South Africa have pulled out of the contest to host the 2027 Women's World Cup, citing fears they would have to deliver a "rushed presentation" to FIFA during December.

The deadline for submitting comprehensive plans for the tournament is December 8 and South African officials believe it would be wiser to try and host the following edition in 2031.

The withdrawal of South Africa reduces the 2027 contest to three bids -- joint ones by Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany and Mexico and the United States, and one from Brazil.

A FIFA congress on May 17 2024 will decide which bid succeeds and follows co-hosts Australia and New Zealand in staging the increasingly popular four-yearly tournament.

Spain are the champions having defeated England 1-0 in a final watched by a crowd of 75,784 in Sydney last August.

Q1) Which is the highest waterfall in India?

1. Dudhsagar Falls
2. Jog Falls
3. Palaruvi Falls
4. Meenmutty Falls
5. None of These

Q2) Which is the most literate Union territory in India?

1. Delhi
2. Chandigarh
3. Puducherry
4. Lakshadweep
5. None of These

Q3) Which is the first atomic station in India?

1. Tarapore Power Station
2. Rajasthan Power Station
3. Madras Power Station
4. Narora Power Station
5. None of These

Q4) Which is the highest award in India?

1. Bharat Ratna
2. Padma Vubhushan
3. Padma Bhushan
4. Padma Shri
5. None of These

Q5) Which is the highest award for gallantry in India?

1. Param Vir Chakra
2. Vir Chakra
3. Mahavir Chakra
4. Shaurya Chakra
5. None of These

Answers

1-------------------------2   Jog Falls

2------------------------4    Lakshadweep

3------------------------1   Tarapore Power Station

4-----------------------1    Bharat Ratna

5-------------------------1   Param Vir Chakra

Q1) Which among the following is the oldest insurance company in India?

1. Oriental Life Insurance Company
2. Life Insurance Company of India
3. General Assurance Company of India
4. None of them

Q2) Hindustan Shipyard Limited is located at?

1. Kochi
2. Mumbai
3. Vishakaptnam
4. Chennai

Q3) Which among the following is not a power of RBI?

1. inspection of banks
2. Nationalization of Banks
3. Call of returns
4. Control the lending policies of the banks

Q4) Which among the following is considered an important power of the World Bank?

1. The World Bank has the right to insist on pegged parties
2. The World Bank has the right to float Bonds and use the proceeds for loans
3. The World Bank has the right to buy gold below current Gold prices
4. All are correct

Q5) World Tourism Day is celebrated on which of the following days?

1. September 12
2. September 25
3. September 29
4. September 27

Answers

1----------------------------------------------1   Oriental Life Insurance Company

2----------------------------------------------3   Vishakhapatnam

3----------------------------------------------2   Nationalization of Banks

4------------2   World Bank has the right to float Bonds and use the proceeds for loans

5------------------------------------------------4     September 27

Q1) Name the country that has won the Cricket World Cup for a record-extending sixth time on Nov 19, 2023.

1. India               
2. Australia
3. South Africa
4. Pakistan
5. None of These

Q2) Name India’s first woman Supreme Court judge Justice who died recently.

1. Fathima Beevi
2. Leila Seth
3. Anna Chandy
4. Hima Kohli
5. None of These

Q3) Name the Thai Prime Minister who has said that  12 Thai hostages kidnapped by Palestinian militants during Hamas's October 7 raids into Israel were released on Nov 24, hours after a truce in the Israel-Hamas war began.

1. Prayut Chan-o-cha
2. Pita Limjaroenrat
3. Srettha Thavisin
4. Thaksin Shinawatra
5. None of These

Q4) Who is the head of the International Monetary Fund 2023?

1. Ajay Banga
2. Gita Gopinath
3. Kristalina Georgieva
4. Romy Bowers
5. None of These

Q5) Where is the headquarters of the IMF?

1. Paris
2. Geneva
3. New York
4. Washington, D.C
5. None of These

Answers

1-------------------------2  Australia

2---------------------------1   Fathima Beevi

3---------------------------3  Srettha Thavisin

4---------------------------3 Kristalina Georgieva

5-----------------------------4   Washington, D.C

Q1) Name the tennis player who has defeated Jannik Sinner in straight sets to win a record 7th ATP Finals title.

1. Novak Djokovic
2. Roger Federer
3. Pete Sampras
4. Rafael Nadal
5. None of These                        

Q2) Name the Bangladeshi cricket superstar who has formally entered politics, seeking a nomination from the ruling Bangladesh Awami League to run in the upcoming general election on January 7.

1. Liton Das
2. Tamim Iqbal
3. Shakib Al Hasan
4. Mohammad Rafique
5. None of These            

Q3) Name the state in which India has introduced HPV vaccination to target cervical cancer at the sub-national level in and is planning to increase the scope of the vaccination in other states.

1. Sikkim
2. Assam
3. Gujarat
4. Bihar
5. None of These

Q4) Name the country that has recalled its ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotserkovsky, “for consultations” ahead of a parliamentary vote in the African country to decide the fate of its embassy.

