July 2021

Question 1

Who has been appointed as the Deputy Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha in July 2021? (And who is the Leader)

Answer 1

Dy: Muktar Abbas Naqvi
Leader: Piyush Goyal

Question 2

Who has become the second Indian to win two Olympics Gold Medals? (And who was the first?)

Answer 2

P.V. Sindhu in Badminton

The first was wrestler Sushil Kumar

Question 3

Who won World Food Prize in 2020?

Answer 3

Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted

Question 4

First city to get city-wide tap water is:

Answer 4

Puri

Question 5

Who is the new President of Israel?

Answer 5

Isaac Herzog

Question 6

Who is the Prime Minister of Israel?

Answer 6

Naftali Bennet

Question 7

The _____th Amendment was struck down by the SC recently.

Answer 7

97th

Question 8

What did the 97th Amendment add?

Answer 8

• • Added Part IXB to the Constitution, deals with Cooperative Societies
• • Amended Article 19(1)(c): The word “cooperatives” was added after “unions and associations”.
• • Inserted Article 43B: The State shall promote the voluntary formation, autonomy, democratic control and prof. management of Cooperative Societies.

Question 9

Cooperatives is a subject on the _____ List.

Answer 9

State List

Question 10

____ is the biggest cooperative society in the world.

Answer 10

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)

Question 11

Who is the new Cooperation Minister?

Answer 11

Amit Shah

Question 12

Who is the new Law Minister?

Answer 12

Kiren Rijiju

Question 13

Who is the new Health Minister?

Answer 13

Mansukh Mandaviya

Question 14

Who is the new IT Minister?

Answer 14

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Question 15

Who is the new Education Minister?

Answer 15

Dharmendra Pradan

Question 16

Pegasus is a spyware developed by the _____ cyberarms firm _____.

Answer 16

Israeli, NSO Group

Question 17

The earliest avatars of Pegasus used _____ method for spying. Now they use _____ attacks.

Answer 17

Spear phishing, zero-click

Question 18

There was a controversy in 2019 with social media company _____ and Pegasus.

Answer 18

WhatsApp

Question 19

__ and __ accessed a leaked database of thousands of phones numbers worldwide spied on by Pegasus.

Answer 19

Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International

Question 20

____ case struck down Article 66A of the IT Act.

Answer 20

Shreya Singhal v. Union of India

Question 21

____ case ruled that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right.

Answer 21

Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India

Question 22

Name the father of the modern Olympics

Answer 22

Pierre de Coubertin

Question 23

The first Olympic Games were held in __ in __.

Answer 23

1896, Athens

Question 24

Name India’s first medal winner in the Olympics (in 1900).

Answer 24

Norman Pritchard

Question 25

Motto of the Olympic Games

Answer 25

"Higher, Faster, Stronger, together"

Question 26

___ is the most successful country in the Olympics with ___ medals.

Answer 26

USA, 2542

Question 27

Which city has hosted the Olympics the most times?

Answer 27

London, 3 times

Question 28

___ banned ___ from participating in any international events for four years in 2019, because of systematic doping.

Answer 28

World Anti-Doping Agency, Russia

Question 29

___, a ___ is the most successful athlete, with 23 medals.

Answer 29

Michael Phelps, swimmer

Question 30

The 2020 Summer Olympics are officially the ___.

Answer 30

Games of the XXXII Olympiad

Question 31

When was the last time the Olympics were held in Tokyo?

Answer 31

1964

Question 32

In which year was cricket a sport in the Olympics?

Answer 32

1900

Question 33

The mascot of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is ___ (Paralympics: )

Answer 33

Miraitowa, Someity

Question 34

The games making a debut in the 2020 Olympics are

Answer 34

Karate, Skateboarding, Sport Climbing and Surfing

Question 35

The 2020 Olympics was opened by

Answer 35

Emperor Naruhito

Question 36

The cauldron of the 2020 Olympics was lit by ___.

Answer 36

Naomi Osaka

Question 37

The motto of the 2020 Olympics is ___.

Answer 37

United by Emotion

Question 38

In the 2020 Olympics, ___ took the top spot with ___ medals

Answer 38

USA, 113

Question 39

Who became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympic Games?

Answer 39

Laurel Hubbard, weightlifting

Question 40

___ is newly commemorated as National Javelin Day.

Answer 40

August 7th

Question 41

India first participated at the Olympic Games in ___.

Answer 41

1900

Question 42

Independent India has ___ medals in total. Breakdown? .

Answer 42

30 medals (9 Gold, 8 Silver, 13 Bronze)

Question 43

India’s first individual gold medal was won by ___ in ___ in ___.

Answer 43

Abhinav Bindra, 2012, shooting

Question 44

Independent India’s first individuak medal was won by ___ in ___ in ___.

Answer 44

K.D. Jadhav, 1952, wrestling

Question 45

___ Indian Athletes took part in the 2020 Olympics.

Answer 45

126

Question 46

India’s opening flag bearers in the Olympics were ___ and ___.

Answer 46

Manpreet Singh, Mary Kom

Question 47

India's closing flag bearer in the Olympics was ___.

Answer 47

Bajrang Punia

Question 48

Totally, India won __ medals (breakdown?), ranked __.

Answer 48

7 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze), 48th

Question 49

Name the winner of the gold medal in Javelin from India.

Answer 49

Neeraj Chopra

Question 50

Who were the silver medalists in India in the Olympics?

Answer 50

``` Mirabai Chanu (weightlifting) Ravi Dahiya Kumar (wrestling) ```

Question 51

Who were the bronze medalists for India in the Olympics?

Answer 51

``` P.V. Sindhu (badminton) Lovlina Borgohain (boxing) Men's Hockey Team (Captain: Manpreet Singh) Bajrang Punia (wrestling) ```

Question 52

The International Olympic Committee is based in

Answer 52

Lausanne, Switzerland

Question 53

The current president of the IOC is ___.

Answer 53

Thomas Bach (Germany)

Question 54

The current President of the Indian Olympic Committee is?

Answer 54

Narinder Batra