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Question 1 of 5:
Multiple lions have tested positive for COVID-19 at Nehru Zoological Park situated in which city of India?
Nehru Zoological Park (also known as Hyderabad Zoo or Zoo Park) is a zoo located near Mir Alam Tank in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Nehru Zoological Park, was dated on 26 October 1959 and opened to the public on 6 October 1963. The Park is run by forest department, Government of Telangana, and is named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru.
The zoo occupies 380 acres (150 ha) and is adjacent to the 600-acre (240 ha) Mir Alam Tank. Nearly 100 species of birds, animals and reptiles are housed at the zoo, including indigenous animals like the Indian rhino, Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, panther, gaur, Indian elephant, slender loris, python, as well as deer, antelopes and birds.
The answer is- Hyderabad
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Question 2 of 5:
Which Indian has been nominated as an athlete ambassador for the International Olympic Committee's 'Believe in Sport' campaign?
The IOC’s ‘Believe in Sport’ campaign was launched in 2018 to raise awareness among athletes, coaches and officials of the threat of competition manipulation.
The Badminton World Federation announced that India shuttler PV Sindhu and Canada’s Michelle Li have been nominated as athlete ambassadors for the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ‘Believe in Sport’ campaign aimed at preventing competition manipulation.Sindhu and Li have been global ambassadors for the Badminton World Federation ‘I Am Badminton’ campaign since April 2020.
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born on 5 July 1995 in Hyderabad to P. V. Ramana and P. Vijaya, is an Indian professional badminton player. She is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the first Indian woman to earn an Olympic silver medal.
With earnings of US$8.5 million and $5.5 million respectively, Pusarla made the Forbes' list of Highest-Paid Female Athletes in 2018 and 2019. She is the recipient of the sports honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, and India's fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri. She was also honoured with Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India, in January 2020.
The answer is- PV Sindhu
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Question 3 of 5:
Scientists have recently discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy. What is it called?
The Milky Way[a] is the galaxy that includes our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth.The term Milky Way is a translation of the Latin via lactea, from the Greek - galaktikos kýklos, "milky circle").From Earth, the Milky Way appears as a band because its disk-shaped structure is viewed from within.
The smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy has been discovered in the solar system which has been nicknamed by scientists as “the Unicorn”. It has been located about 1,500 light-years from Earth. It is roughly three times the mass of our sun.
The answer is- The Unicorn
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Question 4 of 5:
What is this centuries old art of clipping hedges into various ornamental shapes traditionally called?
Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, whether geometric or fanciful. The word derives from the Latin word for an ornamental landscape gardener, topiarius, a creator of topia or "places",
The answer is- Topiary
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Question 5 of 5:
What is the pirate flag with the skull and cross-bones called?
Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the flags flown to identify a pirate ship about to attack, during the early 18th century.
The flag most commonly identified as the Jolly Roger today—the skull and crossbones symbol on a black flag—was used during the 1710s by a number of pirate captains including Black Sam Bellamy, Edward England, and John Taylor.
The answer is- Jolly Roger
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