Current Affairs Practice Test (18-24 JUNE 2021)
1. How many Centres of Excellence was inaugurated in Karnataka under Indo-Israel Agricultural Project?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
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- Answer: B
2. Which state government has launched the AI Mission (AIM) powered by NASSCOM?
A) Odisha
B) Telangana
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
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- Answer:B
3. How much amount of budgetary support was approved for research and innovation in the defence sector for the next five years?
A) ?499 cr
B) ?555 cr
C) ?505 cr
D) ?482 cr
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- Answer: A
4. Which university along with a Pune-based organisation, Lighthouse Communities Foundation will set up centres near slum clusters to help youngsters develop skills for better employability?
A) Delhi Skill University
B) Skill Development University
C) Lovely Professional University
D) Integral Skill University
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- Answer:A
5. Which state government sets up a commission to study enrolment ratio of government school students in professional courses?
A) Karnataka
B) Assam
C) Kerala
D) Tamil Nadu
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- Answer: D
6. Which UT has been declared Open Defecation Free UT in India under the First Phase of Swachh Bharat Mission?
A) Ladakh
B) Chandigarh
C) New Delhi
D) Lakshadweep
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- Answer: A
7. How many customized Crash Course programme for COVID-19 frontline workers were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
A) 2
B) 6
C) 4
D) 5
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- Answer:B
8. Up till which date Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has extended the validity of Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum from 31st March?
A) 30th November
B) 30th July
C) 30th August
D) 31st December
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- Answer: D
9. Which state government will soon set up a Vedic Education and Sanskar Board to revive the knowledge of Sanskrit scriptures and vedas?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Rajasthan
D) Assam
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- Answer: C
10. Which state government has launched e-Pathsala and e-Mulyankan facilities for students?
A) Kerala
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Punjab
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- Answer: C
11. Which organisation was appointed as the personnel certification body of the Yoga Certification Board of India?
A) ICCR
B) IFFCO
C) CRIDA
D) ICAR
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- Answer: A
12. Which State/UT government has launched Jahan Vote, Wahan Vaccination’ Campaign?
A) Uttarakhand
B) New Delhi
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) TamilNadu
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- Answer: B
13. Which Union minister has launched “Jaan Hai To Jahaan Hai” awareness campaign?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Piyush Goyal
C) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
D) Amit Shah
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- Answer: C
14. Which city has been named as the most liveable city of India, in the Ease of Living Index 2020, released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)?
A) Chennai
B) New Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Bengaluru
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- Answer: D
15. Which state’s CM has launched two new schemes to provide employment opportunities to women and youths?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Jharkhand
D) Uttrakhand
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- Answer: B
16. Which state government has e-launched Agricultural Diversification Scheme-2021benefiting vanbandhu- farmers in tribal areas?
A) Kerala
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Gujarat
D) Andhra Pradesh
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- Answer:C
17. Which state has released a Special Postal Cover brought out by India Post on the occasion of International Yoga Day?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) West Bengal
D) Bihar
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- Answer: A
18. With which company Defence Ministry has signed a contract for construction of two Pollution Control Vessels for Indian Coast Guard?
A) Goa Shipyard Limited
B) CONCOR
C) Maregaon Shipyard Limited
D) Cochin Shipyard Limited
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- Answer: A
19. Which state government has recently announced policy for electric vehicles for next four years?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Gujarat
