General Knowledge Question Answer: Current Affairs GK Questions and Answers

General Knowledge Current Affairs Questions, Current Affairs Quiz for Competitive Exams, Important Current Affairs MCQs for GK

Q. The Country in Focus for the 51st IFFI was -
1) Bangladesh
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) South Africa

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Q. The 51st edition of International Film Festival of India was organized from 16th to 24th January, 2021 in -
1) Chennai
2) Hyderabad
3) Goa
4) Mumbai

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Q. All-women cockpit crew flew the inaugural Air India flight on January 9, 2021 from San Francisco to -
1) Bengaluru
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Hyderabad

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Q. Clap for Heroes campaign was launched in which city?
1) Tokyo
2) New York
3) London
4) Delhi

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Q. The 4th Edition of Khelo India Youth Games is planned to be conducted in ............ in 2021.
1) Haryana
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Gujarat
4) Tripura

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Q. Who is Claire Polosak?
I. She is an Australian who became the first woman to officiate as the fourth umpire at a men's Test match on January 7, 2021
II. Polosak, was the first woman to officiate on field in a men's one-day international
III. She was the first woman umpire to stand in an Australian men's domestic fixture after officiating a one-day match between New South Wales and a Cricket Australia XI in 2017.
IV. The fourth umpire at a test match has duties related to pitch preparation, equipment changes and support for the on-field umpires.
Correct code is -

1) Only IV
2) Only I and II
3) Only I, II and III
4) I, II, III and IV

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Q. The United Kingdom has abolished the tampon tax with effect from January 1, 2021. The Tampon tax was levied on -
1) Women's sanitary products
2) Eateries
3) Baby Foods
4) Products used by senior citizens

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Q. Vaccines against Covid-19 infection (Covaxin, Covishield and Novel Corona Virus-2019-nCov- Vaccine) have to be stored at -
1) 0-80C
2) 1-50C
3) 2-80C
4) 4-80C

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Q. Consider the following statements in respect of Covishield and choose the correct code given below -
I. It is a vaccine against Covid-19 infection.
II. It has been developed by M/s Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune
III. SII has presented a Recombinant Chimpanzee Adenovirus vector vaccine (Covishield) encoding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) glycoprotein with technology transfer from Astra Zeneca/ Oxford University.
IV. The overall vaccine efficacy was found to be 70.42%.
Correct code is -

1) Only I and II
2) Only III
3) Only I, II and III
4) I, II, III and IV all

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Q. Which of the following statements is correct about Covaxin?
I. It has been developed by M/s Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and NIV (Pune).
II. M/s Bharat Biotech developed a Whole Virion Inactivated Corona Virus Vaccine (Covaxin) from where they received the virus seed strains.
III. This vaccine is developed on Vero cell platform, which has well established track record of safety and efficacy in the country & globally.
Correct code is -

1) Only I
2) Only II and III
3) Only III
4) I, II and III all

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