Current Affairs Quiz [13th july 2021] For DSSSB 2021 Exam: Attempt Now

Q1. Abiy Ahmed has been appointed as the Prime minister of which country for the second term?
(a) Tanzania
(b) Mozambique
(c) Ethiopia
(d) Madagascar

Q2. Who among the following has won Commonwealth Points of Light award?
(a) Nageshwar Reddy
(b) Suresh Mukund
(c) Shaji N M
(d) Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi

Q3. Which team has won the Copa America 2021?
(a) Brazil
(b) Belgium
(c) Mexico
(d) Argentina

Q4. World Population Day is observed every year on __________.
(a) 11 July
(b) 12 July
(c) 13 July
(d) 14 July

Q5. Whom did Ashleigh Barty beat in order to win her maiden Wimbledon title?
(a) T Martincova
(b) Elina Svitolina
(c) Karolina Pliskova
(d) Iga Swiatek

Q6. Twitter has recently names whom as their Resident Grievance Officer for India to Follow New IT Rules?
(a) Mahesh Shrivastava
(b) Srikanth Naik
(c) Sanjeev Chaudhary
(d) Vinay Prakash

Q7. United Nations has declared __________ as World Malala Day to honour the young activist, Malala Yousafzai.
(a) 11 July
(b) 12 July
(c) 13 July
(d) 14 July

Q8. Who among the following has won the Wimbledon Championships 2021?
(a) Novak Djokovic
(b) Roger Federer
(c) Rafael Nadal
(d) Matteo Berrettini

Q9. In which state India’s first cryptogamic garden has been inaugurated?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh

Q10. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates India’s first private LNG Facility plant at ________.
(a) Kolkata
(b) Mumbai
(c) Delhi
(d) Nagpur

Q11. Dr PK Warrier recently passed away at the age of 100. He was associated with which among the following fields?
(a) Architecture
(b) Psychology
(c) Ayurvedic Physician
(d) IT Businessman

Q12. Name the Bangladeshi cricketer, who announced his retirement from Test cricket.
(a) Mushfiqur Rahim
(b) Shakib Al Hasan
(c) Tamim Iqbal
(d) Mahmudullah Riyad

Q13. Name the author of the book “The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji”.
(a) Mandeep Kaur
(b) Rani Kaur Singla
(c) Ramandeep Kaur
(d) Baljit Kaur Tulsi

Q14. Who among the following has won the Wimbledon Junior Men`s title?
(a) Rohit Verma
(b) Samir Banerjee
(c) Victor Lilov
(d) Dinkar Mawari

Q15. What is the theme for World Population Day 2021?
(a) The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility
(b) Family Planning is a Human Right
(c) Empowering People, Developing Nations
(d) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party on July 10 was declared the winner of last month’s national election in a landslide, assuring a second five-year term for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmsed.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi won Commonwealth Points of Light award. Hyderabad’s hunger activist Syed Osman Azhar Maqsusi, who has been feeding thousands of people every day as part of his food drive ‘Hunger Has No Religion’ was awarded a top UK award recently.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Argentina won their first major title in 28 years on 10th July and Lionel Messi finally won his first medal in a blue-and-white shirt when an Angel Di Maria goal gave them a 1-0 win over Brazil and a record-equalling 15th Copa America.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Every year on July 11, the world observes World Population Day. The size of a nation’s population has a major impact on its development and operations.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. In Wimbledon Tennis Tournament, Australian top seed Ashleigh Barty has won the Women’s singles title defeating eighth seed Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. As per the information updated on Twitter’s website, Vinay Prakash is the Resident Grievance Officer (RGO). Users can contact him using an email ID listed on the page.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. The United Nations has declared 12th July as World Malala Day to honour the young activist, Malala Yousafzai.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. In the men category, Novak Djokovic defeated Matteo Berrettini in the Wimbledon final, 6-7(4-7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, to win his sixth Wimbledon title and 20th Grand Slam trophy.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. India’s first cryptogamic garden, with around 50 different species grown, has been inaugurated in Deoban area of Dehradun in Uttarakhand.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, inaugurated India’s first private Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility plant at Nagpur in Maharashtra.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. Dr PK Warrier was the chief physician and managing trustee of the Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, one of the leading Ayurvedic healthcare chains in the country. In his nearly seven-decade career, Warrier set a benchmark for the Indian traditional healing system and played a pivotal role for the renaissance of ayurveda.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bangladesh cricketer Mahmudullah Riyad has announced his retirement from Test cricket in the middle of Bangladesh’s one-off Test match against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received the first copy of “The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji” which is written by the late Baljit Kaur Tulsi—the mother of noted lawyer KTS Tulsi.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian-American Samir Banerjee has won the Wimbledon Junior Men`s title at Number 1 Court.

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. This year theme of World Population Day 2021: “the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility”.

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