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Personalities in News in April 1.Vjosa Osmani has been elected as Sol. the new president of which country? • Ecuador elected a conservative A. Kosovo former banker and supporter of free- B. Macedonian market policies as president over his C. Hungary populist opponent, setting the D. Turkey country on a pro-business path. E. Moldova • Guillermo Lasso, 65 years old, received over 52% of the vote to Ans. A clinch the presidency, his third Sol. attempt at running for office. • Kosovo’s parliament elected Vjosa • He defeated Andrés Arauz, a 36- Osmani as the country’s new year-old leftist economist and protégé president. Osmani received 71 votes of powerful ex-president Rafael from the lawmakers at the third round Correa. Mr. Arauz conceded with of voting in the Assembly of Kosovo. more than 95% of votes counted. • While 82 deputies participated in • Mr. Lasso will inherit a bruised the vote in the 120-member economy and health crisis as the parliament, 11 votes were declared Covid-19 pandemic rages across South invalid. America. • The 38-year-old politician studied law at the University of Pristina in 3.Who has been appointed as the new Kosovo and earned a doctorate from prime minister of South Korea? Pittsburgh University in the US. A. Kim Boo-kyum B. Hong Nam-ki 2.Guillermo Lasso elected new C. Chung Sye-kyun President of which country? D. Moon Jae-in A. Bahamas E. None of the above B. Cuba C. Ecuador Ans. A D. Jambiya Sol. E. Surinam • Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea nominated Kim Boo-kyum, the Ans. C former Minister of the Interior and Safety as the new Prime Minister (PM)

2 www.gradeup.co of South Korea. Kim Boo-kyum will be Ramana was the Chief Justice of the the 3rd PM under the government Delhi High Court. headed by President Moon Jae-in. * He was born in an agricultural family • He will replace former PM Chung in Andhra Pradesh. Sye-kyun who resigned to run in the 2022 presidential election. 5.Who has been appointed as the • Currently, Hong Nam-ki is serving as head of the BCCI's Anti-Corruption the Acting Prime Minister of South Unit? Korea. A. Shabir Hussein Shekhadam • He will be appointed only after, the Khandwawala parliament of South Korea approved B. Ajit Singh the nomination of the President. C. Adil Zainulbhai • The president has also nominated D. Anish Shah new ministers for Labour, Land, E. Subhash Garg Science, Trade and Oceans Ministry. Ans. A 4.Who has been appointed as the Sol. 48th Chief Justice of ? * Former Gujarat DGP Shabir Hussein A. Shekhadam Khandwawala has taken B. N V Ramana over from Ajit Singh as the head of the C. Uday U. Lalit BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit. D. Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar * Khandwawala, a 1973 batch IPS E. officer, has been appointed ahead of the IPL beginning April 9. Ans. B * He retired as Gujarat DGP in Sol. December 2010. After that he was an * President Ram Nath Kovind has advisor to the Essar Group for 10 appointed Justice N V Ramana as the years. 48th , accepting * He has also been a part of the central the recommendation made by the government's Lokpal Search outgoing CJI SA Bobde. Committee, which was mandated to * Justice Ramana will have a term till appoint the Lokpal. August 26th next year. * Before his elevation to the Supreme Court on February 17th, 2014, Justice

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6.Who has been appointed the after the superannuation of Ajay mission director of Atal Innovation Bhushan Pandey. Mission (AIM)? A. Ramanan Ramanathan 8.Who has been appointed as the B. Chintan Vaishnav brand ambassador of SportzXchange, C. Arindam Bagchi a fantasy sports platform? D. Rakesh Asthana A. Rishabh Pant E. Alok Verma B. Hardik Pandya C. Prithavi Shaw Ans. B D. Dinesh Karthik Sol. E. Shikar Dhawan • Chintan Vaishnav has been Ans. C appointed as the mission director of Sol. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the • SportzXchange, one of the newest government’s flagship initiative under and fastest-growing addition to the NITI Aayog. fantasy sports landscape in India, has • He will succeed Ramanathan roped in Prithvi Shaw, a powerhouse Ramanan. of energy and potential as its brand ambassador. 7.Who has been appointed as the new • SportzXchange will create engaging revenue secretary under the Ministry content featuring Prithvi Shaw as part of Finance? of an integrating campaign with a A. Ajay Bhushan Pandey theme “Yahaan Hai Kuch Xtra” that B. Tarun Bajaj will help build awareness about the C. Ajay Seth differentiated offerings and amplify D. Gyanesh Kumar the reach of the brand during E. R S Shukla upcoming IPL/Fantasy matches. 9.Who has been appointed as the Ans. B brand ambassador for Punjab’s COVID Sol. vaccination drive? • Tarun Bajaj has been appointed as A. Kapil Sharma the new revenue secretary under B. Ayushman Khurana Ministry of Finance. C. Sonu Sood • He will take additional charge of D. Ranveer Singh Secretary, Department of Revenue, E. Jasprit Bumrah

