XAT 2017 GK Updates
Read the most important GK notes for the preparation of XAT 2017 examination. Ths article consists some very important points for the GK preparation for XAT 2017 examination.
(1) Name the constellation of eight mini-satellites launched by Nasa to improve the weather forecasting?
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS)
(2) Name the country which has launched its first fully-owned overseas satellite ground station near the North Pole enabling it to collect satellite data anywhere on the Earth at fastest speed in the world?
China
(3) Name a new term which has been added to its list by Oxford English Dictionary?
Brexit
(4) Which country has accorded world heritage status by UN cultural body UNESCO?
Rio de Janeiro
(5) On what position has Narendra Modi been ranked in the world’s most powerful people list released by the Forbes Magazine
Ninth
(6) Name the weather satellite been launched by China recently?
Fengyun-4
(7) Name the spacecraft that will deliver a large magnetic tether, a space junk collector technology into orbit launched by Japan's space agency JAXA?
Kounotori 6 (HTV-6)
(8) Which language has been ranked as the most powerful language in the world according to the 2016 World Power Language Index (PLI)?
English
(9) Which country hosted the golden jubilee (50th anniversary) celebrations of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)?
India (In New Delhi)
(10) Who has been appointed as Pakistan’s new army chief (or Chief of Army Staff, COAS)?
Lt. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa
(11) When is The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVAW) observed?
25th November
(12) Who has been named as the US ambassador to UN?
Nikki Haley
(13) What name has been given to a new 'Super Earth' type exoplanet (discovered recently) orbiting a very bright star near to our sun?
GJ 536b
(14) When is the World toilet Day celebrated?
November 19
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