Q.1 Which state/ UT will host the first edition of The Himalayan Film Festival 2021?
a. Ladakh
b. Haryana
c. Jharkhand
d. Kerala
Q.2 Which hospital has become the first hospital in India to house a fire station inside the hospital premises?
a. RML Hospital
b. AIIMS Delhi
c. ESIC Delhi
d. FIIMS
Q.3 Justice Ayesha Malik became the first woman chief justice of which country?
a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Canada
d. UAE
Q.4 Where was the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank inaugurated?
a. West Bengal
b. Odisha
c. Karnataka
d. New Delhi
Q.5 Who is the author of the book titled ‘Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis’?
a. Kunal Verma
b. Jaideep Hardikar
c. Roshan Lal
d. Shourabh Chatterjee
Q.6 Which national park became the first national park in the country to equip its forest guards with satellite phones as an anti-poaching measure?
a. Pench National Park
b. Keoladeo National Park
c. Ranthambore National Park
d. Kaziranga National Park
Q.7 Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary situated where has been included in the Ramsar list as wetlands of international importance?
a. Jhajjar
b. Rohtak
c. Rewari
d. Sonipat
Q.8 On India’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of which mission?
a. National Hydrogen Mission
b. National Oxygen Mission
c. National Carbon Mission
d. National Methane Mission
Q.9 When is World Humanitarian Day 2021?
a. August 18th
b. August 19th
c. August 20th
d. August 21st
Q.10 US Congress will posthumously award the Gold Medal to which Indian freedom fighter?
a. Subhas Chandra Bose
b. BR Ambedkar
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Answers –
Q.1 a) The union territory of Ladakh will host the first edition of The Himalayan Film Festival 2021 (THFF) from September 24 to 28 in Leh capital city.
Q.2 b) The All-India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi, has become the first hospital in India to house a fire station inside the hospital premises.
Q.3 a) Justice Ayesha Malik became the first woman chief justice of Pakistan after outgoing CJP Mushir Alam recommended her for the elevation in the Supreme court.
Q.4 d) Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa in New Delhi.
Q.5 b)
Q.6 d) The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP &TR) of Assam, globally feted for being a sanctuary to the one-horned rhino, has become the first national park in the country to equip its forest guards with satellite phones as an anti-poaching measure. BSNL will be the service provider and the park authorities will bear the monthly expenses.
Q.7 a) For the first time, two wetlands in Haryana – Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon and Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary in Jhajjar – have been included in the Ramsar list.Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary and Vadhvana Wetland in Gujarat have also been included in the list.
Q.8 a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the National Hydrogen Mission (NHM) on India’s 75th Independence Day, saying that the aim is to make the country a global hub for the production and export of green hydrogen.
Q.9 b)
Q.10 d) Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney from New York on Friday 13, 2021, reintroduced legislation in the US House of Representatives to posthumously award the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his ways and contributions through non-violence and peace.