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Ans. C 15, 2019 after retiring as the chairman Sol. of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. • Actor Sonu Sood has been made the • A 1980 batch Indian Revenue Service brand ambassador for Punjab's anti- officer, Mr. Chandra had worked in coronavirus vaccination programme. the areas of international taxation and • During the coronavirus-induced investigation. lockdown last year, the actor had helped migrants reach their home 11.Who has been appointed as the states. Director-General (DG) of the National • Sood catapulted to the national Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)? spotlight for feeding thousands of A. Sushil Chandra B. S Ramann underprivileged people amid the C. Chintan Vaishnav COVID-19 pandemic. D. Siddharth Singh Longjam • He was viewed as a messiah of sorts E. M. A. Ganapathy for migrants. Ans. D Sol. 10.Who has been appointed as the • Senior IPS officer, M. A. Ganapathy Chief Election Commissioner of India? was on March 16, 2021 appointed A. Sushil Chandra Director General of National Security B. Guard. C. Chintan Vaishnav • Ganapathy, a 1986 batch Indian D. Subhash Kumar Police Service (IPS) officer of the E. Anish Shah cadre, is currently Director General, Bureau of Civil Ans. A Aviation Security (BCAS). Sol. • He has been appointed the Director- • President Ram Nath Kovind General, National Security Guard appointed Election Commissioner (NSG), from the date of joining the Sushil Chandra as the next Chief post and up to February 29, 2024 i.e. Election Commissioner of India. date of his superannuation. • He succeeded Sunil Arora, whose tenure ended on April 12. 12.Name the Indian Cricketer who has • Mr. Chandra took office as an been appointed as the brand Election Commissioner on February ambassador of Puma India, the leading German sportswear brand?

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A. Washington Sundar 13.Name the Indian cricketers who B. Devdutt Padikkal has been appointed as the brand C. Shardul Thakur ambassador of Japanese Sportswear D. Suryakumar Yadav brand ASICS? E. Both A and B A. Virat Kohli B. Hardik Pandya Ans. E C. Ravindra Jadeja Sol. D. KL Rahul • Puma India, the leading German E. Rohit Sharma sportswear brand signed a long term endorsement deal with Indian Ans. C Cricketers, Washington Sundar and Sol. DevduttPadikkal. Both Sundar and • Japanese Sportswear brand ASICS Padikkal will be joining Puma as its announced that it has appointed brand ambassadors. Ravindra Jadeja, the all-rounder of the • In March 2021, Puma signed as the Indian cricket team and Chennai Super official kit partners of the Royal Kings as its brand ambassador. The Challengers Bangalore(RCB) in the IPL company, which focuses on sporting 2021 season. gear for the running category. • Washington Sundar(21 years old) • ASICS has been working with young from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is the and fresh athletic talent across various youngest T20I cricketer(18 years) to genres of sports. In India, ASICS is represent India at International level promoted by actor Tiger Shroff. In in 2017. Asia, ASICS currently has over 55 • DevduttPadikkal(20 years old) from stores across India, Sri Lanka and Edappal, Kerala, is an Indian cricketer Bhutan. who represents Karnataka and India under 19s.

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Personalities in News May 1.Name the Indian origin 2.Name the hockey player who has immunologist who has been elected been appointed as the a member of to the prestigious National Academy the FIH Athletes’ Committee? of Sciences (NAS) in USA in recognition A. P R Sreejesh of his “distinguished and continuing B. Manpreet Singh achievements in original research”? C. A. Sankar Ghosh D. B. Shinjini Kundu E. Lalit Upadhyay C. Ashwini Ram D. Hardik Goel Ans. A E. Srikanth Narayanan Sol. * India hockey team goalkeeper P R Ans. A Sreejesh was on Thursday appointed Sol. as a member of the FIH Athletes’ • Indian-origin immunologist Sankar Committee. Ghosh has been elected to the * Sreejesh was one of the four new prestigious National Academy of members appointed by the EB which Sciences (NAS) in recognition of his met two days before the 47th FIH “distinguished and continuing Congress. achievements in original research”. * Sreejesh Parattu (IND), Marlena • He is one of the 120 newly elected Rybacha (POL), Mohamed Mea (RSA), members announced by the NAS. and Matt Swann (AUS) are now joining • NAS is a private, non-profit the Committee. institution established in 1863 by an * The 33-year-old Sreejesh is one of Act of Congress, signed by President the senior-most and decorated Abraham Lincoln. players of the Indian team. • Sankar Ghosh is a Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology 3.Narinder Batra of India has been re- and the chair of the Department of elected as the President of which Microbiology & Immunology at the sport organization? Vagelos College of Physicians and A. International Cricket Council (ICC) Surgeons at Columbia University. B. International Olympic Committee (IOC)

