Current Affairs Practice Test (09-15 September 2021)

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1. Which programme was launched by Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy which aims at enhancing the interaction between the youth and the elder people?
A) Old is Gold
B) Bujurgon Ke Saath
C) Bujurgon ki Baat-Desh Ke Saath
D) Salute to Veterans

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  • Answer: C

2. Which state government has rolled out ‘Vatan Prem Yojana’ for rural development encouraging donations from Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)?
A) Haryana
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Gujarat

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  • Answer: D

3. How much budgetary outlay has been announced by the Union Cabinet approving the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for textiles?
A) Rs 11,091 crore
B) Rs 10,683 crore
C) Rs 10,477 crore
D) Rs 11,276 crore

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  • Answer: B

4. In which state India’s first ever Emergency Landing Field on National Highway has been inaugurated by Indian Air force?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Rajasthan
C) Odisha
D) Uttar Pradesh

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  • Answer: B

5. Which State/Union Territory has launched ‘Business Blasters’ Programme which aims at developing young entrepreneurs at the school level by providing students seed money to start a business?
A) Chandigarh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Delhi

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  • Answer: D

6. For which state the Government of India and Asian Development Bank has signed a MoU of $112 Million loan to improve water supply infrastructure?
A) Uttarakhand
B) Bihar
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Jharkhand

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  • Answer: D

7. What is the aim of PMGDISHA Drive launched by the government?
A) 100% Employment
B) 100% Education
C) 100% Tap Water
D) 100% Digital Literacy

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  • Answer: D

8. Which state government has declared its state as Disturbed Area upto six months with effect from 28th of August this year unless withdrawn earlier?
A) Punjab
B) Assam
C) Haryana
D) Delhi

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  • Answer: B

9. In which state the Nuakhai festival is celebrated?
A) Maharashtra
B) Odisha
C) Haryana
D) Andhra Pradesh

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  • Answer: B

10. Where did the Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia launch the Medicines from the Sky project to send medicines to Primary Health Care Centres using drones?
A) Goa
B) Telangana
C) Odisha
D) Karnataka

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  • Answer: B

11. Which state government has signed a MoU with the Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad to launch ‘Millet Mission’ in the state to make it the millet hub of the country in the future?
A) Kerala
B) Telangana
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Bihar

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  • Answer: C

12. By which year Union government is working to ensure that every household in the country has a piped water connection?
A) 2027
B) 2025
C) 2024
D) 2023

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  • Answer: C

13. Where did President Ram Nath Kovind lay the foundation stone for setting up National Law University?
A) Rajasthan
B) Haryana
C) Delhi
D) Uttar Pradesh

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  • Answer: D

14. In which state the country’s largest open-air fernery was inaugurated?
A) Hisar, Haryana
B) Ranikhet, Uttarakhand
C) Ajmer, Rajasthan
D) Bharuch, Gujarat

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  • Answer: B

15. Who has been named as India’s Sherpa for the G20 summit?
A) Piyush Goyal
B) Dharmendra Pradhan
C) Nitin Gadkari
D) Prakash Javedkar

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  • Answer: A

16. With which University the All India Institute of Ayurveda signed a MoU to appoint an Academic Chair in Ayurveda via virtual mode?
A) Monash University, Melbourne
B) The Australian National University, Canberra
C) NICM Western Sydney University
D) Curtin University, Perth

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  • Answer: C

17. Which country has become the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin as legal tender?
A) El Salvador
B) Cuba
C) Slovakia
D) Ukraine

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  • Answer: A

18. Which country has become the first in the world to vaccinate children from age Two against Covid-19?
A) El Salvador
B) Cuba
C) Ukraine
D) New Zealand

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  • Answer: B

19. Which country became the eight in the world to successfully test-fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)?
A) France
B) Portugal
C) Cameroon
D) South Korea

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  • Answer: D

20. With which country the Indian Government has partnered to launch ‘Centre of Excellence on Offshore Wind’ as part of Green Strategic Partnership?
A) UK
B) Netherlands
C) Italy
D) Denmark

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  • Answer: D

21. Where is the world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turning it into rock?
A) Philippines
B) Iceland
C) Albania
D) Cambodia

