DAILY GK QUIZ: 8 FEB 2021
[Q] Where was
India’s 1st thunderstorm research testbed planned to be established by India
Meteorological Department (IMD)?
(a) Dr. Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha
(b) Digha, West Bengal
(c) Balasore, Odisha
(d) Sagar Island
(e) Kolkata, West Bengal
[ANS] c
[Q] What is the
focal theme of 45th International Kolkata Book Fair, planned to be held in July
2021?
(a) Climate Change
(b) North East India
(c) Gandhi: The Writers’ Writer
(d) Books for Readers with Special Needs
(e) Bangladesh
[ANS] e
[Q] Where did
Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) found the
presence of 1600 tons of lithium?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Karnataka
(e) Andhra Pradesh
[ANS] d
[Q] Who was
recently inducted into the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB)?
(a) S N Subrahmanyan
(b) Sridhar Vembu
(c) Arun K Singh
(d) Anshuman Tripathy
(e) K Radhakrishnan
[ANS] b
[Q] Who received
the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity in February 2021?
(a) Roman pontiff
(b) António Guterres
(c) Latifa ibn Ziaten
(d) Both 1 & 2
(e) Both 2 & 3
[ANS] e
[Q] Who authored
the book ‘Parliamentary Messenger in Rajasthan’?
(a) K.N. Bhandari
(b) M. Venkaiah Naidu
(c) Dr Abhishek Singhvi
(d) Chinmay Tumbe
(e) Suman Dubey
[ANS] a
[Q] When is UN’s
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation observed
annually?
(a) 7th February
(b) 8th February
(c) 4th February
(d) 3rd February
(e) 6th February
[ANS] e
[Q] Which state
became the 1st in India to launch “e-Cabinet” app making the cabinet
proceedings paperless?
(a) Kerala
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Assam
[ANS] b
[Q] Name the
first-ever female who has been appointed as the Director-General of the World
Trade Organization (WTO).
(a) Chukwuka Okonjo
(b) Ikemba Iweala
(c) Amina J. Mohammed
(d) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
(e) Pascal Lamy
[ANS] d
[Q] Which
company has been chosen by NASA for its SPHEREx Mission to perform an all-sky
survey?
(a) Blue Origin
(b) SpaceX
(c) Boeing
(d) United Launch Alliance
(e) United States Space Force
[ANS] b
[Q] Which
country is set to build world’s largest wind power plant?
(a) Singapore
(b) UAE
(c) Germany
(d) South Korea
(e) Sudan
[ANS] d
[Q] Who has been
sworn in as the Special Envoy of United Nations on Climate Ambition and
Solutions?
(a) Susan Brown
(b) Michael Bloomberg
(c) Tom Steyer
(d) Antonio Guterres
(e) Roberto Azevedo
[ANS] b
[Q] Who has been
appointed as the new Managing Director of Cloud India Business?
(a) Srishti Baweja
(b) Rohandeep Singh
(c) Tarun Dua
(d) Varun Pratap Rajda
(e) Bikram Singh Bedi
[ANS] e
[Q] Name the
first player in history of cricket, who score a double century in his 100th
Test match.
(a) Kane Williamson
(b) Steve Smith
(c) Rohit Sharma
(d) Virat Kohli
(e) Joe Root
[ANS] e
