Q.1 Which state in India has become the first to reserve government jobs in favour of transgender persons?
a. Karnataka
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Gujarat
Q.2 Which Indian is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel ‘China Room’?
a. Sunjeev Sahota
b. Richard Powers
c. Rama Devi
d. Neha Bisht
Q.3 The Sitio Burle Marx site, which has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites, is in which country?
a. Peru
b. Japan
c Brazil
d. Vietnam
Q.4 King Chilli ‘Raja Mircha’ from which state exported to London for the first time?
a. Nagaland
b. Kerala
c Assam
d. Manipur
Q.5 KVIC and BSF launch Project BOLD in which city to combat desertification and boost the rural economy?
a. Jaipur
b. Rewa
c. Indore
d. Jaisalmer
Q.6 Nauka, a space laboratory was recently launched by
a. Japan
b. India
c. Russia
d. China
Q.7 Consider the following statements regarding the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
1. The NPT is a multilateral treaty aimed at limiting the spread of nuclear weapons.
2. Both India and Pakistan have not signed the treaty.
3.The Treaty does not affect the right of state parties to develop, produce, and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.8 Consider the following statements regarding the UN arms trade treaty.
1. It is a multilateral treaty that regulates the international trade in conventional weapons.
2.The treaty calls for the international sale of weapons to be linked to the human rights records of buyers.
3.The treaty regulates the domestic sale or use of weapons in any country.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.9 Najib Mikati has been elected as the Prime Minister of which country?
a. Lebanon
b. Turkey
c. Israel
d. Iran
Q.10 How many Tiger reserves of India have received accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS)?
a. 5
b. 3
c. 11
d. 14
Answers –
Q.1 a) Karnataka has become the first state in India to reserve jobs in public employment in favour of transgender persons. As per the information, the state government has approved 1% horizontal reservation for transgenders in government jobs.
Q.2 a) Indian-origin British author, Sunjeev Sahota is among the 13 authors longlisted for the prestigious 2021 Booker Prize for fiction for his novel ‘China Room’, alongside Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers.
Q.3 c) The Sitio Burle Marx site, a landscape garden in Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites. The garden features more than 3,500 species of plants native to Rio and is considered a laboratory for botanical and landscape experimentation.
Q.4 a)
Q.5 d) KVIC and BSF launched Project BOLD in Jaisalmer to combat desertification and boost the rural economy.
Q.6 c) Nauka, meaning “science” in Russian, is the biggest space laboratory Russia has launched to date. It was sent into orbit on July 21, and will take eight days to reach the International Space Station.
Q.7 d) Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
The NPT is a multilateral treaty aimed at limiting the spread of nuclear weapons including three elements:
1) non-proliferation,
2) disarmament, and
3) peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Q.8 b)
Q.9 a)
Q.10 d) ON THE occasion of International Tiger Day on Thursday, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav announced that 14 tiger reserves in India have received accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS).