Goa GK Questions

[A] Jharkhand

Notes:

Jharkhand will be the partner state at the Goa International Film Festival (GIFF-2018), which is scheduled to be held from the 20th to 28th of November. The decision was taken recently in the meeting between the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Mr. Amit Khare and the Chief Secretary of Jharkhand, Sudhir Tripathy at Ranchi. This will allow Jharkhand to showcase its culture and favorable film-making incentives announced by the state government. It was decided to open a community radio station in every district of Jharkhand. It was also decided to organize Jharkhand Film Festival (JFF), under Indian Panorama, in two towns of Jharkhand in the first month of next year.

[C] Ghumot

Notes:

Ghumot, Goa’s indigenous traditional percussion instrument made from an earthen vessel, will be notified as a heritage musical instrument of Goa. The instrument was banned due to the use of the skin of the endangered monitor lizard for the drum membrane. In recent years, ghumot makers have started using goat skin instead. The ban applies to the use of any animal listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972, and the goat is not one of them. The Ghumot is part of the religious and folk music of both Hindus and Christians in Goa. It is an essential instrument for the Ganesh festival, during arti and in the Suvari Vadan orchestra that performs at Goan temples during spring. Ghumot is part of the Mando, a musical form of the Goan Catholics that combines elements of both Indian and Western music. It is also part of the Zagor folk dance and Dulpod.

[C] Just Fontaine

Notes:

Just Fontaine of France holds the record for the most goals scored in a single World Cup. All his 13 goals were scored in the 1958 tournament.

[C] 169

Notes:

The 2018 FIFA World Cup was held in Russia from 14 June to 15 July. 64 matches were played in all. The total number of goals scored was 169 which makes it nearly 2.64 goals per match.

[C] Alan Shearer

Notes:

Alan Shearer is a striker in the top level of EPL for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and the English National Team. He has scored a record 260 goals in the EPL with a record of 11 EPL hat-tricks.

[A] Mandovi

Notes:

The Mandovi River, also known as Mahadayi or Mhadei River, is described as the lifeline of the Indian state of Goa. The Mandovi and the Zuari are the two primary rivers in the state of Goa. Mandovi joins with the Zuari at a common creek at Cabo Aguada, forming the Mormugao harbor.

[A] 1, 2 and 3 are correctly matched.

Notes:

The Ninety-fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Ninety-fifth Amendment) Act, 2009, extended the period of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and representation of the Anglo-Indians in the Lok Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies.

[B] Jamnapari

Notes:

Jamnapari is the most popular breed for commercial goat farming in India. It is also the highest milk-producing breed of goat in India It is mostly found in Uttar Pradesh.

[B] Hasrat Mohani

Notes:

Hasrat Mohani was an Indian activist, Freedom Fighter in the Indian independence movement, founder and leader of the Indian Communist Party and a noted poet of the Urdu language. He coined the notable slogan Inquilab Zindabad in 1921.

[D] Indian Coast Guard

Notes:

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has recently conducted a 2-day rescue exercise, the Regional Level Search and Rescue Workshop and Exercise 2019 (ReSAREX- 19) off Goa shore, Panaji. The event was organized by the Coast Guard District Headquarters-11 (Goa) and comprised search and rescue workshops with tabletop exercises.