Mixed General Knowledge Quiz: India & World

Historical records indicate that ancient Babylonians used a value of 3 for Pi in their calculations of the area of a circle. Archimedes is famous for providing a much more accurate approximation, not for using 3.

Calculate 5% of 0.03: 0.05 * 0.03 = 0.0015. To find what percentage 0.0015 is of 0.05, divide 0.0015 by 0.05: 0.0015 / 0.05 = 0.03. Converting 0.03 to a percentage gives 3%.

Olive Ridley sea turtles are often referred to as living fossils because their evolutionary lineage has remained largely unchanged for millions of years.

The Giant Panda has been the official symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) since the organization's inception in 1961.

The Ladakh region in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (now a separate UT, but historically associated with the region) is famous for being a high-altitude cold desert.

Under the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution, Agriculture and Markets are subjects listed under the State List, meaning state governments have the primary authority to legislate on them.

The three farm acts passed in 2020 were the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce Act, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act. There is no act officially titled 'The Farmer's Protection Act, 2020'.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) signed an agreement with the Union Territory of Ladakh to foster science and technology development in the region.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) amended its citizenship laws to allow investors, specialized professionals, and talented individuals to obtain citizenship, aiming to attract global talent.

The Balaram Yojana is a scheme launched by the Odisha government to provide agricultural credit to landless farmers who are often excluded from formal banking systems.

SWADES (Skilled Workers Arrival Database for Employment Support) was launched to map the skills of returning Indian citizens from abroad during the pandemic to facilitate their employment.

The National Test Abhyas app was launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education) to help students prepare for competitive exams like JEE and NEET.

The Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana is a social security scheme launched by the Haryana government to provide financial assistance to eligible families.

The All India Police Judo Cluster Championship 2019 was hosted in New Delhi.

Former Indian cricketer K. Srikkanth was selected for the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the BCCI for his contributions to Indian cricket.

The 2020 National Ice Hockey Championship was held in Leh, Ladakh.

Flipkart launched a Centre of Excellence to train the workforce for the e-commerce industry, focusing on supply chain and logistics skills.

Researchers at Oxford University used satellite imagery and AI to survey and count African elephants in their natural habitat.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) publishes the annual 'Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India', which provides a comprehensive overview of the banking sector's performance.

Covaxin, India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, was developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).