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Current Affairs Quiz
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| State | Official | Additional official |
| languages[39] | languages[39] | |
| Andhra Pradesh | Telugu | — |
| Arunachal Pradesh | English | — |
| Assam | Assamese | Bengali, Bodo |
| Bihar | Hindi | Urdu |
| Chhattisgarh | Hindi | Chhattisgarhi |
| Goa | Konkani | Marathi |
| Gujarat | Gujarati | — |
| Haryana | Hindi | Punjabi[41][42] |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hindi | Sanskrit[44] |
| Jharkhand | Hindi | Angika, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Ho, Kharia, Khortha, Kurmali, Kurukh, Magahi, Maithili, Mundari, Nagpuri, Odia, Santali, Urdu[45] |
| Karnataka | Kannada | — |
| Kerala | Malayalam | English[46] |
| Madhya Pradesh | Hindi | — |
| Maharashtra | Marathi | — |
| Manipur | Meitei | English |
| Meghalaya | English | Khasi[a] |
| Mizoram | English, Hindi, Mizo | — |
| Nagaland | English | — |
| Odisha | Odia | — |
| Punjab | Punjabi | — |
| Rajasthan | Hindi | English |
| Sikkim | English, Nepali | Bhutia, Gurung, Lepcha, Limbu, Manggar, Mukhia, Newari, Rai, Sherpa, Tamang |
| Tamil Nadu | Tamil | English |
| Telangana | Telugu | Urdu[49] |
| Tripura | Bengali, English, Kokborok | — |
| Uttar Pradesh | Hindi | Urdu |
| Uttarakhand | Hindi | Sanskrit[51] |
| West Bengal | Bengali, Nepali[c] | Hindi, Odia, Telugu, Punjabi, Santali, Urdu |
| Union territory | Official | Additional official |
| languages | languages | |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Hindi | English |
| Chandigarh | English | — |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Gujarati, Hindi | Konkani, Marathi |
| Delhi | Hindi, English | Punjabi, Urdu[52] |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Hindi, Urdu | Dogri, Kashmiri |
| Ladakh | Hindi, English | |
| Lakshadweep | Malayalam, English | — |
| Puducherry | French [54] Tamil, English | Malayalam, Telugu |
| S.No | States Name | Capital | Formed on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam(executive) Amaravati (legislative) Kurnool (judicial) | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | 20 Feb. 1987 |
| 3 | Assam | Dispur | 26 Jan. 1950 |
| 4 | Bihar | Patna | 26 Jan. 1950 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | 1 Nov. 2000 |
| 6 | Goa | Panaji | 30 May. 1987 |
| 7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | 1 May. 1960 |
| 8 | Haryana | Chandigarh | 1 Nov. 1966 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | 25 Jan. 1971 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | 15 Nov. 2000 |
| 11 | Karnataka | Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| 12 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | Mumbai | 1 May. 1960 |
| 15 | Manipur | Imphal | 21 Jan. 1972 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | Shillong | 21 Jan. 1972 |
| 17 | Mizoram | Aizawl | 20 Feb. 1987 |
| 18 | Nagaland | Kohima | 1 Dec. 1963 |
| 19 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | 26 Jan. 1950 |
| 20 | Punjab | Chandigarh | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| 22 | Sikkim | Gangtok | 16 May. 1975 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | 26 Jan. 1950 |
| 24 | Telangana | Hyderabad | 2 Jun. 2014 |
| 25 | Tripura | Agartala | 21 Jan. 1972 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | 26 Jan. 1950 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun (Winter) Gairsain (Summer) | 9 Nov. 2000 |
| 28 | West Bengal | Kolkata | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| S.No | Union Territories Names | Capital | Formed on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| 2 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 1 Nov. 1966 |
| 3 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Daman | 26 Jan. 2020 |
| 4 | Delhi | New Delhi | 9 May. 1905 |
| 5 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (Summer) Jammu (Winter) | 31 Oct 2019 |
| 6 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | 1 Nov. 1956 |
| 7 | Puducherry | Pondicherry | 1 Nov. 1954 |
| 8 | Ladakh | Leh | 31 Oct 2019 |
2. Amazon India has launched a free video streaming service named miniTV. Amazon now has two video streaming service- Prime Video and miniTV.
