1. Which state has topped the list in Niti Aayog’s SDG India Index 2020-21?
A) Bihar
B) Kerala
C) Maharashtra
D) Karnataka
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- Answer: B
2. Which program was launched by Ministry of Agriculture to distribute seeds to farmers?
A) Seed Minikit
B) Seed Yield
C) Seed Sow
D) Growupp
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- Answer: A
3. How many new Flying Training Academies India will get under liberalised FTO policy of AAI?
A) 8
B) 6
C) 9
D) 4
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- Answer: A
4. How much amount was cleared by government to domestically build six conventional submarines for the Indian Navy?
A) ?39000 cr
B) ?38000 cr
C) ?40000 cr
D) ?43000 cr
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- Answer: D
5. In which city the National Green Tribunal has directed the authorities to implement the “Vishwamitri River Action Plan”?
A) Vadodara
B) Ahmedabad
C) Surat
D) Pune
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- Answer: A
6. Which state announced 33 % reservation for girl students in engineering & medical colleges?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Bihar
C) Chattisgarh
D) Madhya Pradesh
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- Answer: B
7. In which state Indus Best Mega Food Park is being inaugurated recently by Narendra Singh Tomar?
A) Jharkhand
B) Chattisgarh
C) West Bengal
D) Madhya Pradesh
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- Answer: B
8. By which year Jal Jeevan Mission will be expedited in of North Western States, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh?
A) 2022
B) 2023
C) 2024
D) 2025
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- Answer: A
9. Which state government has launched the Knowledge Economy Mission to boost job prospects?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Maharashtra
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- Answer: B
10. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi launch 3 ethanol stations as a pilot project?
A) Bengaluru
B) Chennai
C) Pune
D) Hyderabad
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- Answer: C
11. Till which month the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana was extended?
A) Till Deepawali
B) Till Dussera
C) Till Christmas
D) Till Gandhi Jayanti
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- Answer: A
12. Which state has topped the national performance grading index of school education for 2019-20released by the Education Ministry?
A) Punjab
B) Karnataka
C) Kerala
D) Tamil Nadu
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- Answer: A
13. Where will be India’s first international maritime services cluster setting up?
A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Karnataka
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- Answer: A
14. Who ministry has released an E-booklet titled ’20 Reforms in 2020?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Ministry of Defence
C) Ministry of Home Affairs
D) Ministry of Personnel and Training
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- Answer: B
15. Which organization has launched ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan’ in collaboration with Piramal Foundation?
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) NITI Aayog
D) NABARD
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- Answer: C
16. Which state’s village has become the first village in India to vaccinate all its adult population against the novel coronavirus?
A) Weyan Village- Jammu and Kashmir
B) Rimbick- WestBengal
C) Kuchipidi- Andhra Pradesh
D) Nagapattinam- Tamil Nadu
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- Answer: A
17. With which country India signed an MoU in field of sustainable urban development?
A) UK
B) USA
C) Russia
D) Japan
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- Answer: D
18. With which country the Union Cabinet signed MoU in the field of sustainable urban development?
A) Maldives
B) Singapore
C) Denmark
D) SriLanka
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- Answer: A
19. Which country will host the Health Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries?
A) Russia
B) Britain
C) USA
D) India
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- Answer: B
20. Which country has launched global initiative for clean energy innovation?
A) Australia
B) India
C) Sri Lanka
D) France
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- Answer: B
21. Which organisation is to set up “One Health” expert-panel to advise on animal disease risks?
A) United Nations
B) UNICEF
C) WHO
D) NATO
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- Answer: A
22. What is rank of India in achieving Sustainable Development Goal according to the State of India’s Environment Report 2021?
A) 107
B) 117
C) 119
D) 121
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- Answer: B
23. In which country the 8th International Nitrogen Initiative Conference (INI2020) was held?
A) Mexico
B) India
C) Nigeria
D) Germany
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- Answer: D
24. On which country the Asia Pacific Group (APG) has retained “enhanced follow-up” status against Money Laundering, a regional affiliate of FATF?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Iran
D) Afghanistan
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- Answer: A
25. How many Indian universities secured their position in top 100 in the latest Times Higher Education Asia university rankings 2021?
