TALENT HUNT ANSWERS 20/05/2021

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1. Veteran BJP leader Chaman Lal Gupta passed away on May 18, 2021. He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from which parliamentary constituency?
a) Baramulla
b) Srinaar
c) Anantnag
d) Udhampur

Answer (d) Udhampur
The former Union Minister and Veteran leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Chaman Lal Gupta passed away on May 18, 2021, after a prolonged illness at his Gandhi Nagar residence. He was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from Jammu’s Udhampur Constituency in 1996 and was again re-elected to 12th and 13th Lok Sabha in 1998 and 1999.

 2. Which state has launched a new policy to double its oxygen manufacturing capacity?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Delhi

Answer (a) Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has unveiled a new Andhra Pradesh Industrial Gases and Medical Oxygen Manufacturing Policy 2021-22 to double the state’s oxygen manufacturing capacity from the existing 360 metric tonnes (MT) capacity to 700 MT.

3. India’s first Agriculture Export Facilitation Centre has been launched in which city?
a) Bengaluru
b) Pune
c) Bhopal
d) Hyderabad

Answer (b) Pune
India’s first agro-export facilitation centre has been launched in Pune by Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (MCCIA) in collaboration with the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). The Centre will work as a one-stop-center for the exporters in the agricultural sector.

4. Who has become the first Indian fighter to become MMA World Champion?
a) Chaitanya Gavali
b) Sunny Khatri
c) Mohammed Farhad
d) Arjan Singh Bhullar

Answer (d) Arjan Singh Bhullar 
Arjan ‘Singh’ Bhullar became the first Indian fighter to win the ONE Heavyweight World Title at the top-level (Mixed Martial Arts) MMA Championship event in Singapore on May 16, 2021, after defeating the longtime heavyweight king Brandon ‘The Truth’ Vera.

5. Which nation has rejected the bid by India’s ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) for operating rights in a gas field that it had first discovered?
a) Turkey
b) Oman
c) Iran
d) Jordan

Answer (c) Iran
India’s state-owned ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) has lost its development and operating rights in Iran’s Farzad-B giant gas field to Iranian Petropars Group. An ONGC-led consortium had first discovered the giant gas field in the Farsi offshore exploration block in 2008. It was later named Farzad-B.