Q.1 Which nation is hosting the G7 Summit 2021?
a. UK
b. France
c. US
d. Italy
Q.2 Which university has topped in the QS World University Rankings 2022?
a. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
b. Howard University
c. Oxford University
d. Cambridge University
Q.3 Which city has been selected as the host city for the inaugural Hockey5s World Cup, to be held in January 2024?
a Dubai
b. Athens
c. Rome
d. Muscat
Q.4 Which state/UT’s village has become India’s first to achieve 100 percent vaccination of adults?
a. Kerala
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Puducherry
d. Telangana
Q.5 The Indian Navy is set to receive the first batch of three MH-60 Romeo helicopters from which country?
a. France
b. Russia
c. Israel
d. United States
Q.6 Where will be India’s first international maritime services cluster setting up?
a. Gujarat
b. Maharashtra
c. New Delhi
d. Bengaluru
Q.7 Who has released an E-booklet titled ’20 Reforms in 2020?
a. Narendra Modi
b. Rajnath Singh
c. Amit Shah
d. Nirmala Sitharaman
Q.8 Which organization has launched ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan’ in collaboration with Piramal Foundation?
a. RBI
b. SEBI
c. NITI Aayog
d. NABARD
Q.9 Which state has announced “Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme” and Oxy Van (Oxygen Forests)?
a. Gujarat
b. Haryana
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Uttrakhand
Q.10 What is the name of a new global database launched by Interpol to identify missing persons?
a. I-Family
b. We-Familia
c. I-Familia
d. None of the above
Answers –
Q.1 a) The G7 Summit 2021 will be hosted by the United Kingdom at Carbis Bay in Cornwall from June 11-13, 2021. The UK has taken over the Presidency of the Group of Seven nations (G7) this year and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson took the opportunity to invite leading democracies to help the world fight and then build back better from COVID-19.
Q.2 a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology has topped in the QS World University Rankings 2022. A total of 8 universities from India have also been included in the list of the top 400 universities of the world.
Q.3 d) Muscat, the capital city of Oman has been picked as the host city for the inaugural Hockey5s World Cups (Men and Women) by the FIH.
Q.4 b) Weyan village in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir has become the first village in India to achieve 100 per cent vaccination of eligible adults against COVID-19.
Q.5 d) The USA is set to hand over three out of 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters to the Indian Naval Force in July 2022.
Q.6 a) Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) will be setting up India’s first international maritime services cluster at GIFT City in Gujarat.
Q.7 b)
Q.8 c) NITI Aayog, government’s policy think tank and Piramal Foundation launched Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaanin in 112 Aspirational Districts to assist district administrations in providing home-care support to Covid-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
Q.9 b)
Q.10 c) The Interpol has launched a new global database named “I-Familia” to identify missing persons through family DNA and help the police solve cold cases in member countries.