Answer: A) Alok Kumar Verma Explanation: Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma, Delhi Police Commissioner was appointed as new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. He will have tenure of two years. He was selected by a three-member committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice J S Khehar and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge. He will take over from interim director Rakesh Asthana, who was handed the reins of the premier investigating agency after former director Anil Sinha retired on December 2, 2016.

Answer: B) Amazon Explanation:

Answer: B) France Explanation: France became the first country in the world to use drones for national mail service.

Answer: C) Leaves Explanation: Cactus spines are also known as modified bud scales, which are also called modified leaves.   Cactus spines occur in clusters in the axil of leaves.

Answer: C) Amazon river Explanation: There are No bridges over The Amazon River. The Amazon River, in South America, is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world and the second longest in length after The Nile in Egypt.

Answer: C) Maharashtra Explanation: Maharashtra has become the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgender in the state register as voters in greater numbers.

Answer: B) Nauru Explanation:

Answer: C) Haryana Explanation: Teams of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would inspect the excavation being carried out at an archaeological site in Haryana’s Fatehabad district to verify claims of it being the oldest civilisation in the world. Archaeologists have recovered artefacts pre-dating the Harappan Civilisation from the site, located in village Kunal in Fatehabad district.