1.Which is the top performing state in NITI Aayog’s
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) India Index
2020-21?
(SDG)
2020-21 ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh /
(b) Kerala/
NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index 2020-21 : Third Edition
2020-21:
Report titled : SDG India Index and Dashboard 2020-
21: Partnerships in the Decade of Action
: 2020-
21:
Indicator/
2) Performer/ (): 50–64
3) Front Runner/ ( - ): 65–99
4) Achiever/ : 100
Top performing states
Rank State Score
1 Kerala/ 75

Uttarakhand/ , , ,
72
Rank State Score
61
, , ,
60
5 Bihar/ 52
Chandigarh has topped the list with the score of 70
70
About NITI Aayog:
Headquarter : New Delhi/:
Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Amitabh Kant
():
Chairperson: Narendra Modi/:
Vice Chairperson :- Rajiv Kumar
2.Recently, Bhashan char(Char Piya) island is in
news. It is located in which country?
, ( ) /
?
(a) Iran/
against living conditions on Bangladesh island


From refugee camps in Cox's Bazar district of
Bangladesh to Bhasan Char (island in the Bay of
Bengal)

( )
Bhasan Char Island that lacks basic facilities

About Bangladesh:
Currency: Bangladeshi taka / :
President : Abdul Hamid / :
Prime Minister : Sheikh Hasina
Bangladesh
:
3.Recently African Union has suspended the
membership of which nation after two military
coups in nine months?

?
(a) Eritrea /
(d) Mali/
Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and
Defence minister Souleymane Doucoure of the
country's interim government following a cabinet
reshuffle on May 24, 2021.
24 , 2021
,


About Mali :-

Capital: Bamako
:
Point To Remember:-
( Africa ) : -
() () :-
World largest River :
Tugela Falls ( second highest waterfall) :
:
Highest mountain of Africa :-
Largest African country :
Mediterranean Sea : Separates Africa from the
Europe
:
4.Recently Nabard has sanctioned Rs 254 crorefor
setting up of two mega piped drinking water supply
projects in which state?

254
?
(a) Uttar Pradesh/
Jajpur district (covering Badachana and
Dharmasala blocks) and
(
)
Krushnaprasad block).
(
)
population by 2022,
2022

About Odisha:-
: ( ) – 1, 1936
Capital: Bhubaneswar/:
Governor: Ganeshi La
Chief minister: Naveen Patnaik
Loksabha/ (21 Seats)
Rajyasabha/ (10 Seats)
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
Development

Founded : 12 July 1982 (Shivaraman Committee)
: 12 1982 ( )
Headquarters : Mumbai / :
Chairman :GovindaRajuluChintala
5.Which nation's largest naval ship, The Kharg, sank
after catching fire on June 2, 2021?
2 , 2021 ,
?
(a) France/
(b) Italy /
The Kharg Ship sank in the Gulf of Oman

Ship was near the port of Jask, which is a
major shipping lane.
,

Currency: Toman/:
6.Recently the Goa Government has established the
"Goa Institution for Future Transformation (GIFT)"
on the lines of NITI Aayog. Who is the current Chief
Minister of Goa?
"
()"
?
(a) M. K. Stalin/. .
(b) N. Rangaswamy/
(c) Tirath singh Rawat/
(d) Pramod Sawant/
Ans: (d) Pramod Sawant/
GIFT was earlier named as “State Institution for
Transforming Goa (SIT-Goa)”
"
(-)"
Note:
of persons serving the Union or a State
309 :

About Goa:-
Charge)
: ( )
Chief Minister; Pramod Sawant
Legislature Unicameral (40 seats)
7.Recently, which space agency has announced two
new missions (DAVINCI+ and VERITAS) to the
planet Venus?
,
(+ ) ?
(a) ISRO /
Ans. (c) NASA /
DAVINCI+ & VERITAS / + :
Two new missions to Venus - Part of NASA’s
Discovery Program
-

To understand how Venus became a hell-like world
(while it has many other Earth-like features)

( )
Each missions - expected to launch : in 2028-2030
timeframe
- : 2028-2030

$500 -
1.DAVINCI+ / +
gases, Chemistry, and Imaging
,

- The composition of Venus’ atmosphere to
understand how it formed and evolved,


- As well as determine whether the planet ever had
an ocean.


VERITAS / :
Topography, and Spectroscopy
, , ,

geologic history


- Understanding why it evolved so differently from
Earth.


