Current Affairs Practice Test (02-08 September 2021)
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1. Which city will host the 12th Defence Expo 2022?
A) Mumbai
B) Pune
C) Gandhinagar
D) Lucknow
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- Answer: C
2. Which railway station has been awarded a five star Eat Right Station certification for providing high-quality and nutritious food to passengers by FSSAI?
A) Lucknow
B) Chandigarh
C) Kanpur
D) New Delhi
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- Answer: B
3. Which State has launched an e-Inner Line Permit platform to regulate entry and exit?
A) Nagaland
B) Sikkim
C) Manipur
D) Assam
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- Answer: C
4. Which state has announced black-necked crane as state bird and snow leopard as state animal?
A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) Ladakh
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Uttarakhand
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- Answer: B
5. Where was the Nurti Garden inaugurated?
A) All India Institute of Medical Sciences
B) All India Institute of Ayurveda
C) JIPMER - Pondicherry
D) None of these
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- Answer: B
6. Which Ministry has launched AYUSH AAPKE DWAR campaign from more than 45 locations across country?
A) Ministry of Health and Family Affairs
B) Ministry of Ayush
C) Ministry of Social Justice
D) Ministry of Co-operative
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- Answer: B
7. Where is the Maharashtra government going to set up ‘Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Science City’?
A) Nanded
B) Nashik
C) Pune
D) Mumbai
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- Answer: C
8. Which state government has signed a MoU with the American Chamber of Commerce in India to promote investment in the state as well as further increase the ease of doing business for USA member companies?
A) Jharkhand
B) Punjab
C) Bihar
D) Rajasthan
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- Answer: B
9. Which state government launched COVID-19 Affected Livelihood Support Scheme to provide assistance to those who had been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the State?
A) Manipur
B) Sikkim
C) Nagaland
D) Arunachal Pradesh
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- Answer: A
10. To which of the following Indian Navy’s Arm President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the President’s Colour?
A) Southern Naval Command
B) Indian Naval Aviation
C) Indian Naval Academy
D) Western Naval Command
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- Answer: B
11. Which state/UT government has signed a MoU with Amazon India to boost the export of MSME sector?
A) Haryana
B) Uttarakhand
C) Gujarat
D) Himachal Pradesh
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- Answer: C
12. In how many Indian Missions/ Embassies across the world the Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs will set up an Atmanirbhar Bharat corner in the next 3 months?
A) 75
B) 72
C) 80
D) 88
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- Answer: A
13. With which country India has agreed on $1.2 Billion Investment in Green Projects and Renewable Energy?
A) USA
B) France
C) UK
D) China
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- Answer: C
14. In which city the WHO has opened a hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence?
A) Rome
B) Washington
C) Berlin
D) NewYork
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- Answer: C
15. Which country has declared food emergency as forex crisis worsened?
A) Nepal
B) Sri Lanka
C) Maldives
D) Indonesia
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- Answer: B
16. In which country Indian Army has participated in Multilateral Exercise ZAPAD, 2021?
A) USA
B) Russia
C) China
D) France
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- Answer: B
17. Which country was approved as new member by New Development Bank ?
A) Bangladesh
B) Maldives
C) SriLanka
D) Pakistan
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- Answer: A
18. Which Nation has emerged as the largest start-up ecosystem in the world?
A) China
B) India
C) USA
D) Japan
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- Answer: C
19. With which country’s Artificial Intelligence Technology Innovation Research Centre the NASSCOM Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things (CoE-IoT) has signed an intent of cooperation for incubation support, mentorship and market access?
A) Albania
B) Morocco
C) Cambodia
D) Taiwan
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- Answer: D
20. Which country has become the first Asian country to develop a plastics pact?
A) Thailand
B) India
C) Singapore
D) UAE
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- Answer: B
21. Where did the 28th edition of Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise SIMBEX held?
A) Bay of Bengal
B) North Atlantic
C) Pacific Ocean
D) South China Sea
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- Answer: D
22. Where did the bilateral exercise – AUSINDEX between Indian Navy and Royal Australian Navy held?
A) Bay of Bengal
B) Pacific Ocean
C) Australia
D) India
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- Answer: C
23. Along with which other country the Central banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia began the trial of using Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) in cross-border payments?
A) Denmark
B) Italy
C) Qatar
D) South Africa
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- Answer: D
24. In coordination with which country’s university All India Institute of Ayurveda under signed an MoU, in virtual mode to appoint an Academic Chair in Ayurveda?
A) UK
B) Germany
C) Australia
D) Canada
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- Answer: C
25. With which country’s Chamber of Auditors the Union Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India?
A) Kazakhstan
B) Azerbaijan
C) Thailand
D) Malaysia
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- Answer: B
26. Which company has tied up with HDB Financial Services Ltd (HDBFS), a leading Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) to fuel growth in Digital Lending?
A) Earlysalary
B) Loantap
C) Moneytap
D) BharatPe
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- Answer: A
27. Which firm has received in-principle approval to set up an asset management company (AMC) company?
A) Zerodha
B) Upstox
C) Paytm Money
D) CoinDCx
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- Answer: A
28. By how much percent India GDP grew in June-2021 quarter according to the data released by the government’s statistics office NSO?