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  • Answer: B

22. With which country India signed an agreement on the recruitment of Indian citizens to work in that European country?
A) Ethiopia
B) Fiji
C) Portugal
D) Maldives

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  • Answer: C

23. With which country Indian signed an MoU for enhancing export potential of Ayurvedic & other Indian traditional medicine products?
A) USA
B) Australia
C) Canada
D) Netherlands

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  • Answer: A

24. Which bank has entered into a co-lending arrangement with MAS Financial Services for MSME loans?
A) UCO Bank
B) Bank of India
C) Punjab and Sind Bank
D) OBC Bank

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  • Answer: B

25. Which bank signed a MoU with National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) to offer credit support to MSMEs across the country?
A) Yes Bank
B) Bandhan Bank
C) Axis Bank
D) HDFC Bank

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  • Answer: D

26. For which state Indian government has signed a $300 million loan with the Asian Development Bank as additional financing to scale up improvement of rural connectivity to help boost rural economy?
A) Jharkhand
B) Odisha
C) Maharashtra
D) Goa

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  • Answer: C

27. Which payments card provider partnered with Innoviti to develop a stored value debit card for payments without connectivity?
A) Visa
B) Mastercard
C) SBI card
D) Rupay Card

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  • Answer: A

28. Which of the following online exam preparation platform has been acquired by Byju’s for an undisclosed amount?
A) Testbook
B) Adda247
C) Wifistudy
D) GradeUp

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  • Answer: D

29. Which bank topped the score card issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for February and March 2021 ranked on various parameters on the digital business?
A) HDFC
B) SBI BANK
C) ICICI BANK
D) Bank of Baroda

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  • Answer: D

30. Which bank signed a pact with the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) for providing credit support to the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector?
A) Kotak Mahindra Bank
B) Bandhan Bank
C) HDFC Bank
D) Axis Bank

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  • Answer: C

31. How much amount Government announced to release in the current Financial Year itself in order to disburse all pending export incentives due to exporters?
A) Rs. 56,027 Crore
B) Rs. 98,543 Crore
C) Rs. 32,765 Crore
D) Rs. 75,432 Crore

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  • Answer: A

32. With which country’s central bank the Reserve Bank of India has tied up to link their respective fast payment systems, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow?
A) Singapore
B) Mauritius
C) Indonesia
D) UAE

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  • Answer: A

33. Which country has launched the 24th Gaofen-series Earth-observation satellite in a bid to monitor environmental protection efforts and boost its natural resources surveillance?
A) Germany
B) France
C) China
D) Italy

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  • Answer: C

34. Which ministry has constituted a Task Force and Expert Committee to prepare road map for Coal based Hydrogen Production?
A) Ministry of Coal
B) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
C) Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
D) Ministry of MSME

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  • Answer: A

35. Which institution has retained the top spot overall among all institutes over India according to the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2021?
A) IISc Bengaluru
B) IIT Madras
C) IIT Bombay
D) IIT Delhi

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  • Answer: B

36. Which portal was launched by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to regulate air pollution in 132 cities of India?
A) Raj Kumar Singh
B) PRANA Portal
C) Narendra Singh Tomar
D) Piyush Goyal

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  • Answer: B

37. Which institute has signed a MoU with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) for extending the ongoing collaboration for operations and scientific utilisation of the GROWTH-India Telescope in Ladakh?
A) IIT Guwahati
B) IIT Bombay
C) IIT Madras
D) IIT Kharagpur

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  • Answer: B

38. In which Union territory the India’s tallest air purifier was inaugurated?
A) Ladakh
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Chandigarh
D) Delhi

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  • Answer: C

39. Which Institute has joined the Indian Air Force in their efforts to develop strong technologies in the field of Aerospace Technology?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Kozhikode
C) IIT Delhi
D) IIT Bombay

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  • Answer: A

40. Which state has become the first in the country to install off-grid solar pumps in the state?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Gujarat

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  • Answer: B

41. In which centre the Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited’s (BHEL) has successfully demonstrated India’s first indigenously designed high ash coal gasification-based Methanol production plant?
A) Hyderabad
B) Mumbai
C) Jhansi
D) Haridwar