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C. International Hockey Federation an overwhelming margin during the (FIH) world body's 45th Congress. D. World Badminton Federation (WBF) 4.Anatole Collinet Makosso has been E. International Tennis Federation appointed as the new Prime Minister (ITF) of which country? A. Congo Ans. C B. Kenya Sol. C. Botswana * Incumbent Narinder Batra of India D. Ghana was re-elected as the International E. Gambia Hockey Federation (FIH) President for a second term after beating Marc Ans. A Coudron of Belgium by a slender Sol. margin of just two votes during the * Anatole Collinet Makosso, former world body's virtual 47th Congress. Minister of Primary and Secondary * He is also the President of the Indian Education, was appointed as the New Olympic Association (IOA) and a Prime Minister of the Republic of the member of International Olympic Congo. Committee (IOC). * He was appointed by Denis Sassou * The FIH Congress was held virtually Nguesso, the President of Congo. due to travel restrictions imposed in * He replaced the former Prime the wake of the ongoing pandemic. Minister Clement Mouamba, who has * He will hold the office until 2024 as been in office since 2016. the FIH has reduced the term from * Anatole Collinet Makosso was born four to three years due to deferment in 1965 in Pointe Noire, Congo. of the Congress last year. * He started his political career in 190 * The 47th Congress was to be held and joined the government as the last year in but was Minister of Youth and Civil Instruction postponed because of the COVID-19 in 2011. pandemic. * He has served as the Minister of * Batra became the first non- Primary and Secondary Education European president of the FIH in 2016 since 2016. after he was elected to the top post by

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Tibetan Administration (CTA), the 5.Who will be the CEO of Amazon Dharamshala-based Tibetan from July 2021? government-in-exile. A. Patricia Q. Stonesifer • Chief Justice Commissioner Sonam B. Jonathan Rubinstein Norbu Dagpo administered the oath C. Andy Jassy to Penpa Tsering, the second D. Sebastian J. Gunningham democratically-elected Sikyong E. None of the above (president) of the 17th Parliament-in- Exile of the Central Tibetan Ans. C Administration. Sol. • Penpa Tsering succeeded Lobsang • Andy Jassy (Amazon Web Services Sangay. founder) will be replacing the current • Penpa Tsering, 53, was the speaker CEO of Amazon by replacing Jeff Bezos of the Parliament of the CTA for two in the second half of 2021. terms between 2008 and 2016. • Andy Jassy joined Amazon in 1997 • He was the runner up in the Sikyong and has led Amazon’s Web Services election in 2016. cloud team since its inception. Hence, option C is correct. 7.Vaishali S Hiwase held from which state who became the first woman 6.Who has been sworn in as the officer to be appointed as officer president of the Central Tibetan commanding in the Border Roads Administration (CTA), the Organisation (BRO)? Dharamshala-based Tibetan A. Goa government-in-exile? B. Gujarat A. Sonam Norbu Dagpo C. Karnataka B. Penpa Tsering D. Maharshtra C. Lobsang Tenzin E. Madhya Pradesh D. Sonam Singh E. None of these Ans. D Sol. Ans. B • Vaishali S Hiwase became the first Sol. woman officer to be appointed as • Penpa Tsering was on Thursday officer commanding in the Border sworn-in as president of the Central Roads Organisation.

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• She will be responsible for providing NHRC is for five years or till the age of connectivity through an Indo-China 70 years, whichever is earlier. border road. • She is from Maharastra is M Tech 9.Who has been appointed as the 4th and after successfully completing a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank demanding tenure in Kargil the of India? Women Officer has taken over the A. Jayant Kumar Dash command to undertake this challenge B. R. Subramanian of cutting through the rocks. C. Rohit Jain D. T Rabi Sankar 8.Who has been appointed as Acting E. Saurav Sinha Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) with effect from Ans. D April 25, 2021? Sol. A. Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant • The Appointment Committee of the B. Justice Ashok Bhan Cabinet (ACC) chaired by Prime C. Justice Jasti Chelameswar Minister Narendra Modi has D. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel appointed T Rabi Sankar, the E. Justice C K. Prasad Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India(RBI) as the 4th Deputy Governor Ans. A of RBI. ACC has cleared his Sol. appointment for a period of 3 years or • Former judge of Supreme Court, till his date of superannuation. Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant (PC • He succeeds B P Kanungo, who Pant) has been appointed as Acting retired on 2nd April 2021 after serving Chairperson of National Human Rights one year extension period. Commission (NHRC) with effect from • RBI cannot hold more than 4 deputy April 25, 2021. governors. The other 3 Deputy • He Succeeds Justice H.L. Dattu, Governors of RBI are Mahesh Kumar whose tenure ended on December 2, Jain, Michael D Patra and Rajeshwar 2020. Rao. • His appointment was authorized by , Ram Nath Kovind. • The term of office of the NHRC Chairperson and members of the

