Current Affairs Quiz: 29 June 2021

29 June 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  Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, ISRO's first uncrewed mission to space and Asia’s longest high-speed track among others. 

1. Who has promised 300 units of free electricity to each family in Punjab ahead of Assembly polls next year? 

a) Arvind Kejriwal

b) PM Narendra Modi

c) Amit Shah

d) Amarinder Singh

2. Which state government has collaborated with United Nations World Food Programme to improve household food and nutritional security?

a) Bihar

b) Jharkhand

c) Odisha

d) Chhatisgarh 

3. Which company has been granted permission to import Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine?

a) Cipla

b) SII

c) Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories 

d) Sanofi

4. ISRO is scheduled to launch its first uncrewed mission in which month this year?

a) December 2021

b) September 2021

c) October 2021

d) November 2021

5. Which space agency is planning to launch first disabled astronaut in space?

a) ESA

b) NASA

c) ISRO

d) CNSA

6. Asia’s longest high-speed track for automobiles has been inaugurated in which Indian city?

a) Delhi

b) Ahmedabad 

c) Telangana

d) Indore 

7. What is the latest ranking of Mithali Raj in the ICC Women’s Player Rankings? 

a) 4th

b) 5th

c) 6th

d) 7th

Answers

1. (a) Arvind Kejriwal 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on June 29, 2021 said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government will provide 300 units of free electricity to every family in Punjab if it comes to power. This major announcement comes ahead of Punjab assembly polls, which are slated for next year. 

2. (c) Odisha

Odisha Government and the United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) have joined hands to improve household food and nutritional security by strengthening the livelihood initiatives and reaching the thousands of state-supported Women’s Self-Help Groups (WSHGs). 

3. (a) Cipla

The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) on June 29, 2021, granted permission to Cipla, a Mumbai-based multinational pharmaceutical company, to import Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for the restricted emergency use in India.

4. (a) December 2021

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced that it is ‘putting extra work, extra hours’ to achieve the launch target of the first uncrewed mission in December 2021 as a part of the human spaceflights programme ‘Gaganyaan’ due to disruption caused in the hardware delivery schedules during the first and second wave of COVID-19.

5. (a) ESA

The European Space Agency has announced its plan to hire and launch the world’s first physically disabled astronaut. Several para-astronauts have applied for the role. The space agency recently closed the decennial recruitment call for the 22-member space programme after it received 22,000 applicants.

6. (d) Indore 

Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Prakash Javadekar on June 29, 2021 inaugurated NATRAX- the High-Speed Track(HST) for automobiles in Indore. The track is the longest such track in Asia and the world's fifth-longest

7. (b) 5th

Indian skipper Mithali Raj on June 29, 2021 returned to the top five of the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings for the first time after October 2019. She is ranked fifth now on the Women's ODI rankings after top-scoring for India with 72 runs in the opening ODI against England in Bristol.