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Aparchit Super Current Affairs MCQ with facts – 13 & 14 June 2021
By Kumar Kaushal
Q.1. Who won the Men’s singles title in the 2021 French Open ?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Daniil Medvedev
C) Rafael Nadal
D) Stefanos Tsitsipas
Answer : A .
FRENCH OPEN 2021 (TENNIS)
(also known as Roland Garros)
Edition : 125th
Surface : Clay
Venue : Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France
Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
Women's singles : Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia)
Men’s Doubles: Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut (France)
Women’s Doubles: Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) and Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic)
Mixed Doubles- Desirae Krawczyk (US) and Joe Salisbury (UK)
Djokovic has won 19 Grand Slam men's singles titles and 84 ATP singles titles
Novak Djokovic Won the first French Open in 2016 and 2nd in 2021
He has become the first man in 52 years, after Rod Laver, to win all the four Grand Slams twice
NOVAK DJOKOVIC IN NEWS
French Open 2021: Novak Djokovic wins 19th Grand slam title
Novak Djokovic No 1 tennis player in the world 2021 Men's Tennis ATP Rankings
Novak Djokovic wins Australian Open 2021
Novak Djokovic wins 2021 Belgrade Open Tennis Tournament to lift 83rd ATP trophy
Novak Djokovic clinches 2020 ATP Player of the Year 2020 Award for record equalling 6th time
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Novak Djokovic lifts ATP Year-end No. 1 Trophy for 6th time
GRAND SLAM TITLE LEADERBOARD
20 : Roger Federer (Switzerland)
20 : Rafael Nadal (Spain)
19 : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Q.2. Who won the women's singles title in the 2021 French Open?
A) Naomi Osaka
B) Simona Halep
C) Petra Kvitová
D) Barbora Krejcikova
Answer : D .
MOST IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT OPEN IN NEWS 2021
FRENCH OPEN (TENNIS) 2021 BELGRADE OPEN (TENNIS) 2021
Men's singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Men's singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women's single : Barbora Krejčíková (Czech
Republic)
GENEVA OPEN (TENNIS) 2021 EMILIA-ROMAGNA OPEN (TENNIS) 2021
Men's singles : Casper Ruud (Norway) Men's Singles : Sebastian Korda (United
States)
Women's singles : Coco Gauff (United States)
ITALIAN OPEN 2021 (TENNIS) MADRID OPEN 2021 (TENNIS)
Men’s singles : Rafael Nadal (Spain) Men's singles : Alexander Zverev (Germany)
Women’s singles : Iga Swiatek (Poland) Women's singles : Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
BARCELONA OPEN 2021 (TENNIS) ROLEX MONTE CARLO MASTERS TITLE
Men's Single : Rafael Nadal (Spain) (TENNIS) 2021
Men's Single : Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
MIAMI OPEN (TENNIS) 2021 ALL ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men’s Single - Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) 2021
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Women’s Single - Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Men’s singles : Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)
Women’s singles : Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
SWISS OPEN 2021 (BADMINTON) AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2021 (TENNIS )
Men’s Singles : Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Men’s Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles : Carolina Marin (Spain) Women’s Singles : Naomi Osaka (Japan)
YONEX THAILAND OPEN 2021 (BADMINTON)
Men’s Single : Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Women’s Single : Carolina Marin (Spain)
Q.3. Who has won Pulitzer Prize 2021 in the “Fiction” Category for the book The Night
Watchman?
A) Louise Erdrich
B) Matt Rocheleau
C) Andrew Chung
D) Alison Killing
Answer : A .
Fiction : The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (Harper)
PULITZER PRIZES
First awarded : 1917
Country : United States
Presented By : Columbia University
Categories : twenty-one
Case Prize ; US$15,000
Awarded for : Excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, musical composition
Each winner receives a certificate and a USD 15,000 cash award in 20 categories, while in one of the
category namely, public service category, the winner gets a gold medal.
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Q.4. Who among the following won the Pulitzer Prize 2021 for the International Reporting
category?
A) Alison Killing B) Christo Buschek
C) Megha Rajagopalan D) All of the above
Answer : D .
Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan along with Alison Killing and Christo Buschek, have won
the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting category
Q.5. What is the rank of India in the Global Home Price Index in Q1 2021 according to the Knight
Frank report?
A) 24 B) 37
C) 40 D) 55
Answer : D .
Global House Price Index for Q1 2021
Top : Turkey
2nd : New Zealand
3rd : Luxembourg
INDIA : 55
Released By : Knight Frank
India has moved down 12 spots in the global home price index to 55th rank in Q1 2021 against 43rd
rank in Q1 2020, with a decline of 1.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) in home prices
Turkey is the topper in annual rankings with prices of 32 percent
Q.6. Who became the first female Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD)?
A) Elisabetta Belloni B) Rebeca Grynspan
C) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala D) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Answer : B .
Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica became the first female Secretary-General of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
She replaced Mukhisa Kituyi.
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Founded: 1964
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Secretary-General: Rebeca Grynspan
FIRST FEMALE IN NEWS 2021
Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan first female secretary-general of UNCTAD
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa became the first female Prime Minister of Samoa
Aashritha V Olety Becomes India’s First Woman Flight Test Engineer
Martha Koome becomes Kenya’s first woman Chief Justice
Ajanta Neog becomes the first woman Finance Minister of Assam
Vaishali Hiwase becomes BRO’s first woman Commanding Officer
Elisabetta Belloni named as first woman to head Italy secret service
Rekha Menon takes over as first woman Chairperson of NASSCOM
Poonam Gupta to head NCAER as its first woman DG
Claire Polosak set to become first female match official in men’s Test match
Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala set to become first female Chief of World Trade Organization (WTO)
Bhawana Kanth from Bihar to become the first Woman Fighter Pilot to take part in Republic Day
Parade
Kaja Kallas sworn in as first woman Prime Minister of Estonia
Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as Tanzania’s first woman President
Q.7. Who became the first Indian Taekwondo athlete to qualify for the Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
A) Latika Bhandari B) Rodali Barua
C) Aruna Tanwar D) Navjeet Mann
Answer : C .
The 21-year-old Aruna Tanwar became the first Indian Taekwondo athlete who has qualified for the Tokyo
Paralympics 2020
She hails from village Dinod of district Bhiwani in Haryana
Aruna is world No.4 in the women’s U-49 category and a 5-time national champion
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Q.8. The Foreign Exchange Reserves of India has hit all time high at $605.008 billion in the week
ended June 04, 2021. This has led India to be ranked as fourth largest reserve holder in the
world, sharing its position with which country?
A) China B) Russia
C) France D) Japan
Answer : B .
As per Reserve Bank of India’s data, the foreign exchange reserves of India has crossed $600 billion
mark for the first time.
The Forex reserve of India increased by USD 6.842 billion to $605.008 billion in the week ended June
04, 2021
This is the lifetime high of India’s foreign asset.
With this, India has tied with Russia as the fourth largest reserve holder in the world.
The forex reserve of Russia is calculated to be $605.2 billion
RUSSIA IN NEWS
India ties with Russia as 4th largest forex reserves holder
Russia 'building first fully stealth warship'
India, Russia to establish a '2+2 ministerial dialogue' between foreign, defence
Russia says it will launch own space station in 2025
Russia to revisit Moon after 45 years, Luna 25 set to launch in October 2021
Russia Registers World’s First Covid-19 Vaccine For Animals named ‘Carnivac-Cov’
Russia Launches 38 Satellites From 18 Countries Into Space on Soyuz Rocket
India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves surpasses Russia to become fourth biggest in world
Russia launches first Arctic-monitoring Satellite ‘Arktika-M’
United States-Russia Extends New START Arms Reduction Treaty for Five Years
Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to humans
China and Russia Inks MoU to jointly build Lunar Space Station
India Participates in Naval Exercise ‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021’
India to procure 21 MiG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft from Russia
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Russian Daniil Medvedev wins Paris Master 2020
Russia’s Angara A5 rocket successful in second test flight
Russia successfully test-fires Tsirkon hypersonic missile
Russia Becomes World’s 1st Country to Register COVID-19 Vaccine, ‘Sputnik V’
Russia first regiment of S-400 anti-air system will be delivered to India
India-Russia to sign MoUs on AK-203 assault rifles
RUSSIA
Capital : Moscow
Currency : Ruble
PM : Mikhail Mishustin
President : Vladimir Putin
'Roscosmos' Space Agency : Russia
'INDRA' Naval Exercise : India and Russia
'Aviaindra' Air Force Exercise : India and Russia
Q.9. The mobile app 'Namaste Yoga' devoted to Yoga, has been launched by which Ministry?
