Current Affairs (Science & Technology) Quiz 01-07 January 2022
1. Which institution has topped the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021?
A) IIT Bombay
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Kanpur
D) IIT Delhi
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- Answer: B
2. At which place the Indian Navy will conduct the multinational naval exercise Milan in February 2022?
A) Panaji
B) Visakhapatnam
C) Port Blair
D) Kochi
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- Answer: B
3. Which tech-giant has acquired Israeli cybersecurity start-up Siemplify?
A) Paytm
B) Amazon
C) Google
D) Meta
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- Answer: C
4. Which country has developed the hypersonic cruise missile namely Tsirkon (Zircon)?
A) Japan
B) France
C) Israel
D) Russia
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- Answer: D
5. What is the name of the Houston COVID-19 vaccine which got DCGI approval for use in India?
A) Corbevax
B) Sputnik Light
C) Janssen
D) CoviVac
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- Answer: A
6. Which of the following bagged the national breed conservation award for 2021?
A) Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science
B) Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University
C) IVRI Bareilly – Indian Veterinary Research Institute
D) UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya
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- Answer: B
7. Which electric vehicle company’s autopilot team was hired Indian-origin Ashok Elluswamy as its first employee?
A) Rivian
B) Lucid Motors
C) NIO
D) Tesla
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- Answer: D
8. In which country a new variant of Covid-19 named IHU (B.1.640.2 variant) has emerged?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Spain
D) Germany
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- Answer: B
9. In which university Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology has been inaugurated?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru University
B) Chandigarh University
C) Allahabad University
D) Delhi University
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- Answer: B
10. At which place a new plant species namely Fimbristylis sunilii, was discovered?
A) Eastern Ghats regions in Odisha
B) North-eastern Himalayan regions in Sikkim
C) Western Ghats regions in Thiruvananthapuram
D) None of the above
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- Answer: C