Current Affairs Practice Test (29 July – 4 August 2021)

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1. How many virology research and diagnostic laboratories the Union government is going to set up over under a central scheme during the period of 15th Finance Commission?
A) 45
B) 42
C) 43
D) 48

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  Answer: B

2. How many houses have been sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban as announced by the government till July 2021?
A) 2.09 Cr
B) 2.34 Cr
C) 1.45 Cr
D) 1.13 Cr

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  Answer: D

3. How much amount of fund the Government has announced under Atmanirbhar Bharat package as a relief for several sectors?
A) 29.87 lakh crore
B) 27.45 lakh crore
C) 23.36 lakh crore
D) 24.09 lakh crore

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  Answer: A

4. In which state the foundation stone of a Bamboo Industrial Park was laid?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Assam
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Odisha

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  Answer: B

5. Which state has launched a campaign “Mission Niryatak Bano” to help local traders in expanding their businesses to foreign countries?
A) Rajasthan
B) Punjab
C) Haryana
D) Uttar Pradesh

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  Answer: A

6. How much quota government has announced for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the medical and dental courses?
A) 19%
B) 27%
C) 10%
D) 15%

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  Answer: B

7. How much amount the Government has released to the States and UT’s towards the India Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package during 2020-21?
A) Rs 8376.88 crore
B) Rs 8208.88 crore
C) Rs 8625.88 crore
D) Rs 8257.88 crore

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  Answer: D

8. Which state has launched Pink Protection Project that aims at protecting women in public, private, and digital spaces?
A) Chhattisgarh
B) Kerala
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Himachal Pradesh

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  Answer: B

9. How much per cent the Government has allowed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) under automatic route for Oil and Gas PSUs?
A) 49%
B) 100%
C) 25%
D) 74%

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  Answer: B

10. Which state government has signed a MoU with edu-tech platform Jio Embibe for adaptive learning based on Artificial Intelligence for student?
A) Kerala
B) Jharkhand
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Goa

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  Answer: D

11. How much amount has the Government allocated under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, FAME scheme till June 2021?
A) Rs 756 crore
B) Rs 476 crore
C) Rs 834 crore
D) Rs 627 crore

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  Answer: A

12. Which city has become the first in India to achieve hundred percent vaccination of its people against covid-19?
A) Dehradun
B) Manali
C) Bhubaneshwar
D) Lucknow

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  Answer: C

13. Which state government has received four SKOCH awards for its schemes like ‘Silpasathi’ and ‘E-Nathikaran’ under the Ease of Doing Business initiative?
A) Rajasthan
B) Uttarakhand
C) West Bengal
D) Madhya Pradesh

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  Answer: C

14. By whom the theme song ‘Kar De Kamaal Tu’ was composed and sung for the country’s Paralympic contingent?
A) Sanjeev Singh
B) Rajiv Mehra
C) Saurabh Mehta
D) Sahil Kaushik

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  Answer: A

15. Which district topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by government think tank Niti Aayog for the month of June?
A) Raigarh
B) Sahibganj
C) Chandel
D) Firozpur

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  Answer: C

16. Which state secured first position in the country in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS) system with 100 percent score, thereby creating record?
A) West Bengal
B) Sikkim
C) Haryana
D) Himachal Pradesh

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  Answer: C

17. Which State/UT became the first state in the country to provide 1% reservation for the ‘transgender’ community in all the government services?
A) Delhi
B) Maharashtra
C) Karnataka
D) Haryana

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  Answer: C

18. How much amount the Ministry of Science and Technology allocated for COVID-19 related research and product development?
A) Rs 1,100 crore
B) Rs 1,800 crore
C) Rs 1,400 crore
D) Rs 1,600 crore

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  Answer: D

19. Which country has hosted the two-day prestigious Central-Asia Conference?
A) Belarus
B) Australia
C) Cambodia
D) Uzbekistan

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  Answer: D

20. Which country took over the Presidency of the UN Security Council from August 1?
A) India
B) USA
C) China
D) Germany

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  Answer: A

21. Where did the 36th edition of CORPAT between India and Indonesia held?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Bay of Bengal
C) Indian Ocean
D) South China Sea

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  Answer: C

22. Which state government has entered into an agreement of cooperation with the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) for trade promotion?
A) Maharashtra
B) Odisha
C) Telangana
D) Tamil Nadu

