National Basketball Association (NBA) headquarters

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Question1 Where is National Basketball Association (NBA) headquarters?
नेशनल बास्केटबॉल असोसिएशन का मुख्यालय कहाँ है ?
A) Mexico
B) New York
C) London
D) Washington
Answer: New York
Address: Olympic Tower Associates, 645 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States

Question 2 In which year, National Basketball Association (NBA) was founded?
नेशनल बास्केटबॉल असोसिएशन की स्थापना किस वर्ष में हुई ?
A) 1937
B) 1949
C) 1946
D) 1947
Answer : 1946
Foundation date : 6 June 1946

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full form of NBL

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Question 1: What is the full form of NBL in basketball domain?
A> Night Basketball Lamp
B> National Basketball League
C> National Batton League
D> National Best League
Answer: National Basketball League
Explanation: NBL has been a major league founded in United States which later merged with BAA to form NBA.

Question 2: When was National Basketball League was founded?
A> 1949
B> 1941
C>1935
D>1937
Answer: 1937
Explanation NBL was founded in United States in year 1937.

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What is the full form of NBA in NBA League?

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Question 1 What is the fullform of NBA in NBA League?
NBA का पूर्णरूप क्या है ?
A> National Badminton Association
B> National Basketball Association
C> National Bat Architecture
D> Night Batting Armour
Answer: National Basketball Association
Explanation NBA is headquartered in New York.

Question 2: What does BAA stands for in area of Basketball?
बास्केटबॉल के क्षेत्र में BAA किसके लिए प्रयोग होता है ?
A> Basketball Area of America
B> Basketball Association of America
C> Basketball Academy of America
D> Basketball Association and Academy
Answer: Basketball Association of America
Explanation: Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946. BAA and NBL combined to form NBA.

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First Indian to be drafted in NBA League

Post 166 First Indian to be drafted in NBA League पहला भारतीय जो एन बी ए में बास्केटबॉल  खेलेगा

Image: Satnam Singh Indian selected in 2015 NBA Draft

Satnam Singh, 7'2" who was born in Punjab created the history on 26 June 2015 by becoming first Indian to be drafted into the NBA League. He will play for the Dallas Mavericks. Satnam is first person who was born in India and then got selected in NBA draft. From the age of 12 he was practising in government academy in India and after two years he moved to Florida. There he spent five years in IMG academy.


Although Canada born Gursimran Bhullar aka Sim Bhullar is the first player of Indian origin to play in the US-based league. In this case Bhullar's parents migrated to Canada. So Sim was born in Canada only but the origin was India.

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Maharashtra GK in Hindi and English

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 Maharashtra General Knowledge (GK) in Hindi and English महाराष्ट्र सामान्य ज्ञान

महाराष्ट्र हमारे देश भारत के पश्चिमी भाग का एक राज्य है। आइए हमारे साथ जानते हैं महाराष्ट्र राज्य के बारे में कुछ ऐसे तथ्य जो अक्सर exams में पूछ लिये जाते हैं।

• महाराष्ट्र की राजधानी (capital) मुंबई (Mumbai) है जो कि राज्य का सबसे बड़ा शहर भी है 
• जनसँख्या के अनुसार महाराष्ट्र भारत के राज्यों में दुसरे स्थान पर आता है। 
• महाराष्ट्र में इस समय कुल 36 जिले (districts ) हैं। 
• यहाँ की राजकीय औपचारिक भाषा (official language) मराठी (Marathi) है। 
• महाराष्ट्र का गठन 01 मई 1960 (May 1960 ) को हुआ था। 

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Uttar Pradesh (UP) (state tree, state flower) state symbols

Post 164 Uttar Pradesh (UP)  (state tree, state flower) state symbols

Question1 Choose from the following the name of state tree of Uttar Pradesh -
निम्न में से उत्तर प्रदेश का राज्य वृक्ष कौनसा है ?
A> Neem
B> Bamboo
C> Ashoka
D> Peepal
Answer: Ashoka Tree.
Explanation: Ashoka ( अशोका ) is the state tree of UP.

Question 2 Name the state flower of UP.
यूपी के राज्य पुष्प का नाम बताओ।
A> Palash
B> Marygold
C> Lotus
D> Rose
Answer: Palash (पलाश )
Explanation : Scientific name of Palash is Butea monosperma.

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Knowing Kapil Dev

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Kapil Dev is a former Indian cricketer who captained Indian cricket team winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup. His full name is Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj. He was born on 06 January 1959 in Chandigarh, Haryana, India. He is a right handed batsman and uses Right arm fast bowling style. Kapil Dev was named the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002 by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He has been all rounder.

Image: Kapil Dev at Equation Sports Auction

Dates Which are remembered:

Test debut date: 16 October 1978 vs Pakistan
Last Test date: 19 March 1994 vs New Zealand
ODI debut date: 1 October 1978 vs Pakistan
Last ODI date: 17 October 1994 vs West Indies

Kapil Dev has also been coach of Indian Criket team for 10 months during October 1999 and August 2000. In Haryana Criket Team he was also nicknamed as The Haryana Hurricane. He was given the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by Indian Territorial Army.
His awards include Arjuna Award, Padma Shri,Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1983, Padma Bhushan,Wisden Cricketer of the Century in 2002, ICC Criket Hall of Fame in 2010 and many more.

Total Runs of Kapil Dev in Tests: 5248
Total Runs of Kapil Dev in ODIs: 3783
Total Wickets taken in Tests: 434 out of 131 Matches
Total Wickets taken in ODIs: 253 out of 225 Matches

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Squash Rackets Federation of India

Post 162 Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI)

Question 1: On 21 June 2015, Who of the following was elected as President of Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI)?
21 जून 2015 को निम्न में से कौन स्क्वाश रैकेट्स फेडरेशन ऑफ़ इंडिया का अध्य्क्ष चुना गया ?
A> Shyam Sundar
B> J M Fernando
C> Pankaj Advani
D> Debendranath Sarangi
Answer: Debendranath Sarangi

Question 2 Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) is headquartered in
स्क्वाश रैकेट्स फेडरेशन ऑफ़ इंडिया का मुख्यालय (Mukhyalaya) निम्न में से किस जगह है ?
A> Jaipur
B> Bangalore
C> Chennai
D> Delhi
Answer: Chennai

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