Q.1 Which country has unveiled the world’s largest hydrogen fuel cell power plant?
a. South Korea
b. Germany
c. Singapore
d. Israel
Q.2 The Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) is marked on which date in India?
a. October 28
b. October 31
c. October 29
d. October 30
Q.3 What is the name given to India’s First Manned Ocean Mission?
a. Sagaryan
b. Samudraya
c. Neernidhi
d. Sindhu Yan
Q.4 India’s biggest aromatic garden has been inaugurated in which place?
a. Jaipur
b. Pune
c. Nainital
d. Gurgaon
Q.5 As per the ‘Digital 2021: October Global Snapshot”, what is the world’s population that uses a mobile phone?
a. 45%
b. 65%
c. 50%
d. 52%
Q.6 MeitY Startup Hub has partnered with which company to launch the ‘Appscale Academy’ Programme?
a. Google
b. Intel
c. IBM
d. Infosys
Q.7 Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve, which was seen in the news is located in which state?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Gujarat
Q.8 Which state has topped the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2020?
a. Maharashtra
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Karnataka
Q.9 Which state became India’s 1st state to pass its own Wildlife Action Plan 2021-30?
a. Jharkhand
b. Chhattisgarh
c. West Bengal
d. Maharashtra
Q.10 What is the rank of India according to the report ‘Five years on: Global climate tech investment trends since the Paris Agreement’?
a. 7th
b. 6th
c. 8th
d. 9th
Answers –
Q.1 a) The world’s largest hydrogen fuel cell power plant has been inaugurated at Seo-gu, Incheon in South Korea.
Q.2 b)
Q.3 b) The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh officially launched India’s First Manned Ocean Mission called the “Samudrayan project” at Chennai.
Q.4 c) The biggest aromatic garden of India has been unveiled at Lalkuan in Nainital district of Uttrakhand.
Q.5 b) Research firm We Are Social released a report titled ‘Digital 2021: October Global Snapshot”. As per the report, more than 65% of the world’s population now uses a mobile phone.
Q.6 a) MeitY Startup Hub, an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Google partnered to launch ‘Appscale Academy’, a growth and development programme, to train early to mid-stage startups across India.
Q.7 c) Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve includes a chain of islands and adjoining coral reefs off the coasts, located in Tamil Nadu.
Q.8 d) Karnataka state has topped the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) 2020.
Q.9 d) During the 17th meeting of the State Board for Wildlife (SBWL), the government of Maharashtra approved its own Wildlife Action Plan (2021-2030), which will be implemented over the next 10 years.
Q.10 d) India ranks 9th in the list of top 10 countries for climate technology investment over the past five years.