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A)
A blast-resistant helmet
B)
A blast-resistant Camera
C)
A blast-resistant Jacket
D)
A blast-resistant Van

Correct Answer : Option (A) - A blast-resistant helmet


A professor from IIT Roorkee, Prof. Shailesh Ganpule has received the 'NSG Counter-IED & Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award 2021' for his design of a blast-resistant helmet.

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
Xi Jinping
B)
Narendra Modi
C)
Yoshihide Suga
D)
Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Narendra Modi


Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the President of the 14th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP14 President). The event was held at New Delhi in 2019.
Recently, PM Modi is set to address a high-level virtual dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought at the UN. The event will be convened by the President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir.

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
Lily Collins
B)
Sana Marin
C)
Boby Adline
D)
Barbora Krejcikova

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Barbora Krejcikova


Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic recently won the women's singles title in French Open tennis by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
Goa
B)
Assam
C)
Karnataka
D)
Maharashtra

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Karnataka


The Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has launched a DBT mobile application that will help transfer funds directly to beneficiaries of various government welfare schemes.

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
Prafulla Chandra Pant
B)
Amitabh Chaudhry
C)
Rajesh Bindal
D)
Sanjay Yadav

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Sanjay Yadav


Justice Sanjay Yadav took oath as the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court at the Gandhi Hall of the Raj Bhavan in Lucknow.

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
IIT Kanpur
B)
IIT Delhi
C)
IIT Mumbai
D)
IIT Bangalore

Correct Answer : Option (A) - IIT Kanpur


IIT Kanpur - Professor Mukesh Sharma of IIT Kanpur has recently been appointed as an honorary member of the World Health Organization's Global Air Pollution and Health-Technical Advisory Group

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
Anita Desai
B)
Ruskin Bond
C)
Amartya Sen
D)
Salman Rushdie

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Amartya Sen


One of the world's leading public intellectuals of our time, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has penned his memoir 'Home in the World'.

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
Sangita Narain
B)
Sanjit Narayan
C)
Sunita Narain
D)
Suman Narayan

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Sunita Narain


India's Environmentalist, Writer and Director General of The Centre for Science & Environment, Sunita Narain has been appointed to an international advisory group for action on environment, climate and biodiversity.

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
10
B)
15
C)
20
D)
25

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 15


The United Nations Security Council is a 15 member body. Five veto-wielding permanent members of the council are the United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom and France.
Recently, five countries namely Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Albania, Ghana and Gabon have been selected for to join the U.N. Security Council. They replace another 5 members whose terms end and will start their terms on January 1.

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32
A)
New York
B)
Geneva
C)
Rome
D)
Paris

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Paris


The International Level Crossing Awareness Day (ILCAD) is a worldwide initiative to improve awareness of level crossing safety.
The campaign has been spearheaded by the Paris- based International Union of Railways (UIC), an international rail transport industry body. The ILCAD campaign was established in 2009, by the European Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).

Published On : 06/01/2021 16:56:32