Current Affairs of June 2021

1. Which state had launched the 'Bell of Faith' scheme for senior citizens staying alone in villages?

Ans: Kerala

 

2. What is the new name of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation, as it expands its purview to cover digital platforms to bring all digital (OTT) players under one roof?

Ans: Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation

 

3. Which International Hockey Stadium in Punjab was named after the triple Olympian Balbir Singh Sr.?

Ans: Mohali Hockey Stadium

 

4. Who was the last nominated Anglo Indian representative in the Kerala Legislative assembly?

Ans: John Fernandez

 

5. World's first environment- friendly floating house are launched in:

Ans: Dubai

 

6. Name the newspaper founded by freedom fighter and Gandhian H.S. Doraiswamy, who died recently.

Ans: Pouravani

 

7. Who was the social scientist and author of books such as Matrliny Transformed: Family Law and Ideology in Twentieth Century Travancore, Sthree, Sthreevadam, Sthreevimochanam etc?

Ans: Dr. K. Saradamani

 

8. Who won Eni Award 2020 that is considered to be the Nobel Prize in Energy Research?

Ans: C.N.R. Rao

 

9. Name the scheme launched by the Government of Kerala that aims to account and reduce the workload of women's domestic labour.

Ans: Smart Kitchen Scheme

 

10. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission?

Ans: Justice Arun Kumar Mishra

 

11. What are the names given by WHO to the Covid-19 variants first found in India?

Ans: Kappa and Delta

 

12. 'Mission Covid-2021 Prathirodhikkam, Surakshitharakam is the state-level Covid-19 awareness campaign launched by:

Ans: Kudumbashree

 

13. Which is also known as a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a rare condition associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection that was first defined in April 2020?

Ans: Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS-TS)

 

 14. Name the initiative of WHO to develop a global facility for pathogen storage, sharing and analysis.

Ans: BioHub

 

15. India's largest statue of the Reclining Buddha was to have been installed at the Buddha International Welfare Mission temple in:

Ans: Bodh Gaya

 

16. Which country had recently recognised its role and hoped for forgiveness in the Rwandan genocide also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority government in 1994?

Ans: France

 

17. Which country chairs the first BRICS Employment Working Group Meeting?

Ans: India

 

18. Who was appointed as the C.E.O. of Bad Bank, which is a proposed entity of the National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL)?

Ans: Padmakumar M Nair

 

19. Which is the triple-mutant Covid variant from India that was classified as global health risk by WHO?

Ans: B.1.617

 

20. Government of Kerala is going to buy the 51% stake in BHEL- Electrical Machines Limited which is situated in:

Ans: Kasargod

 

21. Who is the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympic Games?

Ans: Bhavani Devi

 

22. Name the Kerala Based underwater drone manufacturers that has won the National Technology Award.

Ans: iROV Technologies

 

23. Mucormycosis is a very rare infection that is reporting in those infected with or recovered from Covid-19. Mucormycosis is also known as:

Ans: Black Fungus

 

24. Who is the first Indian fighter to win world title at top-level Mixed Martial Arts event?

Ans: Arjan Bhullar

 

25. Name the digital financial inclusion report of NITI Aayog that identifies challenges in accelerating digital financial inclusion in India and provides recommendations for making digital services accessible to its 1.3 billion citizens.

Ans: Connected Commerce:  Creating a Road map for a Digitally Inclusive Bharat

 

26. Name the air defence system of Israel that includes  a radar and Tamir interceptor missiles that track and neutralise any rockets or missiles aimed at Israeli targets.

Ans: Iron Dome

 

27. Name the global nutrition expert of India who won the prestigious 2021 World Food Prize.

Ans: Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted

 

28. Who was appointed as the new Chief at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs?

Ans: Martin Griffiths

 

29. Name the novel written by Madambu Kunjukuttan that has won Kerala Sahithya academy award of 1983?

Ans: Mahaprasthanam

 

30. Name the Nagaland conservationist who won Whitley Awards 2021, also known as the Green Oscar.

Ans: Nuklu Phom

 

31. Name the special program launched by the KITE for children to recoup the lost class days in schools due to the lockdown.

