1. Who has been appointed by the Supreme Court to prepare an inventory and valuation report of ornaments of Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimala temple?
a. C N Ramachandaran Nair
b. C N Rameshwaram Nair
c. C N Ravindran Nair
d. C N Ravishankar Nair
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• The Supreme Court appointed retired Kerala High Court judge C N Ramachandaran Nair to prepare an inventory and valuation report of ornaments of Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimala temple.
• He can take assistance of a jeweller for valuation of the sacred ornaments and should file its report in sealed cover.
• The temple is situated inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala.
2. Who has been invited as the goodwill ambassador to the Tokyo Olympics?
a. Sourav Ganguly
b. Rahul Dravid
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Virat Kohli
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• The recently appointed BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly has been invited by the Indian Olympic Association to be the ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ of India in the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020.
• It is only the second time that Team India will have a ‘Goodwill Ambassador’.
• In the Rio Olympic Games 2016, Salman Khan was appointed in that role
3. Mickey Wright passed away recently. She was related to which game ?
a. Golf
b. Hockey
c. Cricket
d. Badminton
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Mickey Wright, often described as the greatest woman golfer of all times, passed away in Feb 2020.
• Her haul of 13 major victories included four US Women's Open titles and four US Women's PGA Championships.
• Wright had accumulated 82 titles of Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour titles during a professional career which stretched from 1954 to 1969.
4. Which is the first nation in the world to make sanitary products free?
a. Scotland
b. Switzerland
c. Singapore
d. Poland
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• The Scottish parliament approved to make sanitary products freely available to all women.
• It is the first nation in the world to make sanitary products free.
• The legislation would make tampons and sanitary pads available at designated public places such as community centres, youth clubs and pharmacies.
• It is estimated with an annual cost of 24.1 million pounds ($31.2 million).
5. Who is the author of the book ‘A Child of Destiny’?
a. K. Ramakrishna Rao
b. Venkaiah Naidu
c. Narendra Modi
d. Amit Shah
S-a
EXPLANATION-
• Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released a book titled 'A Child of Destiny' an autobiography penned by Prof. K. Ramakrishna Rao.
• K. Ramakrishna Rao was an eminent scholar, author, researcher, scientist and Gandhian.
• He was born in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
• The Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri in 2011.