A) 3
B) 7
C) 6
D) 5
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- Answer: A
26. Which country will hand over three MH-60 ‘Romeo’ multi-role choppers to India?
A) USA
B) UK
C) Russia
D) France
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- Answer: A
27. What is the name of new global database launched by Interpol to identify missing persons?
A) I-Family
B) We-Familia
C) I-Familia
D) None of the above
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- Answer: C
28. Which country has been elected to the UN Economic & Social Council for 2022-24?
A) India
B) Nepal
C) Nigeria
D) Pakistan
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- Answer: A
29. What is the minimum global corporate tax rate set up by G7 Nations?
A) 10%
B) 12%
C) 14%
D) 15%
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- Answer: D
30. Which city remains the world’s least liveable city as per the 2021 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Ranking?
A) Lagos
B) Damascus
C) Islamabad
D) Karachi
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- Answer: B
31. Which has become the first country to make bitcoin legal tender?
A) El Salvador
B) Hungary
C) Germany
D) Nigeria
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- Answer: A
32. How much million tonnes freight loading was achieved in 2020-21 by Railways which was highest in record?
A) 1166 million tonnes
B) 1155 million tonnes
C) 1200 million tonnes
D) 1233 million tonnes
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- Answer: D
33. To how much percent the GDP growth forecast for FY 22 has been revised as per recent RBI monetary policy?
A) 9.5%
B) 8.5%
C) 9.0%
D) 8.8%
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- Answer: A
34. Up to how much amount the Public Sector Banks has Offered Unsecured Loans for Covid Treatment?
A) ?3 lakh
B) ?2 lakh
C) ?4 lakh
D) ?5 lakh
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- Answer: D
35. Which scheme was recommended by Finance Ministry for small taxpayers, allows filing of returns with reduced late fee?
A) Amnesty Scheme
B) Taxpayer Scheme
C) GST Scheme
D) Value Added Tax Scheme
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- Answer: A
36. Which bank has tied up with SWIFT to offer instant facility for cross-border inward remittances?
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) Kotak Mahindra Bank
D) IDBI Bank
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- Answer: B
37. Which company becomes third Indian IT firm to scale Rs 3 trillion market cap?
A) Wipro
B) TCS
C) Mphasis
D) HCL
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- Answer: A
38. Which company has launched the first Asia Pacific Public Sector Cyber Security Executive Council?
A) Amazon
B) Microsoft
C) Google
D) Syntel
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- Answer: B
39. Which organization has approved USD $500 million program to help boost India’s MSME sector?
A) IMF
B) World Bank
C) ADB
D) AIIB
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- Answer: B
40. With which state government Indian Oil Corporation Limited signed MoU to set up 6 petrochemical projects?
A) Maharashtra
B) Gujarat
C) Kerala
D) Uttar Pradesh
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- Answer: B
41. How much amount of GST was collected for the month of May 2021?
A) Rs 1.13lakh crores
B) Rs 1.23 lakh crores
C) Rs 1.03 lakh crores
D) 1.01 Lakh crores
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- Answer: C
42. Which body has recommended divesting government stake in Central Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank as part of the privatisation initiative announced in the Union Budget?
A) NITI Aayog
B) RBI
C) SEBI
D) Ministry of Finance
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- Answer: A
43. What is the updated GDP estimate of the Indian economy for the year FY-22 by World Bank?
A) 7.5%
B) 8.3%
C) 8.5%
D) 10.2%
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- Answer: B
44. Which digital payments start-up has become ICC’s official partner till 2023?
A) PhonePe
B) PayTm
C) BharatPe
D) Gpay
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- Answer: C
45. With which company the Ministry of Defence has signed a contract to procure 11 airport surveillance radars for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard?
