Current Affairs Questions and Answers for TNPSC Exam Part 3
41. Which country won the FIFA World Cup in 2018?
France
42. What is the name of the COVID-19 vaccine
developed by Moderna?
mRNA-1273
43. Who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
for her novels that explore the effects of colonialism and the human psyche?
Abdulrazak Gurnah
44. Which country hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
Japan (Tokyo)
45. What is the name of the COVID-19 vaccine
developed by Johnson & Johnson?
Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine
46. Who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine for their work on the hepatitis C virus?
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice
47. Which Indian city was declared the
cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan 2020 rankings?
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
48. Who is the Secretary-General of the United
Nations as of 2023?
António Guterres
49. Which Indian state launched the
"Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana" to promote the welfare of girl children?
Uttar Pradesh
50. Who won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics
for their work on understanding complex physical systems and networks?
Albert-László Barabási and Réka Albert
51. Which country won the UEFA European Championship
(Euro 2020) in 2021?
Italy
52. What is the name of the COVID-19 vaccine
developed by Bharat Biotech in India?
Covaxin
53. Who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for the development of lithium-ion batteries?
John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino
54. Which country experienced a massive
explosion in its capital city, Beirut, in August 2020?
Lebanon
55. Who is the current Chief Justice of India
as of 2023?
N. V. Ramana
56. Which Indian state launched the "Ghar
Ghar Nigrani" campaign to curb the spread of COVID-19 in 2021?
Haryana
57. What is the name of the initiative
launched by India in 2021 to provide COVID-19 vaccines to neighboring countries?
Vaccine Maitri
58. Who won the 2021 Australian Open men's
singles tennis championship?
Novak Djokovic
59. What is the name of the mission launched
by NASA in 2021 to study the planet Jupiter?
Juno
60. Which Indian state was declared the first
"Har Ghar Jal" state in the country, signifying universal access to
clean water in every household?
Goa
