Amazon Daily Quiz Time / Test Your GK Knowledge 11 October 2023
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1) OceanGate Expedition runs excursions to which place?
The answer is- Titanic wreckage
OceanGate Inc. is an American privately owned company based in Everett, Washington, that provided crewed submersibles for tourism, industry, research, and exploration. The company was founded in 2009 by Stockton Rush and Guillermo Söhnlein.
The company acquired a submersible vessel, Antipodes, and later built two of its own: Cyclops 1 and Titan. In 2021, OceanGate began taking paying tourists in Titan to visit the wreck of the Titanic. As of 2022, the price to be a passenger on an OceanGate expedition to the Titanic shipwreck was US$250,000 per person.
2) In 2022, who scored most runs (35) in an over in a Test match?
The answer is- Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah (born 6 December 1993) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team in all formats of the game. A right-arm fast bowler with a unique bowling action, Bumrah is considered one of the best bowlers in the world.
He created a world record by scoring 35 runs in one over of England pacer Stuart Broad in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston.
3) In 2023, Lt Gen MU Nair has assumed the role of the new National ________ Coordinator for India.
The answer is- Cyber Security
The government has appointed Lt Gen M U Nair as the new National Cybersecurity Coordinator (NCSC). Lt Gen Nair, who assumed the role of the 28th Signal Officer-in-Chief in July 2022, brings with him experience and expertise in the field of cyber warfare, signal intelligence, and communication and information technology.
4) This bird is the symbol of which country's joint services college? Cormorant
The answer is- UK
Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC) is a British military academic establishment providing training and education to experienced officers of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Ministry of Defence Civil Service, and serving officers of other states.
The college badge features a cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), with crossed swords and an anchor, symbolising all three armed services. In a simpler form, the cormorant was also used as the symbol of the Joint Service Defence College.
5) Who is considered as the father of Indian surgery?
The answer is- Sushruta
Sushruta, or Suśruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, IAST: Suśruta, lit.'well heard') is the listed author of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), a treatise considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda.The translator G. D. Singhal dubbed Suśruta "the father of plastic surgery" on account of these detailed accounts of surgery.
