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1.The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) dictionary mentions its first use in the Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine in 1858 and in the 1885 Gazetteer Bombay Presidency.
This word (Hindi for underpants) has found recognition in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its latest edition. Give me the word.

2.Which Padma Awardee former Indian Cricketer & Captain of a popular IPL team has joined BJP recently?

3.Which city has been ranked Asia’s cheapest city in the latest ‘Worldwide Cost of Living Survey’ by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

4. Vodafone Idea and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) have teamed with which OTT Player?

5. Which woman athlete from Odisha bagged two Golds 100m, 200m sprint in the 23rd Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship?

6. Who are these two Lyricists indicated that they are in no way involved with the movie “PM Narendra Modi”, the upcoming biopic of Prime Minister?

7. In a battle of Ex-Bureaucrats in upcoming elections 2019 in Odisha, an Odia origin former Mumbai police commissioner is also in the fray? Name him.

8.Which premier technical institute has been rapped by the Comptroller-cum-Auditor General (CAG) for gross irregularities in recruitment and promotions in various departments including financial burden running over a crore?

9. When do we celebrate Pakhala Dibas every year?

10. Which Odia martyr was conferred with the Kirti Chakra, the second highest peacetime gallantry medal recently?

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Answers to the Last Week’s Sunday Quiz(17th March,2019)

1.The Supreme Court recently set aside the life ban imposed on a former Indian cricketer by disciplinary committee of the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI)
for his alleged involvement in the spot-fixing scandal during the 2013 IPL.Name the cricketer.

Ans: S Shreeshnath

2.In Which city in New Zealand the unfortunate terrorist attack & gun fire in two mosques took place killing more than 49 people last week,the Bangladeshi Cricket Team
players had a miraculous escape however.

Ans: Christchurch

3.Which aircraft is grounded by more than 50 countries across the globe following the fatal accident of an Ethiopian airline,killing 159 passengers onboard due to the security,safety scare?

Ans: Boeing 737 Max

4.Which nation has blocked a proposal at the United Nation to designate JeM founder Masood Azhar as a global terrorist supporting him fifth time?

Ans: China

5.Which political party is going to field 40.5 per cent women candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls?

Ans: TMC

6.Which Brand faced ire of agitated people for sharing the same last name as Surf Excel detergent.People have rated the popular spreadsheet app negative thinking it to be the Unilever brand
on Play Store bringing the overall rating down?

Ans: Microsoft Excel

7. Which company,the maker of the world’s largest selling electric cars launched the Model Y, a compact SUV?

Ans: TESLA

8. Which former BJD leader & popular MLA from Paradeep recently joined BJP?

Ans: Damodar Rout

9. Which Odia IRS officer has been unanimously elected chairman of Enforcement Committee of World Customs Organization (WCO)?(He is the first
Indian customs officer to be elected to this position)

Ans: Debi Prasad Dash

10.What amount of the annual Budget is approved for 2019-20 at a meeting of the Jaganaath Temple Managing Committee?

Ans: 102 Crore

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