Exercise :: Places - Latest Current Affairs
- Places - Latest Current Affairs
| 1. | Serum Institute of India and US-based Novavax signed an agreement for supply of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccines in India. The Institute was located at __________. |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Pune's Serum Institute of India and US-based Novavax signed an agreement for supply of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccines in India as well as in other low- and middle- income countries. Under the agreement, at least 1 billion doses of vaccine, also known as NVX-CoV2373, will be made available for India and other countries.
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| 2. | Which International Airport has received a mass fever screening system to enhance the screening process of passengers? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has received a mass fever screening system to enhance the screening process of passengers. There are two more scanners in the Airport. The thermal scanner is a ceiling mounted one and is capable of scanning, detecting and tracking persons having fever or showing symptoms of fever and also persons with high skin temperature. The scanner automatically adapts to the room temperature without any human intervention. The thermal scanner has been provided by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in coordination with Asian Development Bank funded by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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| 3. | Indian PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at which of the following historical places? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet at Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu for their second informal summit
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| 4. | Which of the following place of Punjab is connected through Kartarpur Corridor? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: A corridor between the neighbouring nations of India and Pakistan, connecting the Sikh shrines of Dera Baba Nanak Sahib, Punjab(India) and Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, Punjab(Pakistan).
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| 5. | Where did the 31st International Conference on Sindh held? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) hosted a 31st international conference on Sindh in London. In WSC the participants highlighted issues such as enforced disappearances of activists, human rights violations and forced conversion of religious minorities in Pakistan. The 31st International Conference on Sindh slammed Pakistan over its failure to respect democratic rights and curbs on by the country's military and called on the need to tackle growing religious extremism.
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