Q.1 Who has been named as the AIFF Women’s Footballer of the Year 2020-21?
a. Sabitra Bhandari
b. Bala Devi
c. Anju Tamang
d. Manisha Kalya
Q.2 Folk music legend and freedom fighter Fakir Alamgir who passed away recently hailed from which country?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Bangladesh
d. Saudi Arabia
Q.3 Ramappa Temple has become the 39th Indian site to be inscribed in UNESCO’s World Heritage List. It is located in which state?
a. Telangana
b. Karnataka
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Kerala
Q.4 Which country is set to build the world’s first clean commercial nuclear reactor?
a. US
b. China
c. Russia
d. Japan
Q.5 Corteva Agriscience is to promote sustainable rice farming on 40,000 acres in which state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Bihar
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Jharkhand
Q.6 Which one released the report “Renewables Integration in India 2021”?
a. DRDO
b. IEA
c. Niti Aayog
d. Both B and C
Q.7 Sunseap Group’s floating solar farm will be located in which country?
a. Indonesia
b. Germany
c. Jakarta
d. USA
Q.8 NASA selects which space agency for the Europa clipper mission?
a. ISRO
b. SpaceX
c. DRDO
d. ESA
Q.9 APEDA has collaborated with which state to enhance farmers’ income?
a. Haryana
b. Uttarakhand
c. Ladakh
d. West Bengal
Q.10 Which of the following state’s cabinets has recently approved the state’s youth policy 2021?
a. Kerala
b. Gujarat
c. Punjab
d. Meghalaya
Answers –
Q.1 b) India women’s forward Bala Devi has been named as the AIFF Women’s Footballer of the Year 2020-21, with young gun Manisha Kalyan winning the AIFF Women’s Emerging Footballer of the Year 2020-21 Award.
Q.2 c) Folk music legend and freedom fighter Fakir Alamgir passed away in Dhaka. He was suffering from Coronavirus infection and suffered a heart attack.
Q.3 a) The Kakatiya Rudreshwara Temple, popularly known as Ramappa Temple at Palampet, Warangal, Telangana was inscribed in UNESCO’s World Heritage List on July 25, 2021 during the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee in Fuzhou, China. The temple has become the 39th site in India to gain the prestigious tag.
Q.4 b) China has unveiled plans to build the first-of-its-kind clean commercial nuclear reactor that will not require water for cooling and is expected to be safer than traditional reactors. The molten-salt nuclear reactor will run on liquid thorium rather than uranium.
Q.5 a) A global agricultural company, announced on Thursday that it has inked a three-year project with the World Bank Group’s 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG) to promote sustainable rice farming on 40,000 acres in Uttar Pradesh.
Q.6 d)
Q.7 a) Sunseap Group’s floating solar farm will be located on the Duriangkang Reservoir in Batam Island, Indonesia spanning around 1,600 hectares. It will be the largest solar floating farm in the world.
Q.8 b) NASA selects SpaceX for the Europa clipper mission. It will be earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Q.9 c) In a bid to boost exports of agricultural produce from Ladakh and enhance farmers’ incomes, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, or Apeda, has decided to promote and brand organic items from the region.
Q.10 d) The Meghalaya cabinet has recently approved the Meghalaya Youth Policy 2021. The aim of which is to create a sector for the youth to achieve their full potential and become efficient, responsible, creative and empowered members of the state. This policy has been formulated by the Sports and Youth Affairs Department.