Nelson Mandela Day | Amazon Rainforest - TNPSC Current Affairs

 1. When is Nelson Mandela Day celebrated?

July 18th

2. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ trip to the edge of space lasted for how many minutes?

11 minutes by blue Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight

3. As per a new study, which rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide (CO2) than it absorbs?

Amazon Rainforest

4. Which sports will be returning to the Olympics this year after being cut out previously?

Baseball

5. Which nation is always first in the Parade of Nations at the Olympics opening ceremony?

Greece

6. What is the name of the new digital payment solution launched recently by PM Narendra Modi?

e-RUPI

7. Who overtook Jeff Bezos to become the world's richest man as per Forbes Real-time Billionaires list on August 6, 2021?

Bernard Arnault & Family

8. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been rechristened to honour which Indian sporting legend?

Dhyan Chand

9. Which state's Chief Minister has announced Educational Empowerment Fund?

Kerala

10. What is the name of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier that has begun its maiden sea trials?

INS Vikrant

Zen Garden | WWF India - Current affairs for Government exam

 

1. Who has been awarded prestigious CEU Open Society Prize for 2021?

KK Shailaja

2. Who tops the global list of the biggest philanthropists of the last century?

Jamsetji Tata

3. Which is the only state in India to have all three crocodile species?

Odisha

4. Who has been named as the Ambassador of Forest Frontline Heroes by WWF India?

Upasana Kamineni

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

Indore 

6. PM Modi inaugurated a Zen garden in which state on June 27, 2021?

Gujarat

7. Which former Indian Prime Minister's 100th birth anniversary was observed on June 28, 2021. 

P. V. Narasimha Rao

8. What is the name of India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, which will be commissioned in 2022?

INS Vikrant

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

Sputnik light 

10. Who has become the youngest-ever Chess Grandmaster in history?

Abhimanyu Mishra