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- Answer: D
20. Which Indian city has been ranked as one of the top 5 technology centres in Asia Pacific?
A) Mumbai
B) Bengaluru
C) New Delhi
D) Chennai
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- Answer: B
21. What is the rank of India in Global Peace Index 2021?
A) 135th
B) 144th
C) 141st
D) 139th
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- Answer: A
22. How much amount of line of credit was extended to Sri Lanka by India for solar energy projects?
A) USD 100 million
B) USD 200 million
C) USD 250 million
D) USD 300 million
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- Answer: A
23. With which country UK has signed historic free trade agreement?
A) Vietnam
B) Australia
C) Austria
D) Scotland
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- Answer: B
24. With which country India have signed a MoU for cooperation in the environment sector?
A) Bhutan
B) Nepal
C) Vietnam
D) Japan
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- Answer: A
25. What is India’s rank on the Institute for Management Development (IMD)’s annual World Competitiveness Index 2021?
A) 40th
B) 41st
C) 43rd
D) 44th
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- Answer: C
26. With which country India will conduct bilateral naval exercise in Indian Ocean?
A) Singapore
B) Japan
C) Australia
D) China
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- Answer: B
27. How much amount has India received in FDI 2020 according to UN report?
A) $60 billion
B) $62 billion
C) $64 billion
D) $65 billion
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- Answer: C
28. Which country is all set to host a two-day summit on Green Hydrogen initiatives involving the BRICS nations?
A) India
B) Brazil
C) China
D) Russia
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- Answer: A
29. With which country India signed a MoU for cooperation in agriculture and allied sectors field?
A) Fiji
B) Bhutan
C) SriLanka
D) Maldives
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- Answer: A
30. With which two countries India has launched new trilateral for Indo-Pacific stability?
A) Australia and Japan
B) France and Italy
C) Italy and Japan
D) Japan and France
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- Answer:C
31. Which country will be hosting 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Round table next year?
A) Russia
B) India
C) Saudi Arabia
D) China
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- Answer: B
32. With which country Indian Naval Ships are participating in a Passage Exercise through Indian Ocean Region?
A) France
B) Japan
C) USA
D) Australia
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- Answer: C
33. What is India’s rank in share of central bank surplus transfers?
A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth
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- Answer: B
34. What is the rank of India in assets held in Swiss banks last year?
A) 41st
B) 47th
C) 50th
D) 51st
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- Answer: D
35. By how much percent Indian economy contacted in Q1 as per a brokerage report?
A) 12%
B) 12.5%
C) 9.5%
D) 10%
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- Answer: A
36. To which company RBI decided to grant in-principle approval to set up a small finance bank?
A) Free Charge Limited
B) Reliance
C) Nippon Services Limited
D) Centrum Financial Services Limited
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- Answer: D
37. Which organisation has released a Consultative Document on Regulation of Microfinance?
A) RBI
B) NABARD
C) IFFCO
D) SIDBI
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- Answer: A
38. How much percentage increase did India’s agriculture exports registered in 2020-21 as per report?
A) 17.34%
B) 18.50%
C) 17.50%
D) 16.55%
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- Answer: A
39. How much amount of Foreign exchange reserves of country reached an all-time high of as on June 4,2021 as per RBI?
A) USD 675 billion
B) USD 705 billion
C) USD 568 billion
D) USD 605 billion
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- Answer: D
40. Which platform has expanded cards tokenisation with more banks in India?
A) Paytm
B) Freecharge
C) Google Pay
D) Amazon Pay
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- Answer: C
41. To how much percent India’s unemployment rate declined in the week ended June 13 as per Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE)?