1. Serbia
2. Kosovo
3. North Korea
4. Israel
5. None of These

Q5) Name the Indian cueist who has won the IBSF World Billiards Championship title in Doha.

1. Sourav Kothari
2. Rupesh Shah
3. Pankaj Advani
4. Yasin Merchant
5. None of These

Answers

1-------------------------1   Novak Djokovic

2------------------------3  Shakib Al Hasan

3---------------------------1  Sikkim

4----------------------------4 Israel

5-----------------------------3 Pankaj Advani

Q1) Name the tennis player who has defeated  Jannik Sinner in straight sets to win a record 7th ATP Finals title.

1. Novak Djokovic
2. Roger Federer
3. Pete Sampras
4. Rafael Nadal
5. None of These                        

Q2) Name the Bangladeshi cricket superstar who has formally entered politics, seeking a nomination from the ruling Bangladesh Awami League to run in the upcoming general election on January 7.

1. Liton Das
2. Tamim Iqbal
3. Shakib Al Hasan
4. Mohammad Rafique
5. None of These            

Q3) Name the state in which India has introduced HPV vaccination to target cervical cancer at the sub-national level in and is planning to increase the scope of the vaccination in other states?

1. Sikkim
2. Assam
3. Gujarat
4. Bihar
5. None of These

Q4) Name the country that has recalled its ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotserkovsky, “for consultations” ahead of a parliamentary vote in the African country to decide the fate of the its embassy.

1. Serbia
2. Kosovo
3. North Korea
4. Israel
5. None of These

Q5) Name the Indian cueist who has won the IBSF World Billiards Championship title in Doha.

1. Sourav Kothari
2. Rupesh Shah
3. Pankaj Advani
4. Yasin Merchant
5. None of These

Answers

1---------------------------1   Novak Djokovic

2-------------------------------3  Shakib Al Hasan

3------------------------------1  Sikkim

4------------------------------4 Israel

5-------------------------------3 Pankaj Advani

Q1) Name the country in which dengue cases have crossed the 300,000 mark as the nation grapples with its worst outbreak of the vector-borne disease.

1. Pakistan
2. Nepal
3. Bangladesh
4. Myanmar
5. None of These                        

Q2) Name the  Yemeni rebels who have seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on Nov 19  and took its 25 crew members hostage.

1. Al-Nusra Front
2. Al-Shabaab
3. Hezbollah
4. Houthi
5. None of These                        

Q3) Name the country which on Nov 20  has dismissed as "invalid" Israel's accusations that Yemen's Huthi rebels were acting on Tehran's "guidance" when they seized a Red Sea ship owned by an Israeli businessman?

1. Syria
2. Iran
3. Lebanon
4. Yemen
5. None of These                        

Q4) Name the U.S. Defense Secretary who made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Nov 20  in a high-profile push to keep money and weapons flowing to Ukraine even as U.S. and international resources are stretched by the new global risks raised by the Israel-Hamas conflict.

1. Charlene Austin
2. Lloyd Austin
3. Janet Yellen
4. Mark Milley
5. None of These                        

Q5) What number of companies have been granted approval by the government under the new production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware?

1.  10
2. 18
3. 27
4. 32
5. None of These                        

Answers

1---------------------------------3  Bangladesh

2---------------------------------4   Houthi

3---------------------------------2   Iran

4---------------------------------2  Lloyd Austin

5----------------------------------3   27

Q1) Name the  Lokpal of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Vadodara ( Gujarat ) who has resigned in protest recently , alleging a massive financial scam in the scheme’s implementation.

1. D P Buch
2. IC Bhatt
3. N K Ojha
4. DH Shukla
5. None of These                        

Q2) Name the Germany's interior minister   who has urged Muslim groups in the country to explicitly condemn the deadly October 7 attacks by Hamas against and to voice solidarity with Israel Indore-born ?

1. Nancy Faeser
2. Boris Pistorius
3. Volker Wissing
4. Christian Lindner
5. None of These                        

Q3) Name the entrepreneur and London's Deputy Mayor for Business who  has been selected by the Opposition Labour Party as its parliamentary candidate to contest from the constituency of Leicester East in the next general election ?

1. Rishi Madlani
2. Sadiq Khan
3. Rajesh Agrawal
4. Adam Patel
5. None of These                        

Q4) Name the actor-comic  who has won the International Emmy Award for his stand-up special  in the best comedy series category ?

1. Zakir Khan
2. Kunal Kamara
3. Kapil Sharma
4. Vir Das
5. None of These                        

Q5) The 51st International Emmy Awards Gala was held  in

1. New York
2. London
3. Paris
4. Milan
5. None of These

Answers

1---------------------------------3   N K Ojha

2---------------------------------1  Nancy Faeser

3---------------------------------3   Rajesh Agrawal

4---------------------------------4   Vir Das

5---------------------------------1   New York