Correct Answer : Option (D) - Tiger
Note : A new report by WWF and UNEP has found that 35 per cent of India's tiger ranges currently lie outside protected areas.
Correct Answer : Option (A) - Nagpur
Note : The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari, inaugurated India's first private Liquefied Natural Gas facility plant at Nagpur in Maharashtra.
Correct Answer : Option (B) - Ashleigh Barty
Note : In Tennis, Ashleigh Barty of Australia beat Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) to win her first Wimbledon women's single title.
Correct Answer : Option (B) - Novak Djokovic
Note : In Tennis, Novak Djokovic defeated Matteo Berrettini in the Wimbledon final to win his sixth Wimbledon title and 20th Grand Slam trophy.
Correct Answer : Option (C) - Nitin Gadkari
Note : Nitin Gadkari inaugurates country's First Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Nagpur Mon 12 Jul 2021, 10:17:52 Nagpur: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the country’s First Private LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) plant in Nagpur on Sunday. He said, LNG is a clean and cost effective fuel which is capable of decreasing the logistics cost.
Correct Answer : Option (D) - Argentina
Note : Lionel Messi-led Argentina beat Neymar's Brazil 1-0 to win the Copa America final match, held at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Correct Answer : Option (A) - Uttarakhand
Note : Uttarakhand Forest department has dedicated a Cryptogamic garden of ancient plants/organisms, existing since the Jurassic era, that grow without seeds and flowers, to the public. It was built in the Deoban area of Dehradun district at a height of 2,700 metres. Cryptogam are plants or plant-like organisms that reproduce by spores, without producing flowers or seeds.
Correct Answer : Option (A) - Assam
Note : The Assam government announced to creation of an independent department to protect and preserve the “faith, culture and traditions of tribes and indigenous communities” of the state. In Assam, the caste system, although it exists, is not as prominent as in other parts of India. Other religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam etc. are also practiced in Assam.
Correct Answer : Option (B) - Ayurveda Physician
Note : Dr Panayambally Krishnakutty Warrier, doyen of ayurveda medicine and managing trustee of Vaidyaratnam P S Varier’s Arya Vaidya Sala passed away. Joining as a factory manager in 1947 at the centre, which had been founded by his nephew P S Varier in 1902, Warrier became the chief physician and the managing trustee in 1953 following the death of his elder brother P M Varier in an air crash.
Correct Answer : Option (D) - Vijayawada station
Note : Indian Railways’ Vijayawada station in the state of Andhra Pradesh became the first railway station in the country to be covered with 130 kWp solar panels. The national transporter plans to be a Net Zero Carbon Emitter by the year 2030.