Q.1 Who has been appointed as the World Bank Education Advisor?
a. Ranjitsinh Disale
b. Ramesh Pokhriyal
c. Anurag Thakur
d. Smriti Irani
Q.2 Which Indian PSU has joined the UN’s CEO Water Mandate to ramp up the work on water conservation?
a. SAIL
b. BHEL
c. NTPC
d GAIL
Q.3 AmbiTag is a unique IoT solution, has been launched by which institution?
a. IIT Kanpur
b. IIT Madras
c. IIT Ropar
d. IIT Delhi
Q.4 Which state government has started the Ghar Ghar Aushadhi Yojana?
a. Rajasthan
b. Bihar
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Goa
Q.5 Which country hosted the fifth BRICS working group meeting in 2021?
a. Brazil
b. South Africa
c. India
d. China
Q.6 Who won her 2nd Asian Boxing Championships gold in the 75kg final in Dubai?
a. Diksha Arora
b. Nikita Sen
c. Mahira Verma
d. Pooja Rani
Q.7 What is the name for the country’s first Covid-19 self-testing kit for home use recently approved by ICMR?
a. CoviSelf
b. Covax
c. Covishield
d. CovME
Q.8 Which day of the year is celebrated as the World Environment Day (WED)?
a. 3 June
b. 4 June
c. 5 June
d. 6 June
Q.9 What is the theme of World Environment Day 2021?
a. Time For Nature
b. Air Pollution
c. Ecosystem Restoration
d. Beating Plastic Pollution
Q. Which country is the host country for the 2021 World Environment Day?
a. South Korea
b. Netherlands
c. Pakistan
d. India
Answers –
Q.1 a) Ranjitsinh Disale has been appointed as the World Bank Education Advisor. His tenure will last till June 2024. Ranjitsinh Disale has been awarded with the Global Teacher Award in 2020.
Q.2 c) NTPC Ltd has joined UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate. It is an initiative of the United Nations for demonstrating commitment & efforts of companies towards improving water and sanitation.
Q.3 c) The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar in Punjab has developed a first-of-its-kind Internet of Things device named ‘AmbiTag’ which can record real-time ambient temperature.
Q.4 a)
Q.5 b) The fifth BRICS working group meeting discussed High-Performance Computing(HPC) and Information Communication Technology(ICT).
Q.6 d)
Q.7 a) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) approved the country’s first Covid-19 self-testing kit for home use. That essentially means anyone can collect their own nasal sample and test it for SARS-CoV-2.
Q.8 c)
Q.9 b) The theme for World Environment Day 2021 is “Ecosystem Restoration”.
Q.10 c)