Daily Current Affairs 20 June 2021 In English

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Daily Current Affairs 20 June 2021 In English

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Q1. Which state has recently decided to constitute ‘Vedic Education and Sanskar Board’ to revive the knowledge of Sanskrit scriptures and Vedas?

A. Bihar

B. Uttar Pradesh

C. Rajasthan

D. Tamil Nadu

Q2. According to the central government, India aims to restore 26 million hectares of degraded or barren land by which year?

A. by 2035

B. by 2025

C. by 2027

D. by 2030

Q3. According to the report released by Swiss brokerage ‘UBS Securities India’, India’s economy has contracted by what percent on average in the first quarter of the financial year 2021-22?

A. 10 percent

B. 12 percent

C. 08 percent

D. 15 percent

Q4. Who has become the first Indian woman cricketer to score the most runs in the debut match of Test cricket?

A. Shefali Verma

B. Chandrakanta Kaul

C. Smriti Mandhana

d. Gargi Banerjee

Q5. Who was the first German architect to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, who passed away recently at the age of 101?

A. Gottfried Bohm

B. Lenai Milcham

C. Jacques Miranda

D. Yuki Fuki-Saga

Q6. Who has been elected as the new President of Iran in place of Hassan Rouhani?

A. Abdulraza Rahmani Fazli

B. Syed Ibrahim Raisi

C. Jawad Zarif

D. Imam Ali Raza

Q7. Former India’s famous sprinter and Padma Shri winner Milkha Singh passed away on June 18, by what nickname was he known?

A. The Flying Milkha

B. The Flying Singh

C.The Flying Sikh

D. The Flying Jatt

Q 8. Where did the Indian Navy participate for the first time in the IN-EUNAVFOR naval joint exercise held on 18-19 June 2021?

A. Bay of Bengal

B. Gulf of Mannar

C. Persian Gulf

D. Gulf of Aden

Q 9. Which of the following has launched 6 customized crash course programs to train COVID-19 frontline workers?

A. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

B. Piyush Goyal

C. Dr. Harsh Vardhan

D. Narendra Modi

Q10. Who has released the report titled “Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Special Report on Drought 2021” on drought?

A. UNCTAD

B. UNEP

C. UNDRR

D. UNDP

Q11. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the central government has set a target to reduce road accident deaths by 50% by which year?

A. by 2024

B. by 2026

C. by 2030

D. by 2025

Q12. Who is hosting the four-day summit on ‘Vaccine Internationalism’ from June 18, 2021?

A. World Health Organization

B. Progressive International

C. UNICEF

D. UNESCO

Q13. Which of the following global IT consulting and digital solutions company has won the “Snowflake Global Innovation Partner of the Year 2021” award?

A. Infosys

B. Wipro

C. L&T Infotech

D. Tata Consultancy Services