Note -
NASA’s Discovery Program - Established in 1992
- 1992
Supported the development and implementation of
over 20 missions and instruments.
20

- VERITAS and DAVINCI+ : the fifteenth and
sixteenth missions in the program
+ :

NASA :

Formed : 1958 / : 1958
Administrator : Bill Nelson
:
of state to officially recognize?
" " ,

?
2021 : 100
Tulsa race massacre / :
Known as the "Black Wall Street Massacre"
" "
Took place on 31 May and 1 June, 1921
31 1 , 1921
Location : Greenwood District, Tulsa, Oklahoma
: , ,
- A mob of white residents attacked black residents

- Greenwood District - then called "Black Wall
Street"
" "
- At least 300 black people were killed
300
9.According to the Times Higher Education (THE)
Asia Rankings 2021, which of the following has
been ranked as the top Indian institution?
(THE) 2021
,
?
(a) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham /

(c) IIT Indore /
(d) IIT Ropar /
Ans. (b) IISc Bangalore /IISc
THE Asia University Ranking 2021 -
THE 2021 -
Record 63 Indian Universities Ranked
63
In Top 200 : 18 Universities in India
200 : 18
Ranked in Top 100 Universities - IISc Bangalore, IIT
Ropar and IIT Indore
100 - IISc , IIT
IIT
THE Asia university rankings 2021 - Top Indian universities
THE 2021 -
Institute / Rank /
IISc Bangalore / IISc
37th
55th
78th
()
122nd
137th
THE 2021
Rank / Institute /
1. Tsinghua University (China)
2. Peking University (China)
3. National University of Singapore

4. University of Hong kong

5. Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
()
Note -
THE Impact Rankings - 3rd edition
THE -
"Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham" (Tamil Nadu) - the
only Indian university - among the top 100
educational institutions in the world
“ ” () -
- 100

First issue : October 1971
Country : United Kingdom / :
Editor : John Gill / :
10.Dr. Patrick Amoth has been appointed as the
chairman of the WHO Executive Board, replacing Dr
Harsh Vardhan. He is is from which country?

?
?
(a) Kenya/
(c) Japan/
(d) Somalia/
Dr Patrick Amoth, appointed for a period of one year.
,
Announcement was made during 149th session of the
WHO Executive board (on June 02, 2021)
WHO 149 (02
, 2021 )

World Health Organization
Formation : 7 April 1948 / : 7 1948
Headquarters : Geneva (Switzerland)
12.Who has been appointed as the first Chairman for
the newly formed Digital Media Content Regulatory
Council (DMCRC) by IBF?
IBF
(DMCRC) ?
(a) Ravi Capoor/
(c) Vikramjit Sen/
(d) Arun Mishra /
Ans:- (c) Vikramjit Sen/
Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), is being
renamed Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation
(IBDF)
(IBF)
(IBDF)
Surya Prakash committee

Narendra Singh Tomar has inaugurated “Indus Best
Mega Food Park” in which state?

" " ?
(a) Uttarakhand /
(b) Chhattisgarh /
(d) Himachal Pradesh /
Ans. (b) Chhattisgarh
Purpose : To give an impetus to the growth of the
Food Processing Sector in Chhattisgarh
:

Chattisgarh)
: - ( , )
Project cost : Rs 145.5 crore
: 145.5
About M/s Indus Best Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd

MD : Satyapal Sindhu /
CEO : SK Mishra /
14.Recently, in which of the following city the
world's first floating swimming pool "Sky Pool" has
been opened?
,
" " ?
(a) Melbourne /
(d) Shanghai /
Ans. (b) London /
Built - by Eckersley O'Callaghan (HQ : London)
- ' ( : )
Designed - by HAL Architects (London based)
- ( )
Structure - 82-feet long / - 82
Suspended -115 Feet in the Air
- 115
15.Recently, Ranjitsinh Disale has been appointed
as an advisor to which of the following
international institute?
,

?
(b) UNICEF /
(d) FAO /
Ans. (c) World Bank /
World Bank - appointed 12 advisors from over the
world
- 12
Ranjitsinh Desale to represent India (Advisor to the
World Bank till December 2024)
(
2024 )
Ranjitsinh Disale / -
From Maharashtra /
First Indian teacher to receive the Global Teacher
Award


CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)
: -
()
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) :-
1977-Hyderabad, Telangana
():
1977-,
17. Second United Nations Global Sustainable
Transport Conference will be held in China


14-16 October 2021, Beijing, China
14-16 2021, ,
First :- Transport Conference, held in 2016 in
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
:- , 2016 ,

Olympic Games
():

He is from Bengaluru

Indian equestrian to get Olympic ticket after 20 years
20