July 2021 Flashcards
Who has been appointed as the Deputy Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha in July 2021? (And who is the Leader)
Dy: Muktar Abbas Naqvi
Leader: Piyush Goyal
Who has become the second Indian to win two Olympics Gold Medals? (And who was the first?)
P.V. Sindhu in Badminton
The first was wrestler Sushil Kumar
Who won World Food Prize in 2020?
Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted
First city to get city-wide tap water is:
Puri
Who is the new President of Israel?
Isaac Herzog
Who is the Prime Minister of Israel?
Naftali Bennet
The _____th Amendment was struck down by the SC recently.
97th
What did the 97th Amendment add?
- Added Part IXB to the Constitution, deals with Cooperative Societies
- Amended Article 19(1)(c): The word “cooperatives” was added after “unions and associations”.
- Inserted Article 43B: The State shall promote the voluntary formation, autonomy, democratic control and prof. management of Cooperative Societies.
Cooperatives is a subject on the _____ List.
State List
____ is the biggest cooperative society in the world.
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO)
Who is the new Cooperation Minister?
Amit Shah
Who is the new Law Minister?
Kiren Rijiju
Who is the new Health Minister?
Mansukh Mandaviya
Who is the new IT Minister?
Ashwini Vaishnaw
Who is the new Education Minister?
Dharmendra Pradan
Pegasus is a spyware developed by the _____ cyberarms firm _____.
Israeli, NSO Group
The earliest avatars of Pegasus used _____ method for spying. Now they use _____ attacks.
Spear phishing, zero-click
There was a controversy in 2019 with social media company _____ and Pegasus.
__ and __ accessed a leaked database of thousands of phones numbers worldwide spied on by Pegasus.
Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International
____ case struck down Article 66A of the IT Act.
Shreya Singhal v. Union of India
____ case ruled that Right to Privacy is a fundamental right.
Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India
Name the father of the modern Olympics
Pierre de Coubertin
The first Olympic Games were held in __ in __.
1896, Athens
Name India’s first medal winner in the Olympics (in 1900).
Norman Pritchard
Motto of the Olympic Games
“Higher, Faster, Stronger, together”
___ is the most successful country in the Olympics with ___ medals.
USA, 2542
Which city has hosted the Olympics the most times?
London, 3 times
___ banned ___ from participating in any international events for four years in 2019, because of systematic doping.
World Anti-Doping Agency, Russia
___, a ___ is the most successful athlete, with 23 medals.
Michael Phelps, swimmer
The 2020 Summer Olympics are officially the ___.
Games of the XXXII Olympiad
When was the last time the Olympics were held in Tokyo?
1964
In which year was cricket a sport in the Olympics?
1900
The mascot of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is ___ (Paralympics: )
Miraitowa, Someity
The games making a debut in the 2020 Olympics are
Karate, Skateboarding, Sport Climbing and Surfing
The 2020 Olympics was opened by
Emperor Naruhito
The cauldron of the 2020 Olympics was lit by ___.
Naomi Osaka
The motto of the 2020 Olympics is ___.
United by Emotion
In the 2020 Olympics, ___ took the top spot with ___ medals
USA, 113
Who became the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympic Games?
Laurel Hubbard, weightlifting
___ is newly commemorated as National Javelin Day.
August 7th
India first participated at the Olympic Games in ___.
1900
Independent India has ___ medals in total. Breakdown? .
30 medals (9 Gold, 8 Silver, 13 Bronze)
India’s first individual gold medal was won by ___ in ___ in ___.
Abhinav Bindra, 2012, shooting
Independent India’s first individuak medal was won by ___ in ___ in ___.
K.D. Jadhav, 1952, wrestling
___ Indian Athletes took part in the 2020 Olympics.
126
India’s opening flag bearers in the Olympics were ___ and ___.
Manpreet Singh, Mary Kom
India’s closing flag bearer in the Olympics was ___.
Bajrang Punia
Totally, India won __ medals (breakdown?), ranked __.
7 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze), 48th
Name the winner of the gold medal in Javelin from India.
Neeraj Chopra
Who were the silver medalists in India in the Olympics?
Mirabai Chanu (weightlifting) Ravi Dahiya Kumar (wrestling)
Who were the bronze medalists for India in the Olympics?
P.V. Sindhu (badminton) Lovlina Borgohain (boxing) Men's Hockey Team (Captain: Manpreet Singh) Bajrang Punia (wrestling)
The International Olympic Committee is based in
Lausanne, Switzerland
The current president of the IOC is ___.
Thomas Bach (Germany)
The current President of the Indian Olympic Committee is?
Narinder Batra