A) Ministry of Finance B) Ministry of AYUSH
C) Ministry of Panchayati Raj D) Ministry of Law and Justice
Answer : B .
The Ministry of Ayush organised a curtain raiser event for the 7th International Day of Yoga on June
11, 2021, virtually
The event was organised by the Ministry of Ayush in association with Morarji Desai National Institute of
Yoga (MDNIY).
The event underlined the importance of the central theme of IDY 2021 “Be With Yoga, Be At Home”
As a part of the event, a mobile application devoted to Yoga named as “Namaste Yoga”, was also
launched.
Shripad Yesso Naik : Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy
(AYUSH)
Consitituency : North Goa
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Q.10. The Mission ‘EnVision’, to study the planet Venus, has been launched by which space
agency?
A) ESA B) ISRO
C) CNSE D) NASA
Answer : A .
European Space Agency (ESA) to Launch ‘EnVision’ Mission to Venus in 2030
EnVision probe of ESA will determine how and why Venus and Earth evolved so differently, even while
being in the habitable zone to the Sun.
ESA will undertake this mission with contributions from NASA
European Space Agency (ESA)
Founded : 1975
Headquarteres : Paris , France
Administrator : Josef Aschbacher
Q.11. When is the International Albinism Awareness Day observed?
A) 12 June B) 13 June
C) 14 June D) 11 June
Answer : B .
International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is celebrated annually on June 13 to celebrate the human
rights of persons with albinism worldwide
The 2021 Theme of IAAD is “Strength Beyond All Odds”
Albinism is a congenital disorder characterized in humans by the complete or partial absence of pigment
in the skin, hair and eyes.
Q.12. What is the theme of the 2021 International Albinism Awareness Day?
A) Made to Shine B) Advancing with renewed hope
C) Still Standing Strong D) Strength Beyond All Odds
Answer : D .
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Q.13. Which bank has partnered with Oracle and Infosys for a cloud-based customer relationship
management system?
A) ICICI Bank B) HDFC Bank
C) Canara Bank D) Federal Bank
Answer : D .
Federal Bank has partnered with Oracle and Infosys to offer an enhanced customer experience through
Oracle CX (Customer Experience) platform
FEDERAL BANK
Headquarters : Aluva, Kerala
MD & CEO : Shyam Srinivasan
Tagline : Your Perfect Banking Partner
Q.14. When is the World Blood Donor Day observed?
A) 12 June B) 13 June
C) 14 June D) 15 June
Answer : C .
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated on 14 June every year
This day is celebrated to raise global awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products for
transfusion
Italy will host the World Blood Donor Day 2021
2021 Slogan : “Give blood and keep the world beating”
The World Blood Donor Day was first organised in 2005 by the World Health Organization (WHO)
Q.15. What is the slogan for World Blood Donor Day 2021?
A) Blood connects us all
B) Safe Blood Saves Lives
C) Thank you for saving my life
D) Give blood and keep the world beating
Answer : D .
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Q.16. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has approved a declaration calling for urgent action
to end AIDS by which year?
A) 2030 B) 2025
C) 2023 D) 2035
Answer : A .
INTERNATIONAL YEAR IN NEWS 2021
UNGA urges action to end Aids epidemic by 2030
UNGA has declared 2022 the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
UNGA adopts India-led resolution of observing 2023 as International Year of Millets
UNESCO Declares 2021 as ‘International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development’
UN General Assembly designated 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
UN declares 2021 as International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development
2021 declared International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour
2021 ‘International Year of Peace and Trust’
Q.17. Ashok Panagariya passed away at 71. He was an eminent ______.
