IGKO Preparation Class 1 to 5 – Location

The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, is located in which country?

Machu Picchu, the ancient Incan citadel, is situated in which South American country?

The Taj Mahal, a renowned symbol of love and architecture, can be found in which country?

What country is home to the Sahara Desert, the largest hot desert in the world?

Where is the Amazon Rainforest, the world’s largest tropical rainforest, primarily located?

The Colosseum, a famous ancient amphitheater, is situated in which European city?

The Pyramids of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, are located in which country?

Ayers Rock (Uluru), a large sandstone rock formation, is found in which country?

The city of Kyoto, known for its rich history and traditional culture, is in which Asian country?

The Serengeti National Park, famous for its wildlife and annual migration, is located in which African country?

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 31 May to 1 June May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 31 May to 1 June 2021 for Competitive Exams

Current Affairs

1. New CBI Director

Senior IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was on May 25, 2021 appointed as the new CBI director for two years, as per the personnel ministry order. A three-member selection committee led by PM Narendra Modi on May 24, 2021, had shortlisted Jaiswal’s name for the position of director, Central Bureau of Investigation.

Current Affairs Quiz

1. “Action and Investment in Menstrual Hygiene and Health” is the theme of which special day celebrated on May 28?

[A] World Menstrual Hygiene Day
[B] World Women Health Day
[C] World Personal Health Day
[D] World Hygiene Day

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 24 May to 30 May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 24 May to 30 May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Current Affairs

1. New CBI Director

Senior IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal was on May 25, 2021 appointed as the new CBI director for two years, as per the personnel ministry order. A three-member selection committee led by PM Narendra Modi on May 24, 2021, had shortlisted Jaiswal’s name for the position of director, Central Bureau of Investigation.

2. CNR. Rao

Bharat Ratna Professor CNR Rao was honoured with the International ENI Award 2020, also known as Energy Frontier Award 2020, for his research in renewable energy sources and energy storage. He has been working on hydrogen energy as the only source of energy for the benefit of all mankind

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3. Amartya Sen conferred Spain’s Top Award in Social Science

Amartya Sen has been conferred which Spain’s highest prize in social science category for called “Princess of Asturias Award”. It comprises of a Joan Miro sculpture as a symbol, an insignia, a diploma, and a cash prize of 50,000 Euros. His candidature was forwarded by Director General of Casa Asia (Barcelona), Javier Parron

4. Sanjeevani Pariyojana

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on May 24, 2021 launched ‘Sanjeevani Pariyojana’, a supervised home care initiative to largely help people with mild to moderate symptoms in rural areas to access quick medical care at home. 

5. Internet Explorer

Microsoft on May 19, 2021, announced that the Internet Explorer 11 desktop browser will be retired on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10. Microsoft stated that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge.

6. Hockey India

Hockey India was honoured prestigious Etienne Glichitch Award on May 21, 2021, for its contribution and work towards the growth and development of Hockey in India. The award was announced by the governing body of the game International Hockey Federation (FIH) during the HockeyInvites conference held virtually as part of its 47th FIH Congress.

7. Drake

Drake won the Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. The hip-hop artist brought along his three-year-old son Adonis on stage to accept his award. The artist who dropped his debut album, Thank Me Later, a little over 10 years, has slowly climbed to the top in rap music, becoming one of the most successful rappers in Billboard history. 

8. World Menstrual Hygiene Day

World Menstrual Hygiene Day is observed on May 28 across the world. The theme for this year is: “Action and Investment in Menstrual Hygiene and Health.”
The day aims to change the social stigma associated with menstruation. The date May 28 was chosen to represent the menstrual cycle of 28 days and the menstruation period of 5 days. The day was initiated by the German non-profit WASH United in 2013.

9. PharmEasy has acquired Medlife for an undisclosed amount, the e-pharmacy unicorn said on Tuesday. The deal will make PharmEasy the largest player in the domestic online pharmacy sector, with the combined entity set to serve 2 million customers a month.

