(a) Gautam Chintamani(b) Vipul Verma(c) Vipin Arora(d) Shikhar Sood Explanation: Vice President (VP) M. Venkaiah Naidu launched a book titled ‘The Midway Battle: Modi’s Roller-coaster Second Term’ authored by Gautam Chintamani and published by Bloomsbury India at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas, New Delhi.

(a) Rani Kumar Sharma(b) Prabhat Kumar(c) Shubham Tiwari(d) Himanshu Bisht Explanation: The Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu launched ‘Public Service Ethics- A Quest for Naitik Bharat’ authored by Prabhat Kumar, published by IC Centre for Governance, at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas, New Delhi.

(a) Mohammed Shami(b) Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c) Ravichandran Ashwin(d) Jasprit Bumrah Explanation: Unix, an Indian Mobile Accessories manufacturing brand, has signed Indian Cricket Fast Bowler, Jasprit Bumrah as its Brand Ambassador to increase the visibility of their products.

(a) Max Verstappen(b) Valtteri Bottas(c) Esteban Ocon(d) Lewis Hamilton Explanation: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) takes victory in pulsating race at Jeddah. Hamilton took his third consecutive victory in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to draw level on points with Max Verstappen in the title race.

(a) Amit Ranjan(b) Subhadra Sen Gupta(c) Sanjay Baru(d) Rachna Bisht Rawat Explanation: A new book titled ’1971: Charge of the Gorkhas and Other Stories’ Released; authored by Rachna Bisht Rawat.

(a) Viktor Axelsen(b) Anders Antonsen(c) Dominic Thiem(d) Alexander Zverev Explanation: Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen and China’s Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying were named Male and Female player of the year 2021 respectively by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

(a) Madhya Pradesh(b) Gujarat(c) Uttar Pradesh(d) Tamil Nadu Explanation: Gujarat has left behind Maharashtra to become the country’s leading manufacturing hub, according to data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).