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Question 1 of 5:
Identified as Manvinder Singh, the man who sent death threats to which star couple has been put under police custody recently?
The Mumbai Police today arrested a 25-year-old, out-of-work actor Mavinder Singh for giving death threats to actors Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal.
According to the police, Singh was staying at different places across Santa Cruz in suburban Mumbai over the past three months. He had come to Mumbai from Lucknow to pursue a career in acting. He has studied till class 12, they added.
For his expenses, Singh depended on his family, who used to send him money, the police said.
The answer is- (A) Vicky Kaushal- Katrina Kaif
Question 2 of 5:
USA topped the medal tally at the recent World Athletics Championships. Which country was second?
The World Athletics Championships are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics. Alongside the Olympic Games, they represent the highest level championships of senior international outdoor athletics competition for track and field athletics globally, including marathon running and race walking. The World Championships were started in 1976.
At their debut, these championships were then held every four years, until 1991, when they switched to a two-year cycle.
Medal table
* Host nation (United States)
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States* 13 9 11 33
2 Ethiopia 4 4 2 10
3 Jamaica 2 7 1 10
4 Kenya 2 5 3 10
5 China 2 1 3 6
The answer is- (B) Ethiopia
Question 3 of 5:
In July 2022 India had its first ever ____ spectrum auction. Fill in the blanks
Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the bid amount for India's first auction of 5G spectrum exceeded Rs 1.45 lakh crore on first day of bidding. Earlier bid amount for spectrum auctions was Rs 1.09 lakh crore.
India's 5G spectrum auction, which powers ultra-high data speeds, is currently underway with a total of 72 GHz (gigahertz) of radiowaves worth at least Rs 4.3 lakh crore up for bidding.
The answer is- (C) 5G
Question 4 of 5:
Identify these birds
The budgerigar (/ˈbʌdʒərɪˌɡɑːr, -əriː-/ BUJ-ər-ih-gar, -ə-ree-; Melopsittacus undulatus), also known as the common parakeet or shell parakeet, is a small, long-tailed, seed-eating parrot usually nicknamed the budgie (/ˈbʌdʒi/ BUJ-ee),or in American English, the parakeet. Budgies are the only species in the genus Melopsittacus. Naturally, the species is green and yellow with black, scalloped markings on the nape, back, and wings. They are found wild throughout the drier parts of Australia, where they have survived harsh inland conditions for over five million years
The answer is- (A) Budgerigars
Question 5 of 5:
Which of these is a subsidary company of this corporation? [spacex]
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (doing business as SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, space launch provider, and a satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars. SpaceX manufactures the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, several rocket engines, Cargo Dragon, crew spacecraft, and Starlink communications satellites.
Swarm Technologies, Inc. is a private company building a low Earth orbit satellite constellation for communications with Internet Of Things (IoT) devices using a Store and forward design. On 16 July 2021, Swarm entered into an agreement to become a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of SpaceX.
DYK :
Swarm Technologies was founded in 2016 by Sara Spangelo and Benjamin Longmier, former employees of Google and Apple respectively.
The answer is- (D) Swarm Industries
