twtw-16 Answers

 

1. Indonesia
2. Rekha Menon
3. Cutis Biotech
4. Charles Geschke
5. Andrea Agnelli
6. Chad
7. Gilead Lifesciences
8. Port Revel, France
9. Ingenuity
10. Washington - Douglass Commonwealth

QUIZ 2021 twtw-16

 

1)   KRI-Nangalla, a submarine with 53 sailors on board, went missing this week while on a military exercise. To which country does it belong?

2)    NASSCOM, the apex body of Indian IT industry, will have a woman chairperson for the first time in its 30-year old history. Name her.

3)    What pharmaceutical company claimed trademark rights over Covishield and filed a case against Serum Institute?

4)      Name the developer of PDF and the co-founder of Adobe who passed away this week at the age of 81.

5)    Name the chairman of the Italian football club Juventus, who was the main architect of the breakaway European Super league, which proved to be a nonstarter after arousing popular anger.

6)    Idris Deby, one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders, died after being injured in clashes with rebels, just days after being elected President for the 6^th term. Which country did he rule?

7)  Remdesivir was constantly in demand and news this week as covid cases surged in India. Name the American pharmaceutical company that developed this antiviral drug.

8)      Where in Europe is a scale model of Suez Canal to train sailors and mariners?

9)      NASA created history this week with a controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.  What is this helicopter that flew on Mars known as?

10)   The US House of Representatives passed the bill to make Washington D C as the 51^st state. What is its proposed name?

twtw-15 Answers

1. Sushil Chandra
2. Bitche
3. North Korea
4. Adani Ports
5. Train
6. Reuters
7. Cuba
8. St Vincent
9. Vanuatu
10. Natanz

Quiz 2021 twtw-15

1)      India got a new Chief Election Commissioner this week. Name him.

2)   Facebook deleted the page of a French city because its name did not sound nice to English ears. Later the page was reinstated with an apology. Name the city.

3)      In which country is 15^th April called “The Day of the Sun” and celebrated as a national holiday?

4)      Which Indian company was removed from the S&P Index due to its links with Myanmar’s military junta?

5)   “Hey Soul Sister” became only the 49^th song to be certified as Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 10 million copies. Name the San Francisco band that composed this song.

6)     Alessandra Galloni, an Italian journalist, was named as the first female editor-in-chief of an iconic news organisation in its 170-year history. Name the organisation.

7)      Which country is developing Covid19 vaccines named Soberana, Abdala and Mambisa?

8)      Name the Caribbean island where a series of volcanic eruptions has caused thousands of people to evacuate their homes.

9)      In which Pacific nation is a tribe mourning Prince Philip as their God?

10)   In which city did Iran suffer damage to its uranium enrichment centrifuges?

twtw-14 Answers

 

1. Paraguay
2. Hidma Madvi
3. Rwanda
4. 359 meters
5. Jordan
6. Film Certification Appellate Tribunal
7. Greece and Denmark
8. Muon
9. Aileen Lee
10. CSK

QUIZ 2021 twtw-14

 

1)      China pressurised a country to sever ties with Taiwan if it wanted vaccine. India then stepped in at the behest of Taiwan. Name this South American country.

2)      What is the name of the commander of the Maoist rebels, who is believed to have masterminded the ambush on the security forces in Chhattisgarh?

3)      Each year on April 7, a country begins Kwibuka, a 100-day remembrance period for the hundreds of thousands massacred in a genocide in 1994. Which country?

4)      The construction of Chenab Bridge, the highest railway bridge in the world, was completed this week in J&K. What is its height?

5)      Name the country whose King faced a revolt by his half-brother.

6)      What appellate tribunal did the Indian government abolish during the course of this week?

7)      Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth passed away at the age of 99. When he was born in 1921, he became the prince of which two countries?

8)      The interactions between which subatomic particles is shaking up the world of Physics, leading to speculations about a fifth fundamental force in nature.

9)      As many as four Indian start-ups acquired the coveted Unicorn status during this week. Name the venture capitalist who coined this term in 2013 for start-up companies valued over $ 1 billion.

10)   Moeen Ali, the English cricketer of Pakistani descent was targeted in a racist tweet by Taslima Nasreen, the exiled Bangladeshi writer. For which IPL team will Moeen Ali play this year?

twtw-13 Answers

 

1. Murban
2. Gordon Liddy
3. Mallika Srinivasan
4. Volkswagen
5. The Great Bitter Lake
6. Archegos Capital Management
7. Palma
8. Derek Chauvin, the cop, for the death of George Floyd
9. Krishnendu Paul
10. Vaxzevria

QUIZ 2021 twtw-13

 

1)      UAE launched a new global benchmark for crude oil to compete against Brent and WTI. What is it called?

2)      Name the unrepentant mastermind of the Watergate scandal and former FBI agent who passed away this week.

3)      In a major break from convention, government appointed a private sector executive as the chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board. Name this woman, who is currently the CMD of TAFE, the second largest tractor manufacturer in the country.

4)      Which automobile manufacturer’s rebranding announcement turned out to be an April Fool’s Day joke?

5)      What is the name of the lake off the Suez Canal where the refloated container ship Ever Given is currently anchored for inspection?

6)      What New York based fund that handles investments of wealthy families resorted to a distress sale of its stocks causing mayhem on the Wall Street and huge losses to banks?

7)      Name the port town in North Eastern Mozambique that was seized by militants triggering gruesome violence.

8)      The world is watching with great interest a courtroom trial unfolding in Minneapolis, USA. Who is being tried?

9)      Name the BJP candidate in Assam, in whose car an EVM was discovered, leading to a repoll being ordered.

10)   AstraZeneca has changed the name of its vaccine in Europe. What is its new name?