A) Mahindra Telephonics
B) BHEL
C) DRDO
D) ISRO
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- Answer: A
46. Which department will be constructing the country’s first research reactor on public-private partnership (PPP) model?
A) Department of New and Renewable Energy
B) Ministry of Science and Technology
C) Ministry of Defence
D) Department of Atomic Energy
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- Answer: D
47. Which institute recently hosted Asia’s first workshop on International Memory Studies virtually?
A) IIT Bombay
B) IISc Bengaluru
C) IIM Ahmedabad
D) IIT Madras
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- Answer: D
48. Which country has integrated elements of the air force and army to create a combined air defence system at Line of Actual Control?
A) Nepal
B) China
C) Pakistan
D) Bhutan
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- Answer: B
49. Which Indian Navy’s hydrographic survey ship was decommissioned?
A) Sandhayak
B) Agni
C) Vayu
D) Prateek
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- Answer: A
50. On which platform Government launched X-Ray Setu to detect COVID-19 cases in areas with no RT-PCR tests?
A) Telegram
B) WhatsApp
C) Wechat
D) Facebook
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- Answer: B
51. Which firm in India has launched a new initiative to provide students from leading law schools in the country?
A) Google
B) Facebook
C) Twitter
D) None of the above
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- Answer: B
52. By which year Heidelberg Cement company the world’s second-largest cement producer plans to turn its company into the world’s first carbon-neutral cement plant?
A) 2024
B) 2025
C) 2027
D) 2030
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- Answer: D
53. Which state declared Raimona reserve forest as the sixth national park of the state?
A) Assam
B) Nagaland
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Kerala
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- Answer: A
54. Which organization has launched SiriusXM radio broadcasting satellite?
A) ISRO
B) JAXA
C) SpaceX
D) NASA
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- Answer: C
55. Where has Indian Navy inducted three indigenously-built advanced light helicopters ALH MK III?
A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) Kolkata
D) Vishakhapatnam
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- Answer: D
56. Which Country’s Advanced ‘Artificial Sun’ Fusion Reactor Just Broke a New World Record?
A) Russia
B) Japan
C) India
D) China
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- Answer: D
57. By which year India is taking all steps to ensure it becomes free of single-use plastic as per Union Minister Prakash Javedkar?
A) 2022
B) 2023
C) 2024
D) 2025
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- Answer: A
58. Who will chair the expert group on fixation of minimum wages and national floor wages?
A) Manohar Singh
B) Ajit Mishra
C) Ajeet Parmar
D) Rajesh Sinha
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- Answer: B
59. Which Indian personality has been appointed as an Advisor to the World Bank?
A) Dinesh Jain
B) Rakesh Sharma
C) Mahesh Jain
D) Ranjitsinh Disale
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- Answer: D
60. Who has been appointed the next Vice Chief of Air Staff?
A) VR Chaudhary
B) Rakesh Chaturvedi
C) Jyotiranjan Bastia
D) Taraknath Banerjee
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- Answer: A
61. Who has been elected president of Israel?
A) Isaac Herzog
B) Reuven Rivlin
C) Benjamin Netanyahu
D) Benjamin Gantz
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- Answer: A
62. Who has been appointed grievance officer for India by WhatsApp?
A) Nikhil Chaturvedi
B) Rajesh Sen
C) Manohar Sinha
D) Paresh B Lal
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- Answer: D
63. Who has been appointed as the new director of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad?
A) Raghav Chadha
B) Devendra Banerjee
C) Ramesh Sinha
D) Vinay K Nandicoori
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- Answer: D
64. Who has been elected to board of International Dairy Federation?
A) RS Sodhi
B) Ramesh Jain
C) Vinay Singh
D) SS Deshwal
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- Answer: A
65. Who has been appointed as MD of RBL Bank?
A) Vishwavir Ahuja
B) Atanu Kumar Das
C) Lingam Venkat Prabhakar
D) Sanjiv Chadha
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- Answer: A
66. Who was elected as the new President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA)?
A) Abdulla Shahid
B) Mohd Yameen
C) Antonia Gutteres
D) Mohd Ansari
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- Answer: A
67. Who has been selected as the new chairman of oil regulator Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board?
