Who won Pulitzer Prize 2021 in the International Reporting category for exposing China's secret Uyghur Muslim detention camps?

a) Neil Bedi

b) Megha Rajagopalan

c) Nadja Drost

d) Laura Crimaldi

Ans: B

2. Which among the following books won the Pulitzer Prize 2021 in Fiction category?

a) The Night Watchman

b) A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth

c) The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

d) The Golden Arches in Black America

Ans: A

3. NOVAVAX COVID-19 vaccine has shown how much overall efficacy in Phase 3 trials?

a) 95 percent

b) 92 percent

c) 91 percent

d) 90 percent

Ans: D

4. India's retail inflation jumped to how much in May 2021?

a) 5.6 percent

b) 6.3 percent

c) 6 percent

d) 4.8 percent

Ans: B

5. What is the reduced GST rate for ambulances?

a) 5 percent

b) 10 percent

c) 12 percent

d) 15 percent

Ans: C

6. What is the new GST rate for COVID-19 testing kits, medical-grade oxygen and ventilator?

a) 10 percent

b) 12 percent

c) 5 percent

d) None of the Above

Ans: C

7. Which state has decided to provide 9 hrs free power supply to farmlands during Kharif season?

a) Telangana

b) Uttar Pradesh

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

Ans: C

8. Which nation has allowed dropping indoor mask requirement as daily COVID-19 cases decline?

a) Australia

b) Israel

c) Japan

d) Denmark

Ans: B

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