart attack. He passed away in Koh Samui, Thailand. His stellar international career spanned 15 years and he took 708 Test wickets, the most ever for an Australian, and the 2nd most of all time behind only Muttiah Muralitharan.
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Prafulla Kar passed away in April 2022. He was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri award in which year?
2017
2015
2013
2011
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Kar was an eminent musician, singer, lyricist, writer and columnist. He received the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2015.
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Shiv Kumar Subramaniam passed away recently. He was a/an ______
Director
Actor
Economist
Journalist
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Actor-screenwriter Shiv Kumar Subramaniam has passed away, he was known for his roles in the serial Mukti Bandhan and Meenakshi Sundareshwar.
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Miguel van Damme passed away in March 2022. With which of the following sports was he associated?
Football
Tennis
Badminton
Cricket
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Miguel van Damme: Belgian footballer dies aged 28 after battling cancer. Belgian footballer Miguel van Damme has died at the age of 28 following a long battle with leukemia. Van Damme’s Belgian top-flight club, Cercle Brugge, said “words are not enough to describe what we feel” following the news on Tuesday.
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Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, who has passed away recently, was the former ________ of India
ISRO Chairman
Chief Election Commissioner of India
Chief Justice of India
Lok Sabha Speaker
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Former Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti passed away at the age of 81 years. Former Chief Justice of India Ramesh Chandra Lahoti passed away at the age of 81 years. Justice Lahoti was appointed as the 35th chief justice of India on June 1, 2004. He retired on November 1, 2005.
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Rafiq Tarar passed away recently. He was a/an ________
Supreme Court judge
President
High court Judge
both President & Supreme Court judge
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Veteran politician, former Supreme Court judge, and President of Pakistan, Rafiq Tarar passed away at the age of 92 years due to prolonged illness.
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‘Pal-Dadhvav Massacre’ was held at which present-day Indian state?
Uttarakhand
Assam
West Bengal
Gujarat
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The Gujarat government marked 100 years of the Pal-Dadhvav killings, citing it as a massacre “bigger than the Jallianwala Bagh”.The killings had also been featured on the state’s Republic Day tableau.
The massacre took place on March 7, 1922, in the Pal-Chitariya and Dadhvaav villages of Gujarat. When Villagers gathered as part of the ‘Eki movement’, led by Motilal Tejawat, around 1000 were shot down by the British. Their aim was to protest against the land revenue tax.
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Which of the following award winner Alan Ladd did Jr pass away recently at the age of 84?
Tony Awards
Grammy
Oscar
Noble
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr passed away recently at the age of 84. She was affectionately known as “Ladi”. Whereas in the year 1995 he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Picture ‘Braveheart’ directed by Mel Gibson.
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Indian diplomat Mukul Arya passed away in an untimely manner. He was an Indian envoy to which among the following countries?
Ukraine
Palestine
Israel
Turkey
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Mukul Arya, India’s representative to Palestine was found dead inside the Indian embassy in Ramallah, a city in Palestine. The news was reported by local media of Palestine on March 6, 2022. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry informed that the Indian ambassador died at his workplace in Ramallah.
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Former Chief of Indian Army General Sunith Francis has passed away recently?
98 years
88 years
78 years
68 years
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Answer: Option BExplanation
88 Years – Born in Bombay in the year 1933, General Sunith Francis, the former Chief of the Indian Army, has passed away recently at the age of 88. He led the Indian Army from 1990 to 1993. He has served two terms on the National Security Advisory Board, in addition to the Indian Army, in his 40-year illustrious journey.
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Which of the following Australian cricket legend has passed away due to a suspected heart attack on 4 March 2022?
Steve Waugh
Matthew Hayden
Shane Warne
Ricky Ponting
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Australian cricket icon Shane Warne passes away at 52.
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Legendary cricketer Rod Marsh, who passed away recently, played for which team?
Australia
New Zealand
England
South Africa
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Rod Marsh, Australian cricket great, passed away on March 4, 2022, at the age of 74 years. He had suffered a heart attack in Queensland last week and was in an induced coma at Royal Adelaide Hospital until his death. He had played 96 Tests for his country, scoring three centuries and claiming a world record of 355 dismissals as a wicketkeeper.
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Legendary spinner Sonny Ramadhin passed away. He was associated with which country’s cricket team?
New Zealand
South Africa
India
West Indies
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Legendary West Indies spinner Sonny Ramadhin, who was a part of the side that won its first away series in England in 1950, has died at the age of 92, the country’s cricket board said.
