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A)
France
B)
Russia
C)
Italy
D)
Brazil

Correct Answer :   Italy


Italy's Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo have been chosen to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics during the 134th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Skating sports and ice hockey will be held in Milan, while most alpine skiing events will take place in the resort of Cortina. Other snow sports will be held in other venues in the Italian Alps, including Bormio and Livigno. The 2026 Winter Olympics will take place from 6 to 22 February and the 2026 Winter Paralympics will be held from 6 to 15 March.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
Tim Cook
B)
Steve Jobs
C)
Jony Ive
D)
Katherine Adams

Correct Answer :   Jony Ive


Mr. Ive has been a fixture on Apple's design team since the early 1990s and is known for shaping Apple's signature rounded, stylish designs.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
National Food Security Mission
B)
Krishi Vigyan Kendras
C)
Antyodaya Anna Yojana
D)
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Correct Answer :   Krishi Vigyan Kendras


Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar made central Government to decide to use digital technology across rural India to double farmers income by the year 2022. The Government set up 713 Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) and 684 Agricultural Technology Management Agencies (ATMA) at the district level in the country for dissemination of technologies among the farming community. The Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and Block Chair Technology, Internet of things(loT) are the technologies used here. The space technology which helps to forecast agricultural output, agro-meteorology and land-based observations, horticulture assessment and management, drought assessment and monitoring system. The government set up an Inter-Ministerial committee and suggested a strategy to achieve the goal by 2022.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
Amit Agarwal
B)
Subho Ray
C)
Dhruv Shringi
D)
Satyan Gajwani

Correct Answer :   Amit Agarwal


Amit Agarwal, Amazon India Senior Vice-President and Country Head named as the new Chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). He succeeds Rajan Anandan. He was the former Google India Managing Director (MD). Dhruv Shringi, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yatra appointed as the Vice Chairman of IAMA. He succeeds Deep Kalra, Founder and Group CEO of MakeMyTrip. Satyan Gajwani, vice-chairman of Times Internet appointed as the new Treasurer of the IAMAI. Subho Ray continues as the President of the association. The tenure of the new council is 2 years.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
West Bengal
B)
Manipur
C)
Rajasthan
D)
Nagaland

Correct Answer :   Nagaland


According to the survey, Nagaland has the highest unemployment rate among the states at 21.4%, and the state with the lowest employment rate is Meghalaya.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
FIH
B)
v
C)
ISSF
D)
AIBA

Correct Answer :   AIBA


The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stripped Olympic status from the troubled world boxing body AIBA. The AIBA president, Gafur Rakhimov is under the United States federal sanctions for suspected links to eastern European organized crime. As a result, the IOC will now organize qualifying and final tournaments for the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
Turkey
B)
Sudan
C)
Oman
D)
Egypt

Correct Answer :   Sudan


Khartoum is the capital city of Sudan. It has a population of 1,974,647, and is located on a latitue of 15.55 and longitude of 32.53. Khartoum is also the political center of Sudan, which is considered a Republic, and home to its Executive head of state.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
Anastasija Sevastova
B)
Elise Mertens
C)
Sofia Kenin
D)
Angelique Kerber

Correct Answer :   Sofia Kenin


Sofia Kenin of the United States won the Mallorca Open Title 2019. Belinda Bencic of Switzerland with 6-7 (B), 7-6 (5), 6-4 points in the finals. The 4th edition of the tournament was held at Santa Ponsa Tennis Club in Mallorca, Spain. This was her second WTA (Women's Tennis Association) singles title of the season.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
Russia
B)
Japan
C)
Germany
D)
United Kingdom

Correct Answer :   Russia


The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has voted in favour of restoring Russia's voting rights, five years after they were revoked over its illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.

Published On : July 13, 2021
A)
Haryana
B)
Maharashtra
C)
Kerala
D)
Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer :   Kerala


Kerala has topped ranking state in terms of overall health performance as per the report submitted by NITI Aayog on health index. This is the second edition of its type. It measured the annual and incremental performances of states and UTs. Next to Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra have emerged as the second and third best performers, respectively, on health parameters. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were ranked the two worst performers, respectively. Kerala secured an overall score of 74.01, while Uttar Pradesh was the least performing state with an overall score of 28.61. The report highlighted the outbreak of encephalitis in Bihar that killed over 150 children till 24 June.

Published On : July 13, 2021