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7Th February 2021 Page 1 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo SUPER Current Affairs MCQs 7th February 2021 By Dream Big Institution Team (SUPER Current Affairs) © Q.The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council has been constituted dedicated to radio astronomy. Where is the headquarter of this SKAO based? A) United Kingdom C) Australia B) Singapore D) Indonesia Answers -A The newly constituted Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) Council held its maiden meeting on 4 February 2021 and approved for the establishment of the world’s largest radio telescope.The headquartered of SKAO is based in the United Kingdom Q.Name the first ever female who has been appointed as the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)? A) Chukwuka Okonjo C) Amina J. Mohammed B) Ikemba Iweala D) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Answers -D Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been chosen as the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO).She would be the first woman as well as the first African national to lead the organization. Page 2 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo First Female in NEWS . Australian umpire Claire Polosak becomes first-ever female to officiate Men’s Test Match . Jane Fraser named first female CEO of Citigroup . India’s First Female Cardiologist, Dr S. Padmavati Passes Away at 103 . Mumbai becomes first Indian city to get female symbol on traffic signage . First Female UN Refugee Chief Sadako Ogata Passes Away at 92 About World Trade Organization . World Trade Organization Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland. World Trade Organization Membership: 164 member states. World Trade Organization Founded: 1 January 1995. Lists Of First Women in India S.No Field Name of the Year Birth Place Person 1 First Indian Anandi Gopal 1886 Pune, British India Woman Doctor Joshi 2 First Woman Annie Besant 1917 London, UK President of INC 3 First Indian Sarojini Naidu 1925 Hyderabad, Woman President Andhra Pradesh of INC (Now Telangana) Page 3 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 4 First Indian Sarla Thakral 1936 New Delhi Woman Airline Pilot 5 First Indian Arati Saha 1959 Kolkata, West Woman to swim Bengal across English Channel 6 First Indian Stephie 1963 Goa woman to get D'Souza Arjuna Award 7 First Indian Miss Reita 1966 British Bombay Woman to become Faria (Now Mumbai) Miss World 8 First Indian Kamaljeet 1970 Punjab Woman to win Sandhu Gold in Asian Games 9 First Indian Indira Gandhi 1971 Allahabad, Uttar Woman to get Pradesh Bharat Ratna 10 First Indian Ashapoorna 1976 Culcutta (Now Woman to get Devi Kolkata, West Jnanpith Award Bengal) 11 First Indian Mother Terasa 1979 West Germany Woman to get (Now Macedonia) Nobel Prize Page 4 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 12 First Indian Bhanu Athaiya 1983 Kolhapur, British Women to win India (Now Oscar Award Maharashtra) 13 First Indian Bachendri Pal 1984 Uttrakashi (Now Woman to climb Uttarakand) Mt Everest 14 First Woman to get Nirja Bhanot 1987 Chandigarh, Ashok Chakra Punjab 15 First Woman Judge Meera Sahib 1989 Pathanamthitta, of Supreme Court Fatima Bibi Kerala 16 First Indian Susmita Sen 1994 Hyderabad, Woman to become Andhra Pradesh Miss Universe (Now Telangana) 17 First Indian Arundhati Roy 1997 Shillong, Assam Woman to Booker (Present Prize Meghalaya) 18 First Indian Kalpana 1997 Karnal, Punjab Woman to go to Chawla (Now Haryana) space 19 First Woman MS 1998 Madurai, Musician to get Subbalakshmi Tamilnadu Bharat Ratna 20 First Indian Karnam 2000 Andhra Pradesh Woman to win Malleswari Medal in Olymbic Page 5 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 21 First Indian Sania Mirza 2004 Hyderabad, Woman to win Andhra Pradesh WTA Title (Now Telangana) 22 India’s First Sarojini Naidu 1947 - 1949 Hyderabad, Woman Governor Andhra Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh) (Now Telangana) 23 First Indian Vijalakshmi 1947 - 1949 Allahabad, Uttar Woman Pandit Pradesh Ambassador at UN 24 First Woman Union Rajkumari 1947 - 1957 Lucknow, Uttar Minister (Minister Amrita Kaur Pradesh of Health) 25 First Woman Chief Sucheta 1963 - 1967 Ambala, Punjab Minister of State Kripalani (Now in Haryana) (Uttar Pradesh) 26 India’s First Indira Gandhi 1966-1977 Allahabad, Uttar Woman Prime Pradesh Minister 27 India’s First Kiran Bedi 1975 (In Amritsar, Punjab. Woman IPS Officer Delhi) 28 First Indian Santhosh 1992, 1993 Haryana Woman to climb Yadhav Mt Everest twice 29 India’s First Pratiba Patil 2007 - 2012 Maharashtra Woman President Page 6 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo 30 First transgender K Prithika 2017 Tamilnadu woman to be a Yashini (Dharmapuri) police officer in India (Dharmapuri) Q.Which company has been chosen by NASA for its SPHEREx Mission to perform an all-sky survey? A) Blue Origin C) Boeing B) SpaceX D) United Launch Alliance Answers -B NASA IN NEWS 2020 Space X IN NEWS . NASA Selects SpaceX To Launch Its . NASA-ESA successfully launches SPHEREx Mission Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite . SpaceX Breaks ISRO’s Record By . NASA lifts off SS Kalpana Chawla cargo Launching 143 Satellites spacecraft . NASA Selects Raja Chari As . Nokia selected by NASA to build first Commander Of SpaceX Crew-3 ever cellular network on the Moon Mission . NASA to launch rover ‘MARS 2020’ in . SpaceX Launches South Korea’s 1st 2020 Military Satellite “ANASIS-II” . NASA astronauts fly SpaceX spacecraft ‘Dragon’ . SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule . Indian-origin girl Vaneeza names NASA’s Carrying NASA Astronauts Docks 1st Mars helicopter as 'Ingenuity’ . NASA renames its WFIRST Telescope About Space X after ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace . SpaceX founder & CEO: Elon Musk. Roman . SpaceX president & COO: Gwynne . NASA Astronaut Kathy Sullivan becomes Shotwell. 1st Woman to Reach Deepest Point of Ocean . SpaceX Founded: 2002. Renjith Kumar honoured with “NASA . SpaceX Headquarters: California, Distinguished Public Service Medal” United States of America. Page 7 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo . NASA Names Headquarters After ‘Hidden Figure’ Mary W. Jackson . NASA creates “VITAL” high-pressure ventilator to fight COVID-19 . NASA & ULA launched Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission . NASA SunRISE Mission to study Giant Solar Particle Storms . NASA named Mars 2020 rover as “Perseverance” . NASA to Launch ASTHROS Mission to study Cosmos using football stadium- sized balloon . NASA Decommissions its Spitzer Space Telescope after Over 16 Years in Service About National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) . Founded : 1958 . Headquarters : Washington, D.C . Motto : For the Benefit of All . Acting Administrator of NASA: Steve Jurczyk. Administrator : Jim Bridenstine Q.The first India-European Union High Level Dialogue (HLD) on trade and investment was held recently. Who was the co-chair of the HLD from India side? A) Piyush Goyal C) Hardeep Singh Puri B) Narendra Singh Tomar D) Ravi Shankar Prasad Answers -A The first India-European Union High Level Dialogue (HLD) was held on 5th February 2021. The HLD was co-chaired by the Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal from India side and the European Union Page 8 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo Executive Vice-President & Trade Commissioner Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, from the EU side. About Ministry of Commerce and Industry: . Union Minister– Piyush Goyal(Constituency- Rajya Sabha, Maharashtra) . Minister of State-Hardeep Singh Puri(Constituency- Uttar Pradesh), Som Parkash(Constituency- Hoshiarpur, Punjab) About European Union (EU): . Headquarters– Brussels, Belgium . European Parliament president – David-Maria Sassoli, Italy(Term: July 2019 – December 2021) . Member Countries– 27(The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union on 31 January 2020) Q.Which country is set to build world’s largest wind power plant? A) Singapore C) Germany B) UAE D) South Korea Answers -D About the Wind Farm: The plant is planned at the south western coastal town of Sinan. Maximum production capacity- 8.2 Gigawatts (GW) which is equivalent to the generation capacity of 7 Nuclear power generators. This will boost the wind power capacity upto 16.5 GW by 2030. This will reduce South Korea’s excessive reliance on Imported Coal and Nuclear Power Plants for Power Generation. Page 9 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo About South Korea: . President- Moon Jae-in . Capital- Seoul . Currency- Won . The 38th parallel line demarcates South Korea from North Korea. Quick Recap PM Modi Inaugurates World’s Largest Renewable Energy Park In Gujarat Ola To Set Up World’s Largest Scooter Factory In Tamil Nadu CSIR-CMERI Develops World’s Largest Solar Tree Q.Who has been sworn in as the Special Envoy of United Nations on Climate Ambition and Solutions? A) Susan Brown C) Tom Steyer B) Michael Bloomberg D) Antonio Guterres Answers –B Q.How many states have completed the reforms in the ‘Ease of Doing Business’, as stipulated by the Ministry of Finance? A) 12 C) 9 B) 20 D) 17 Answers -A Now the total number of state that have undertaken the reforms to promote Ease of Doing Business till now have gone up to 12.The other states are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana. Page 10 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo Q.Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Cloud India Business? A) Srishti Baweja C) Tarun Dua B) Bikram Singh Bedi D) Varun Pratap Rajda Answers -B Google Cloud has appointed Bikram Singh Bedi as the new Managing Director for its India Business. Q.Christopher Plummer is the oldest Oscar-winning actor, who has passed away recently. He was from which country? A) New Zealand C) England B) Australia D) Canada Answers -D Awards: At the 84th Academy Awards, Plumber won the Oscar for his performance in the film “Beginners”(2011). He won the Emmy Awards in 1977 for “The Moneychangers” and in 1994 for narrating “Madeline,” an animated series based on the children’s books.
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