Q.1 ISRO is scheduled to launch its first uncrewed mission in which month this year?
a. December 2021
b. September 2021
c. October 2021
d. November 2021
Q.2 Asia’s longest high-speed track for automobiles has been inaugurated in which Indian city?
a. Delhi
b. Ahmedabad
c. Telangana
d. Indore
Q.3 The National Statistics Day is observed by the Government of India on which day?
a. 28 June
b. 29 June
c. 27 June
d. 30 June
Q.4 Who is the author of the book titled ‘Fiercely Female: The Dutee Chand Story’ ?
a. Anjana Om Kashyap
b. Raj Kanwar
c. Brahm Kanchibhotla
d. Sundeep Misra
Q.5 Name the Indian journalist who has recently won Japan’s Fukuoka Grand Prize for 2021?
a. Prabhat Patnaik
b. Jayati Ghosh
c. Palagummi Sainath
d. Praveen Swami
Q.6 Who has initiated the trials of advanced stealth SWiFT drones?
a. DRDO
b. DESTO
c. DARPA
d. None of these
Q.7 Who has become the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics?
a. Abhishek Verma
b. Sajan Prakash
c. Srihari Nataraj
d. PR Sreejesh
Q.8 Which of the following states/UTs has launched “Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana”?
a. Ladakh
b. Delhi
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Goa
Q.9 Hockey India has recommended whose name for Khel Ratna Award 2021?
a. PR Sreejesh
b. Deepika
c. Harmanpreet Singh
d. Both A and B
Q.10 Which state government has announced Rs. 3 crore as a cash prize for Gold Medallist in the Tokyo Olympics?
a. Assam
b. Odisha
c. Haryana
d. Tamil Nadu
Answers –
Q.1 a) The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that it is ‘putting extra work, extra hours’ to achieve the launch target of the first uncrewed mission in December 2021 as a part of the human spaceflights programme ‘Gaganyaan’ due to disruption caused in the hardware delivery schedules during the first and second wave of COVID-19.
Q.2 d) Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Prakash Javadekar on June 29, 2021 inaugurated NATRAX- the High-Speed Track(HST) for automobiles in Indore. The track is the longest such track in Asia and the world’s fifth-longest.
Q.3 b)
Q.4 d)
Q.5 c) Renowned Indian journalist and founder of PARI (People’s Archive of Rural India), Palagummi Sainath has been awarded the Fukuoka Grand Prize for 2021.
Q.6 a) The DRDO has initiated the ground trials of SWiFT, a 1-ton All Up Weight Technological Demonstrator for the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
Q.7 b)
Q.8 b) The Delhi government has launched “Mukhyamantri COVID-19 Pariwar Aarthik Sahayata Yojana” to provide financial assistance to the families who lost a member due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Q.9 d) Hockey India has nominated Indian men’s hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and former India women’s hockey team player Deepika for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2021
Q.10 d)