A) 8.7%
B) 8.9%
C) 9.0%
D) 8.3%
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- Answer: A
42. Which company has been recognized as the Global Innovation Partner of the Year by Snowflake, the Data Cloud Company?
A) HCL
B) TCS
C) Infosys
D) L&T Infotech
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- Answer: D
43. Which firm has joined World Economic Forum’s Partnership for New Work Standards Initiative?
A) Infosys
B) Wipro
C) Tech Mahindra
D) Capgemini India pvt ltd
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- Answer: B
44. To which country the GI Certified Jalgaon Bananas were exported?
A) USA
B) UAE
C) France
D) UK
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- Answer: B
45. Which magazine has recognised the ‘Southern Ocean’ as the world’s fifth ocean?
A) National Geographic
B) Discovery
C) Planet M
D) Lancet
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- Answer: A
46. Which body has launched TV channel selector portal for DTH and cable TV subscribers?
A) Securities and Exchange Board of India
B) Electronics Regulatory Council of India
C) Internet and Mobile Association of India
D) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
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- Answer: D
47. Which Indian Naval Ship is participating in the maiden IN – EUNAVFOR Joint Naval Exercise in the Gulf of Aden?
A) INS Salvar
B) INS Vikramaditya
C) INS Vayu
D) INS Trikand
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- Answer: D
48. With which country India has launched a hydrogen task force in clean energy push?
A) Russia
B) USA
C) Germany
D) China
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- Answer: B
49. Where is a huge diamond weighing more than 1,000 carats discovered?
A) Lesotho
B) Botswana
C) Mozambique
D) Zambia
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- Answer: B
50. With which telecom firm TCS has partnered for 5G Network Solutions?
A) BSNL
B) Tata Teleservices
C) Reliance Jio
D) Bharti Airtel
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- Answer: D
51. Which application was launched by PM Narendra Modi on International Yoga Day 2021?
A) mYoga
B) FitIndia
C) BharatFit
D) EYoga
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- Answer: A
52. Which country has successfully tested an airborne high-power laser that can shoot down drones mid-air?
A) China
B) India
C) Israel
D) Russia
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- Answer: C
53. In which state the world’s first genetically modified (GM) rubber plant was planted?
A) Kerala
B) Tripura
C) Assam
D) Nagaland
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- Answer: C
54. Which state government has appointed Mukund Gosavi as brand ambassador of Corona vaccination program due to his selfless service?
A) Maharashtra
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) New Delhi
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- Answer: A
55. Who was appointed as ‘Counsellor’ in India’s Permanent Mission in the World Trade Organisation for three years?
A) Raman Rao
B) Ashish Chaudhary
C) Vikramjit Sen
D) Aashish Chandorkar
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- Answer: D
56. Ebrahim Raisi has recently secured landslide victory in which country’s presidential election?
A) Iraq
B) Iran
C) Kazakhstan
D) Afghanistan
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- Answer: B
57. Who has been named Member of World Bank-IMF High Advisory Group?
A) Nirmala Sitharaman
B) Dr. Manmohan Singh
C) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
D) Shaktikant Das
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- Answer:C
58. Who has been named ‘Ambassador Of Forest Frontline Heroes’ At World Wide Fund for Nature India?
A) Upasana Kamineni
B) Manila Natra
C) Karim Khan
D) Niharika Verma
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- Answer: A
59. Who was sworn in as the new chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court?
A) Karim Khan
B) Fatau Bensoda
C) Abdulla Shahid
D) Tedros Adhemnhem
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- Answer: A
60. Who has become the first woman fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF) from Jammu & Kashmir?
A) Mawya Sudan
B) Shivangi Sharma
C) Manya Sharma
D) Preeti Singh
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- Answer: A
61. Who was appointed as Director Of National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru?
A) Dr Pratima Murthy
B) Dr BN Gangadhar
C) Dr Debjani Das
D) Dr Atasi Gupta
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- Answer: A
62. Whose plea was accepted by the BCCI to reduce his ban from cricket to seven years?
A) Shubman Gill
B) Ravindra Jadeja
C) S Sreesanth
D) Ankeet Chavan
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- Answer: D
63. Who won the 76th U.S. Women’s Open golf championship ?
A) Samuo Hatsinaka
B) Lee Weing
C) Nasa Hataoka
D) Yuka Saso
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- Answer: D
64. Which Indian male clinched gold at the Meeting Cidade de Lisboa in Lisbon?
A) Lokesh Thapa
B) Neeraj Chopra
C) David Dhawan
D) Rakesh Sharma
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- Answer: B
65. With which Indian cricketer Global sports brand PUMA has extended its decade long partnership by signing him as the face of PUMA Motorsport in India?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Rohit Sharma
C) Yuvraj Singh
D) MS Dhoni
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- Answer: C
66. To which country cricketer Kevin o Brien belongs to as he has announced his retirement from ODI Cricket?
A) England
B) Australia
C) Kemya
D) Ireland
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- Answer: D
67. Who became the youngest woman cricketer to score twin half-centuries in Test debut?
A) Shefali Verma
B) Mithali Raj
C) Smriti Mandhana
D) Jhulan Goswami
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- Answer: A
68. Who has won 2021 French Grand Prix?
A) Lewis Hamilton
B) Max Verstappen
C) Daniel Ricciardo
D) Fernando Alonso
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- Answer: B
69. Who is the first Trans Athlete to compete at Olympics?
A) Laurel Hubbard
B) Chloe Anderson
C) Kye Allums
D) Lana Lawless
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- Answer: A
70. Who has become the first woman in the country and the second Indian to be appointed as a member of the Coaches Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA)?
