IBPS RRB PO /ASSISTANT - SBI CLERKS MAINS ---GENERAL AWARENESS --SEPTEMBER 2021 FIRST HALF WITH ANSWERS

 

 

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SEPTEMBER 1  2021

 

Q1. Devendra Jhajharia has claimed a silver medal in which sports event for India at the Paralympics 2020?
(a) Javelin Throw
(b) Shooting
(c) Long Jump
(d) Discuss Throw
(e) Wrestling

Q2. What is the eligibility age for making investment in National Pension System (NPS) now?
(a) 18-60
(b) 18-65
(c) 18-70
(d) 18-75
(e) 18-80

Q3. Avani Lekhara has won the first gold medal for India at Tokyo Paralympics 2020 in which event?
(a) Archery
(b) Shooting
(c) Tennis
(d) Badminton
(e) Table Tennis

Q4. The #FollowPaymentDistancing campaign has been launched by which entity?
(a) SBI
(b) RBI
(c) Ministry of Finance
(d) RuPay
(e) ICICI Bank

Q5. Buddhadeb Guha, who has passed away recently, was a renowned writer in which language?
(a) Bengali
(b) Marathi
(c) Malayalam
(d) Hindi
(e) English

Q6. Indian para-athlete Sumit Antil has claimed gold medal in which event at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics?
(a) Discuss Throw
(b) Javelin throw
(c) Shotput
(d) Long Jump
(e) High Jump

Q7. The PhonePe has recently received which of these licence from IRDAI to conduct insurance business?
(a) Composite broker licence
(b) Re-insurance broker licence
(c) Corporate agent licence
(d) Direct broking licence
(e) Individual Agents licence

Q8. Yogesh Kathuniya has claimed silver medal for India in which event at Paralympics 2020?
(a) Shooting
(b) Shotput
(c) Discus Throw
(d) Javelin Throw
(e) Wrestling

Q9. Who has been appointed as the independent director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Asia?
(a) Chanda Kochhar
(b) Anshula Kant
(c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(d) Aditya Puri
(e) Rajnish Kumar

Q10. Stuart Binny, who has recently announced his retirement from cricket, played for which country?
(a) New Zealand
(b) India
(c) Australia
(d) West Indies
(e) England

Q11. Renowned coach Vasoo Paranjape passed away recently. He was former Indian coach of which sport?
(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Hockey
(d) Chess
(e) Wrestling

Q12. Which state has government has launched “Mission Vatsalya” for women who lost their husbands to COVID-19?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Gujarat
(e) Haryana

Q13. Name the Discus thrower who has lost his Paralympics bronze, after being declared ineligible in classification reassessment.
(a) Ravi Sharma
(b) Sanjay Kumar
(c) Vinod Kumar
(d) Sonu Singh
(e) Deepti Verma

Q14. International Day for People of African Descent is celebrated for the first time on _________.
(a) 31 August 2017
(b) 31 August 2018
(c) 31 August 2019
(d) 31 August 2020
(e) 31 August 2021

Q15. Which Indian frigate participated in the joint maritime drill between Indian Navy and German Navy at the Gulf of Aden?
(a) Talwar
(b) Trisul
(c) Teg
(d) Trikand
(e) Tir

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2  2021

Q1. What is the projected GDP growth forecast of India in the Calendar Year 2021, as per Moody’s?
(a) 9.3%
(b) 9.9%
(c) 9.1%
(d) 9.6%
(e) 9.8%

Q2. Name the Indian dairy company which has achieved the feat of being ranked in Rabobank’s 2021 Global Top 20 Dairy Companies of the World list.
(a) Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
(b) Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Cooperative Federation
(c) Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation
(d) Karnataka Co-operative Milk Federation
(e) Uttar Pradesh Co-operative Milk Federation

Q3. Singhraj Adana has claimed Bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in the P1 Men’s ______ SH1 final?
(a) Shooting
(b) Javlin throw
(c) High Jump
(d) Wrestling
(e) Shot-Put

Q4. Which company is acquiring the Indian digital payments provider BillDesk?
(a) Razorpay
(b) PayU
(c) CCAvenue
(d) Paytm
(e) Flipkart

Q5. Name the first ever Indian to be selected as the Honorary Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently.
(a) Chrisphin Karthick
(b) Somak Raychaudhury
(c) Jayant Narlikar
(d) Dorje Angchuk
(e) Raunak Sharma

