1. Who has become the first person from India to win the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award?

a) Amrita Pritam

b) Jhumpa Lahiri

c) Khaled Hosseini

d) Tahera Qutbuddin

2. India's Y Nuklu Phom has been named the winner of ‘Whitley Awards 2021' for his conservational efforts in which Indian state?

a) Meghalaya 

b) Nagaland

c) Sikkim

d) Manipur

3. The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has approved which COVID-19 vaccine for phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials on 2 to 18-year-olds?

a) Covaxin

b) Covishield

c) J&J

d) Sputnik

4. Which among the following COVID-19 variants was first detected in India in October 2020?

a) B.1.1.7

b) B.1.351

c) B.1.1.28.1

d) B.1.617

5. Which Indian state on May 12, 2021 reported resurgence of the African Swine Fever?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) West Bengal

c) Uttar Pradesh

d) Meghalaya 

6. Which nation will become the most populated country by 2027, as per a UN report?

a) India

b) US

c) Japan

d) Pakistan 

7. Which nation will be the world's fastest-growing major economy in 2022, as per the UN?

a) China

b) US

c) UK 

d) India

8. Who was the founder of modern nursing?

a) Mother Teresa

b) Elizabeth Blackwell

c) Clara Barton 

d) Florence Nightingale

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