A) Scientist B) Politician
C) Journalist D) Neurologist
Answer : D .
Prominent neurologist and Padma Shri recipient Ashok Panagariya passed away at the age of 71
He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2014
Q.18. Nirmal Milkha Singh, the wife of legendary sprinter Milkha Singh, has passed away recently.
Which sport does she belong to?
A) Tennis B) Hockey
C) Volleyball D) Wrestling
Answer : C .
Former Indian women volleyball team captain Nirmal Kaur passed away at the age of 85
She is the wife of legendary Olympian Milkha Singh
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Q.19. Gottfried Böhm passed away at the age of 101. He was a renowned ___.
A) Architect B) Scientist
C) Astrologer D) Economist
Answer : A .
German architect and sculptor Gottfried Bohm passed away at the age of 101.
He became the first German architect to be awarded with the Pritzker Prize in 1986
Q.20. Which country is the host nation for 2021 World Blood Donor Day?
A) Italy B) China
C) India D) Russia
Answer : A .
ITALY IN NEWS
Italy will host the World Blood Donor Day 2021
Elisabetta Belloni named as first woman to head Italy secret service
Italy launches first-ever mega food park & food processing unit in India
Italy signs International Solar Alliance amended Framework Agreement with India
Mario Draghi Sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy
Italy Will Host The 2026 Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games
Italy will host 2021 G20 Summit
ITALY
Capital : Rome
Currency : Euro
President : Sergio Mattarella
Prime Minister : Mario Draghi
Q.21. Who won Pulitzer Prize 2021 in the International Reporting category for exposing China's
secret Uyghur Muslim detention camps?
A) Neil Bedi B) Nadja Drost
C) Laura Crimaldi D) Megha Rajagopalan
Answer : D .
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Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan along with Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed
News won the Pulitzer Prize in the International Reporting category for their innovative investigative
reports exposing China's secretly built Uyghur Muslims detention camps in its Xinjiang region
STATIC GK Based Current Affairs MCQs 13 & 14 June 2021
By Kumar Kaushal
Q.1. Which of the following statement is not correct about the Tennis player Novak Djokovic?
A) He is from Serbia
B) 19 Grand Slam men's singles titles
C) No 1 Men's Tennis ATP Rankings 2021
D) Djokovic Won the first French Open in 2013
Answer : D .
Novak Djokovic Won the first French Open in 2016 and 2nd in 2021
Q.2. Which Edition of French Open 2021 (also known as Roland Garros) was held at the Stade
Roland Garros in Paris, France?
A) 109 B) 112
C) 125 D) 134
Answer : C .
Q.3. The Pulitzer Prize is associated with which one of the following ?
A) Environmental protection B) Olympic Games
C) Journalism D) Civil Aviation
Answer : C .
Q.4. In which of the following years was Pulitzer Prize established?
A) 1932 B) 1917
C) 1952 D) 1968
Answer : B .
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Q.5. Pulitzer prize given by which country ?
A) Sweden B) Norway
C) United States D) United Kingdom
Answer : C .
Q.6. Where is the headquarters of the European Space Agency (ESA) situated?
A) Vienna, Austria B) Brussels, Belgium
C) New York, US D) Paris, France
Answer : D .
Q.7. Aruna Tanwar is a associated with which sports?
A) Judo B) Wrestling
C) Taekwondo D) Cycling
Answer : C .
Q.8. The Global Liveability Index is released by which entity?
A) UNDP B) World Bank
C) World Economic Forum D) Economist Intelligence Unit
Answer : D .
Q.9. Barbora Krejcikova has won the Women's single French Open 2021. She is from which
country
A) Austria B) Japan
C) Romania D) Czech Republic
Answer : D .
Q.10. What is the currency of Russia?
A) Dollar B) Pound
C) Euro D) Ruble
Answer : D .
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