Q6. Indian para-athlete Mariyappan Thangavelu has claimed a silver in which event at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics?
(a) Discuss Throw
(b) Javelin Throw
(c) High Jump
(d) Shooting
(e) Table Tennis

Q7. The digital platform ‘e-Source,’ is being developed by which institution to tackle the problem of e-waste?
(a) IIT Madras
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Kanpur
(d) IIT Hyderabad
(e) IIT Bombay

Q8. Dale Steyn has recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He represented which country?
(a) West Indies
(b) Australia
(c) England
(d) New Zealand
(e) South Africa

Q9. Which Indian ship participated in the Maiden Maritime Partnership Exercise conducted by the Indian Navy with Algerian Navy recently?
(a) INS Talwar
(b) INS Tabar
(c) INS Teg
(d) INS Trikand
(e) INS Trishul

Q10. What is the total strength of judges appointed at the Supreme Court of India?
(a) 31
(b) 35
(c) 33
(d) 30
(e) 32

Q11. Who has been conferred the prestigious AANS International Lifetime Achievement Award 2021?
(a) Dr. A. G. K. Gokhale
(b) Dr. Deepak Chopra
(c) Dr. Devi Shetty
(d) Dr. Basant Kumar Misra
(e) Dr. Naresh Trehan

Q12. Which state government has recently launched the ‘Mera Kaam Mera Maan (MKMM)” scheme?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Punjab
(c) Haryana
(d) Bihar
(e) Odisha

Q13. In which state of India did Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated a project called ‘My Pad, My Right’?
(a) Manipur
(b) Nagaland
(c) Assam
(d) Tripura
(e) Meghalaya

Q14. Which one of the following companies has roped in Tokyo Olympic Silver-medalist Mirabai Chanu for its ”Stay in Play” campaign?
(a) Reebok
(b) Adidas
(c) Puma
(d) Bata
(e) Nike

Q15. State Bank of India (SBI) has opened a floating ATM on a Houseboat at __________.
(a) Dal Lake
(b) Wular Lake
(c) Mansar Lake
(d) Khanpursar
(e) Khushal Sar

 

 

SEPT 3  2021

 

Q1. BharatPe has partnered with which bank to launch its point of sale (PoS) business ‘BharatSwipe’?
(a) Punjab National Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Axis Bank
(e) ICICI Bank

Q2. The Y-Break is a 5-min yoga protocol application with focus on working professional, launched by which ministry?
(a) Ministry of AYUSH
(b) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
(c) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
(d) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(e) Ministry of Home Affairs

Q3. Which day is observed as the World Coconut Day globally?
(a) First Thursday of September
(b) First Wednesday of September
(c) 01 September
(d) 02 September
(e) 03 September

Q4. What is the projected GDP growth forecast for India as per Morgan Stanley in FY22 (2021-22)?
(a) 11.5%
(b) 9.5%
(c) 10.5%
(d) 12.5%
(e) 8.5%

Q5. The Ubreathe Life is a living-plant based air purifier, developed by which institute?
(a) IIT Delhi
(b) IIT Ropar
(c) IIT Madras
(d) IIT Bombay
(e) IIT Roorkee

Q6. Which country hosted the 8th Meeting of Agriculture Experts of BIMSTEC Countries recently?
(a) Bhutan
(b) Nepal
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) India
(e) Pakistan

Q7. What was the Revenue collected from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in August 2021?
(a) Rs 1.03 lakh crore
(b) Rs 1.23 lakh crore
(c) Rs 1.10 lakh crore
(d) Rs 1.37 lakh crore
(e) Rs 1.12 lakh crore

Q8. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
(a) Kuldiep Singh
(b) J B Mohapatra
(c) Rashmi R Das
(d) T V Narendran
(e) Kamlesh Kumar Pant

Q9. Zamboanga Sibugay-based fisherman and community environmentalist Roberto Ballon got the Ramon Magsaysay 2021. Zamboanga Sibugay is a province located in the_______________.
(a) Philippines
(b) Vietnam
(c) Laos
(d) Malaysia
(e) Thailand

Q10. India’s economy grew by _________ during the April-June quarter of this financial year, as against a 24.4% contraction seen during the same period last year.
(a) 12.1%
(b) 20.1%
(c) 26.1%
(d) 30.1%
(e) 10.1%

Q11. Which country has declared a state of emergency as the food crisis worsened after private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports?
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Sri Lanka
(e) Myanmar

Q12. Which of the following state cabinet has decided to remove the name of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi from the Orang National Park?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Mizoram
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Assam

