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Current Affairs MCQs of 15 july 2021
- July 15, 2021
- Posted by: Maya
- Category: Current Affairs Daily Current Affairs
Q.1 Which state will organise the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in February 2022?
a. Haryana
b. Gujarat
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Goa
Q.2 Which of the following state has launched a population policy that aims to incentivise couples who do not have more than two babies?
a. Kerala
b. Jharkhand
c. Odisha
d. Uttar Pradesh
Q.3 Which of the following state has tied up with the National Insurance Company Ltd. for insuring Himalayan Yak?
a. Sikkim
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. West Bengal
Q.4 Who will become the 1st Indian to be a judge of the Gymnastics event in the Tokyo Olympics?
a. Pankaj Mishra
b. Deepak Kabra
c. Prateek Verma
d. Vinod Singh
Q.5 Which state government has launched ‘CM COVID-19 Widows Support Scheme’?
a. Sikkim
b. Assam
c. Tripura
d. Nagaland
Q.6 Who inaugurated the country’s First Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Nagpur?
a. Ram Nath Kovind
b. Nirmala Sitharaman
c. Narendra Modi
d. Nitin Gadkari
Q.7 Jagannath Rath Yatra is observed in which state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Kerala
c. Odisha
d. West Bengal
Q.8 Vinay Prakash is the Grievance Officer for India, for which social media platform?
a. WhatsApp
b. Twitter
c. Facebook
d. Instagram
Q.9 Consider the following statements regarding Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
1.Universal Periodic Review (UPR) involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States.
2.It is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council.
3.It addresses human rights violations wherever they occur.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.10 Which state’s Chief Minister has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of those killed in lightning strikes?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. Bihar
d. Telangana
Answers –
Q.1 a) The state government of Haryana will organise the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in February 2022.
Q.2 d) Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has launched a population policy that aims to incentivise couples who do not have more than two babies.
Q.3 b) National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) in West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh has tied up with the National Insurance Company Ltd. for insuring Himalayan Yak.
Q.4 b) Deepak Kabra will become the 1st Indian to be a judge of the Gymnastics event in the Tokyo Olympics. He was also a member of the Asian Gymnastics Union’s technical committee in 2019.
Q.5 b) The Government of Assam has launched the Chief Minister’s COVID-19 Widows Support Scheme. The newly launched scheme will provide social and financial security to the widows of COVID-19 victims.
Q.6 d) The Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the country’s First Private LNG plant in Nagpur.
Q.7 c)
Q.8 b)
Q.9 d) The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States. The UPR is a State-driven process, under the auspices of the Human Rights Council, which provides the opportunity for each State to declare what actions they have taken to improve the human rights situations in their countries and to fulfil their human rights obligations.
Q.10 b) The Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of those who lost their lives due to lightning strikes in the state.