A) Tadang Minu
B) Teli Kahi
C)Tarang De
D) Mohua Achrya
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- Answer: A
71. How many Divyangta Khel Kendras will be established by the Union Government in different parts of country?
A) 5
B) 4
C) 2
D) 6
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- Answer: A
72. Which country is crowned with First ICC World Test Championship?
A) India
B) New Zealand
C) England
D) West Indies
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- Answer: B
73. Which Indian dairy giant has been roped in as sponsor for Tokyo Games 2020?
A) Amul
B) Mother Dairy
C) Kwality ltd
D) Dudhsagar Dairy
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- Answer: A
74. Who has been named captain of Indian Women’s Hockey team for Tokyo Olympics 2020?
A) Savita Punia
B) Deep Grace Ekka
C) Rani Rampal
D) None of these
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- Answer: C
75. When was Autistic Pride Day observed?
A) June 19
B) June 16
C) June 18
D) June 17
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- Answer: C
76. When was National Reading Day observed?
A) June 18
B) June 20
C) June 17
D) June 19
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- Answer: D
77. When was World Refugee Day observed?
A) June 19
B) June 20
C) June 21
D) June 22
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- Answer: B
78. What was the theme of seventh International Day of Yoga?
A) Yoga for Life
B) Yoga for well-being
C) Yoga against Covid
D) Yoga for all
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- Answer: B
79. When was World Music Day celebrated?
A) June 18
B) June 19
C) June 20
D) June 21
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- Answer: D
80. What is the theme of World Hydrography Day 2021 which is celebrated on June 22?
A) Unveil the truth of Hydrography
B) Hydrography-Uncover new information
C) Hydrography – enabling autonomous technologies
D) One hundred years of international cooperation in hydrography
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- Answer: D
81. When was International Olympic Day observed?
A) June 20
B) June 22
C) June 23
D) June 21
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- Answer: C
82. What is the theme of United Nations Public Service Day which is observed on June 23?
A) Innovating the Future Public Service
B) Action Today Impact Tommorrow
C) Achieving the SDGs
D) Services and Innovatiove Transformation
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- Answer: A
Awards and Honours:
83. To which state Shyam Sundar Jyani belongs to as his environment conservation concept, Familial Forestry has won this year’s prestigious United Nations’ Land for Life Award?
A) Haryana
B) Rajasthan
C) Bihar
D) Uttar Pradesh
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- Answer: B
84. Who has been awarded by The World Book of Records, London for commitment towards trade and industry during the Covid times?
A) Sanjiv Bajaj
B) LV Prabhakar
C) Dinesh Khara
D) Khyati Naravane
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- Answer: D
85. Who was announced as one of ten 2021 SDG Pioneers for his work to advance access to clean and affordable energy by United Nations Global Compact?
A) Sumant Sinha
B) Rakesh Acharya
C) Tanmay Bhatt
D) Ashu Chaturvedi
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- Answer: A
86. Which leader’s documentary of has won top award at New York Indian Film Festival?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Nelson Mandela
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
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- Answer: A
87. Which ship was adjudged as the Best Ship of the Eastern Fleet amongst Capital ships in Fleet Awards Function 2021?
A) INS Kamorta
B) INS Sahyadri
C) INS Kiltan
D) INS Khukri
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- Answer: B
88. Who has authored a book titled, ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis’?
A) Vikram Seth
B) Ruskin Bond
C) Amitav Ghosh
D) Chetan Bhagat
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- Answer: C
89. Who has topped the Inaugural List of Top Philanthropists Of The Century?
A) Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
B) Azim Premji
C) Mackenzie Scott
D) Howard Hughes
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- Answer: A
90. Who has revealed the title and cover of his upcoming autobiography “Will”?
A) Tom Hanks
B) Brad Pitt
C) Will Smith
D) Tom Cruise
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- Answer: C
91. To which profession legendary Milkha Singh belongs to as he passed away recently?
A) Actor
B) Sports
C) Social Activist
D) Author
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- Answer: B