Current Affairs Quiz– July 28 & 29 2021

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Current Affairs Quiz– July 28 & 29 2021

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1.Who has been sworn in as Karnataka’s new Chief Minister?
a) Arun Singh
b) Thaawarchand Gehlot
c) CT Ravi
d) Basavaraj Bommai

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Answer d) Basavaraj Bommai.

2. Sports legend Nandu Natekar passed away on July 28, 2021 at the age of 88 years. He was the first Indian to win an international title in which sporting disciple?
a) Tennis
b) Shooting
c) Archery
d) Badminton

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Answer d) Badminton. The former World No. 3 was the first Indian to win an international title at Sellanger International in Malaysia in 1956.

3. When is World Hepatitis Day observed?
a) July 26th
b) July 27th
c) July 28th
d) July 29th

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Answer c) July 28th.

4. Which country has become the world’s first to approve genetically modified ‘golden rice’ for production?
a) Singapore
b) Japan
c) The Philippines
d) Sweden

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Answer c) the Philippines.

5. World Nature Conservation Day is observed on____________.
a) July 26th
b) July 27th
c) July 28th
d) July 29th

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Answer c) July 28th.

6. Which state government made ‘Devaranya’ scheme to promote Ayurveda?
a) MP
b) UP
c) Assam
d) Odisha

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Answer a) MP. In order to promote AYUSH in Madhya Pradesh and to link it with employment, the government has made the ‘Devaranya’ scheme. The scheme has been made to provide employment to the people living in the tribal areas of the state.

7. Momiji Nishiya becomes one of the youngest gold medal winners in Olympic, belongs to which nation?
a) USA
b) Russia
c) Japan
d) UK

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Answer c) Japan. Rayssa Leal (13 years and 203 days) of Brazil won silver and Funa Nakayama (16 years) of Japan clinched the bronze.

8. When is International Tiger Day observed?
a) July 27th
b) July 28th
c) July 29th
d) July 30th

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Answer c) july 29th.

9. Which state has decided to launch a scheme to provide Rs 6,000 per year to landless families?
a) Jharkhand
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Odisha
d) Telangana

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Answer b) Chattisgarh.

10. Najib Mikati has become the new Prime Minister of which nation?
a) Lebanon
b) Vietnam
c) Tunisia
d) Indonesia

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Answer a) Lebanon. This will be the third stint of Mikati as Lebanon’s Prime Minister, as he had briefly served as caretaker Prime Minister in April 2005, and in 2011, he had headed a full-scale government for three years.

11. Which company has launched a new Robotics Company called Intrinsic?
a) Microsoft
b) Alphabet
c) Wipro
d) Accenture

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Answer b) Alphabet. The segment comes out of X, Alphabet’s Moonshot factory that houses futuristic firms such as Waymo, Wing and Verily.

12. Global Education Summit held in ___________.
a) Tokyo
b) Geneva
c) London
d) New Delhi

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Answer c) London. Kenya and United Kingdom are co hosting a Global Education Summit in the city of London with the objective to raise 5 billion USD for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).

13. Which has become the first state in the country to reserve jobs for transgender persons?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Kerala
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka

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Answer d) Karnataka. Karnataka has become the first state in the country to provide one per cent reservation for the ‘transgender community in all the government services.