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 Question 1 of 5:

Sri Anna' name for millet was picked from which state?

The answer is- Karnataka

While Presenting Union Budget 2023-24, FM Nirmala Sitharaman named Millets i.e. coarse grains as Shree Anna. As, India is at the forefront of programs to popularize Shree Anna. The UN has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets. India Is The Largest Producer And Second Largest Exporter of Shree Anaa. Several evidences regarding the consumption of Sri Anna during the Indus Valley Civilization suggest that it was one of the first crops to be cultivated in India.

Question 2 of 5:

Which country sank its decommissioned aircraft carrier "Sao Paulo" in the Atlantic Ocean?

The answer is- Brazil

NAe São Paulo (pennant number A12) was a Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier in service with the Brazilian Navy. São Paulo was first commissioned in 1963 by the French Navy as Foch and was transferred in 2000 to Brazil, where she became the new flagship of the Brazilian Navy. 

On 14 February 2017, the navy announced the ship's demobilisation and subsequent decommissioning. On 12 March 2021 the carrier was sold to be scrapped. After Turkey rejected permission to dock, the Brazilian Navy scuttled the ship in the Atlantic Ocean on 3 February 2023, some 350 kilometres (220 mi) off the Brazilian coast in 5,000 metres (16,000 ft) of water.

Question 3 of 5:

In February 2023 Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra got married in which of these places?

The answer is- Jaisalmer

The couple is married in Jaisalmer ceremony at Suryagarh Palace in Rajasthan. Suryagarh is currently owned and operated by company MD Manvendra Singh Shekhawat. There are 72 rooms, including 32 suites, of which four are standalone havelis. 

Question 4 of 5:

This bird was featured in a book of which Enid Blyton Series?

The answer is- Adventure Series

The Adventure Series by Enid Blyton, a prolific English children's author, is a series of eight children's novels. These books feature the same child characters: Philip, Jack, Dinah, and Lucy-Ann, along with several adult characters. Jack's pet parrot, Kiki, is also a standard feature in each novel. The stories show the four children off on their own, discovering and solving mysteries without much adult assistance. 

Kiki: Jack's female pet parrot, physically described as a cockatoo with a crest on her head. Her most noticeable trait is her enormous repertoire of command phrases and peculiar noises, which she seems to pick up very easily. 

Question 5 of 5:

This animal has been reintroduced in which country?

The answer is- India

The Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is a critically endangered cheetah subspecies currently only surviving in Iran. (The Asiatic cheetah became extinct in India in 1948; the cheetahs which were reintroduced in 2022, are the African subspecies, the Southeast African cheetah.) It once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to the Caspian region, Transcaucasus, Kyzylkum Desert and northern South Asia, but was extirpated in these regions during the 20th century. The Asiatic cheetah diverged from the cheetah population in Africa between 32,000 and 67,000 years ago.

As of January 2022, the Iranian Department of Environment estimates that only 12 Asiatic cheetahs are left in Iran.