Q13. What is the theme of World Coconut Day 2021?
(a) A Healthy Wealthy Life with Coconut Amid COVID-19 Pandemic & Beyond
(b) Invest in Coconut to save the world Amid COVID-19 Pandemic & Beyond
(c) Building a Safe Inclusive Resilient and Sustainable Coconut Community Amid COVID-19 Pandemic & Beyond
(d) Coconut For Family Wellness Amid COVID-19 Pandemic & Beyond
(e) Coconut Water

Q14. Ramon Magsaysay Award 2021 awardee, Muhammad Amjad Saqib, a visionary who founded one of the largest microfinance institutions in _______, servicing millions of families.
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Pakistan
(c) Nepal
(d) India
(e) Iran

Q15. Veteran Kashmiri separatist leader and former chief of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), ______ passed away.
(a) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
(b) Mukhtar Ahmed Waza
(c) Syed Ali Shah Geelani
(d) Azhar Bhat
(e) Zaroon bhat

 

 

SEPT 4 2021

Q1. Which animal has been named as the state animal by the administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh?
(a) Jaguar
(b) Red panda
(c) Kashmir stag
(d) Snow leopard
(e) Himalayan Tiger

Q2. PM Modi inaugurated a special commemorative coin of what value to mark the birth anniversary of ISKCON founder on September 01, 2021?
(a) Rs 100
(b) Rs 125
(c) Rs 200
(d) Rs 250
(e) Rs 50

Q3. RBI has announced to set up a 5-member committee to scrutinize applications and give recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses. Who will head this committee?
(a) P. Vasudevan
(b) Mohd. Anwar
(c) Vikram Dhanda
(d) Debojit Barua
(e) Swati Sharma

Q4. The Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme ‘Saath’ has been launched by which state/UT for Self Help Group (SHG) women?
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Delhi
(e) Jammu & Kashmir

Q5. Which of these countries have been inducted as the new member country of the New Development Bank (NDB) set up by BRICS nation?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) UAE
(c) Uruguay
(d) All of the above
(e) None of these

Q6. Name the winner of Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021.
(a) Maofeng Shen
(b) Felipe Foncueva
(c) Alejandro Prieto
(d) Jonas Classon
(e) Roni John

Q7. What value of monetary penalty has been imposed by RBI on Axis Bank for violation of certain provisions of the know your customer (KYC) norms?
(a) Rs 1 crore
(b) Rs 25 lakh
(c) Rs 70 lakh
(d) Rs 55 lakh
(e) Rs 65 lakh

Q8. Name the newly appointed Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF).
(a) V.K. Johri
(b) Rajni Kant Mishra
(c) Surjeet Singh Deswal
(d) Pankaj Kumar Singh
(e) Tanmay Tiwari

Q9. Which of the following company has been awarded the Prestigious global “Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 BEST Award”?
(a) Power Grid Corporation of India
(b) National Thermal Power Corporation Limited
(c) Indian Oil Corporation
(d) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(e) Bharat Petroleum

Q10. The Union Minister for Women and Child Development inaugurated NUTRI GARDEN to mark the beginning of _______________.
(a) Namami Gange
(b) Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
(c) SHIKHA 2.0
(d) SAKHI 2021
(e) Poshan Maah 2021

Q11. Who has been appointed as the new secretary-general of Rajya Sabha?
(a) Dinkar Sharma
(b) PPK Ramacharyulu
(c) Satyajeet Singh
(d) Shikhar Bansal
(e) Ramgopal Modi

Q12. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has decided to form a committee to review the existing guidelines of the Journalist Welfare Scheme. Who will head this committee?
(a) Preeti Singh
(b) Poonam Rani
(c) Girish Kumar Kalra
(d) Srikant Rana
(e) Ashok Kumar Tandon

Q13. Which of the following state/UT will host Defence Expo-2022?
(a) Delhi
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Gujarat
(e) Maharashtra

Q14. Who has been appointed as CMD of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL)?
(a) Deepak Guta
(b) Roshan Tiwari
(c) Atul Bhatt
(d) Hem Pant
(e) Nitin Sharma

Q15. Sidharth Shukla, who has passed away recently, was associated with which field?
(a) Politics
(b) Journalism
(c) Sports
(d) Television
(e) Economist

 

 

SEPTEMBER 5 2021

 

Q1. What is the total Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation made by IMF to India?
(a) SDR 12.57 billion
(b) SDR 19.41 billion
(c) SDR 13.66 billion
(d) SDR 17.72 billion
(e) SDR 15.62 billion

