In the News CUET General Test MCQs

Question: Who has been elected as the new Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)?
a) Gilbert Houngbo
b) Muriel Penicaud
c) Kanayo Nwanze
d) Kang Kyung-wha

Answer: a

Question: Name the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), who has passed away recently.
a) Alan Ladd Jr
b) Eugene Parker
c) Stephen Wilhite
d) Rod Marsh

Answer: c

Question: Choose the correct statement(s) regarding Ketanji Jackson.
1. Ketanji Jackson nominated as first Black Woman to US Supreme Court.
2. She would replace liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
Codes
a) Both 1 and 2
b) Only 1
c) Only 2
d) None of these

Answer: a

Question: Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership Board?
a) Harsh Vardhan
b) Mansukh Mandaviya
c) Kiren Rijiju
d) Dharmendra Pradhan

Answer: b

Question: KN Raghavan has recently been appointed as the Chairman of which international body?
a) International Rubber Study Group
b) International Steel Group
c) International Dairy Federation
d) International Automotive Task Force

Answer: a

Question: Who has been appointed as India’s first National Maritime Security oordinator (NMSC)?
a) Ravneet Singh
b) Karambir Singh
c) G. Ashok Kumar
d) Sunil Lanba

Answer: c

Question: The renowned software developer and the creator of the McAfee antivirus software has passed away at the age of 75, due to suicide. Name that software pioneer
a) Kim McAfee
b) Charles McAfee
c) Nick McAfee
d) John McAfee

Answer: d

Question: Nobel Prize winner Luc Montagnier passed away recently. He was a/an
a) Astrophysicist
b) Cardiologist
c) Paleontologist
d) Virologist

Answer: d

Question: Who among the following has been appointed as chairman of Pfizer India?
a) KV Kamath
b) Rajiv Mehrishi
c) Mukundakam Sharma
d) Pradip Shah

Answer: d

Question: Who among the following took charge as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)?
a) Unnikrishnan Nair
b) Badrinath Srinivasan
c) Dileep Sanghani
d) Vikram Dev Dutt

Answer: a

Question: Jagannath Bidyadhar Mohapatra has been roped in as the new Chairman of which of these organisation?
a) CBDT
b) NITI Aayog
c) CBI
d) SIDBI

Answer: a

Question: Who has been named as the next chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
a) Geoffrey Okamoto
b) Gita Gopinath
c) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
d) Kristalina Georgieva

Answer: c

Question: Which country’s former President Shahabuddin Ahmed passed away recently?
a) Pakistan
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Afghanistan
d) Bangladesh

Answer: d

Question: Who among the following has been appointed as the head of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)?
a) Audrey Azoulay
b) Catherine Russell
c) Henrietta H. Fore
d) Rafael Grossi

Answer: b

Question: Who has been appointed as the next President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
a) Soma Sankara Prasad
b) Ramalingam Sudhakar
c) Sanjiv Mehta
d) Arun Kumar Mishra

Answer: c

Question: Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, who has passed away recently, was the former .............. of India?
a) Lok Sabha Speaker
b) Chief Justice
c) Chief Election Commissioner
d) ISRO Chairman

Answer: b

Question: Name the India’s first woman psychiatrist, who passed away recently.
a) G S Lakshmi
b) Sarada Menon
c) Janani Narayanan
d) Vrinda Rathi 

Answer: b

Question: Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and CEO of Railway Board?
a) Sanjeev Mittal
b) Vinay Kumar Tripathi
c) Naresh Salecha
d) Ravinder Gupta

Answer: b

Question: Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff to succeed Admiral Karambir Singh?
a) Anil Kumar Chawla
b) R. Hari Kumar
c) Shekhar Sinha
d) Surinder Pal Singh Cheema

Answer: b

Question: Keshav Desiraju who has passed away recently had formerly served at which post in the Union Cabinet?
a) Economic Secretary
b) Health Secretary
c) Finance Secretary
d) Agricultural Secretary