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10.Who has been appointed as the Ans. B Director of the Indian Institute of Rice Sol. Research (IIRR)? • Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal A. K Srinivas Rao B. K Kousalya Purohit has appointed Dravida C. Sudha Nair Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK D. Raman Meenakshi Sundaram Stalin as the chief minister of Tamil E. Uday Kumar Nadu. • The 68-year-old is the son of the Ans. D former five-term Tamil Nadu chief Sol. minister, the late M Karunanidhi. • Raman Meenakshi Sundaram has • The DMK-led alliance won 159 seats, been appointed as Director of the well ahead of the majority mark of 118 Indian Institute of Rice Research seats. The party alone won 133 seats (IIRR), an arm of the Indian Council of in the election. Agricultural Research. • In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, • Prior to this elevation, he was Stalin led the United Progressive working as Principal Scientist Alliance (UPA), of which the DMK is a (Biotechnology) at the institute crop constituent, to victory in 38 out of 39 Improvement Section. parliamentary seats in Tamil Nadu. • He is a scientist of global repute working in the area of rice 12.Who has been sworn in as the Chief biotechnology, molecular breeding, Minister of the Union Territory of and genomics and has over 160 Puducherry, for a record fourth time? research papers in national and A. N Rangasamy international journals of repute and B. A. Namassivayam has published several books, book C. A. Anbalagan chapters and popular articles. D. V. Narayanasamy E. M. Vaithianathan 11.Who has been appointed as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu? Ans. A A. Edappadi K. Palaniswami Sol. B. MK Stalin • The All India NR Congress (AINRC) C. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi founder leader N Rangasamy has been D. P. Geetha Jeevan sworn in as the Chief Minister of the E. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj

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Union Territory of Puducherry, for a • Mr Sarma joined the BJP six years record fourth time, on May 07, 2021. ago in 2015, after quitting the • N Rangasamy was administered the Congress. oath of office and secrecy by Lieutenant governor (additional 14.Who has been appointed as the charge) Tamilisai Soundararajan. National President of FICCI Ladies • Prior to this, the 71-year-old served Organization (FLO), the oldest as Chief Minister of Puducherry from women-led & women-centric 2001 to 2008 as a member of the business chamber of Southeast Asia? Indian National Congress and then A. Anupama Singh from 2011 to 2016 as a member of B. Ujjwala Singhania AINRC. C. Roshni Nadar D. Shikha Sharma 13.Who has been sworn in as the 15th E. Rekha Menon Chief Minister of Assam? A. Sarbananda Sonowal Ans. B B. Himanta Biswa Sarma Sol. C. Rama Kanta Dewri * Ujjwala Singhania has been D. Ram Prasad Sarmah appointed as the National President of E. Rajdeep Roy FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO), the oldest women-led & women-centric Ans. B business chamber of Southeast Asia. Sol. * As the 38th National President of • Himanta Biswa Sarma has been FLO Singhania will focus on named as the 15th Chief Minister of empowering women by facilitating an Assam on May 08, 2021. He will enabling environment that promotes replace incumbent Sarbananda entrepreneurship, industry Sonowal. participation and economic • He took the charge of the office with development of women. effect from May 10, 2021. * Under her leadership, FLO will carry • The BJP party won a second straight out many interventions towards term in the 2021 assembly polls in the fostering larger contributions of state. women in India’s Industrial and • The party won 60 seats in the 126- economic growth story. member Assam assembly.

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15. Name the Indian origin 16.Who has been sworn in as new immunologist, who has been elected NASA Administrator? to the prestigious National Academy A. Linda Thomas-Greenfield of Sciences in recognition of his B. Floyd McWilliams “distinguished and continuing C. Michael Collins achievements in original research? D. Bill Nelson A. Arun Kumar Singh E. Kenneth Juste B. Anupama Singh C. Sankar Ghosh Ans. D D. Vijay Goel Sol. E. Amitabh Chaudhary • US President Joe Biden has nominated former Senator Bill Nelson Ans. C to serve as the 14th NASA Sol. Administrator. * Sankar Ghosh, an award-winning • Nelson will serve as NASA’s chief Indian-origin immunologist, has been executive officer and will be directly elected to the prestigious National accountable to President Biden. Academy of Sciences in recognition of • In this role, he will articulate the his “distinguished and continuing space agency’s vision, will set its achievements in original research. programmatic and budget priorities, * He was among the 120 newly internal policies and assess the elected members announced by the agency’s performance. Academy. * Sankar Ghosh is the Silverstein and 17.The has Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology appointed Vandita Kaul as and Chair of the Department of government nominee director on the Microbiology & Immunology at the board of directors of ______. Vagelos College of Physicians and A. Bank of India Surgeons at Columbia University. B. Bank of Baroda * He is also a fellow of the American C. Bank of Maharshtra Association for the Advancement of D. Punjab National Bank Science. E. Canara Bank

