Current Affairs - Current Affairs
1.
Man Kaur, who died of a heart attack, is a sprinter from which city?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Centenarian sprinter Man Kaur, referred to as 'Miracle from Chandigarh', died of a heart attack. She was 105.
Category : National
2.
Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as leader of which Islamist group?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as leader of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip.
Category : International
3.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch which payment solution?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch e-RUPI, a person and purpose-specific digital payment solution on 2nd August 2021 at 4:30 pm via video conferencing.
Category : National
4.
JICA is working on which project with IIT Hyderabad?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
JICA officials recently visited the IIT Hyderabad campus for the terminal evaluation of the FRIENDSHIP project of IITH with JICA, which is ending in March 2020. They expressed happiness with the outcome of the project.
Category : National
5.
Who took charge as the new Controller General of Accounts?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Shri Deepak Das took charge as the new Controller General of Accounts here today. Shri Deepak Das is the 25th officer to hold the position of Controller General of Accounts (CGA).
Category : Persons
6.
YouTube has signed a definitive agreement to buy which video shopping app?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Google's YouTube has signed a definitive agreement to buy video shopping app Simsim as it looks to help discover and buy products from Indian retailers.
Category : National
7.
Who won the Bharat Kesari Wrestling Dangal 2021 organised in Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Indian Wrestler Labhanshu Sharma has created history by winning the Bharat Kesari Wrestling Dangal 2021 organised in Tamil Nadu this year.
Category : Sports
8.
Who has become the new Prime Minister of Myanmar?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Military ruler Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has become Prime Minister in the newly formed caretaker govt. in Myanmar.
Category : International
9.
Muslim Women Rights Day is being celebrated all over the country on which date?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Muslim Women Rights Day was observed by different organisations across the country today where Muslim women wholeheartedly thanked Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for bringing the law against Triple Talaq.
Category : Important Days
10.
Yulimar Rojas of which country created a new world record in women's triple jump in Olympics 2021?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
In Tokyo Olympics 2021, Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela created a new world record in women's triple jump (15.67 meters) and won the gold medal.
Category : International
11.
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has restored connectivity at Yarlung-Lamang road in which state?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has restored connectivity at Yarlung-Lamang road in Shi Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh. The road was breached at multiple locations due to incessant rain and cloud bursts.
Category : State
12.
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri. Mansukh Mandaviya presided over the which Annual Day celebrations of the National Centre for Disease Control?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri. Mansukh Mandaviya presided over the 112th Annual Day celebrations of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) along with Dr Bharati Pawar, MoS (HFW).
Category : National
13.
Who will assume the appointment of the Director-General of Artillery?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Chawla, AVSM will assume the appointment of the Director-General of Artillery on 01 August 2021. He takes over the appointment from Lt Gen K Ravi Prasad, PVSM, VSM who superannuated on 31 July 2021 after completing thirty-nine years of distinguished service in the Army.
Category : Persons
14.
AYUSH Ministry is to conduct clinical trials of which medicine to check its efficacy on COVID-19 infection?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
AYUSH Ministry is to conduct clinical trials of "Ashwagandha" in collaboration with the UK's London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to check its efficacy on COVID-19 infection.
Category : National
15.
Kuthiran Tunnel is in which state?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari instructed to open one side of the Kuthiran Tunnel in Kerala in a tweet message yesterday This is the first road tunnel in the state and will drastically improve connectivity to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Category : State
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