Answer: b

Question: Consider the following statements :
1. Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari assumed charge as the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS).
2. Air Marshal Sandeep Singh has been appointed as the new and 46th Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
Of the above correct statement(s) s/are
a) Both 1 and 2
b) Only 1
c) Only 2
d) None of these

Answer: a

Question: Who has been elected as the fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in Scotland?
a) Chanda Kochhar
b) Vandana Luthra
c) Soumya Swaminathan
d) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Answer: d

Question: The 23-year-old Shashvat Nakrani is the youngest self-made individual in Hurun India Rich List 2021. He is the co-founder of which company?
a) Paytm
b) PhonePe
c) WinZO
d) BharatPe

Answer: d

Question: Indian social worker Sindhutai Sapkal, who has passed away recently, was fondly referred as
a) Women of Peace
b) Iron Lady of India
c) Mother of Orphans
d) Lioness of Maratha

Answer: c

Question: Kamla Bhasin, who has passed away recently, was a well known author and poet, besides being
a) Journalist
b) Women’s rights activist
c) Basketball player
d) Filmmaker

Answer: b

Question: Abdalla Hamdok has resigned as the Prime Minister of which country?
a) Rwanda
b) Turkey
c) Sudan
d) Somalia

Answer: c

Question: Name the mountaineer who has achieved the feat of becoming the fastest Indian to scale two peaks?
a) Shivangi Pathak
b) Geeta Samota
c) Chhanda Gayen
d) Premlata Agrawal

Answer: b

Question: Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the reconstituted Advisory Board for Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF) by CVC?
a) Ajay Banga
b) TM Bhasin
c) Kris Gopalakrishnan
d) NR Narayana Murthy

Answer: b

Question: Who has been sworn in as Karnataka's new Chief Minister?
a) Arun Singh
b) Thaawarchand Gehlot
c) CT Ravi
d) Basavaraj Bommai

Answer: d

Question: Choose the correct statement regarding Elon Musk.
1. Elon Musk named TIME Magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2021.
2. Musk is also the founder and CEO of rocket company SpaceX.
Codes
a) Both 1 and 2
b) Only 1
c) Only 2
d) None of these

Answer: a

Question: Which nation's President has sacked the Prime Minister and suspend the Parliament?
a) Armenia
b) Turkmenistan
c) Tunisia
d) Indonesia

Answer: c

Question: Dr. PK Warrier, who has passed away at the age of 100 recently, was a veteran
a) Agricultural Scientist
b) Economist
c) Astrologer
d) Ayurveda practitioner

Answer: d

Question: Name the newly appointed Chief Minister of Union Territory of Puducherry
a) V. Vaithilingam
b) V. Narayanasamy
c) N. Rangasamy
d) YS Bharati

Answer: b

Question: Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Indian Federation of United Nations Associations (IFUNA)?
a) Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia
b) Justice Rajesh Bindal
c) Justice Mohammad Rafiq
d) Justice Shambhu Nath Srivastava

Answer: d

Question: Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
a) JB Mohapatra
b) Rajesh Damor
c) Pramod Y. Devikar
d) Deepa Rasal

Answer: a

Question: Indian politician Virbhadra Singh, who has passed away was the former Chief Minister of which State?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Haryana
d) Bihar

Answer: a

Question: Which Indian banker has been appointed as the independent director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Asia?
a) Rajnish Kumar
b) Aditya Puri
c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
d) Anshula Kant 

Answer: a

Question: KV Sampath Kumar, the editor of world’s first Sanskrit Daily, has passed away. What is the name of the Sanskrit Daily?
a) Rashi
b) Sudharma
c) Brahman
d) Purana

Answer: b

Question: Who has been roped in by the Delhi government as the brand ambassador for its ‘Desh Ke Mentors’ programme?
a) Virat Kohli
b) Sonu Sood
c) Ranvir Singh
d) Kapil Dev