Amazon announced the launch of miniTV for Android users. India is the first country to try out the miniTV feature. The miniTV is a free, ad-supported video streaming service available within the Amazon shopping app. This implies that anyone who has the Amazon’s shopping app, can access the miniTV.
3. 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released on Monday the first batch of a keenly awaited, anti-Covid-19 drug called 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). It has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in partnership with a Hyderabad based private firm, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.
The new drug is not a vaccination, or a preventive measure against being infected by the Covid-19 virus. Rather, the 2-DG molecule hastens the recovery of patients who are already suffering from the disease and are, in most cases, facing severe oxygen dependency. The drug is dispensed in powder form in a sachet, and taken orally after being dissolved in water.
Rajnath Singh handed over the first batch of the new 2-DG drug in Delhi to the Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Harsh Vardhan.
4. US Pharmaceutical company Johnson and Johnson has partnered with a Telangana-based pharma company in India, Biological E Limited for manufacturing of its COVID-19 vaccine
5. Arjan Singh Bhullar
Arjan ‘Singh’ Bhullar became the first Indian fighter to win the ONE Heavyweight World Title at the top-level (Mixed Martial Arts) MMA Championship event in Singapore on May 16, 2021, after defeating the longtime heavyweight king Brandon ‘The Truth’ Vera.
6. Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT)
The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) is building a next-generation Digital Financial Infrastructure named National Digital Financial Infrastructure (NADI). NADI would provide a roadmap and framework for future digital financial services growth in India.
About the NADI:
7. Tianwen-1, China
Tianwen-1, China’s uncrewed spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on May 15, 2021. The landing of the spacecraft has made the country only the second in the world to send a rover for exploring the Red Planet. China’s ‘Zhurong’ Rover was onboard the lander and the rover will soon be deployed to study the Martian geology and atmosphere.
1. World Hypertension Day (WHD) is observed on which day of the year?
A) 17 May
B) 14 May
C) 15 May
D) 16 May
2. miniTV is a newly launched free video streaming service. The service has been launched by which entity?
A) Amazon India
B) Star India
C) Reliance
D) Zee Entertainment
3. Who has developed the new anti-Covid drug 2-DG?
a) DRDO
b) Bharat Biotech
c) ISRO
d) ICMR
4. Johnson and Johnson has partnered with which Indian pharma company for manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine?
a) Biological E
b) Bharat Biotech
c) Zydus Cadila
d) Serum Institute
5. Who has become the first Indian fighter to become MMA World Champion?
a) Chaitanya Gavali
b) Sunny Khatri
c) Mohammed Farhad
d) Arjan Singh Bhullar
6. Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) is arm of which organization ?
a) ISRO
b) RBI
c) DRDO
d) BARC
7. Which country has become the second one in the world to send a rover to Mars?
a) Russia
b) France
c) China
d) India
has become the first person from India to win the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award. The Mumbai-born professor won the honour for her book ‘Arabic Oration: Art and Function’, which was published by Brill Academic Publishers of Leiden in 2019. 2. Nagaland Conservationist Y Nuklu Phom 
was named the winner of ‘Whitley Awards 2021′, also known as the Green Oscar, donated by MAVA Foundation on May 12, 2021 for his efforts in establishing a biodiversity peace corridor in Nagaland.
3. Covaxin 
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has approved Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials on 2 to 18-year-olds.
4. Florence Nightingale, 
was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, in which she organised care for wounded soldiers at Constantinople.[3] She gave nursing a favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian culture, especially in the persona of “The Lady with the Lamp” making rounds of wounded soldiers at night.[4][5]
The United States Food and Drug Administration on May 10, 2021, gave the emergency use approval to Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for the children in the 12-15 age group. The US government aims at setting up shots for many before the beginning of the next school year.
6. Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft 
began its historic 2-year mission back to Earth after collecting samples from asteroid Bennu on May 10, 2021. This is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission and it carries a generous amount of material collected from the near-Earth asteroid.
1. Who has become the first person from India to win the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award?
a) Amrita Pritam
b) Jhumpa Lahiri
c) Khaled Hosseini
d) Tahera Qutbuddin
2. India’s Y Nuklu Phom has been named the winner of ‘Whitley Awards 2021′ for his conservational efforts in which Indian state?
a) Meghalaya
b) Nagaland
c) Sikkim
d) Manipur
3. The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has approved which COVID-19 vaccine for phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials on 2 to 18-year-olds?
a) Covaxin
b) Covishield
c) J&J
d) Sputnik
4. Which among the following COVID-19 variants was first detected in India in October 2020?
a) B.1.1.7
b) B.1.351
c) B.1.1.28.1
d) B.1.617
5. Which Indian state on May 12, 2021 reported resurgence of the African Swine Fever?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) West Bengal
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Meghalaya
6. Which nation will become the most populated country by 2027, as per a UN report?
a) India
b) US
c) Japan
d) Pakistan
7. Which nation will be the world’s fastest-growing major economy in 2022, as per the UN?
a) China
b) US
c) UK
d) India
8. Who was the founder of modern nursing?
a) Mother Teresa
b) Elizabeth Blackwell
c) Clara Barton
d) Florence Nightingale
9. Which nation has approved Pfizer’s vaccine for children in the 12-15 age group?
a) US
b) UK
c) India
d) France
10. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has begun its 2-year journey back to Earth after collecting samples from which asteroid?
a) Ceres
b) Juno
c) Vesta
d) Bennu
Mayflower 400
Mayflower 400 is the world’s first Artificial Intelligence Ship, built by a team of researchers from the marine research organization ProMare in collaboration with IBM. It is an unmanned 15-m-long trimaran that weighs nine tons and is a completely autonomous ship. The ship is set to sail on a transatlantic voyage. It will track aquatic mammals, analyze plastic in the water and study marine pollution.
IDBI strategic disinvestment
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on May 5, 2021 gave its approval for the strategic disinvestment and transfer of management control in IDBI Bank Ltd. The cabinet was chaired by Narendra Modi.
Sauropods fossil in Meghalaya
The researchers have identified the fossil bone fragments of the long-necked dinosaurs, known as Sauropods from an area around West Khasi Hill Districts in Meghalaya. The fossil dates back to about 100-million years.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, during a brief swing by Venus in July 2020, detected a natural radio signal from Venus’ atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 as a solar mission to analyze the Sun.
Oldest human burial in Kenya, Africa
Archaeologists have discovered the oldest human burial in Africa that dates back to 78,000 years at a cave site called Panga ya Saidi near the Kenyan coast. The remains belong to a 2-3 years old toddler who looks to have been laid to rest with a pillow.
1. What is the name of the world’s first Artificial Intelligence ship?
a) Sunflower 40
b) Earth 2030
c) Mayflower 400
d) Seafarer 66
2. Cabinet has given its approval for strategic disinvestment in which bank?
a) SBI
b) BOI
c) IDBI
d) BOB
3. Former Lok Sabha MP and Union Minister Ajit Singh passed away in the morning on May 6, 2021 at the age of 86. He was the chief of which among the following parties?
a) RLD
b) JD(U)
c) RJD
d) LJP
4. Former Union Minister and Governor Jagmohan passed away on May 3, 2021. He had served as the Governor of which state for two terms?