10. Vesak , also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Puṇṇamā and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists and Hindus in South and Southeast Asia as well as Tibet and Mongolia.The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment , and death of Gautama Buddha in Theravada Tibetan Buddhism and Navayana.

Current Affairs Quiz

1. “Action and Investment in Menstrual Hygiene and Health” is the theme of which special day celebrated on May 28?

[A] World Menstrual Hygiene Day
[B] World Women Health Day
[C] World Personal Health Day
[D] World Hygiene Day

2. Which Indian economist has been conferred with Spain’s top Princess of Asturias Award?

[A] Amartya Sen
[B] Urjit Patel
[C] Manmohan Singh
[D] Montek Singh Ahluwalia

3. PharmEasy – the online pharmacy, is set to acquire which company, which would make it the largest online pharmacy of India?

[A] Medplus
[B] Apollo Pharmacy
[C] Medlife
[D] Medicure

4. Vesak, the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the sacred day of which religion?

[A] Sikhism
[B] Jainism
[C] Buddhism
[D] Islam

5. Who has been appointed as the new CBI Director?
a) Rakesh Asthana
b) YC Modi
c) Subodh Jaiswal
d) SS Deswal

6. Which vaccine manufacturer has said its vaccine has been found to be 100 percent in prevent COVID-19 among adolescents?
a) Moderna 
b) Pfizer
c) J&J
d) Sputnik

7. Which state government has launched Sanjeevani Pariyojana?
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Haryana
d) Madhya Pradesh 

8. Which animal will be re-introduced in India after being declared extinct in 1952?
a) Sumatran rhinoceros
b) Pink-headed Duck
c) Indian Aurochs
d) Cheetah

9. Mount Nyiragongo erupted after almost two decades on May 22, 2021. The active volcano is located within which nation?
a) Democratic Republic of Congo
b) Rwanda
c) Nigeria
d) Niger

10. Which internet browser will be retired for certain versions of Windows 10 by June 2022?
a) Mozilla Firefox
b) Internet Explorer
c) Opera
d) Google Chrome

11. The Military junta of which nation has arrested the President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister?
a) Zambia
b) Mali 
c) Ethiopia
d) Eritrea

12. Which nation forced landed a flight carrying a dissident journalist?
a) Latvia
b) Belarus
c) Lithuania
d) Greece

13. Which Indian sports federation was honoured with the prestigious Etienne Glichitch Award on May 21st?
a) All India Tennis Association 
b) All India Football Federation
c) Badminton Association of India
d) Hockey India

14. Who won Artist of the Decade Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards?
a) Lady Gaga
b) Taylor Swift 
c) The Weeknd
d) Drake

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 17 May to 23 May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 17 May to 23 May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Current Affairs

1. The World Hypertension Day (WHD) is celebrated on 17 May worldwide to promote public awareness of increasing high blood pressure (BP) and to encourage citizens of all countries to prevent and control this silent killer.

2. Amazon India has launched a free video streaming service named miniTV. Amazon now has two video streaming service- Prime Video and miniTV. 

What is Amazon mini tv app?

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.

Amazon mini tv download guide

• Download the Amazon shopping app from PlayStore.
• Open the app and below the search bar, you will see the “miniTV” icon.
• Click on the “miniTV” icon.
• Choose from various categories and videos and watch.

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:

• NADI will consist of modern network infrastructure which includes 5G/Edge Cloud with SDNs (software-defined networking) for connecting to the critical data centre infrastructure at the back-end.
• IDRBT is an arm of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
• It will also have the middleware infrastructure for supporting both digital identity verification, digital identity assessment and digital asset management with the support of efficient digital ledger technologies and AI/ML technologies.”

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. 

Current Affairs Quiz

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

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 10 May to 16 May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 10 May to 16 May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Current Affairs

1. Dr. Tahera Qutbuddin 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]

5. Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine

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.

Current Affairs Quiz

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

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 3 May to 9 May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 3 May to 9 May 2021 for Competitive Exams

Current Affairs

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. 

Current Affairs Quiz

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