Q.1 Recently ITBP named a mountain in Eastern as ‘Norbu Wangdu Peak’.What is the height of the mountain?
a. 4500 m
b. 5000 m
c. 5500 m
d. 6000 m
Q.2 India with which other country is exploring the possibility of cooperation in the outer space domain?
a. UK
b. china
c. USA
d. France
Q.3 Who was Crowned Bundi Rajput’s New King recently?
a. Bhupesh Singh Hada
b. Raja Bahadur Singh
c. Shrestha Rajput
d. Sher Shah
Q.4 Which country successfully launched Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo System (SMAT) ?
a. Pakistan
b. India
c. France
d. China
Q.5 Which state government signed LoU with UNDP to improve employment opportunities for youth?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Madhya Pradesh
Q.6 NITI Aayog in partnership with which company launched Convoke 2021-22?
a. Aryan Foundation
b. Aasha Groups
c. Espieing Foundation
d. Bharti Foundation
Q.7 Which country became first country to transition to 4-and-half day work week?
a. France
b. UAE
c. South Sudan
d. Japan
Q.8 What is the rank of India in World Talent Ranking report 2021?
a. 56th
b. 66th
c. 47th
d. 49th
Q.9 Who received the 10th annual Dr. Ida S. Scudder Humanitarian Oration award?
a. Gita Gopinath
b. Indra Nooyi
c. Ratan Tata
d. Aziz Premji
Q.10 What is the rank of India in Global Health Security (GHS) Index 2021?
a. 66th
b. 51st
c. 55th
d. 67th
Answers –
Q.1 d) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Ladakh Police successfully completed the scaling of two unnamed 6,000-meter height mountains in Eastern Ladakh.
Q.2 a) India and the UK explored the possibility of cooperation in the outer space domain. The two sides exchanged views over it under the framework of India-UK Space Consultations.
Q.3 a) Brigadier Bhupesh Singh Hada, a National Security Guard commander and a recipient of several army medals, was crowned the 26th ‘king of Bundi’, a nomination opposed by the royal successor family.
Q.4 b) India successfully launched Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo System (SMAT) from Abdul Kalam island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast, the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) said.
Q.5 b) The Karnataka Department of Youth Empowerment & Sports has signed a Letter of Understanding with UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) as part of the state-level initiative ‘Code-Unnati’ with the aim of improving access to entrepreneurship and employment opportunities among the youth, including women.
Q.6 d) NITI Aayog in partnership with Bharti Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Bharti Enterprises, launched Convoke 2021-22.
Q.7 b) The United Arab Emirates announced to change its existing five-day workweek to a four-and-a-half day starting January 1, becoming the world’s first country to make the employee-friendly transition as part of its efforts to improve productivity and work-life balance.
Q.8 a) The World Competitive Center of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) has released its “World Talent Ranking Report 2021.”
According to the report, Europe continues to dominate the rankings for 2021. The top ten countries are included in the ‘World Talent Ranking 2021’ from Europe.
Q.9 d)
Q.10 a) As per the Global Health Security (GHS) Index 2021, the world’s average overall GHS Index score was reduced to 38.9 (out of 100) in 2021, from a score of 40.2 in the GHS Index, 2019. GHS Index is developed in partnership with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.