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  • Answer: A

42. Which space tech start-up has become the first private company to formally sign up with ISRO to undertake multiple tests and access facilities at various ISRO centres?
A) Skanda Aerospace
B) Gowra Aerospace
C) Collins Aerospace
D) Skyroot Aerospace

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  • Answer: D

43. Which is the first naval vessel launched by Indian Navy that is capable of tracking nuclear missiles at a long range?
A) INS Dhruv
B) INS Vikrant
C) INS Vishal
D) INS Arjun

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  • Answer: A

44. Which institute has launched ‘Project Udaan’ that enables translation of textbooks and other study material?
A) IIM Delhi
B) IIT Bombay
C) IIM Ahmedabad
D) IIT Kharagpur

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  • Answer: B

45. Who has been named as the acting prime minister of Afghanistan?
A) Mullah Abbas Hussain
B) Mullah Mohammad Rabbani Akhund
C) Maulavi Mohammed Abdul Kabir
D) Mullah Hasan Akhund

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  • Answer: D

46. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu?
A) RN Ravi
B) Banwarilal Purohit
C) Baby Rani Maurya
D) Gurmeet Singh

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  • Answer: A

47. Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Uttarakhand?
A) Lt. General Gurmeet Singh
B) Lt. General Maurya
C) Lt. General Jagdish Mukhi
D) Lt. General Trivendra Singh Rawat

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  • Answer: A

48. Who has been appointed as the CMD of National Fertilizers Limited?
A) Virendra Nath Datt
B) Manoj Mishra
C) Nirlep Singh Rai
D) Dharam Pal

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  • Answer: C

49. Who has been appointed the new governor of Punjab?
A) Banwarilal Purohit
B) Sandeep Krishnan
C) Manohar Lal Khattar
D) Kalraj Mishra

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  • Answer: A

50. Who is appointed as the President of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal?
A) G.S. Pannu
B) M.N. Sachdeva
C) Vikrant Sahni
D) Vivek Awasthi

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  • Answer: A

51. Which state government has appointed Rajnish Kumar as its economic advisor?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh

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  • Answer: D

52. Who took charge as the Chairman of National Commission for Minorities?
A) Sardar Amrik Sukhdev
B) Iqbal singh Rathore
C) Iqbal Singh
D) Mohd. Imran

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  • Answer: C

53. Who has been appointed as the prime minister of Morocco?
A) Said Amzazi
B) Abdelilah Benkirane
C) Salwa Idrissi
D) Aziz Akhannouch

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  • Answer: D

54. Who took oath as 20th chief minister of Gujarat after CM Vijay Rupani resigned?
A) Bhupendra Patel
B) CR Patil
C) Mansukh Mandaviya
D) Nitin Patel

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  • Answer: A

55. Who has been appointed as the acting Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)?
A) Justice Sandeep Cheema
B) Justice Pavan Singh
C) Justice M Venugopal
D) Justice Ramesh Mukhopadhaya

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  • Answer: C

56. In which sport Manish Narwal won Gold medal in 2020 Tokyo Paralympic games?
A) Badminton
B) Shooting
C) Javelin Throw
D) High Jump

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  • Answer: B

57. Who has become the highest goal scoring footballer in the International Football History with his 110th goal?
A) Lionel Messi
B) Sunil Chhetri
C) Cristiano Ronaldo
D) Ali Daei

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  • Answer: C

58. Which Indian will be inducted into the Asian Federation of Advertising Associations (AFAA) Hall of Fame at AdAsia 2021 to be held in December?
A) Vishnu Sahni
B) Ramesh Narayan
C) Subhash Gulati
D) Suresh Bagga

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  • Answer: B

59. Which country was suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) until the end of 2022 after it failed to send a team to the Tokyo Games?
A) China
B) Pakistan
C) South Korea
D) North Korea

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  • Answer: D

60. Who won the US Open men’s singles title?
A) Daniil Medvedev
B) Novak Djokovic
C) Matteo Berrettini
D) Stefanos Tsitsipas