Q2. PM Modi virtually addressed the 6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) recently. Which country was the host of the EEF Summit 2021?
(a) France
(b) Russia
(c) Germany
(d) Australia
(e) Italy

Q3. Name the life insurance company which is acquiring the Exide Life Insurance Company.
(a) HDFC Life Insurance
(b) LIC
(c) SBI Life Insurance
(d) Max Life Insurance
(e) Baja Life Insurance

Q4. What is the rank of India in the Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021 ?
(a) 4th
(b) 2nd
(c) 3rd
(d) 6th
(e) 5th

Q5. Harvinder Singh has become the first ever Indian para athlete to win a medal in _________ event at the Paralympics.
(a) Shotput
(b) Archery
(c) Discuss Throw
(d) Badminton
(e) High Jump

Q6. Three institutions from India features in top 400 list of Times World University Rankings 2022. Which university has topped the list?
(a) Harvard University
(b) California Institute of Technology
(c) Stanford University
(d) University of Oxford
(e) University of Cambridge

Q7. Praveen Kumar has claimed a silver medal in which event at the Tokyo Paralympics Games?
(a) Discuss Throw
(b) Shotput
(c) High Jump
(d) Javelin Throw
(e) Long Jump

Q8. Name the Indian para-athlete who has won two medals at the ongoing Tokyo Games in Shooting event.
(a) Mariyappan Thangavelu
(b) Sharad Kumar
(c) Devendra Jhajharia
(d) Praveen Kumar
(e) Avani Lekhara

Q9. Who is the first woman Chairperson & Managing Director of public sector enterprise Engineers India Ltd?
(a) Rubina Tyagi
(b) Maitri Reddy
(c) Vartika Shukla
(d) Soumya Sharma
(e) Akriti Shukla

Q10. Which state goverment will set up a science city named after Rajiv Gandhi?
(a) Punjab
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
(e) Rajasthan

Q11. Which of the following country is all set to host a key conference as part of the International Climate Summit (ICS) 2020-21?
(a) India
(b) USA
(c) China
(d) Japan
(e) Germany

Q12. How many Unicorns are there in India as per the report of Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021?
(a) 91
(b) 51
(c) 71
(d) 81
(e) 101

Q13. Which country has topped the Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021?
(a) Russia
(b) China
(c) United States
(d) Singapore
(e) Japan

Q14. The Canadian city of Burnaby has declared September 5 as _________.
(a) Sunil Jain Day
(b) Gauri Lankesh Day
(c) Danish Siddiqui Day
(d) Najmul Hasan Day
(e) Priya Ramrakha Day

Q15. What was the profession of Chandan Mitra who has passed away recently?
(a) Jounalist
(b) Author
(c) Banker
(d) Actor
(e) Writer

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 7 2021

 

Q1. The 24th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held recently. Who is the Chairperson of this FSDC?
(a) Finance Minister
(b) RBI Governor
(c) Prime Minister
(d) Finance Secretary
(e) Narendra Modi

Q2. India is the first country in Asia to launch a Plastic Pact to promote circular economy for plastics. The pact has by CII in collaboration with which organistaion?
(a) UNICEF India
(b) UNEP
(c) Facebook India
(d) World-Wide Fund for Nature-India
(e) Microsoft India

Q3. The International Day of Charity is observed annually on which day?
(a) 06 September
(b) 04 September
(c) 05 September
(d) 03 September
(e) 07 September

Q4. SIMBEX 2021 was the annual bilateral maritime exercise of India and Singapore. The exercise was which edition of the annual event?
(a) 25th
(b) 28th
(c) 30th
(d) 27th
(e) 30th

Q5. The Ministry of AYUSH has launched the campaign ‘AYUSH AAPKE DWAR’ to distribute medicinal plant saplings to how many households in one year?
(a) 35 lakh
(b) 45 lakh
(c) 55 lakh
(d) 65 lakh
(e) 75 lakh

Q6. India has recently inked Project Agreement (PA) for Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV) with which country?
(a) Russia
(b) Japan
(c) France
(d) United States
(e) Italy

Q7. In India, when is the National Teachers’ Day celebrated?
(a) 03 September
(b) 02 September
(c) 05 September
(d) 04 September
(e) 06 September

Q8. Who has been appointed as the Vice-President of the Asian Squash Federation (ASF) from India?
(a) Cyrus Poncha
(b) K.Rajendiran
(c) Debendranath Sarangi
(d) Major S. Maniam
(e) Ramnath Sharma

