Current Affairs - Current Affairs
1.
Which Union Territory has signed an agreement with Sikkim to transform into an organic entity by 2025?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Ladakh administration has signed a tripartite MoU with Sikkim State Organic Certification Agency to convert the Union Territory of Ladakh into an organic entity by 2025.
Category : State
2.
Which state government launched the 'Chief Minister's COVID-19 Widows Support Scheme'?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched a Chief Minister's COVID-19 Widows Support scheme wherein social and financial security would be provided to women who have lost their husbands to the coronavirus disease.
Category : State
3.
Who is the author of the book titled 'Palleku Pattabhishekam'?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released the book titled 'Palleku Pattabhishekam' on rural India and agriculture written by former MP Shri Yalamanchili Sivaji.
Category : Miscellaneous
4.
The RBI has barred which of these global card players from onboarding new domestic customers on its network from July 22, 2021?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The RBI has barred global card player Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd from onboarding new domestic customers on its network with effect from July 22, 2021, over non-compliance with local data storage regulations.
Category : Banking
5.
3-yr old Chryseis Knight who is the author of the book titled 'The Great Big Lion' hails from which country?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The book titled 'The Great Big Lion' was drawn and written by child prodigy Chryseis Knight from Canada. It is a story about a lion and two children.
Category : International
6.
Which High Court will become the first one in India to allow public viewing of proceedings?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Gujarat High Court is set to become the first high court in the country to allow public viewing of proceedings through virtual mode.
Category : National
7.
Which state's Chief Minister disburses Rs 385 cr to 26 lakh registered construction workers?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik disbursed COVID assistance worth Rs 385 crore to 26 lakh registered construction workers of the state.
Category : State
8.
According to the annual UN-FAO report titled "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021", how many people in the world faced hunger in 2020?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The annual UN-FAO report titled "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021" states that between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020.
Category : Miscellaneous
9.
In which city of Gujarat India's first 5-star hotel built over railway track has been built?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated a newly-built 318-room five-star hotel atop the redeveloped Gandhinagar railway station and various other development projects in Gujarat.
Category : National
10.
The IAHE has signed an agreement with UNSW, Australia to set up a Centre for Advanced Transportation Technology and Systems at which place?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Indian Academy of Highway Engineers has signed an Agreement with the University of New South Wales, Australia to set up a Centre for Advanced Transportation Technology and Systems at its headquarter in Noida.
Category : National
11.
Which state/ UT got its first real-time air-monitoring station?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Jammu & Kashmir has got its first real-time air-quality monitoring station with the inauguration of the first-ever Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station at J&K Pollution Control Committee headquarters at Rajbagh, Srinagar by Chairman Suresh Chugh.
Category : State
12.
PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the International Cooperation and Convention Centre - Rudraksh in which city?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the International Cooperation and Convention Centre - Rudraksh, in Varanasi.
Category : National
13.
Who is the composer of the Tokyo Olympics cheer song "Hindustani Way"?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Singer Ananya Birla has teamed up with music maestro AR Rahman to launch a cheer song for Indian sports personalities as they gear up for Tokyo Olympics.
Category : Miscellaneous
14.
Industrialist N.S. Srinivasa Murthy has been appointed as the first honorary consul general of which country from India?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Industrialist N.S. Srinivasa Murthy based in Bengaluru has been appointed as Honorary Consul General of Vietnam for Karnataka.
Category : International
15.
Pulitzer-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui died while covering Afghanistan clashes. Did he work for which news agency?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui has been covering the situation in Kandahar over the past few days for the Reuters news agency.
Category : Miscellaneous
16.
The first-ever grain dispensing ATM in India has been installed in which city?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
India's first grain dispensing ATM has been installed at Farrukhnagar in the Gurugram district of Haryana under a pilot project, to make ration dispersal hassle and complaint-free for citizens.
Category : National
17.
Which state's Chief Minister has launched an Electric Bike Taxi scheme?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has launched the Electric Bike Taxi scheme in Bengaluru.
Category : State
18.
The Exim Bank of India has extended a USD 35.26 million loan for a power transmission project being executed by Kalpataru Power Transmission in which country?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Export-Import Bank of India has extended a USD 35.26 million loan for a power transmission project being executed by Kalpataru Power Transmission in Senegal.
Category : International
19.
Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 16 National Highway projects in which state?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 16 national highway projects in Manipur with an investment of Rs 4,148 crores covering a total length of 298 km.
Category : State
20.
Which state/UT government announced a waiver of Rs 590 crore worth of loans under the farm debt waiver scheme for labourers and the landless farming community?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The Punjab government announced a waiver of Rs 590 crore worth of loans under the farm debt waiver scheme for labourers and the landless farming community.
Category : State
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