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Sol. the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan * The Government of India has Chowdhury. appointed Vandita Kaul as government nominee director on the 19.Who has been appointed as the board of directors of Bank of India. Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High * Vandita Kaul has been working as an Court? Additional Secretary in the Ministry of A. Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel Finance, Department of Financial B. Sudhanshu Dhulia Services. C. Prashant Kumar Mishra D. Vikram Nath 18.Who has been appointed as the E. L. Narayana Swamy new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)? Ans. C A. KR Chandra Sol. B. VKS Kaumudi • Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra has C. Subodh Jaiswal been appointed acting Chief Justice of D. Rakesh Asthana the Chhattisgarh High Court and will E. YC Modi take charge from June 1, 2021. • The appointment was made in view Ans. C of the impending retirement of Justice Sol. PR Ramachandra Menon who is set to • IPS officer, Subodh Jaiswal has been demit office on May 31, 2021. appointed Director of the Central • He also served as Advocate General Bureau of Investigation (CBI). and became a judge of the • He was the most senior officer Chhattisgarh High Court in December among the three shortlisted for the 2009. post of CBI Director. • In exercising the powers conferred • Jaiswal, along with KR Chandra and by Article 223 of the Constitution of VS Kaumudi, was short-listed out of India, President Ramnath Govind 109 officers for the top post by the appointed Justice Prashant Kumar high-powered committee led by Mishra, to perform the duties of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. office of the Chief Justice of • Other members of the committee Chhattisgarh High Court. include Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana and Leader of Opposition in

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20.Who has been appointed as the Commerce Secretary, Government of Commerce Secretary, Government of India. India? • Mr. Subrahmanyam is a 1987 batch A. TV Somanathan IAS officer of the Chhattisgarh cadre, B. Debasish Panda and was sent on deputation to Jammu C. B V.R. Subrahmanyam and Kashmir in June 2018. D. Tuhin Kanta Pandey • He served as Chief Secretary when E. Ajay Seth the State was bifurcated into two Union Territories in 2019. Ans. C • He is a widely experienced Sol. bureaucrat having worked in • Central government has appointed Prime Minister’s B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, as next the Office as Joint Secretary. Personalities in News June 1.Who has been elected as the * She is the first Indian to be President of Vienna based appointed as the Chief of the INCB and International Narcotics Control Board the second woman to hold this office. (INCB)? A. Jagjit Pavadia 2.Dr Patrick Amoth has been B. Vinay K Nandicoori appointed as the Chairman of the C. Neera Tondon World Health Organisation (WHO) D. Manisha Kapoor Executive Board belongs to which E. Ujjwala Singhania country? A. Kenya Ans. A B. Jamaica Sol. C. Uruguay * The former Narcotics Commissioner D. South Africa of India and a retired officer of the E. Ghana Indian Revenue Service (Customs), Jagjit Pavadia has been elected as the Ans. A President of Vienna based Sol. International Narcotics Control Board * Dr Patrick Amoth, the acting (INCB) in its 131st session for a period Director-General for Health, Ministry of five years. of Health of Kenya has been appointed as the Chairman of the

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World Health Organisation (WHO) over three decades with the Executive Board, for a period of one organisation to join the Bill and year. Melinda Gates Foundation. * The announcement was made • Ms. Kochhar, who served in various during the 149th session of the WHO senior positions during her three Executive Board, on June 02, 2021, by decades at the IMF, will retire on July the outgoing Chair Dr Harsh Vardhan. 30, and will join as Director of * Mr Amoth replaces Union Health Development Policy and Finance, at Minister, Government of India, Dr the Bill and Melinda Gates Harsh Vardhan, who completed his Foundation. tenure as Chairman of WHO Executive Board on June 02, 2021. 4.Who has been appointed as the * Dr Vardhan will continue to be a World Bank Education Advisor for the member of the Executive Board of period June 2021 to June 2024? WHO till 2023. The chairman’s post is A. Shuvajit Payne held on a rotation basis for one year B. Vineeta Garg among regional groups. C. Rajiv Mishra D. Ranjitsingh Disale 3.Name the Indian Economist at IMF E. Mrituanjay Pathak decided to join the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation after retiring in July Ans. D 2021? Sol. A. Kalpana Kochhar • Ranjitsinh Disale, a primary teacher B. from 's Solapur, who won C. Gita Gopinath the Global Teacher Prize 2020, has D. Raj Chetty been appointed as the World Bank E. Parag Pathak Education Advisor for the period June 2021 to June 2024. Ans. A • Mr Disale, 32, was named the Sol. winner of the Global Teacher Prize • Noted Indian economist Kalpana 2020 in recognition of his efforts to Kochhar, who heads the Human promote girls' education and trigger a Resources Department of the quick-response (QR) coded textbook International Monetary Fund (IMF), is revolution in India. retiring next month after serving for