a) J&K
b) Delhi
c) Goa
d) None of the Above
5. India has launched a comprehensive partnership on migration and mobility with which nation?
a) UK
b) US
c) Canada
d) France
6. Who has been appointed as the deputy governor of RBI?
a) TN Rao
b) T Rabi Sankar
c) Venugopal Menon
d) Shashi Iyer
7. The President of which African nation has declared a state of emergency?
a) Ghana
b) Zambia
c) DRC
d) Niger
8. Researchers have discovered 100 million-year-old bones of Sauropods in which Indian state?
a) Mizoram
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Tripura
d) Meghalaya
9. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has detected Natural Radio Emission from which planet’s Atmosphere?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Mercury
d) Saturn
10. The US FDA is likely to authorise which vaccine for young adults aged above 12 years?
a) Pfizer
b) Moderna
c) J&J
d) AstraZeneca
11. Which nation’s cricket team has become the top-ranked ODI team in the world?
a) India
b) Australia
c) New Zealand
d) None of the Above
12. The oldest human burial site has been discovered in which country?
a) Kenya
b) Egypt
c) Brazil
d) Vietnam
Oscar Winners Announced
The winners were announced at the 93rd Annual Academy Awards. The awards made history by giving Chloe Zhao the best director award, making her the first woman of color and 2nd woman director ever to win the Oscars. Anthony Hopkins won the award for the best actor and McDormand won the best actress for ‘Nomadland’.
1. Who has become the first woman of colour to win the Oscar for Best Director?
a) Thomas Vinterberg
b) Lee Isaac Chung
c) Chloe Zhao
d) Emerald Fennell
2. Which film has won the Oscar for ‘Best Picture’ at the 93rd Academy Awards?
a) Nomadland
b) Promising Young Woman
c) The Trial of the Chicago 7
d) Minari
3. Asian Development Bank has projected India’s GDP growth to be how much in FY21?
a) 12 percent
b) 10.7 percent
c) 11 percent
d) 9.8 percent
4. Former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee passed away on April 30, 2021. When was he first appointed as attorney general of India?
a) 1977
b) 1971
c) 1989
d) 1991
5. The Lieutenant Governor of which Union Territory will now have primacy over the elected government?
a) J&K
b) Delhi
c) Puducherry
d) Chandigarh
6. Where will ICC World Test Championship Final 2021 take place?
a) The Oval
b) Hampshire Bowl
c) Edgbaston
d) Lord’s
7. What is Bharat Biotech’s revised Covaxin price for states?
a) Rs 500
b) Rs 400
c) Rs 450
d) Rs 300
8. What is SII’s new vaccine price for state governments?
a) Rs 200
b) Rs 150
c) Rs 300
d) Rs 350
9. Which e-learning platform has been featured in Time Magazine’s 2021 list of 100 most influential companies?
a) Edukart
b) Unacademy
c) Toppr
d) BYJU’s
10. Which state government has planned to provide ten lakh tap water connections in FY 2021-22?
a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
11. Justice Rajesh Bindal has been appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of which High Court?
a) Madras
b) Bombay
c) Calcutta
d) Delhi
12. What is the name of China’s first Mars Rover?
a) Shiang
b) Zhurong
c) Zhing
d) Huo Xing
Current Affairs
13. Ayushman Bharat Diwas was celebrated on April 30
14.
The 93rd Academy Awards (Oscar) 2021 was announced: –
15. World Intellectual Property Day” was observed on 26 April
16. During the Covid-19 transition, which train has been started by the Indian Railways for the timely supply of oxygen in the country?– Oxygen Express by Railway Minister: Mr. Piyush Goyal
17. Who has been chosen by UNICEF to encourage people to be vaccinated against deadly diseases?– David Beckaham
18. To meet the increasing demand for oxygen due to COVID-19, which oxygen manufacturing plant has been ordered to be restarted?– Vedanta ( ‘Vedanta Oxygen Manufacturing Plant’ is located in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu )
19. Which Indian cricketer has been appointed as brand ambassador by Japanese sports brand “ASICS”?– Ravindra Jadeja
20. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Inaugurated on April 27 India’s First 3D Printed House At IIT Madras
