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1. Naftali Bennett has become the new Prime Minister of which country?





ANSWER= (A) Isreal
Explain:- 49-year-old, Naftali Bennett has become new Prime Minister of Israel. He is a religious-nationalist and a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur who has also served as defenceminister. With this win, he has ended 12 unbroken years of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the helm.

 

2. Which of the following country has been elected to UN Security Council (UNSC) as non-permanent members for 2022-23 term?





ANSWER= (D) All of these
Explain:- Five nations- UAE, Brazil, Albania, Gabon and Ghana were elected to the UN General Assembly on June 11, 2021 for a two-year term starting from January 1, 2022.
All the five nations were elected unopposed to the 15-member UN body. They will replace- Vietnam, Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent, Tunisia and the Grenadines, whose terms ended this year.
The 193 member UN generalAssembly held elction to five non-permanent members who will take their seats on the 15-nations council for two-year term beginning in january 1,2022

 

3. Consider the following statements and select the correct the code.
1. PM Modi is all set to address a high-level virtual conference on desertification, land degradation and drought at UN on 14th June 2021.
2. As per United Nations, one-fifth of earth’s land area (more than 2 billion hectares) worldwide is degraded.





ANSWER= (c) both are correct
Explain:- *Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address a high-level virtual conference on desertification, land degradation and drought at UN on 14th June 2021.
*This conference will be convened by President of 75th session of General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir.
* PM Modi was President of 14th session of Conference of the Parties to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP14 President) at New Delhi in 2019 in which Delhi declaration was adopted to encourage transition and increase access to energy in rural & urban communities with the aim of combating desertification, land degradation and drought.

 

4. Who will launch "Yuva shakti Corona Mukti Abhiyan"to raise aweareness among people on covid-19 pandemic?





ANSWER= (D) MP
Explain:- Madhya Pradesh will launch ‘Yuva Shakti Corona Mukti Abhiyan’ to raise awareness among people on covid-19 pandemic.
Yuva Shakti Corona Mukti Abhiyan means “free from corona with the help of youth power campaign”.
Under the campaign, college teachers and about16 lakh students will be made aware of covid-19 infection by teaching them Covid appropriate behaviour and vaccination.
Campaign will be run by Higher Education and Technical Education Department in association with Public Health and Family Welfare Department. For effective real time monitoring of campaign, mobile app has also been developed.

 

5. Recently,Coast Guard has enforced laws and started operation olivia to protect olive Ridely Turtles in which state?





ANSWER= (D) Odisha
Explain:- Recently, Coast Guard have enforced laws and started operation Olivia to protect Olive Ridley turtles in Odisha.
Operation Olivia was started by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), first in early 1980s.
This operation helps in protecting Olive Ridley turtles every year when they start nesting along Odisha coast for breeding in months of November to December.
Under it, round-the-clock surveillance is conducted from November till May through Coast Guard assets like Fast patrol vessels, Interceptor craft, Air cushion vessels and Dornier aircraft.

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