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1) Telangana Formation Day is Observed on June ___.
A) 5
B) 3
C) 2
D) 1
2) New Species of Spider Cricket – Indimimus Jayanti has been Found in which state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Kerala
D) Chhattisgarh
3) Which state’s Health Department has introduced the ‘doctors ride towards village side’ programme?
A) Telangana
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Karnataka
4) Who among the following has taken oath as Chief of Personnel?
A) Sunil Mehta
B) Jai Narain
C) Raju Mehta
D) DK Tripathi
5) Who has assumed the presidency of CII ?
A) ManSingh Tomar
B) Gopal Kanda
C) Rajesh Kumar
D) TV Narendran
6) Which institution has honoured Dr Harsh Vardhan with special recognition for tobacco control?
A) UNICEF
B) WHO
C) IMF
D) UNICEF
7) Which country has successfully launched a cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-2?
A) Israel
B) France
C) Japan
D) China
Answers :
1) Answer: C
Telangana Day commonly known as Telangana Formation Day is a state holiday in the Indian state of Telangana, commemorating the formation of the state of Telangana.
It has been observed annually on 2 June since 2014.
After several years of protest and agitation, the central government, under the United Progressive Alliance, decided to bifurcate the existing Andhra Pradesh state and on 7 February 2014, the Union Cabinet unilaterally cleared the bill for the creation of Telangana.
Sri K Chandrashekar Rao was sworn in as the First Chief Minister of Telangana.
2) Answer: D
The Zoology Department of Panjab University, Chandigarh, in April 2021 by a team of zoologists headed by Dr Ranjana Jaiswara discovered a new species of Spider Cricket named Indimimus jayanti.
It was found in the Kurra caves of Chhattisgarh.
The new species was named after Professor Jayant Biswas, one of the leading cave explorers in the country.
It was identified under the genus Arachnomimus Saussure, 1897.
3) Answer: D
In Karnataka, the Health Department has launched Doctors ride towards village side programme.
Under this scheme, the Government provides necessary logistic support for the teams led by medical students to visit villages and provide better healthcare during the pandemic.
A team of medical students, nurses, ASHA and Anganwadi workers visit door to door to identify vulnerable members of the family and carry out tests.
4) Answer: D
Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, who has commanded various operation and staff appointments, assumed charge as Chief of Personnel.
The flag officer is a specialist in communication and electronic warfare and has served on frontline warships of the Navy.
5) Answer: D
Industry chamber CII stated it has elected T V Narendran, CEO and MD, Tata Steel, as its new president for 2021-22.
He takes over from Uday Kotak, Managing Director, and Chief Executive Officer, Kotak Mahindra Bank.
He was the Chairman of CII Eastern Region during 2016-17 and has led CII national panels on leadership and HR besides being Chairman of CII Jharkhand.
6) Answer: B
The World Health Organization (WHO) honoured Union health minister Harsh Vardhan with Director-General Special award for his efforts to control tobacco consumption in India on World No Tobacco Day.
Dr Harsh Vardhan’s leadership was instrumental in the 2019 national legislation to ban e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.
The World Health Organization has set this year’s theme for no tobacco day as ‘commit to quit’.
WHO has also designated 31st May as ‘World No Tobacco Day’ with an aim to abolish the toxic material from the environment.
The day was first observed by WHO in 1988.
7) Answer: D
China successfully launched an automated cargo resupply spacecraft named Tianzhou-2, or Heavenly Vessel.
It was blasted off via a Long March-7 Y3 rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the southern island of Hainan in the South China Sea.
Tianzhou-2 is the second of 11 missions needed to complete China’s first self-developed space station around 2022.
It is the third and largest orbital station launched by China’s increasingly ambitious space programme.
