Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Robert Lewandowski.

Key Points

• Bayern Munich's Polish striker  Robert Lewandowski has won the FIFA Best Men's Player award for 2021.
• Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas won the FIFA Best Women's Player prize.
• They were awarded on 17 January 2022.
• Chile and Olympique Lyonnais’ Christiane Endler was named The Best Women’s Goalkeeper.
• The Puskas Award for Best Goal of the Year was won by Argentine Erik Lamela.
• Chelsea won both the awards for the best coach, with Thomas Tuchel winning the men's award and Emma Hayes named the best women's coach.

Additional Information 

• Other Sports News:
  • India's Hansini Mathan Rajan defeated Syria's Hend Zaza to win the girl's singles event at the 2021 ITTF Hopes and Challenge table tennis tournament in Amman, Jordan, in December 2021.
  • Indian badminton ace P V Sindhu settled for a silver medal at the BWF World Tour Finals after losing to South Korea's An Seyoung 16-21, 12-21.
  • The Tokyo Paralympian Kashish Lakra (F51) bagged a gold medal in the club throw at the 2021 Asia Youth Paralympic Games in Bahrain on 3 December 2021.
  • Ananya Bansal won the country's first silver medal in shotput in the F-20 category at the Asia Youth Paralympic Games in Manama, Bahrain on 3 Dec'21.
  • In shooting, Rajshree Sancheti claimed the gold medal in the women's 10-meter air rifle at the 64th National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) in Bhopal on 30 November 2021.

The correct answer is Odisha.

Key Points

• A new version of the Akash Missile, Akash Prime was successfully flight tested on 27 September 2021 from Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha.
• The missile intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial target mimicking enemy aircraft.
• Akash Prime is equipped with an indigenous active radio frequency seeker for improved accuracy.

Important Points 

• Other improvements also ensure more reliable performance under a low-temperature environment at higher altitudes.
• The Akash Prime is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the DRDO and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).
• The Akash SAM was developed to replace the Russian 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) missile system, currently in service.
• Akash is the cheapest SAM with a range of 27 km ever produced in the world with supersonic interception capability.
• The nuclear-capable missile can fly at a speed of up to Mach 2.5 (nearly 860 metre per second) at a maximum height of 18 km.

The correct answer is ​Apna Bhandar.

• The country's first online notified market was started in Rajasthan by the founders of ​Apna Bhandar.

Key Points

• The Country's first online notified market was started in Rajasthan by Sanjay Agarwal and  Anil Modi.
  • They are also the founders of the Apna Bhandar.
  • The online notified market is named Apna Godam Platform.
  • With their initiative, Rajasthan gained the fame of becoming the first state to start online Mandi across the state.
  • The platform sold crops of 10 crores of farmers in lockdown.

The correct answer is Road Safety Month.

• National road safety month is celebrating from 18 January to 18 February across the Rajasthan.

Key Points 

• National Road Safety Month​
  • Rajasthan state transport minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas launched National Road safety month at the state level.
  • On the occasion of launching this campaign, the Transport Minister shared the following information: In Rajasthan, there has been a decrease of 19% in a road accident and 12% in road accident deaths in the year 2020 as compared to 2019. 
  • Rajasthan Roadways has the lowest number of accidents for the second consecutive year.  Has been ranked first in the country. 

Additional Information

• This time the road safety month is being celebrated across the country on 18 January-17 February 2021. 
• For this, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh presented awards to Rajasthan in various fields at the inauguration ceremony held in New Delhi. 
  • Transport Ministers Road Safety Award - to Rajasthan Roadways (for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21, for the all-India minimum accident). 
  • Gold Medal of National Road Safety Award - Virendra Singh Rathore (District Transport Officer, Bhilwara). 
  • Silver Medal of National Road Safety Award - Muskan Foundation for Road Safety (Jaipur). 
  • Bronze Medal of National Road Safety Award - Rajkumar Rajpal (SMS, Jaipur). 
  • Good Samaritan Award - Jhawar Singh Ghayal (Transport Inspector of Sikar) and Aadhar Foundation (Udaipur).

The correct answer is Usha Sharma.

• Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Usha Sharma has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Rajasthan.
  • It is noteworthy that Sharma is a senior IAS officer of the 1985 batch.

Key Points

• Earlier, she has served in important positions like Central Secretary, Youth Program Department, Director General Archaeological Survey of India, Central Additional Secretary Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances Department, Commissioner Industries, Jaipur Development Authority Commissioner, District Collector (Bundi and Ajmer).
  • Sharma will also have the additional charge of the post of Chairman, Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Corporation Limited, Udaipur.
  • Earlier in 2009, Kushal Singh had been the first woman chief secretary of the state.

Additional Information

Former Chief Secretaries of Rajasthan: