2361. Where was the historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Leader Kim Jong-Un was held in June 2018?

A. Pyongyang
B. Seoul
C. Singapore
D. Taipei
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The 2018 North Korea – United States Singapore Summit, commonly known as the Singapore Summit, was a summit meeting between North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, held at the Capella Hotel, Sentosa, Singapore, on 12 June, 2018.

2362. Who among the following was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

A. M. A. Ayyangar
B. G. V. Mavalankar
C. Sardar Hukam Singh
D. N. Sanjiva Reddy
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (27 November 1888 – 27 February 1956) popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President (from 1946 to 1947) of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

2363. Who among the following was the Chairman of the 14th finance commission?

A. Shanta Kumar
B. C. Rangarajan
C. Y. V. Reddy
D. None
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The Fourteenth Finance Commission was constituted by the President under Article 280 of the Constitution on 2 January 2013 to make recommendations for the period 2015 – 20. Dr. Y. V. Reddy was appointed the Chairman of the Commission.

2367. Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, who was awarded Nikkei Asia Prize, 2018 for Culture and Community, is the founder of

A. Bachpan Bachao Andolan
B. PRS Legislative Research
C. Sulabh Sanitation and Social Reform Movement
D. Smile Foundation
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, who was awarded Nikkei Asia Prize, 2018 for Culture and Community, is the founder of Sulabh Sanitation and Social Reform Movement.

2368. Consider the following famous names: 1. Amrita Shergil 2. Bikash Bhattacharjee 3. N. S. Bendre 4. Subodh Gupta Who of the above is/are well known as artist(s)?

A. 1 only
B. 1 and 4 only
C. 2, 3 and 4 only
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Amrita Shergil (30 January 1913 – 5 December 1941) was a Hungarian-Indian painter. Bikash Bhattacharjee, N. S. Bendre and Subodh Gupta.

2369. In December 2017, which union minister launched a new startup incubation centre called ‘Centre for Entrepreneurship Oppurtunities and Learning’ in Mangaluru?

A. Manohar Parrikar
B. Arun Jaitley
C. Sushma Swaraj
D. Nirmala Sitharaman
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Defence Minister, launched a new state-of-the-art incubation centre “Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Learning (CEOL)” at Mallikatta in Mangaluru, Karnataka on 29 December, 2017.

2370. Who invented the Centigrade scale?

A. Anders Celsius
B. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
C. William Thomson
D. Wright Brothers
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Anders Celsius, regarded as the founder of Swedish astronomy, is best remembered as the inventor of the Celsius temperature scale (often called the centigrade scale), in which 0°C is the freezing point of water and 100°C is the boiling point.