IB ACIO 20 February 2021 Afternoon Shift

The work for which Sindhi poet and writer Vasdev Mohi won the Saraswati Samman for the year 2019 is titled:

Who among the following won the World Food Prize 2020?

Which of the following statements about Vande Bharat Express are correct?

A) It is also known as Train 18.
B) The train is partly produced locally at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai.
C) It is a semi-high speed train.
D) It will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

From which of the following launch bases was India's telecommunication satellite named GSAT-30 launched?

Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscars 2020 award in the category of “Performance for an Actor in a Leading Role” for the movie:

Which of the following statement is correct about Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg?

(1) She was featured as TIME's Person of the Year 2020 in Times Magazine
(2) She gave speeches at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and at the European Parliament as well as in front of the legislatures of Italy

Match List I and List II and select the correct answer by the using the code given below the list :

Every year, 22 December is celebrated as National Mathematics Day. Which of the following statements is/are INCORRECT regarding the day?

1. The day was declared as National Mathematics Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 26 February 2012 at Madras University
b: In 1917, Ramanujan was elected to be a member of the London Mathematical Society
c: In 2015, the day's significance was enhanced by the opening of the Ramanujan Math Park in Andra Pradesh
d: The number 1729 is known as the Hardy-Ramanujan number

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 4 only
(c) 3 only
(d) 2 and 3 only

On 30th December 2020, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan was nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI). Which of the following statements related to GAVI is/are CORRECT?

1. GAVI was created in 2000 as a successor to the Children's Vaccine Initiative, which had been launched in 1990.
b: GAVI was awarded the 2019 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award for ‘providing sustained access to childhood vaccines around the globe'

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Who is first ISRO woman to have completed 403 days in Antarctica?