1. Who has won the top prize in a government-initiated competition for migrant workers in Singapore for his performance of Silambam?
Answers With Explanation : (C) Ganesan Sandhirakasan has won the top prize in a government-initiated competition for migrant workers for choreographing and performing a sequence of Silambam - a traditional martial art form practised in India since the 4th century BC. The series was made for migrant workers in Singapore and the final episode was aired on Monday night.
2. In which sea INS Tabar recently conducted military exercise with Italian Navy?
Answers With Explanation : (A) Indian Naval Ship Tabar participated in military exercises with a frontline frigate of the Italian Navy in Tyrrhenian Sea. The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans of Italy.
3. When World Zoonoses Day is observed?
Answers With Explanation : (A) World Zoonoses Day is observed on 6th July each year to commemorate the first vaccination administered against a zoonotic disease like Ebola, Avian influenza, and West Nile virus. Zoonosis is an infectious disease that spread from non-human animals to humans. They started as a zoonosis but later mutate into human-only strains.
4. Which of the following Indian economist has been honored with the prestigious “Humboldt Research Award”?
Answers With Explanation : (C) Kaushik Basu has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award for Economics. The award was conferred on him by Professor Dr Hans-Bernd Schäfer of Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. A former chief economist of the World Bank, Basu is currently a professor of Economics at Cornell University.
5. Which of the following IIT announced to host online camp for school children?
Answers With Explanation : (B) IIT Gandhinagar is conducting a free online camp for school students of Classes 8-12 to help them develop critical thinking, empathy, and creativity. The camp aims to develop critical thinking, empathy and creativity in students, and enable them to be thinkers and influencers.
6. With which country India conducted the Financial Markets Dialogue recently?
Answers With Explanation : (B) India and the UK held the inaugural meeting of the India-UK Financial Markets Dialogue virtually. The Dialogue was established at the 10th Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) in October 2020 to deepen bilateral ties in the financial sector.
7. Name the Chief Executive Officer of ICC who has recently been removed from the global body of cricket with immediate effect.
Answers With Explanation : (C) The International Cricket Council announced that Chief Executive Manu Sawhney will leave the organisation with immediate effect. The development comes months after Sawhney was suspended after an internal review, which was conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
8. Scientists from the Central University of which of the following state have recently discovered a new species of plants in Antarctica?
Answers With Explanation : (C) Indian scientists have discovered a new plant species in Antarctica. The species is named Bryum bharatiensis - after the country's name and India's Antarctic station Bharati. This is the first time a plant species has been discovered in the four decades of the Indian Antarctic mission. Polar biologists of the Central University of Punjab were on Indian Antarctic Mission 2016-17 when Felix Bast, Associate Professor and Head of Department of Botany, stumbled upon a new native species of moss on rocks near Bharati station at Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica.
9. Taal Volcano, recently seen in news, is located in which country?
Answers With Explanation : (B) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported the volcano eruption occurred that has recorded 55 volcanic earthquakes. The institute said that it recorded "high levels of volcanic sulfur dioxide gas emissions and steam-rich plumes that rose 1,500 metres" from the crater.
10. Max Bupa Health Insurance has entered into a Bancassurance partnership with which bank?
Answers With Explanation : (D) Max Bupa Health Insurance recently entered into a bancassurance partnership with the country’s third largest private sector bank, the Axis Bank. This partnership will help provide comprehensive health insurance solutions to Axis Bank’s employees and customers.
