Friday, February 19, 2021

QUIZ 2021 twtw-7

1) FASTag was made mandatory at all toll plazas this week. Who first proposed this concept in 2010?

2) Why is Akanksha Arora, an audit coordinator at UNDP, in the news this week?

3) Lent began this Wednesday. What is the traditional item for feasting on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which gives the popular name for this day?

4) An extremely colourful and ornate bird was recently sighted in Tinsukia, Assam, after more than 100 years. What is this bird that had birders flocking to Tinsukia?

5) In a landmark judgement, Priya Ramani was acquitted of defamation charges filed by the former union minister, M J Akbar. In which magazine did her allegedly defamatory article appear?

6) Okonjo Iweala became the first woman to be appointed as the head of World Trade Organisation. Which African country does she belong to?

7) Paul Rusesabagina, who saved more than 1000 lives during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, is now facing trial for terrorism. Name the 2004 Oscar nominated film based on his heroic act.

8) Name the Indian student, who after being elected as the president of the Oxford Student Union, had to resign because of some insensitive social media posts in the past.

9) Four Covid19 cases with the South African variant of the virus were detected in India during the week. What is the technical name of this variant?

10) What is the crater, named after a Bosnian village, where NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover landed?

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