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  • Answer: A

61. Who won the US Open women’s singles title?
A) Sorana Cîrstea
B) Emma Raducanu
C) Coco Gauff
D) Leylah Fernandez

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  • Answer: B

62. Who gained the first position among women’s T20 batters as per latest ICC rankings?
A) Mithali Raj
B) Amy Satterthwaite
C) Sophie Devine
D) Shafali Verma

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  • Answer: D

63. Who has become the first professional golfer in the world to receive the prestigious 10-year Dubai Golden Visa in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the sport?
A) Nirmal Saini
B) Jeev Milkha Singh
C) Kudrat Singh
D) Arjun Randhawa

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  • Answer: B

64. Who won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix 2021?
A) Charles Leclerc
B) Daniel Ricciardo
C) Charles Leclerc
D) Valtteri Bottas

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  • Answer: B

65. To which country Brendan Taylor belongs to as he has announced his retirement from international cricket?
A) Zimbabwe
B) West Indies
C) Australia
D) South Africa

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  • Answer: A

66. Who have been named as ICC Men’s and Women’s Players of the Month for August 2021 respectively?
A) Joe Root & Eimear Richardson
B) Moeen Ali & Shauna Kavanagh
C) Eoin Morgan & Shafali Verma
D) Mohammed Siraj & Celeste Raack

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  • Answer: A

67. To which country Lasith Malinga belongs to as he has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket?
A) Nepal
B) Bangladesh
C) Indonesia
D) Sri Lanka

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  • Answer: D

68. What was the theme of the 13th BRICS Summit chaired virtually by PM Narendra Modi?
A) BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus.
B) BRICS: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution
C) Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth
D) BRICS: Economic Growth for an Innovative Future

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  • Answer: A

69. When was Himalaya Diwas observed in Uttarakhand?
A) September 9
B) September 6
C) September 10
D) September 7

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  • Answer: A

70. When was World Electric Vehicle Day observed?
A) September 7
B) September 9
C) September 3
D) September 5

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  • Answer: B

71. What was the theme of World Suicide Prevention Day 2021 which was observed on September 10?
A) 40 seconds of action
B) Working Together To Prevent Suicide
C) Take a minute, change a life.
D) Creating Hope Through Action

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  • Answer: D

72. When was National Forest Martyrs Day observed?
A) September 13
B) September 9
C) September 15
D) September 11

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  • Answer: D

73. What was the theme for World First Aid Day 2021 which was observed on September 11, 2021?
A) First Aid and Excluded People
B) First aid saves lives
C) First aid and road safety
D) First Response to Road Crashes

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  • Answer: C

74. When was Hindi Diwas commemorated annually?
A) September 11
B) September 15
C) September 12
D) September 14

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  • Answer: D

75. Which state government has announced to commemorate the death anniversary of freedom fighter Subramania Bharati as ‘Mahakavi’ Day on September 11?
A) Odisha
B) Goa
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Maharashtra

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  • Answer: C

76. When was Telangana Language Day celebrated?
A) 7 July
B) 9 September
C) 11 August
D) 10 September

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  • Answer: B

77. When was National Engineer’s day celebrated in India?
A) 4 September
B) 15 September
C) 10 September
D) 8 September

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  • Answer: B

78. What was the theme of International Day of Democracy 2021 which was observed every year on 15 September?
A) Democracy under Strain: Solutions for a Changing World
B) Recall that democracy is about people
C) Strengthening democratic resilience in the face of future crises
D) Covid-19: A Spotlight on Democracy

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  • Answer: C

79. Which Railway Workshop has bagged the 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII)?
A) Perambur Carriage Workshop, Perambur
B) New Bongaigaon Workshop
C) Rail Spring Karkhana Workshop, Gwalior
D) Golden Rock Workshop, Trichy

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  • Answer: D

80. Which of the following has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa?
A) International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
B) International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
C) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
D) International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

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  • Answer: C

81. Which city topped the list of NewsOnAir Radio Live-Stream India Rankings?
A) Pune
B) Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Hyderabad

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  • Answer: A

82. Who has authored the book titled ‘Human Rights and Terrorism in India’?
A) Subramanian Swamy
B) Sashi Tharoor
C) Prashant Bhushan
D) Jairam Ramesh

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  • Answer: A

Published date : 01 Oct 2021 01:15PM