Current Affairs Quiz: 2 July 2021

2 July 2021: The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics such as record temperature in Antarctica, first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics and Indian Navy's new inductions among others. 

1. What is the new maximum temperature that has been recorded in Antarctica?

a) 18.3 degrees Celsius 

b) 16 degrees Celsius 

c) 17 degrees Celsius 

d) 15 degrees Celsius 

2. Indian Army has inducted how many indigenously designed Short Span Bridging systems?

a) 8

b) 10

c) 12

d) 15

3. Indian drug regulatory body denied permission to Dr. Reddy’s to conduct phase 3 trials of which vaccine in India?

a) Sputnik light 

b) J&J

c) Moderna

d) Pfizer

4. Which among the following COVID-19 vaccine is a single dose vaccine?

a) Moderna

b) Pfizer

c) Covovax 

d) Sputnik light 

5. Who has become the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics?

a) Shikha Tandon

b) Shivani Kataria

c) Bhakti Sharma

d) Maana Patel

6. Who among the following entrepreneurs has decided to fly to the edge of space?

a) Elon Musk

b) Sir Richard Branson

c) Bill Gates

d) Charles Koch

Answers

1. (a) 18.3 degrees Celsius 

The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed a new maximum temperature record for the Antarctic of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit).

2. (c) 12

Indian Army has inducted the first batch of 12 indigenously designed and developed Short Span Bridging systems into the Corps of Engineers. The system has been designed by DRDO and manufactured by L&T. 

3. (a) Sputnik Light 

The central government's Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on July 1, 2021 denied permission to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories to carry out the Phase-III trials of ‘Sputnik Light’ in India. Sputnik Light is a new version of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V. 

4. (d) Sputnik light 

Sputnik Light comprises the first dose component of the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V. Sputnik Light is a one-dose vaccine like the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine. It was approved in Russia on June 2nd.

5. (d) Maana Patel

Maana Patel has become the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. She has qualified for the prestigious event through universality quota, confirmed Sports Authority of India(SAI) on July 2, 2021. 

6. (b) Sir Richard Branson

Sir Richard Branson, an English business magnate has announced that he will fly to the edge of space on July 11th or soon after. He will be a passenger in the back of the Unity rocket plane, which his Virgin Galactic company has been developing in the US since almost two decades.