Today's GK (15-02-22)

1.Luc Montagnier, who passed away recently, won Nobel Prize for Medicine for which discovery?
[A]HumanImmunodeficiencyVirus
[B]Ebola
[C]Chikungunya
[D] Rotavirus
Answer: A [Human Immunodeficiency Virus]

2.Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been declared President of which country?
[A]BurkinaFaso
[B]Namibia
[C]Zimbabwe
[D] Mali
Answer: A [Burkina Faso]

3.What is the rank of India in the 2021 Democracy Index report?
[A]32
[B]46
[C]52
[D] 85
Answer: B [46]

4.Which state initiated ‘Operation Parivartan’ to eliminate the cultivation of cannabis?
[A]Kerala
[B]TamilNadu
[C]AndhraPradesh
[D] Goa
Answer: C [Andhra Pradesh]

5.India signed agreement with UN World Food Program for distribution of wheat to which country?
[A]Maldives
[B]Afghanistan
[C]Syria
[D] Sri Lanka
Answer: B [Afghanistan]