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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