Questions of the day:
Q.1 Who has been appointed as the first Union Minister of the ‘Ministry of Cooperation?
Q.2 Which Indian Pace bowler achieved the milestone of 200 Test wickets recently?
Q.3 The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to impose President’s Rule in which state/UT?
Q.4 Which word has been chosen as the “2021 word of the year” by Merriam-Webster?
Q.5 Rafale fighter aircraft is designed & built by which company ?
Answers:
1) Amit Shah - Union Minister Amit Shah, has been appointed as the first Union Minister of the Ministry of Cooperation along with his current Home Affairs portfolio.
2) Mohammed Shami - Mohammed Shami recently achieved the milestone of 200 Test wickets, during the first Test against South Africa.
3) Puducherry - The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to impose President’s Rule in Puducherry. The Cabinet took the decision as no party came forward to stake claim to form the government in the UT, following the resignation of the Chief minister V Narayanasamy.
4) Vaccine - Merriam-Webster has chosen the word “vaccine” as the 2021 word of the year, since it was the word that was extremely high in its data every single day in 2021.
5) Dassault Aviation - Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation.