Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs MCQs
This category comprises 50 random questions from the total [wpbasicquiz_num_ques quiz_id=”13321″] Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in Awards, Honours & Persons in News Current Affairs category published in gktoday from 1 January, 2019 till October 19, 2021.
11. Soma Mondal is the new Chairperson of which Public sector enterprise?
[A] SAIL
[B] ONGC
[C] PFC
[D] BEL
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Correct Answer: A [SAIL]
Notes:
Soma Mondal has recently taken charge as the new Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Prior to this, she was the Director (Commercial) of the Public Sector enterprise. She replaces the incumbent Chairman Anil Kumar Chaudhary
Soma Mandal also had served as the Director (Commercial) at another CPSE, the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), before her venture in SAIL.
12. Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir, who was conferred the Padma Shri award, belongs to which country?
[A] India
[B] Pakistan
[C] Sri Lanka
[D] Bangladesh
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Correct Answer: D [Bangladesh]
Notes:
Lt. Col. (Retd.) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir and musicologist Sanjida Khatun, who belong to Bangladesh have been conferred with India’s Padma Shri award for the year 2021.
This is seen as a soft diplomatic move of the country. These awards were announced on the eve of Republic Day. This year, 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri awards have been conferred.
13. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) is a statutory body under which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Science and Technology
[B] Ministry of Education
[C] Ministry of Electronics and IT
[D] Ministry of Power
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Correct Answer: A [Ministry of Science and Technology]
Notes:
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) is a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology.
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, four young women fellows of National Science Academies have been awarded the SERB Women Excellence Award. The award includes a grant of Rs. 15 lakhs for three years to pursue their research ideas.
14. Mario Draghi has sworn in as the Prime Minster of which country?
[A] Germany
[B] France
[C] Italy
[D] United Kingdom
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Correct Answer: C [Italy]
Notes:
Mario Draghi has sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy. He is the former Chief of the European Central Bank.
He is nick named as “Super Mario”. He has announced his cabinet of ministers, which consists of political and technocratic ministers. He is presently 73 years old.
15. As per a recent report, start-ups founded in which Indian city is more than in San Francisco, in the past five years?
[A] Pune
[B] New Delhi
[C] Bengaluru
[D] Chennai
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Correct Answer: C [Bengaluru]
Notes:
As per the recent report released by Tracxn, a company which tracks investments and financials, the number of start-ups founded in Bengaluru has been higher than in San Francisco, United States in the past five years.
In 2015, 3,080 firms were founded in the Indian city, as against 2,040 companies in San Francisco. Similarly, in 2020, 805 firms were founded in Bengaluru, whereas the US city’s count was 619. Bengaluru has around 13,000 active start-ups, at present.
16. Who has been conferred with the Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award?
[A] Naveen Patnaik
[B] Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
[C] Chandrasekhar Rao
[D] Pinarayi Vijayan
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Correct Answer: B [Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]
Notes:
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has been conferred the Skoch Chief Minister of the Year Award.
The award has been provided based on a year-long study of results of the projects being implemented by various state governments of the country. Over 123 projects were implemented in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
17. Narayanasamy, who recently resigned, was the Chief Minister of which state/Union territory?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Puducherry
[C] Goa
[D] Kerala
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Correct Answer: B [Puducherry]
Notes:
After the Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy lost the confidence vote on the floor of the Legislative Assembly, the UT’s Congress-DMK government collapsed.
The Chief Minister tendered his resignation to the Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, with only around four months remaining for completion of its tenure.
18. Who is the new Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)?
[A] Vijay Sampla
[B] Ajith Doval
[C] Kumar Murmurae
[D] Suneet Singh
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Correct Answer: A [Vijay Sampla]
Notes:
Vijay Sampla, former Union Minster recently took charge as the chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), after being appointed by the President of India.
He served as the Union Minister of state for Social Justice and Empowerment from 2014 to 2019. Ram Shankar Katheria was earlier the head of NCSC.
19. Who is the first Asian celebrity to reach the 100 million followers milestone on Instagram?
[A] Narendra Modi
[B] Virat Kohli
[C] Deepika Padukone
[D] Mukesh Ambani
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Correct Answer: B [Virat Kohli]
Notes:
Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli became the first Asian celebrity to reach the 100 million followers-milestone on Instagram.
Portuguese star footballer Christiano Ronaldo tops the chart with 266 million followers, followed by singer Ariana Grande with 224 million followers and former WWE superstar Dwayne Johnson with 220 million followers. Footballers Messi and Neymar are also in the Top-5 list.
20. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Statistician of India (CSI)?
[A] Dr G P Samanta
[B] Arundhati Mech
[C] Aravind Subramaniam
[D] Injetti Srinivasan
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Correct Answer: A [Dr G P Samanta]
Notes:
The Government of India has recently appointed Dr G P Samanta as the new Chief Statistician of India (CSI).
Presently, he is the advisor in the RBI’s Department of Statistics and Information Management. Samanta would be replacing Dr Kshatrapati Shivaji who has been holding the additional charge of CSI since September 2020.
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