Answer: b

Question: Name the CEO of NITI Aayog, whose tenure has been extended by government for one year till June 2022?
a) Arvind Panagariya
b) Rajiv Kumar
c) Amitabh Kant
d) Nripendra Misra

Answer: c

Question: What was the profession of Raj Kaushal who has passed away recently at he age of 49?
a) Politician
b) Sportsman
c) Journalist
d) Filmmaker

Answer: d

Question: Tadang Minu is the first Indian female to be appointed as a member of the Coaches Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). She hails from which State?
a) Manipur
b) Sikkim
c) Ladakh
d) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: d

Question: Centre has extended the term of which Deputy Governors of RBI by two years, till June 2023?
a) Michael Patra
b) Mahesh Kumar Jain
c) Rabi Sankar
d) M. Rajeshwar Rao

Answer: b

Question: What was the profession of TM Kalliannan Gounder, who has passed away at the age of 101?
a) Actor
b) Agricultural Scientist
c) Freedom Fighter
d) Sportsperson

Answer: c

Question: Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the NHRC of India?
a) Ranganath Misra
b) MN Venkatachalliah
c) Arun Mishra
d) S. Rajendra Babu

Answer: c

Question: Name the female IAF officer who has become the first woman flight test engineer of India?
a) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
b) Mitali Madhumita
c) Aashritha V Olety
d) Sophia Qureshi

Answer: c

Question: Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Microsoft?
a) Elon Musk
b) Sunder Pichai
c) Larry Page
d) Satya Nadella

Answer: d

Question: Who has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief of Naval Staff?
a) Ravneet Singh
b) G. Ashok Kumar
c) Satish Soni
d) Jagjit Singh Bedi

Answer: a

Question: Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Assam to replace Sarbananda Sonowal?
a) Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
b) Himanta Biswa Sarma
c) Atul Bora
d) Kailash Nath Sarma

Answer: b

Question: Who has been appointed as the new Director of the CBI?
a) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
b) Vishwas Nangare Patil
c) Amulya Patnaik
d) Anil Deshmukh

Answer: a

Question: Satya Nadella has been appointed as the Chairman of Microsoft in June, 2021. He replaced whom?
a) Manu Sawhney
b) Mark Lowcock
c) Gina Haspel
d) John Thompson

Answer: d

Question: Who among the following has been appointed as the new Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India?
a) Ranganath Misra
b) MN Venkatachalliah
c) Arun Mishra
d) S. Rajendra Babu

Answer: c

Question: Who has been appointed as the President of 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) for 2021-22?
a) Peter Mohan
b) Munir Akram
c) Omar Hilale
d) Abdulla Shahid

Answer: d

Question: Noted Indian environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away due to COVID-19 on May 21, 2021. He was a prominent leader of which among the following movements?
a) Narmada Bachao Andholan
b) Chipko Movement
c) Save Silent Valley Movement
d) Appiko Movement

Answer: b

Question: Pinarayi Vijayan has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala for second straight term. He is the .............. CM of the State.
a) 12th
b) 14th
c) 11th
d) 15th

Answer: a

Question: Who has been appointed as the new CBI Chief?
a) Rakesh Asthana
b) YC Modi
c) Subodh Jaiswal
d) SS Deswal

Answer: c

Question: Arya Rajendran, has been elected as the youngest mayor in India. She is from which State?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Assam
c) Kerala
d) Goa

Answer: c

Question: Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after 2021 Assembly election?
a) MK Tamilarasu
b) MK Stalin
c) M. Karunanidhi
d) MK Alagiri

Answer: b

Question: Name the women mountaineer who has recently created historic record of world’s fastest ascent of Everest by a woman
a) Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
b) Oh Eun-sun
c) Moni Mulepati
d) Tsang Yin-hung

Answer: d

Question: Chaudhary Ajit Singh, who has passed away recently was the founder of which political party?
a) Ambedkar Samaj Party (ASP)
b) Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)
c) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
d) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)

Answer: b