A) Sanjeev Sahai
B) Dinesh Kharat
C) Mahesh Jain
D) Rakesh Sharma
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- Answer: A
68. Who has been appointed the chief executive officer (CEO) of HSBC India?
A) Hitendra Dave
B) Surendra Joshi
C) Dinesh Jain
D) Somnath Banerjee
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- Answer: A
69. Who has recently been appointed as Election Commissioner of India?
A) Rajiv Kumar
B) Anup Chandra Pandey
C) Sushil Chandra
D) None of the above
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- Answer: B
70. For how many years the United Nations Security Council has re-appointed Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a second term?
A) 4years
B) 2 years
C) 6years
D) 5 years
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- Answer: D
71. Which Company has named Spoorthi Priya as its grievance officer for India on its website?
A) Facebook
B) Google
C) Twitter
D) Whatsapp
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- Answer: A
72. Who has secured the 83rd title of his career by defeating Alex Molcan in the Belgrade Open final?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Roger Federer
C) Alexander Zverev
D) Rafael Nadal
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- Answer: A
73. To which country FIFA World Cup-winner Sami Khedira belongs to as he has announced his retirement?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Belgium
D) Australia
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- Answer: A
74. Who has recently won Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2021?
A) Max Verstappen
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Sergio Perez
D) Aston Martin
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- Answer: C
75. Which country to host inaugural FIH Hockey 5s World Cup in 2024?
A) Oman
B) Denmark
C) Afghanistan
D) Kazakhstan
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- Answer: A
76. Which position is secured by Indian men’s team according to FIH World rankings?
A) 2nd
B) 3rd
C) 4th
D) 5th
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- Answer: C
77. Which Indian team player launched cricket coaching website “CRICURU” with an aim to redefine the learning experience for budding players?
A) Virendra Sehwag
B) Rahul Dravid
C) VVS Laxman
D) Gautam Gambhir
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- Answer: A
78. What is the theme of World Environment Day 2021 which is celebrated on June 5?
A) Ecosystem Restoration
B) Time for Nature
C) Journey to Nature
D) Nature and Survive
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- Answer: A
79. When was World Pest Awareness Day observed every year?
A) June 5
B) June 6
C) June 7
D) June 8
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- Answer: B
80. What was the theme of World Food Safety Day 2021 which is celebrated on June 7?
A) Safe food for safe health
B) Food safety for better health
C) Better food for better health in pandemic
D) Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow
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- Answer: D
81. What is the theme of World Oceans Day 2021 which was observed on 8 June?
A) The Ocean-Life and Livelihoods
B) Innovation for a sustainable ocean
C) Gender and the ocean
D) Preventing plastic pollution
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- Answer: A
82. Who has penned a book titled ‘Stargazing: The Players in My Life’?
A) Ravi Shashtri
B) Ajay Jadeja
C) Dinesh Karthik
D) Sachin Tendulkar
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- Answer: A
83. Who has won the prestigious International Booker Prize?
A) William Faulkner
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) David Diop
D) Virginia Woolf
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- Answer: C
84. By whom the book titled ‘1232 km: The Long Journey Home’ is authored?
A) Khushwant Singh
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Vinod Kapri
D) Amrita Pritam
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- Answer: C
85. Which film has won the Best Film National Award in environment conservation category at the 67th National Films Awards 2021?
A) Waters
B) Sand And Snow
C) Water Burial
D) Ocean of fire
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- Answer: C
86. Who has topped the list of The Times 50 Most Desirable Women 2020?
A) Kiara Advani
B) Rhea Chakraborty
C) Priyanka Chopra
D) Disha Patani
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- Answer: B
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