Q.1 Who has been appointed as the new secretary-general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries?
a. Abdul Rahman al-Bazzaz
b. Ashraf T. Lutfi
c. Haitham Al Ghais
d. Fuad Rouhani
Q.2 Which state government has announced an increase in the retirement age of state government employees from 60 years to 62 years?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Uttar Pradesh
Q.3 Which countries President has signed a law prohibiting Child Marriage?
a. UK
b. Philippines
c. UAE
d. USA
Q.4 ‘Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)’ is located in which country?
a. Australia
b. Chile
c. USA
d. Russia
Q.5 PM Modi has inaugurated a new campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in which city?
a. Hyderabad
b. Kolkata
c. Patna
d. Lucknow
Q.6 The UN World Food Programme in India has partnered with which organisation to enhance the effectiveness of the PM-POSHAN scheme?
a. Goonj
b. Reliance Foundation
c. The Akshaya Patra Foundation
d. Pratham
Q.7 Which of the following launched Suicide Bomber Army?
a. Taliban
b. ISIS
c. Al-Qaida
d. Boko Haram
Q.8 ‘Khuntkatti’ law, which was seen in the news, is practised in which Indian state/UT?
a. Jharkhand
b. Punjab
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Chhattisgarh
Q.9 Who has been appointed as the new Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
a. Essya Hanachi
b. Michael Furlani
c. Zhang Ming
d. Javier Evans
Q.10 Which of the following states has been named as the host for the National Youth Festival 2022?
a. Jammu & Kashmir
b. Kerala
c. Puducherry
d. Chhattisgarh
Answers-
Q.1 c) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has appointed Kuwaiti oil executive Haitham Al Ghais as its new secretary-general, as oil demand continues to improve amid a mild recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Q.2 a)
Q.3 b)
Q.4 b) A team of scientists used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to observe a newborn star (protostar) in the WB89-789 region.
Q.5 b) Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata, at Newtown, near Rajarhat.
Q.6 c) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in India has partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to enhance the effectiveness of the Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman scheme.
Q.7 a)
Q.8 a) A man was beaten by some villagers for allegedly cutting off trees illegally and selling them. The man was burned alive in front of police, for violating the ‘Khuntkatti’ law practised in Jharkhand.
Q.9 c) Veteran Chinese diplomat Zhang Ming has taken over as the new Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Q.10 c) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has chosen Puducherry as the host for the National Youth Festival 2022.