Current Affairs Questions and Answers for TNPSC Exam Part 5
81. 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
82. Which Indian city was declared the
cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan 2020 rankings?
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
83. Who is the Secretary-General of the United
Nations as of 2023?
António Guterres
84. Which Indian state launched the
"Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana" to promote the welfare of girl
children?
Uttar Pradesh
85. Who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
for their work on understanding complex physical systems and networks?
Albert-László Barabási and Réka Albert
86. Which country won the UEFA European
Championship (Euro 2020) in 2021?
Italy
87. What is the name of the COVID-19 vaccine
developed by Bharat Biotech in India?
Covaxin
88. Who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for the development of lithium-ion batteries?
John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino
89. Which country experienced a massive explosion
in its capital city, Beirut, in August 2020?
Lebanon
90. Who is the current Chief Justice of India
as of 2023?
N. V. Ramana
91. Which Indian state launched the "Ghar
Ghar Nigrani" campaign to curb the spread of COVID-19 in 2021?
Haryana
92. What is the name of the initiative
launched by India in 2021 to provide COVID-19 vaccines to neighboring
countries?
Vaccine Maitri
93. Who won the 2021 Australian Open men's
singles tennis championship?
Novak Djokovic
94. What is the name of the mission launched
by NASA in 2021 to study the planet Jupiter?
Juno
95. Which Indian state was declared the first
"Har Ghar Jal" state in the country, signifying universal access to
clean water in every household?
Goa
96. What is the name of the mission launched
by NASA in 2020 to study the Sun's outer atmosphere?
Parker Solar Probe
97. Who won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for
their efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity?
World Food Programme (WFP)
98. Which country became the first to withdraw
from the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2020?
United States
99. What is the name of the cryptocurrency
created by Facebook (now Meta Platforms, Inc.)?
Diem (formerly known as Libra)
100. Who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
for the development of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology?
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
