16 August 2021: The Current Affairs Quiz section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise Current Affairs of the day at ease. The day’s updated Current Affairs quizzes cover topics such as rare orchid species, nasal COVID-19 vaccine and Parsi New Year 2021 among others.
1. Which state’s forest department has discovered a rare orchid species for the first time in India?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Jharkhand
2. Hakainde Hichilema has won the Presidential election of which nation?
a) Republic of Congo
b) Zambia
c) Nigeria
d) Armenia
3. When was Parsi New Year 2021 observed in India?
a) August 13th
b) August 14th
c) August 15th
d) August 16th
4. Google doodle celebrated whose 117th birth anniversary on August 16, 2021?
a) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
b) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
c) Kasturba Gandhi
d) Kamala Nehru
5. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit which nation on August 14, 2021?
a) New Zealand
b) Australia
c) Indonesia
d) Haiti
6. Muhyiddin Yassin resigned as the Prime Minister of which nation after failing to get majority support?
a) Malaysia
b) Indonesia
c) Vietnam
d) Maldives
7. Which drugmaker has received approval to conduct phase 2/3 human clinical trial for its nasal COVID-19 vaccine, BBV154?
a) Serum Institute
b) Bharat Biotech
c) Moderna
d) Novovax
Answers
1. (b) Uttarakhand
The Research Wing of the Uttarakhand Forest Department has discovered a new and rare species of Orchid, as per an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer. The species, named Cephalanthera erecta var. oblanceolata, was discovered in the Chamoli district. The species has not been reported in India before.
2. (b) Zambia
Zambia’s opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema won the country’s presidential election with a landslide victory over incumbent President Edgar Lungu, stated the Electoral Commission of Zambia on August 16, 2021.
3. (d) August 16th
Parsi New Year 2021 or Navroz 2021 was celebrated in India on August 16, 2021. The Parsi New Year is a regional festival which is observed on the first day of Farvardin which is the first month of the Zoroastrian Calendar.
4. (a) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
Google on August 16, 2021, paid a tribute to Indian activist, freedom fighter, and poet Subhadra Kumari Chauhan on her 117th birth anniversary with a creative doodle.
5. (d) Haiti
Haiti was struck by a massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake on August 14, 2021, killing at least 1,297 people. The tremor in Haiti was struck about 100 miles (160 kilometers) to the west of the densely populated capital Port-au-Prince, which was earlier devastated in a massive 2010 quake.
6. (a) Malaysia
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Muhyiddin Yassin, resigned and his government collapsed on August 15, 2021, after just 17 months in office. The event has thrown a country into fresh political turmoil as Malaysia battles a serious COVID-19 outbreak.
7. (b) Bharat Biotech
India’s Bharat Biotech has received the approval to conduct a phase 2/3 human clinical trial for its nasal COVID-19 vaccine, BBV154. Phase 1 trial of the vaccine has shown that its doses were well tolerated and there was no report of serious adverse events.