Current Affairs and G.K – 2021

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                      Current Affairs 2021

1.what is the rank of India in the Human Development Index 2020 released by United Nations Development                 Programme ( UNDP) ?

a) 130     b)  131     c)  132      d)  133

2. Who has been appointed as brand Ambassador of Adidas in June 2020 ?

a) Kareena Kapoor   b) Manushi Chillar   c)  Deepika padukone   d)  Priyanka chopra

3. Who among the Following is not a recepient of Nobel prize in Medicine in 2020 ?

a) Reinhard Genzel   b) Michael Houghton  c)  Harvey J Alter  d) Charles M Rice

4. Kala – azar is caused by which organism ?

a)  Fungi   b)  Bacteria  c)   Protozoa  d)  Virus

5. The first generation computer program was written in

a) C language   b)  Middle level language  c)  Machine language d)  high level language

6. Whose crematorium is known as ‘ Kisan Ghat ‘ ?

a) Charan Singh  b)  Lal Bahadur Shastri  c)  Shankar Dhayal Sharma  d)  Kishan Kant

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7. Which is India’s first dedicated astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV          spectral bands simultaneously ?

a)  Astrosat   b) MoM   c) Cartosat   d)  Aditya LI

8. Which is the longest high altitude tunnel in India ?

a) Pirpanjal Tunnel   b) Rapuru Tunnel    c)  Atal Tunnel    d)   Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee Tunnel

9. ‘ Hornbill festival ‘ is celebrated in which of the following states ?

a) Sikkim   b)  Assam   c)  Nagaland  d)  Megaland

10. What is the expansion of CCTV ?

a) Common Circuit Television   b) Closed Circuit Television    c) Closed Communication Television                          d) Common Closed Television

11. Who has become the first women Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indo Tibetian Border Police ( ITBP) officer to          successfully conquer the south pote?

a)  Ragini Kimari   b) Reena Yadav    c) Aparna Kumar     d) Bharathi Samaniray

12. Who is the CEO of NITI Aayog ?

a) Rajiv Kumar    b) Narendra Modi    c) Adarsh kumar Goal     d)  Amitabh kant

13. ‘Under Swachh Survekshan League 2020 in one lakh to 10 lakh population category which city is adjudged as             India’s cleanest city ?

a) Rajpur  b) Guwahati  c) Jamshadpur  d) Ranchi

14. Which one become the first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals ?

a) Tuvalu  b) palau  c) Ivory coast d) Nauru

15. Which state Assembly becomes the first in India to pass a resolution demanding to scrap of the Citizenship                Amendment Act (CAA) ?

a)  Assam  b) West Bengal  c) Punjab d) Kerala

16. The ‘ Lai Haraoba ‘ festival is observed by which state?

a) Mizoram b) Sikkim c) Tripura  d) Nagaland

17. India’s first semi high speed train ‘ Vande Bharat ‘ runs  between

a) New Delhi and Jammu  b) Varanasi and New Delhi c) New Delhi and Mumbai d) New Delhi and Lucknow

18. In January 2020, how many padma vibhushans were conferred posthumously?

a) 4     b) 3     c)  2     d)  1

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19. ‘ Sankalp Parva ‘ Celebrated by Goverment of India during June – July 2020 is related to –

a) Dedication towards Army  b) Tree Plantation  c) Covid lockdown d) Online Education

20. New introduced Prerak Dauur by Government of India in July 2020 is related to which of the following ?

a)  Vegetation Cover in City  b) Crime status of City  c) Electricity Supply of City d) Waste Management and                     Sanitation Status of City

Answers :       1.      2.     3.  b       4.       5.     6.       7.       8.      9.      10.       11.  c      12. 

13. c      14. b       15.           16.         17.        18.       19.      20.  d