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KPAC Lalitha, who has passed away recently, was a veteran actress in which Indian film industry?
Marathi
Kannada
Malayalam
Bengali
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Veteran Malayalam film and stage actress KPAC Lalitha has passed away due to age-related health issues. She was 74.
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Noted freedom fighter and Gandhian social worker, Shakuntala Choudhary has passed away. Did she hail from which state?
Uttarakhand
Assam
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
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Answer: Option BExplanation
She was 102-year-old. She was popularly known as ‘Shakuntala Baideo’. She was felicitated with the Padma Shri award in 2022 by the Government of India. She hailed from Kamrup in Assam and was known for her commitment and devotion to the popularization of the Gandhian way of life.
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Legendary Indian player Surajit Sengupta has passed away. He had played at the national level for the Indian team in which sports?
Hockey
Tennis
Cricket
Football
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The former India footballer Surajit Sengupta, who played as a midfielder, has passed away due to COVID-19 complications. He was 71. At the club level, Sengupta had been associated with Kolkata’s three big clubs, Mohun Bagan (1972-1973, 1981-1983), East Bengal (1974- 1979), and Mohammedan Sporting (1980).
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Popular Malayalam actor and comedian Kottayam Pradeep passed away on February 17, 2022. Did he begin his film career in which year?
2008
2001
1999
2011
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Popular Malayalam actor and comedian Kottayam Pradeep passed away on February 17, 2022, after suffering a heart attack. He was 61. Kottayam Pradeep began his career in films in 2001 with the IV Sasi movie ‘Ee Nadu Enable Vare’ at the age of 40 years.
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Padma Bhushan awardee _____________ , former Chairman of Bajaj Auto, has passed away in February 2022.
Satish Bajaj
Sachin Bajaj
Ravindra Bajaj
Rahul Bajaj
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Noted industrialist and former chairman of Bajaj Auto, Rahul Bajaj, has passed away, due to pneumonia and a heart problem. He was awarded the third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan in 2001. He was the chairman emeritus of the Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group, the parent company of Bajaj Auto
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Luc Montagnier, who passed away recently, won Nobel Prize for Medicine for which discovery?
Rotavirus
Chikungunya
Ebola
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Answer: Option DExplanation
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.
He had also shared half of the Nobel with German scientist Harald Zur Hausen for his discovery of human papillomaviruses that cause cervical cancer.
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Kerala Sahitya Akademi awardee, Dr M Gangadharan has passed away in February 2022. He was a famous _____________.
Novelist
Fiction Writer
Historian
Poet
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Historian, the writer, and cultural activist M. Gangadharan, 89, died at Parappanangadi in the district on Tuesday. He was resting at his home, Kailasam, for the last several months due to bad health.
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Name the person, who was popularly known for his role as ‘Bheem’ in Mahabharat passed away.
Praveen Kumar Sobti
Aakash Bhardhwaj
Gajendra Chauhan
Arjun Tripathi
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Actor Praveen Kumar Sobti, popular for essaying the role of Bheem in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, has died at the age of 75. Kumar’s daughter Nikunika told indianexpress.com, “He passed away yesterday around 9.30 pm. He suffered a heart attack. He died at home in Delhi.”
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Central Government will release Postage Stamp in the Honour of Legendary Singer, who died recently? Name the singer.
Vyjayanthimala
Lata Mangeshkar
Meena Kumari
M. S. Subbulakshmi
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Answer: Option BExplanation
The Narendra Modi government at the Centre will launch a postage stamp in honor of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar who passed away on Sunday.
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Praveen Kumar Sobti passed away on February 7, 2022. He was popular for essaying which role in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat?
Yudhisthira
Krishna
Arjun
Bheem
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Veteran actor-athlete turned politician Praveen Kumar Sobti who essayed the role of ‘Bheem’ in BR Chopra’s ‘Mahabharata’ has passed away at the age of 74.
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India’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station has been inaugurated at which place?
Gurugram
Mumbai
Gandhinagar
Hyderabad
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Answer: Option AExplanation
India’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station has been inaugurated in Sector 52 of Gurugram at Delhi-Jaipur National Highway, on January 28, 2022.
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Which of the following states will establish the first graphene innovation center in India?
Kerala
Goa
Odisha
Karnataka
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Answer: Option AExplanation
The India Innovation Centre for Graphene (IICG) will be established in Thrissur, Kerala, as part of a joint venture between Pune-headquartered Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (CMET), Digital University Kerala (DUK), Tata Steel Limited, and other industries.
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