1. The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has approved which COVID-19 vaccine for phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials on 2 to 18-year-olds?
a) Covaxin
b) Covishield
c) J&J
d) Sputnik
Answer (a) Covaxin
The Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has approved Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials on 2 to 18-year-olds.
2. Who has become the first person from India to win the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award?
a) Amrita Pritam
b) Jhumpa Lahiri
c) Khaled Hosseini
d) Tahera Qutbuddin
Answer (d) Tahera Qutbuddin
Dr. Tahera Qutbuddin has become the first person from India to win the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Book Award. The Mumbai-born professor won the honour for her book ‘Arabic Oration: Art and Function’, which was published by Brill Academic Publishers of Leiden in 2019.
3. Which among the following COVID-19 variants was first detected in India in October 2020?
a) B.1.1.7
b) B.1.351
c) B.1.1.28.1
d) B.1.617
Answer (d) B.1.617
The World Health Organization (WHO) informed on May 12, 2021 that the COVID-19 variant -B.1.617 that was first found in India in October 2020 has been detected in sequences uploaded from 44 countries in all six WHO regions.
4. When is International Nurses Day observed?
a) May 10th
b) May 11th
c) May 12th
d) May 13th
Answer (c) May 12th
International Nurses Day is observed every year on May 12 to honour nurses all over the world. The day was celebrated for the first time by The International Council of Nurses- ICN in 1965.
5. Who was the founder of modern nursing?
a) Mother Teresa
b) Elizabeth Blackwell
c) Clara Barton
d) Florence Nightingale
Answer (d) Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale, a British nurse was instrumental in changing the role and perception of the nursing profession. She is known as the founder of modern nursing as she was the first to establish formal training for nurses. The International Nurses Day is observed annually on her birth anniversary on May 12th.
