Current Affairs for UPSC: Pariksha Saarathi presents only need to know Current Affairs in Quiz format, for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams such as UPSC, BANKS, SSC & Railways.
Q.1) Who became the first woman helicopter pilot of the Indian Navy?
(a) Divya Deshmukh
(b) Sunita Williams
(c) Anamika B. Rajeev
(d) Anjali Sharma
Q.2) Which individual won the World junior girls’ chess championship recently?
(a) Divya Deshmukh
(b) Beloslava Krasteva
(c) Koneru Humpy
(d) P Vaishnavi
Q.3) Who has been reappointed as the National Security Advisor?
(a) Rakesh Aasthana
(b) Dr PK Mishra
(c) Ajit Doval
(d) Nageshwar Rao
Q.4) After whom has the International Astronomical Union named a crater on Mars?
(a) Professor Devendra Lal
(b) C. V Raman
(c) Satyendra Nath Bose
(d) Vikram Sarabhai
Q.5) NASA is collaborating with which IIT in India to research multidrug-resistant pathogens?
(a) IIT Delhi
(b) IIT Madras
(c) IIT Varanasi
(d) IIT Mumbai
Answers:
Ans.1(c), Anamika B. Rajeev, a Sub Lieutenant of the Indian Navy, became the first woman helicopter pilot of the Indian Navy. She was among the successful Naval officers of the 102nd Helicopter Conversion Couse
Ans.2(a), Divya Deshmukh added another significant title to her already impressive collection on June 13. The 18-year-old from Nagpur won the World junior girls’ chess championship after beating Bulgaria’s Beloslava Krasteva in the final round.
Ans.3(c), Ajit Doval has been reappointed as the National Security Advisor and Dr PK Mishra as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister with effect from June 10.
Ans.4(a), Recently, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named three new craters located within the Tharsis volcanic region on Mars after India’s science community and Indian places. The largest crater has been named “Lal Crater” in honour of Professor Devendra Lal.
Ans.5(b), Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) are researching multidrug-resistant pathogens on the International Space Station (ISS).