Ans: Avadikkala Santhoshangal

 

32. Which state has been ranked first in establishing Health and Wellness Centres under Ayushman Bharat Program to provide comprehensive primary health care in rural areas?

Ans: Karnataka

 

33. Name the program for which the KITE got the Embilliant South Asia Award for providing technical facilities for digital education during the Covid pandemics.

Ans: First Bell Program

 

34. Which country suggested the name 'Yaas' for the cyclone?

Ans: Oman

 

35. Name the channel which is going to be launched by the Government of India to project India's voice globally on significant domestic and global issues.

Ans: DD International

 

36. Who is the Pro-term Speaker of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly?

Ans: P.T.A. Rahim

 

37. Who was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board?

Ans: V. K. Ramachandran

 

38. What is the theme of 2021 International Biodiversity day which was chosen to be a continuation of the momentum generated last year under the over-arching theme, "Our solutions are in nature"?

Ans: 'We're part of the solution'

 

39. Name the Covid-19 antibody detection kit developed by the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences, a laboratory of DRDO.

Ans: Dipcovan

 

40. Which Internet Browser of Microsoft is going to be shutting down from 2022 June?

Ans: Internet Explorer

 

41. Name the person known as China's 'father of hybrid rice' who died recently.

Ans: Yuan Longping

 

42. Name the Kerala Farmer, fondly called as 'Tuber Man' of Kerala who has been awarded the India Biodiversity Award 2021 in the individual category of 'Conservation of domesticated species'.

Ans: Shaji N.M

 

43. Which volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupts recently?

Ans: Mount Nyiragongo

 

44. Who is the administrator of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep?

Ans: Praful Koda Patel

 

45. Who has been elected the new president of the Tibetan exile government?

Ans: Penpa Tsering

 

46. Who has penned the book titled 'Stargazing: The Players in My Life'?

Ans: Ravi Shastri

 

47. Who has been elected as the 11th president of Israel?

Ans: Isaac Herzog

 

48. Name the novel for which David Diop has won International Booker Prize.

Ans: At Night All Blood is Black

 

49. Kerala has topped the third edition of NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index 2020-21. What is the score of Kerala in SDG Index 2020-21?

Ans: 75

 

50. Name the first Venus missions of NASA in 2028?

Ans: Davinci

 

51. Mar Chrysostom Chair is going to be set up at:

Ans: MG University

 

52. Which has been identified as the flagship species for conservation in the Mathikettan Shola National Park?

Ans: Galaxy frog

 

53. Which are the two new Tourism circuit proposed in Kerala Budget?

Ans: Malabar Literary Circuit and Bio-Diversity Circuit

 

54. Name India's first electric vehicle city?

Ans: Kevadia

 

55. Name the Nuclear fusion reactor of China known as 'artificial Sun' that achieved a peak temperature of 288 million degrees Fahrenheit which is over ten times hotter than the sun.

Ans: Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST)

 

56. What is the rank of India in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 193 United Nations member states in 2015?

Ans: 117

 

57. The proposed International mangrove research centre is going to be set up at:

Ans: Puthuvype

 

58. Name the country in which the world's first human infection of the H1ON3 bird flu strain was reported.

Ans: China

 

59. Which country had recently pulled out from the 17+1 initiative led by China?

Ans: Lithuania

 

60. Which is the second Chinese vaccine to receive the WHO's green light?

Ans: Sinovac

 

61. Which had becomes the First Standards Body to Join 'One Nation, One Standard' Scheme?

Ans: Research Design and Standards Organisation

 

62. Name the youngest member in the Constituent Assembly of India, who died recently.

Ans: T.M. Kalliannan Gounder

 

63. Which state had recently launched 'Knowledge Economy Mission' to boost job prospects in the state by supporting knowledge workers?

Ans: Kerala

 

64. Who had become the first sitting American head of state to officially recognise the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?

Ans: Joe Biden