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• The World Bank has launched a new 6.Husain Al-Musallam held from Coach initiative that aims to which country, who has been elected accelerate student learning by as the President of the International improving in-service teacher Swimming Federation (FINA)? professional development (TPD). A. Iraq B. Iran 5.Who has been elected as the C. UAE President of Israel? D. Kuwait A. Reuven Rivlin E. Qatar B. Isaac Herzog C. Miriam Peretz Ans. D D. Yoram Gaon Sol. E. Amir Peretz • Kuwait’s Husain Al-Musallam has been elected as the President of the Ans. B International Swimming Federation Sol. (FINA) at the FINA General Congress * Veteran politician Isaac Herzog has held in Doha,Qatar. been elected Israel’s 11th president in • He was previously serving as the first a secret ballot in the Knesset Vice President(VP) of FINA.(FINA has 2 (parliament). VPs namely First VP and Second VP). * The 60-year-old former Labor leader will be the first Israeli President who is 7.Abdulla Shahid was elected as the the son of a former president. His new President of the UN General father Chaim Herzog served as Israel’s Assembly (UNGA), he is the Foreign Head of State between 1983 and Minister of which country? 1993. A. Mauritius * Herzog won the support of an B. Maldives overwhelming 87 lawmakers in the C. Bangladesh 120-member house defeating his rival D. Surinam Miriam Peretz with a comfortable E. Malaysia margin. Ans. B Sol. • The Maldives' Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was elected as the new

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President of the UN General Assembly Party and Dangaasuren Enkhbat of the (UNGA), winning a three-fourth Right Person Electorate Coalition in a majority against contender national vote. Afghanistan’s former foreign minister • With 99.7% of votes counted Zalmai Rassoul. overnight, Khurelsukh's tally had • Shahid garnered 143 votes while reached 821,136, or 68% of the total, Rassoul received 48 votes out of the the largest share of the vote since the 191 votes polled. democratic era began in 1990. • The election to the UNGA presidential post is held on an annual 9.Name the Indian personality who basis, rotated amongst various has been appointed as Chef de regional groupings. The 76th UNGA Cabinet of President-elect of the 76th session (2021-22) was the turn of the session of the UN General Assembly, Asia-Pacific group. Abdulla Shahid? • This is the first time the Maldives will A. Taranjit Singh Sandhu be occupying the office of the B. Gaitri Issar Kumar President of the UNGA. C. T. S. Tirumurti D. K Nagaraj Naidu 8.Ukhnaa Khurelsukh has been E. Jawed Ashraf elected as the president of which country? Ans. D A. Mongolia Sol. B. Taiwan • President-elect of the 76th session C. Azerbaijan of the UNGA, Abdulla Shahid D. Vietnam appointed K Nagaraj Naidu as his Chef E. Bhutan de Cabinet. • Naidu is India's Deputy Permanent Ans. A Representative to the UN Sol. Ambassador. • Former Mongolian Prime Minister • Comprising 193 member the Ukhnaa Khurelsukh became the General Assembly is the main country's sixth democratically elected deliberative, policymaking and president of Mongolia. representative organ of the United • Khurelsukh defeated Sodnomzundui Nations. Erdene of the opposition Democratic

