Correct Answer : Option (A) - India
Note : The India has been elected as the member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for three-year terms of 2022-24.
Correct Answer : Option (A) - IISC Bangalore
Note : Ranked at 37th spot, the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru has the highest ranked university from India for the seventh year in a row.
Correct Answer : Option (B) - Sanjeev Nandan Sahai
Note : The Former power secretary Sanjeev Nandan Sahai has been named as the new Chairman of oil regulator Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board.
Correct Answer : Option (D) - Accreditation: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Note : The theme for WAD 2021 is "Accreditation: Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals".
Correct Answer : Option (C) - 5
Note : The Chandigarh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar and Kerala have obtained Grade 1++ (or Level II), which makes them the best performing states.
Correct Answer : Option (D) - United States
Note : The USA is set to hand over three out of 24 MH-60 Romeo helicopters to the Indian Naval Force in July 2022.
Correct Answer : Option (D) - Rajesh Pendharkar
Note : Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, AVSM, VSM recently assumed charge as Director General Naval Operations. The Flag Officer is a specialist in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and has served on frontline warships of the Navy as ASW Officer and later as the Executive Officer and Principal Warfare Officer of Guided Destroyer INS Mysore.
Correct Answer : Option (A) - Delhi
Note : A Delhi government-run hospital recently banned nursing staff from speaking in Malayalam in the hospital and warned of ‘serious action’ if they do not talk in English or Hindi. There are around 300-350 Malayali nursing staff at the hospital [GIPMER] and we always talk to the patients in Hindi.
Correct Answer : Option (B) - 3 years
Note : India has been elected to the United Nations Economic & Social Council for the term 2022-24. The ECOSOC is at the centre of the UN development system and brings together people and issues to promote collective action for a sustainable world. India was elected in the Asia-Pacific States category along with Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Oman in the elections.
Correct Answer : Option (C) - Sunil Chhetri
Note : The Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri has overtaken Argentinian star Lionel Messi to become the second-highest active international goal scorer.