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  Answer: C

23. With which country’s army the Indian Army has established a hotline at Kongra La in North Sikkim?
A) China
B) Bangladesh
C) Nepal
D) Bhutan

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  Answer: A

24. Which country became the 5th country to sign International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement after amendments to it entered into force on 8th January 2021?
A) Denmark
B) Germany
C) Singapore
D) Malaysia

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  Answer: B

25. Which city retained its 1st position as world’s best student city in the latest edition of the QS Best Student Cities Ranking?
A) Seoul
B) New York
C) Munich
D) London

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  Answer: D

26. Which bank has topped the list of public sector banks writing off loans in FY21?
A) Punjab National Bank
B) Indian Overseas Bank
C) State Bank of India
D) Bank of India

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  Answer: C

27. Which bank has become the first bank in the country to achieve the milestone of issuing 1 crore FASTags?
A) ICICI Bank
B) India Post Payments Bank
C) State Bank of India
D) Paytm Payments Bank

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  Answer: D

28. Which service SWIFT launched to enable small businesses and consumers to send fast, highly secure, and competitively priced low-value cross-border payments anywhere in the world?
A) SWIFT SEE
B) SWIFT SHIFT
C) SWIFT GO
D) SWIFT MEET

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  Answer: C

29. At what per cent the digital payments recorded a growth during the year ended March 2021 according to the data by RBI?
A) 32.25%
B) 27.06%
C) 23.45%
D) 30.19%

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  Answer: D

30. Which of the following is developing the world’s first cab-hailing platform, which is enabled by open-source specifications?
A) Pan India Corporation Limited
B) NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited
C) National Securities Depository Ltd
D) Tin Facilitation Centre

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  Answer: B

31. Which of the following services the Reserve Bank of India allowed non-banks to use which were available only to banks till date?
A) Prepaid cards
B) RTGS and NEFT
C) Credit cards
D) Zero bank accounts

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  Answer: B

32. In which state NABARD has sanctioned Rs 445.89 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for five large surface based drinking water projects?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Punjab
D) Himachal Pradesh

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  Answer: C

33. An estimated of how much of gold reserves or resources of gold ore were there in India as per the National Mineral Inventory data?
A) 501.83 million tonnes
B) 456.83 million tonnes
C) 376.83 million tonnes
D) 527.83 million tonnes

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  Answer: A

34. Which video shopping app the YouTube has acquired as it looks to help discover and buy products from Indian retailers?
A) Simsim
B) Bulbul
C) Buywith
D) Bambuser

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  Answer: A

35. At what amount the Central Government’s fiscal deficit stood according to data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA)?
A) Rs 2.37 lakh crore
B) Rs 3.09 lakh crore
C) Rs 1.27 lakh crore
D) Rs 2.74 lakh crore

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  Answer: D

36. Which of the following has signed an agreement with Serum Institute of India (SII) to speed up the vaccination program in partnership with industry including health care providers?
A) NASSCOM
B) ASSOCHAM
C) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
D) Confederation of Indian Industry

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  Answer: D

37. What was the Goods and Services Tax collection for the month of July 2021 according to the data released by the finance ministry?
A) Rs 1,16,393 crore
B) Rs 1,16,476 crore
C) Rs 1,16,287 crore
D) Rs 1,16,761 crore

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  Answer: A

38. Which licence GyanDhan, India’s first education financing platform has received from the Reserve Bank of India?
A) Payment gateway licence
B) Small finance bank licence
C) NBFC Licence
D) Payments bank Licence

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  Answer: C

39. With which bank International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed up to work for the green housing in India?
A) Citibank
B) Bank of Baroda
C) Yes Bank
D) HDFC Bank

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  Answer: D

40. Which of the following has developed e-RUPI, a cashless and contactless instrument for digital payment, launched by PM Narendra Modi?
A) Reserve Bank of India
B) Securities and Exchange Board of India
C) National Payments Corporation of India
D) State Bank of India

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  Answer: C

41. Which bank has launched a new and enhanced security feature called ‘SIM Binding’ in its app?
A) ICICI Bank
B) State Bank of India
C) Yes Bank
D) Punjab National Bank

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  Answer: B

42. Which bank has signed an MoU with Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE) – an initiative of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay – for extending exclusive credit facility to Start-ups and MSMEs?
A) Indian Bank
B) Yes Bank
C) Central Bank of India
D) IDBI Bank

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  Answer: A

43. How much percent State Bank of India reported jump in its profit in the first quarter (April-June) of FY22?
A) 55%
B) 65%
C) 40%
D) 60%

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  Answer: A

44. Which city is the only city from India to be selected for International Clean Air Catalyst Programme?
A) Indore
B) Bhopal
C) Raipur
D) Patna

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  Answer: A

45. Which of the following company is going to set up India’s largest 3 GWh Li-ion battery factory?
A) Lohum Cleantech
B) Epsilon Carbon
C) Amara Raja Batteries
D) Li Energy

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  Answer: A

46. Which of the following along with Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has developed a multipurpose device called COVID BEEP to monitor Oxygen rate, body temperature and heart rate?
A) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
B) Electronics Corporation of India Limited
C) Defence Research and Development Organisation
D) Bharat Dynamics

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  Answer: B

47. Which institute researchers has developed ‘Covihome’, a rapid electronic Covid-19 RNA test kit that can be performed at an affordable cost at home?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT Ropar
C) IIT Hyderabad
D) IIT Roorkee

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  Answer: C

48. Which national park has won the Natwest Group Earth Heroes Award in the Earth Guardian category for best management?
A) Satpura Tiger Reserve
B) Bandhavgarh National Park
C) Pench National Park
D) Kanha Tiger Reserve

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  Answer: A

49. Which of the following company has collaborated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to launch the ‘AI For All’ initiative?
A) IBM
B) Microsoft
C) Cisco
D) Intel

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  Answer: D

50. With which university Maruti Suzuki India Limited has partnered to train youth in automobile retail?
A) Savitribai Phule Pune University
B) Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
C) Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari University
D) Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

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  Answer: A

51. Which of the following has partnered with the National Federation of Fishers Cooperatives in India (FISHCOPFED) to improve the safety of fishermen, increase their profitability and bolster ecosystem sustainability?
A) Trackonomy
B) Orbito
C) Skylo
D) Nuro

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  Answer: C

52. Which country has announced to build the first-of-its-kind ‘clean’ commercial nuclear reactor?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Canada
D) China

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  Answer: D

53. How many tiger reserves in India have received accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS) till now?
A) 14
B) 16
C) 12
D) 13

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  Answer: A

54. Which institute has launched the country’s first Consortium for Virtual Reality called ‘Consortium for VR/AR/MR Engineering Mission in India’ (CAVE)?
A) IIT Guwahati
B) IIT Roorkee
C) IIT Patna
D) IIT Madras

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  Answer: D

55. Which university has been recognised as the ‘District Green Champion’ for the academic year 2020-21 by the government?
A) Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
B) Chitkara University
C) Chandigarh University
D) Lovely Professional University

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  Answer: A

56. Which space agency lifted off the world’s first commercial fully re-programmable satellite, Eutelsat Quantum, with the hope of a new era of more flexible communications?
A) Italian Space Agency
B) German Aerospace Center
C) European Space Agency
D) Roscosmos

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  Answer: C

57. Which of the following has built the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) ‘Vikrant’ whose sea trials commenced recently?
A) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
B) Goa Shipyard
C) Hindustan Shipyard
D) Cochin Shipyard Limited

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  Answer: D

58. Which platform has launched ‘View Once’ feature in which a photo or a video will be deleted from the chat once opened by the recipient through the feature?
A) Zoom
B) Whatsapp
C) Facebook Messenger
D) Telegram

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  Answer: B

59. Who was sworn in as which chief minister of Karnataka recently?
A) K G Bopaiah
B) B. Y. Vijayendra
C) SR Bommai
D) Basavaraj Bommai

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  Answer: D

60. Who is elected as the President of the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly?
A) Sameh Hassan Shoukry - Egypt
B) Adel bin Ahmed – Saudi Arabia
C) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed - UAE
D) Abdulla Shahid - Maldives

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  Answer: D

61. Who has bene appointed as the chief executive officer of Bharat Bill Payment System?
A) Satya Prakash
B) Noopur Chaturvedi
C) Joseph Christin
D) Rakesh Krishna

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  Answer: B

62. Who has been re-elected as the prime minister of Vietnam?
A) Vuong Dinh Hue
B) Vu Duc Dam
C) Pham Minh Chinh
D) Truong Hoa Binh

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  Answer: C

63. Who took charge as the 25th Controller General of Accounts (CGA)?
A) Deepak Das
B) Sandeep Verma
C) Ramesh Aghi
D) Pavan Rana

