1) Mary Kom
made a heart-breaking exit from Tokyo Olympics. In which weight class did she
box and why is this her last Olympics?
2) How many
world heritage sites are there in India after the recent addition of Ramappa
Temple and Dholavira to the UNESCO list?
3) A Russian
module temporarily destabilised the International Space Station while docking
with it. What is it known as?
4) Name the
Swiss gun manufacturer whose pistol malfunctioned adding to the woes of Indian
shooters at the Tokyo Olympics.
5) S.R.Bommai,
the father of the new Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai, is
associated with a frequently quoted landmark Supreme Court judgement. What
article of the constitution did it pertain to?
6) The
successor of Hubble Space Telescope scheduled to be launched in November this
year has been named after James Webb, the former NASA administrator. What is
the controversy surrounding him, that has prompted prominent astronomers to
petition NASA for renaming?
7) Before
Mizoram became a Union Territory in 1972, it was a district of Assam. After
what tribe was this district originally named?
8) Which
country’s gymnasts wore full-body unitards at Tokyo Olympics as a statement
against sexualisation of gymnastics?
9) The
flamingo sanctuary in Thane creek is proposed to be designated as a “wetland of
international importance”. After what city in Iran are such sites named,
following a convention signed there in 1971?
10) Olympics
is the main flavour of this week and the next and we are witnessing all kinds
of human interest stories. Here is the one that takes the cake for the bizarre.
Why did two judokas, an Algerian and a Sudanese both withdrew from their bout?
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