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• Shahid was overwhelmingly elected 11.Antonio Manuel de Oliveira as president of the next session of the Guterres (72) aka Antonio Guterres, UN General Assembly. was re-elected as the Secretary • India, currently serving the 2021-22 General of United Nations (UN) for a term as a non-permanent member of 2nd 5-year term, he held from which the powerful UN Security Council, will country? assume the Presidency of the 15- A. Germany nation UN organ in August. B. Italy C. Portugal 10.Who has been sworn in as the new D. Spain Prime Minister of Israel? E. France A. Benjamin Netanyahu B. Ehud Olmert Ans. C C. Naftali Bennett Sol. D. Ariel Sharon • Antonio Manuel de Oliveira E. Isaac Herzog Guterres (72) aka Antonio Guterres, was re-elected as the Secretary Ans. C General of United Nations (UN) for a Sol. 2nd 5-year term from January 1, 2022 • Naftali Bennett was sworn-in as the to December 31, 2026. 13th Prime Minister of Israel. • His appointment was made by the • His victory ended the 12-year power United Nations General Assembly of former prime minister Benjamin (UNGA) on the recommendation of Netanyahu the 15-nation UN Security Council • Netanyahu is the Israel’s longest- (UNSC) and announced by the serving leader. President of the 75th session of the • Bennett is former defence minister UNGA, Volkan Bozkir. and associated with right-wing • It should be noted that as per UN Yamina party. Charter, the Secretary-General is • Mr Bennett will be prime minister appointed by the UNGA on the until September 2023 as part of a recommendation of the UNSC. power-sharing deal. • He is an ex-Prime Minister of • He will then hand power over to Yair Portugal from 1995 to 2002, he has Lapid for a further two years. been serving as the Secretary General since 2017.

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• He is the 9th person to assume the Sol. position of UN Secretary General . • The US has appointed Indian- American Atul Keshap as the country’s 12.Who has won the 2021 Iranian Charge’d Affairs in Delhi. presidential election? • Ambassador Keshap’s appointment A. Ebrahim Raisi will reinforce the close US partnership B. Hassan Rouhani with the Government and people of C. Hamed Mousavi India. D. Abdolnaser Hemmati • He most recently served as the E. Mohsen Rezaei Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ans. A of State for the Bureau of East Asian Sol. and Pacific Affairs and as the US • Ultra-conservationist Ebrahim Raisi Ambassador to Sri Lanka and (60 years) has won 2021 Iranian Maldives. presidential election, after winning 62% of the vote, which is around 17.8 14.Who has been elected as the million votes. president industry body the • He will succeed Hassan Rouhani. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) • He will take charge of the office of for 2021-22? President in August 2021 for four year A. T V Narendran term. B. Uday Kotak, • He is presently serving as the Chief C. Sunil Bharti Mittal Justice of Iran since March 2019. D. Salil Parekh E. Deepak Parekh 13.Who has been appointed as the US’s interim envoy to India? Ans. A A. Atul Keshap Sol. B. Uday Singh Taunque • Industry chamber CII has elected T V C. Suhas Subramanyam Narendran, CEO and MD, Tata Steel, D. Ravinder Bhalla as its new president for 2021-22. E. Swati Dandekar • He takes over from Uday Kotak, Managing Director, and Chief Ans. A Executive Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank.

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• He was the Chairman of CII Eastern • This Council also includes - Sony Region during 2016-17 and has led CII Pictures General Counsel Ashok national panels on leadership and HR Nambisan and Star and Disney India besides being Chairman of CII Chief Regional Counsel Mihir Rale. Jharkhand. • IBF, the apex body of broadcasters, had last week announced to expand to 15.Who has been appointed as the cover digital streaming platforms and Chairman of newly formed self- is soon going to be renamed as Indian regulatory body Digital Media Content Broadcasting & Digital Foundation Regulatory Council (DMCRC) by the (IBDF). Indian Broadcasting Foundation? • The move was done to bring A. Nikkhil Advani together the broadcasters and OTT B. Tigmanshu Dhulia (over-the-top) platforms. It had also C. Vikramjit Sen announced a self-regulatory body D. Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari DMCRC for digital OTT platforms. E. Deepak Dhar 16.Who took charges as the chairman Ans. C of the National Human Rights Sol. Commission (NHRC)? • The Indian Broadcasting Foundation A. T.S. Thakur (IBF) has appointed former Supreme B. K.G.Balakrishnan Court judge Justice Vikramjit Sen as C. the Chairman of its newly formed self- D. regulatory body Digital Media Content E. Dipak Mishra Regulatory Council (DMCRC). • Besides, six other eminent industry Ans. D members which include filmmaker Sol. Nikkhil Advani, writer and director • Justice Arun Kumar Mishra (Retd) Tigmanshu Dhulia, filmmaker and took charge as the chairman of the writer Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, content National Human Rights Commission producer and distributor Banijay • Justice Arun Mishra enrolled as a Group CEO and founder Deepak Dhar lawyer in 1978. He was elected the would also be part of the self- youngest chairperson of Bar Council of regulatory body. India in 1998-99.

