Q.1 Under the Parvat Dhara scheme, which state is building ‘Forest Ponds’ to harvest rainwater to replenish groundwater?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Jharkhand
c. Odisha
d. Himachal Pradesh
Q.2 Indian Army’s First Green Solar Energy harnessing plant has been launched in which state?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Sikkim
d. Uttarakhand
Q.3 Which nation will host Shangri-La Dialogue in June 2021?
a. Malaysia
b. Singapore
c. China
d. Switzerland
Q.4 Who has also been appointed Acting Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission?
a. AK Chaturvedi
b. Avinash Singh
c. Dinesh Mohaptra
d. PC Pant
Q.5 Who will be conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays by Japan?
a. Shyamala Ganesh
b. CHV Natarajan
c. Ankita Jaiswal
d. Lokesh Sharma
Q.6 Recently 1982 Asian Games gold medallist rider Colonel passed away.Name him?
a. Dhyan Chand Sen
b. Vinayak Singh
c. Shakir Khan
d. Ghulam Mohammed Khan
Q.7 Recently, eight Asiatic lions of which zoo have tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus?
a. Nehru Zoological Park
b. Indira Gandhi Zoological Park
c. Alipore Zoological Garden
d. Thiruvananthapuram Zoo
Q.8 MACS 1407, developed by Indian Scientists, is a variety of which crop?
a. Rice
b. Wheat
c. Maize
d. Soybean
Q.9 Six young girls from which state have developed a Biodegradable yoga mat called ‘Moorhen Yoga Mat’?
a. Assam
b. Manipur
c. Nagaland
d. Sikkim
Q.10 The Scientists discovered the smallest known black hole in the Milky Way Galaxy. What is the name given to this black hole ?
a. Unicorn
b. Myti
c. Squirrel
d. Lassi
Answers –
Q.1 d)
Q.2 c) Vanadium was discovered in Arunachal Pradesh. This was the first discovery of Vanadium in India. India consumes 4% of global vanadium production in the world.It is found in sixty different minerals and ores that includes carnotite, vanadate, roscoelite, patronite.
Q.3 c)
Q.4 d)
Q.5 a) Bengaluru teacher Shyamala Ganesh, the former director of the Japanese Language School, will be conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.
Q.6 d) The 1982 Asian Games gold medallist rider Colonel Gulam Mohammad Khan (Retired) died in Pune.
Q.7 a) Eight Asiatic lions at Hyderabad’s Nehru Zoological Park have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus.
Q.8 d)
Q.9 a)
Q.10 a) The Scientists have discovered what may be the smallest-known black hole in the Milky Waygalaxy and the closest to our solar system an object so curious that they nicknamed it ‘the Unicorn’.