Answer: B) Africa Explanation: The Sahara is the largest non-polar desert in the world. The Sahara is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic. The desert covers large sections of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Western Sahara, Sudan and Tunisia. It covers 9 million square kilometers (3,500,000 sq mi), amounting to 31% of Africa. Its borders include the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Red Sea to the east.

Answer: B) Dry Ice Explanation: Dry ice or Cardice is the solid form of Carbon dioxide.   1. It has an advantage of lower temperature than the water ice and doesn't leave any residue.   2. The reason why it is called as Dry ice is because unlike the normal ice, it won't melt into liquid form. It directly evaporates into the air as gas. That is Solid to gas form passing through liquid state is a phenomenon called as Sublimation.   3. The primary use of dry ice is as cooling agent.

Answer: B) Chennai or Madras Explanation: Chennai port is known for its Coastal breakwater, artificial, large seaport type of harbor. Chennai Port, formerly known as Madras Port, is the second largest container port of India, behind the Nhava Sheva Port, and the largest port in the Bay of Bengal. It is the third oldest port among the 13 major ports of India

Answer: C) Football Explanation: Merdeka cup is associated with Football in Indonesia.

Answer: D) Odisha Explanation: 12 year old Padmalaya Nanda from Odisha has created history by becoming the youngest girl to bag the two "Little Miss Universe Internet 2017" and "Little Miss Actress" crowns at the 'Little Miss Universe-2017' at port city of Batumi in Georgia. Padmalaya Nanda, who studies in the 8th standard at a school in Cuttack, Odisha, bagged the crowns at the finale of the little Universe 2017, held at port city of Batumi in Georgia on June 4, 2017.

Answer: B) China Explanation: China has been by far the biggest coal producing country over the last three decades. The country produced about 3.6 billion tonnes (Bt) of coal in 2012 accounting for over 47% of the world's total coal output.

Answer: D) Vistadome coach train Explanation: Vistadome coach train flagged off in April 2017 is routed between Visakhapatnam to Araku valley station.

Answer: C) 20th March Explanation: The International Day of Happiness (known as Happiness Day) is celebrated throughout the world on the 20th of March. The International Day of Happiness was founded on June 28, 2012, by the United Nations General Assembly when all 193 member states unanimously adopted UN resolution 66/281. It was celebrated for the first time in 2013.