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  Answer: A

64. Who has been re-appointed as the prime minister of Armenia?
A) Ilham Heydar
B) Robert Kocharyan
C) Nikol Pashinyan
D) Robert Kocharyan

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  Answer: C

65. Who Army General took power in a coup and became prime minister of Myanmar?
A) Min Aung Hlaing
B) Aung San Suu Kyi
C) Thein Sein
D) Soe Win

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  Answer: A

66. In which sport Japan’s Momiji Nishiya became youngest gold medal winner in Tokyo Olympics?
A) Track cycling
B) Trampoline
C) Street skateboarding
D) Gymnastics

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  Answer: C

67. Who won the National women online chess title?
A) Samaira Sachdeva
B) Khushi Mittal
C) Vantika Agarwal
D) Karishma Khana

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  Answer: C

68. Who won the Bharat Kesari Wrestling Dangal 2021 organised in Tamil Nadu in 2021?
A) Vijay Amritraj
B) Prajnesh Gunneswaran
C) Labhanshu Sharma
D) Vibhoutee Sharma

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  Answer: C

69. Who won the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix?
A) Fernando Alonso
B) Pierre Gasly
C) Esteban Ocon
D) Lewis Hamilton

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  Answer: C

70. To which country Bowling all-rounder Isuru Udana belongs to who has announced his retirement from international cricket?
A) Sri Lanka
B) West Indies
C) Pakistan
D) Bangladesh

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  Answer: A

71. To which country Shehroze Kashif belongs to as he has become the youngest person in the world to reach the summit of K2, the second-highest peak in the world?
A) UAE
B) Kazakhstan
C) Pakistan
D) Afghanistan

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  Answer: C

72. What was the theme of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2021 observed on July 30?
A) Responding to the trafficking of children and young people
B) The first responders to human trafficking
C) Human Trafficking: Call Your Government To Action
D) Victims’ voices lead the way

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  Answer: D

73. When was Muslim Women Rights Day observed in India?
A) July 28
B) July 31
C) August 3
D) August 1

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  Answer: D

74. What was the theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2021 which is celebrated annually from August 1 to 7?
A) Breastfeeding: Foundation of Life
B) Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility
C) Support breastfeeding for a healthier planet!
D) Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding

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  Answer: B

75. When was World Lung Cancer Day observed?
A) August 2
B) August 1
C) August 5
D) August 3

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  Answer: B

76. Who has authored the book titled ‘India Versus China: Why They Are Not Friends’?
A) Kumari Pooja
B) Reshma Chaddha
C) Kanti Bajpai
D) Sheela Dhiman

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  Answer: C

77. By whom the Book titled “The Most Incredible Olympic Stories” has been authored?
A) Peter Sagan
B) Luciano Wernicke
C) Gabor Kubatov
D) Jonathan Wilson

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  Answer: B

78. Who is going to be honored with Maharashtra Bhushan award, the State government’s highest honour for the year 2020?
A) Asha Bhosle
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Lata Mangeshkar
D) Purushottam Laxman Deshpande

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  Answer: A

79. Who won the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award?
A) Keshav Swami
B) Pradeep Mishra
C) Anand Radhakrishnan
D) Kumar Prem

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  Answer: C

80. Who is the author of the book titled “The Khan of Khel Khudaai”?
A) Harshul Nagpal
B) Sumedha Kathuria
C) Harshaa Bharatula
D) Rohit Kumar

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  Answer: C

81. Which of the following won the Golden Peacock National Training Award 2021 in the pharmaceutical category?
A) Virupaksha Organics Limited
B) Sai Life Sciences
C) Suven Life Sciences Limited
D) Etico Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd.

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  Answer: B

82. Who has been awarded with the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021?
A) Dilip Shanghvi
B) Shiv Nadar
C) Uday Kotak
D) Cyrus Poonawalla

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  Answer: D

83. Who is the writer of the book titled ‘In An Ideal World’?
A) Kunal Basu
B) Shekhar Shekhawat
C) Mohit Nagpal
D) Ranbir Malik

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  Answer: A

84. By which country Indian-origin entrepreneur Ajay Dilwari has been honoured with the Order of British Columbia award?
A) Britain
B) Germany
C) Netherlands
D) Canada

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  Answer: D

Published date : 01 Sep 2021 04:31PM