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• He was appointed judge of Madhya 18.Who has been appointed as the Pradesh High Court in October 1999. Election Commissioner? He later served as chief Justice of A. Anup Chandra Pandey Rajasthan High Court and Calcutta B. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha High Court before being elevated to C. HL Dattu the Supreme Court on July 7, 2014. D. Hitendra Dave E. AK Mishra 17.Who has been appointed as the Director General of ? Ans. A A. M K S Yadav Sol. B. Tarun Kumar • The Union government appointed C. Pradeep Chandran Nair Anup Chandra Pandey as the Election D. D P Pandey Commissioner. E. Kuldiep Singh • He is a retired IAS officer of the 1984 batch, cadre. Ans. C • Pandey has been appointed to the Sol. position left vacant by former Chief • Lieutenant General Pradeep Election Commissioner Sunil Arora’s Chandran Nair took over as Director retirement on April 12. General Assam Rifles. • This restores the three-member • Nair is the 21st Director General of commission to its full strength, which the Assam Rifles (popularly known as will now oversee the next set of Sentinels of the North-East). crucial assembly elections in Uttar • The General Officer was Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and commissioned into the Sikh Regiment Uttarakhand next year. in 1985. • Chief Election Commissioner Sushil • He is an alumnus of Sainik School Chandra and Election Commissioner Satara, National Defence Academy, Rajiv Kumar are the other two Defence Services Staff College, members on the panel. College of Defence Management and the prestigious Indian Institute of Public Administration.

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19.Who has been reappointed as the Sol. Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of • Mawya Sudan has become the first India (RBI) for a period of two years woman from Jammu and Kashmir to with effect from 22.06.2021? become a fighter pilot. A. MR Kumar • She was inducted as a fighter pilot B. MK Jain during the combined graduation C. Anup Chandra Pandey parade ceremony in Hyderabad. D. Visswavir Ahuja • She is the 12th woman fighter pilot E. Jose J Kattoor in the IAF. • 24 yrs old Mawya originally belongs Ans. B to Lamberi village on the Line of Sol. Control (LoC) in Rajouri district. • The government has extended the • She will now undergo rigorous tenure of deputy governor Mahesh fighter training for over a year to Kumar Jain for two years. become ‘fully operational’ as a fighter • Jain was appointed as deputy pilot. governor for three years in June 2018. • Before joining the Reserve Bank of 21.Who has been appointed as the India, he was managing director of acting Central Vigilance Commissioner IDBI Bank. (CVC) of India? • The other three serving deputy A. Meenesh Shah governors are Michael Patra, M B. Varsha Joshi Rajeshwar Rao and T Rabi Sankar. C. Suresh N Patel D. Partima Murthy 20.Who has become the first woman E. K Nagaraj from Jammu and Kashmir to become a fighter pilot? Ans. C A. Ruveda Salam Sol. B. Sami Ara Surury • Suresh N Patel has been appointed C. Nyla Ali Khan as the acting Central Vigilance D. Mawya Sudan Commissioner (CVC) of India with E. Shamma Jain effect from June 24, 2021 • He has been appointed in place of Ans. D Sanjay Kothari

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• He is currently serving as the • He also served as an Additional incumbent Vigilance Commissioner Solicitor General during the Morarji and is the only VC in the commission. Desai government. • He will remain on the post until the appointment of the new Central 23.Who has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner. chairman of the National Dairy • Central Vigilance Commission is Development Board (NDDB)? headed by the CVC and can have a A. Meenesh Shah maximum of two vigilance B. Varsha Joshi commissioners. C. Suresh N Patel D. Partima Murthy 22.Whose tenure has been extended E. K Nagaraj as the Attorney General of India by the central government? Ans. A A. Mukul Rohatgi Sol. B. Tushar Mehta • National Dairy Development Board C. Raghvendra Singh (NDDB) executive director, Meenesh D. K K Venugopal Shah has been assigned the additional E. Rajdeepak Rastogi charge of the post of Chairman of NDDB. Ans. D • He Varsha Joshi whose tenure ended Sol. on May 31. • The Central Government has • Shah had taken over the post for a extended the tenure of Attorney period of six months with effect from General K K Venugopal by one more June 1. year till June 30, 2022. • Shah is a member secretary of the • Last year, his tenure was extended Indian National Committee (INC) of by one year. the International Dairy Federation • Venugopal was appointed as AG on (IDF). July 1, 2017. • He took over as the 15th Attorney General of India after former AG Mukul Rohatgi resigned.

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24.Whose term has been extended by Sol. one year by the central government as • The Centre has granted a one-year the CEO of the NITI Aayog, the policy extension to Amitabh Kant (1980 IAS), think tank of the government of India? CEO of NITI Aayog till June 2022. A. VK Saraswat • He played an instrumental role in B. Rajiv Kumar initiatives such as Make in India, Start- C. Amitabh Kant up India, Incredible India and "God's D. Rajiv Mahirishi Own Country" initiatives. E. Rajesh Bhushan • He has also been piloting the Union government’s ease of doing business Ans. C initiative. • He was appointed as the CEO of the public policy think tank in 2016. • NITI Aayog Est. in 1st January 2015.

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