Q.1 According to Researchers from McGill University, which fish can adapt to extreme climatic changes?
a. Two-Spined Stickleback Fish
b. Three-Spined Stickleback Fish
c. Four-Spined Stickleback Fish
d. All of the above
Q.2 Which technique should be used in the Tokyo Olympics by The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for doping tests?
a. DBS Technique
b. DSB Technique
c. DCS Technique
d. DMB
Q.3 Who among these is the noted environmentalist and the leader of the Chipko Movement, who has passed away at 94?
a. Mohan Dharia
b. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
c. Mike Pandey
d. Sunderlal Bahuguna
Q.4 DIPCOVAN is a COVID-19 antibody detection kit, launched by which organisation?
a. DRDO
b. ICMR
c. IIT Madras
d. Indian Navy
Q.5 HY-2D is a new ocean-monitoring satellite launched by which country to detect early warning on marine disasters?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Russia
d. Israel
Q.6 Which destroyer of Indian Navy has been recently decommissioned?
a. INS Vikrant
b. INS Kalki
c. INS Baaz
d. INS Rajput
Q.7 What is the rank of India in the 57th EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) for 2020?
a. First
b. Fourth
c. Second
d. Third
Q.8 Which state has approved the formation of the Legislative Council?
a. Rajasthan
b. West Bengal
c. Maharashtra
d. Gujarat
Q.9 Who has won the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize?
a. Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman
b. Robert Langer and Linus Torvalds
c. Tim Berners-Lee and Tuomo Suntola
d. Richard Friend and Shinya Yamanaka
Q.10 Who has been elected as the President of the Central Tibetan Administration?
a. Penpa Tsering
b. Lu Sen Alang
c. Shi Xinping
d. Wang Zei
Answers –
Q.1 b)
Q.2 a)
Q.3 d) Noted environmentalist and Gandhian activist, Sunderlal Bahuguna, who was the leader of the Chipko Movement, has passed away due to COVID-19 complications.
Q.4 a) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a COVID-19 antibody detection kit called DIPCOVAN.
Q.5 a) China successfully launched a new ocean-monitoring satellite Haiyang-2D (HY-2D) into orbit on May 19, 2021, on a Long March-4B rocket, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China.
Q.6 d) Indian Navy’s INS Rajput has been recently decommissioned after 41 years of service. It is a Kashin-class destroyer built by the USSR and was the 1st destroyer of India.
Q.7 d) India’s renewable energy sector has been placed at the third position in the 57th EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index released by consultancy firm Ernst & Young.
Q.8 b) The West Bengal cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has approved the formation of the Legislative Council.
Q.9 a) The British-Indian Chemist Shankar Balasubramanian along with his colleague David Klenerman from the Cambridge University have been declared the winners of the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize.
Q.10 a) The former speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Penpa Tsering has been elected as the President of the Central Tibetan Administration.