A) 20.1%
B) 15.5%
C) 23.8%
D) 25.7%
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- Answer: A
29. How much India’s holding of IMF’s special drawing rights has risen according to RBI?
A) USD 19.41 billion
B) USD 13.66 billion
C) USD 12.57 billion
D) USD 17.86 billion
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- Answer: A
30. Which Online Payment app has recently launched an interactive geospatial site ‘Pulse’ ?
A) G Pay
B) Phone Pe
C) Amazon Pay
D) Pay Tm
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- Answer: B
31. Which Private sector Bank has launched credit card in partnership with Visa?
A) RBL
B) Axis Bank
C) Federal Bank
D) ICICI Bank
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- Answer: C
32. How much amount of Line of credit has been extended to Maldives by EXIM Bank?
A) USD 50 million
B) USD 80 million
C) USD 60 million
D) USD 40 million
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- Answer: D
33. When will rules for calculating taxable interest on PF contributions beyond specific limits come into effect?
A) Nov 1, 2021
B) Jan 1, 2022
C) March 31st 2022
D) April 1, 2022
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- Answer: D
34. Which bank has become the first Indian lender to list its $1 billion foreign currency additional tier-I (AI-1) bonds, priced at 3.7%, on the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) of the Gujarat?
A) Axis Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) IDBI Bank
D) IDFC FIRST Bank
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- Answer: B
35. How much amount of loan was approved by Asian Development Bank for a sustainable housing project for the urban poor in Tamil Nadu?
A) $150 million
B) $300 million
C) $200 million
D) $250 million
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- Answer: A
36. Which bank equity shares of nearly 4 per cent were picked up by Life Insurance Corporation of India through an open market?
A) Yes Bank
B) Canara Bank
C) Bank of India
D) IDBI Bank
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- Answer: C
37. How much amount worth Incentives will be provided over 5 years for the approved Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Textiles by the union cabinet?
A) Rs 11,092 cr
B) Rs 13,176 cr
C) Rs 12,226 cr
D) Rs 10,683 cr
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- Answer: D
38. Which state government has renamed Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park as Orang National Park?
A) Assam
B) Nagaland
C) Meghalaya
D) Arunachal Pradesh
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- Answer: A
39. With which country India has recently signed an agreement for cooperation in development of air-launched UAV?
A) Russia
B) USA
C) China
D) France
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- Answer: B
40. Which trainer aircraft has recently successfully made its maiden flight?
A) Cirrus SR20
B) The Cessna Skyhawk
C) Hansa New Generation
D) Galaxy Guardian
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- Answer: C
41. Which country has hosted the International Climate Summit (ICS) 2021?
A) India
B) Canada
C) Russia
D) China
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- Answer: A
42. With which of the following did the National Mission for Clean Ganga signed a MoU to create and enhance capacity building on integrated river basin management?
A) Sankalchand Patel Institute of Research
B) Swarnim Gujarat Sports University
C) Banaras University
D) South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development
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- Answer: D
43. Which of the following has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest sustainability initiative?
A) Sai Life Sciences
B) Etico Life Sciences
C) Suven Life Sciences
D) Laxai Life Sciences
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- Answer: A
44. In which institute the India’s first bio-brick based building was inaugurated?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Roorkee
C) IIT Delhi
D) IIT Hyderabad
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- Answer: D
45. Who has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction?
A) Aadesh Pandey
B) Rajbeer Khattar
C) Shailendra Singh
D) Mukul Roy
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- Answer: C
46. Where did the Tamil Nadu state government announced to set up India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve?
A) Palk Bay
B) Point Calimere
C) Gulf of Mannar
D) Krusadai Island
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- Answer: A
47. Which state’s buffalo has been recognised as an indigenous breed by the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR)?
A) Karnataka
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Odisha
D) Kerala
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- Answer: C
48. Which city has become the first city in South Asia to launch the Climate Action Plan?
A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) Colombo
D) Kuala Lumpur
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- Answer: A
49. Who will head the committee formed by Information and Broadcasting Ministry to review the existing guidelines of Journalist Welfare Scheme?
A) Ashok Kumar Tandon
B) Narendra Kumar
C) Manoj Jain
D) Rakesh Sharma
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- Answer: A
50. Who will head the committee set up by RBI to review applications and give recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licences?
A) N Narayan
B) P Vasudevan
C) PV Lakshmi
D) Anirban Singh
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- Answer: B
51. Who was was appointed as the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes?
A) LV Prabhakar
B) Anil Kumar Jain
C) PC Mody
D) JB Mohapatra
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- Answer: D
52. Who has been appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of disinvestment-owned steel company Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL)?
A) Rajnish Kumar
B) Atul Bhatt
C) P K Rath
D) None of the above
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- Answer: B
53. Which Corporation has appointed former SBI chairman Rajnish Kumar as independent director?
A) RBL
B) HSBC
C) Standard Chartered Bank
D) None of the above
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- Answer: B
54. Who was appointed as secretary general of the Rajya Sabha?
A) Dr PPK Ramacharyulu
B) Sandeep Kumar Singh
C) Pavan Awasthi
D) Ramesh Thomar
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- Answer: A
55. Who was appointed as the first woman Chairperson & Managing Director of state-owned engineering consultancy firm Engineers India Ltd (EIL)?
A) Rohini Mehra
B) Radhika Bachchan
C) Vartika Shukla
D) Himanshi Singhal
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- Answer: C
56. Which country’s Prime Minister namely Yoshihide Suga stepped down amid increasing anger over his government’s handling of COVID-19?
A) Australia
B) China
C) Russia
D) Japan
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- Answer: D
57. Who was appointed as the managing director (MD) of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)?
A) Ashlesha Kumari
B) Suman Sharma
C) Kriti Bhandari
D) Sunita Verma
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- Answer: B
58. Which bank roped in woman hockey player Rani Rampal and cricketer Smriti Mandhana as its brand ambassadors?
A) Federal Bank
B) State Bank of India
C) Paytm Payments Bank
D) Equitas Small Finance Bank
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- Answer: D
59. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of EXIM Bank?
A) D Subba Rao
B) Manoj Ranjan
C) Dileep Sharma
D) Harsha Bhupendra Bangari
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- Answer: D
60. Who has been elected as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the United India Insurance Company Limited?
A) M.N. Mishra
B) S.L.Tripathy
C) Rahul Sharan
D) Karan Mehra
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- Answer: B
61. Where did the ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships 2021 held?
A) Beijing
B) Bangkok
C) Dubai
D) Singapore
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- Answer: C
62. Who has won the formula one Dutch Grand Prix 2021?
A) Max Verstappen
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Valtteri Bottas
D) Sebastian Vettel
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- Answer: A
63. Who has been elected as the vice-president of the Asian Squash Federation (ASF) for a four-year term?
A) Vijay Sharma
B) Kamal Malikov
C) Pullela Gopichand
D) Cyrus Poncha
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- Answer: D
64. Whose record did Jasprit Bumrah broke to become the fastest Indian pacer to reach 100 wickets in the longest format of the game(Test matches)?
A) Kapil Dev
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Virat Kohli
D) Saurabh Ganguly
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- Answer: A
65. Which of the following has signed a MoU with Department of Sports in New Delhi for betterment of sports infrastructure in the country?
A) Coal India Limited
B) Indian Oil Corporation
C) NTPC Limited
D) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
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- Answer: A
66. When was National Teachers’ Day celebrated?
A) September 6
B) September 1
C) September 4
D) September 5
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- Answer: D
67. When was International Day of Charity observed to commemorate Mother Theresa’s death anniversary?
A) September 5
B) September 4
C) September 7
D) September 6
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- Answer: A
68. When did the Ministry of Food Processing Industries observed ‘Food Processing Week’ 2021?
A) 8 to 14 September
B) 6 to 12 September
C) 5 to 11 September
D) 7 to 13 September
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- Answer: B
69. What was the theme of International Literacy Day 2021 which is celebrated on September 8?
A) Literacy and Skills Development
B) Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis
C) Literacy and Multilingualism
D) Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide
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- Answer: D
70. Which company has won the Prestigious global ATD Best Award?
A) Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
B) Larsen & Toubro Technology Services
C) Steel Authority of India
D) None of the above
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- Answer: B
71. Who has won the Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021?
A) Ansel Adams
B) Alejandro Prieto
C) Jimmy Nelson
D) Steve McCurry
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- Answer: B
72. Who has compiled the book ‘Haryana Environment and Pollution Code’?
A) Sidharth Sharma
B) Dheera Khandelwal
C) Subhash Bansal
D) Vivek Ghai
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- Answer: B
73. Which university topped the list of the best 400 universities across the world according to World University Rankings 2022?
A) California Institute of Technology
B) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C) University of Oxford
D) Harvard University
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- Answer: C
74. Who has written the memoir titled ‘A Rude Life: The Memoir’?
A) Suhel Seth
B) Rajdeep Sardesai
C) Vir Sanghvi
D) Shekhar Gupta
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- Answer: C
75. Which of the following has been conferred with prestigious Dun & Bradstreet – Corporate Award 2021 in the category of Best Growth Performance-Power?
A) Persistent Systems Limited
B) SJVN Limited
C) Nestle India Limited
D) Tata Steel Limited
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- Answer: B
76. With whom did Actress Tamannaah Bhatia co-authored the book titled ‘Back to the Roots’?
A) Prince Rujuta
B) Ankur Warikoo
C) Ranveer Allahbadia
D) Luke Coutinho
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- Answer: D
77. Who has authored the book titled “Bullets Over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster”?
A) Uday Bhatia
B) Ravi Bhalla
C) Mayank Saxena
D) Keerat Singh
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- Answer: A
78. Who is awarded the Seventh Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2021?
A) Namita Gokhale
B) Sumita Chaterjee
C) Monisha Gupta
D) Kriti Nanda
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- Answer: A