General Knowledge Quiz Questions and Answers

The correct answer is IIT Roorkee. For the second year in a row, IIT Roorkee has been selected by the prestigious Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the Industrial Innovation Awards. IIT Roorkee bagged the first position under the Most Innovative Research Institutions category in 2021.

Anupam Ray was appointed as the next Ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva. Dr. Anupam Ray (IFS:1994), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/PR of India to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva.

Narendra Goenka takes over as new Chairman of AEPC (Apparel Export Promotion Council) Founder and Managing Director of Texport Industries Narendra Kumar Goenka takes charge of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) as its new Chairman.

The Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) announced that Corbevax, a protein subunit COVID-19 vaccine, has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to launch it in India. The initial construct and production process of the vaccine antigen was developed at TCH’s Centre for Vaccine Development.

Rajesh Kumar Srivastava was appointed interim chairman of ONGC.

Gujarat government has announced to set up India's first Lithium refinery which will process Lithium ore to produce battery-grade material.

Diplomat Vikram Misri has been appointed as deputy national security adviser in the National Security Council secretariat. The appointment of Misri, a 1989-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, came after he served as the Indian ambassador to China for nearly three years. He served in various capacities at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as well as in the Prime Minister’s Office. Misri will report to national security adviser Ajit Doval. At present, Rajinder Khanna, Pankaj Saran and Dattatray Padsalgikar are serving as deputy NSAs.

Ravi Mittal, former Secretary Dept of Sports, has been appointed as the Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). He will serve for a term of 5 years or till he is 65 yrs of age- whichever is early. The Chairman's post at the IBBI fell vacant after M S Sahoo retired on Sept 30, 2021.

Researchers from Kerala have identified two new species of fungi from the genus Ganoderma that are associated with coconut stem rot. They have also genotyped the two fungi species, named Ganoderma keralense and G.