17 June 2021
17 June 2021
1.) Which of the following state has started Medicine from the sky project ?
निम्ननिनित मᴂ से किस रा煍य िे आिाश पररयोजिासे निकि配सा शु셂 िी है? a) Telangana b) Andhra Pradesh c) Madhya Pradesh d) Gujarat
Answer : Telangana
Explanation : Recently Flipkart partners with Telangana govt for drone deliveries of medical supplies. Medicine from the sky’ – pilot Project at Vikarabad area hospital : Telangana
Capital : Hyderabad ( Musi river)
Chief minister : K. Chandrashekar Rao
Governor : Tamilisai Soundararajan
Legislative assembly Bicameral (119 + 43 seats)
2.) European Space Agency (ESA) will launch World’s First Wooden Satellite called WISA Woodsat from ______.
यूरोपीय अंतररक्ष एजᴂसी (ईएसए) ______से दुनिया िा पहिा ििडी िा उपग्रह WISA वुडसैट िॉन्ि िरेगी। a) England b) Australia c) South Africa d) New Zealand
Answer : New Zealand
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Explanation : •European Space Agency (ESA) will launch world’s first wooden satellite called WISA Woodsat in Earth’s orbit by the end 2021.
It will be launched to test the applicability of wooden materials such as plywood in spacecraft structures. Mission will expose wooden materials to extreme space conditions like heat, cold, vacuum and radiation.
Wooden satellite will be launched to space by end of 2021 with a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. It will be launched from Mahia Peninsula launch complex in New Zealand. Satellite has been designed and built in Finland.
3.) Who has been re-elected as COAI chairman for 2021-22 ?
2021-22 िे निए सीओएआई िे अध्यक्ष िे 셂प मᴂ किर से किसे िुिा गया? है a) Ajai Puri b) Pramod Kumar Mittal c) SP Kochhar d) Ajay Chopra
Answer : Ajai Puri
Explanation : Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) Pramod Kumar Mittal President of Reliance Jio Infocomm, will continue as Vice Chairman of the association.
Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI)
DG : SP Kochhar
Headquarters : New Delhi Founded : 1995
4.) “Believe – What Life and Cricket Taught Me” is the autobiography of which of the following cricketer ?
"नििीव - 핍हाट िाइि एंड कििेट टाउट मी" निम्ननिनित मᴂ से किस कििेटर िी आ配मिथा है? a) Yuvraj Singh b) Gautam Gambhir
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c) Harbhajan Singh d) Suresh Raina
Answer : Suresh Raina
Explanation : Cricketer Suresh Raina releases autobiography ‘Believe’
List of Famous Autobiography
Playing It My Way : Sachin Tendulkar
The test of my life : Yuvraj Singh
281 AND Beyond : VVS Laxman
A century is not Enough: Sourav Ganguly
5.) 31st formal meeting of heads of government of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) was held in which place ?
िाटो (उत्तरी अटिांरटि संनि संगठि) िे शासिाध्यक्षⴂ िी31वĂ औपिाररि िैठि किस थाि पर आयोनजत िी गई? a) Brussels b) Paris c) London d) Delhi
Answer : Brussels
Explanation : Topics of discussion include NATO’s role in changing geostrategic environment, emerging technologies, collective defence, climate change and security NATO, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 North American and European countries
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The alliance is based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on April 4, 1949. Originally, NATO had 12 members which has increased to 30 now
NATO Headquarters is located in Brussels, Belgium, while the headquarters of Allied Command Operations is near Mons, Belgium
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
6.) Recently, Raja Parba festival has started being celebrated in which state of India ?
हाि ही मᴂ, भारत िे किस रा煍य मᴂ राजा परिा उ配सव मिाया जािे िगा है? a) Assam b) Odisha c) Manipur d) Nagaland
Answer : Odisha
Explanation : Raja Parba festival has started being celebrated in Odisha. It is a 3-day festival that celebrates womanhood. Raja Parba is also known as Mithuna Sankranti
It is believed that, during this period Mother Earth menstruates and prepares herself for future agricultural activities as the monsoon arrives.
This festival is synonymous with varieties of cakes (pithas). Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) has also launched a special programme named ‘Pitha on Wheels’
This festival became more popular in medieval time as an agricultural holiday marking worship of Bhudevi.
7.) Who has become the 7th Indian player to be inducted into the recently released ICC Hall of Fame by ICC ?
ICC द्वारा हाि ही मᴂ जारी ICC हॉि ऑि िेम मᴂ शानमि होिे वािे 7वᴂ भारतीय नििाडी िौि िि गए हℂ? a) Rohit Sharma b) Ravindra Jadeja c) Virat Kohli GURUJI’S KIRPA, SNM IAS STUDY GROUP SCO 376, Sector 37-D, Chandigarh. Mob: 98145-70784, 98148-21057 WEBSITE: www.snmiasacademy.com
d) Venu Makand
Answer : Venu Makand
Explanation : He was the first Indian to score 1000 test runs and take 100 test wickets known as one of India's greatest-ever all- rounders
The ICC inducted 10 new cricketers into the ICC Hall of Fame
The 10 legends of the game to be inducted have all made a significant contribution to the history of Test cricket.
Total 7 Indian in Hall of Fame Till Now –
Bishan Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Venu Makand.
8.) Recently Which of the following UT has declared “Open Defecation Free” in India under the First Phase of SwachhBharatMission ?
हाि ही मᴂ निम्ननिनित मᴂसे किस िᴂद्र शानसत प्रदेश िे व楍छ भारत नमशि िे पहिे िरण िे तहत भारत मᴂ "िुिे मᴂ शौि मुक्त" घोनित किया? है a) Ladakh b) J&K c) Delhi d) Chandigarh
Answer : Ladakh
Explanation : Under the first phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission, Ladakh has been declared an open defecation-free UT in India.
Union territory : 31 October 2019
Capital : Leh, Kargil
Districts: 2
Lieutenant Governor: Radha Krishna Mathur(1st)
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