Q9. How many medals have been won by India at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 18
(d) 21
(e) 19

Q10. Which player has won the F1 Dutch Grand Prix 2021?
(a) Lewis Hamilton
(b) Max Verstappen
(c) Valtteri Bottas
(d) Sebastian Vettel
(e) C. Leclerc

Q11. LIC has bought 3.9 percent shares of which bank recently?
(a) Canara Bank
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) Punjab National Bank
(d) Bank of India
(e) State Bank of India

Q12. The book named “Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth” is an upcoming book by which celebrity?
(a) Meryl Streep
(b) Priyanka Chopra
(c) Malala Yousafzai
(d) Katrina Kaif
(e) Angelina Jolie

Q13. Which company has launched India’s first digital payment interactive geospatial platform named Pulse?
(a) Paytm
(b) Google
(c) PhonePe
(d) Facebook
(e) Microsoft

Q14. Which country has topped the medal tally at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at Tokyo?
(a) China
(b) Great Britain
(c) Japan
(d) Australia
(e) USA

Q15. What is the rank of India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at Tokyo?
(a) 48
(b) 24
(c) 56
(d) 33
(e) 17

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 8  2021

 

Q1. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of city-based United India Insurance Company Limited?
(a) S.L.Tripathy
(b) S.M Tyagi
(c) Ajay Bhalla
(d) Manohar Sharma
(e) Kishan Reddy

Q2. How many teams are participating in the 130th edition of the Durand Cup?
(a) 18
(b) 20
(c) 15
(d) 16
(e) 21

Q3. On 5th September 2021, President Ram Nath Kovind presented National Teacher Award to how many teachers across the country?
(a) 28
(b) 37
(c) 44
(d) 51
(e) 25

Q4. India’s first dugong conservation reserve is planned to be established in which state?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
(e) Karnataka

Q5. India’s first building made of bio-bricks from agro-waste has been inaugurated at which place?
(a) IIT Hyderabad
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Kanpur
(d) IIT Madras
(e) IIT Bombay

Q6. The India-Australia bilateral navy exercise AUSINDEX-2021 is which edition of the annual exercise?
(a) 3rd
(b) 5th
(c) 7th
(d) 4th
(e) 6th

Q7. Which Indian Bollywood personality has launched a book titled ‘Back to the Roots’?
(a) Tamannaah Bhatia
(b) Kareena Kapoor
(c) Twinkle Khanna
(d) Anuskha Sharma
(e) Katrina Kaif

Q8. Indian women hockey player Rani Rampal and cricketer Smriti Mandhana has been appointed as the brand ambassador of which bank?
(a) IndusInd Bank
(b) Equitas Small Finance Bank
(c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
(d) India Post Payments Bank
(e) ESAF Small Finance Bank

Q9. The Food Processing Week is being observed by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries from _____________.
(a) September 010 to 16, 2021
(b) September 09 to 15, 2021
(c) September 08 to 14, 2021
(d) September 07 to 13, 2021
(e) September 06 to 12, 2021

Q10. The International Day of Clean Air for blue skies takes place on which day globally?
(a) September 06
(b) September 03
(c) September 05
(d) September 07
(e) September 08

Q11. Legendary Football player Jean-Pierre Adams who has passed away recently, played for which country?
(a) France
(b) Spain
(c) Germany
(d) Ireland
(e) Italy

Q12. What is the theme for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2021?
(a) Go Green, Breathe Clean
(b) Healthy Air, Healthy Planet
(c) Clean Air for All
(d) Reduce Pollution, Increase Life Span
(e) Green Air for All

Q13. Former Australia pacer ______ has been roped in as the bowling coach of the Puducherry cricket team.
(a) Glenn McGrath
(b) Jason Gillespie
(c) Brett Lee
(d) Shaun Tait
(e) Mitchell Johnson

Q14. Who was the flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
(a) Krishna Nagar
(b) Avani Lekhara
(c) Pramod Bhagat
(d) Manoj Bhagat
(e) Manish Narwal

Q15. What is the theme of Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021?
(a) Enduring Cooperation towards Regional Stability
(b) A Collaborative Approach to Regional Security’
(c) Challenges to Regional Security: Promoting Combined Operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.
(d) A Collaborative Approach towards Regional Stability
(e) Challenges to Regional Security: Enduring Cooperation

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 9   2021

 

Q1. Who has been named as the new Managing Director (MD) of Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank)?
(a) Rakesh Sharma
(b) Dinesh Khara
(c) Harsha Bhupendra Bangari
(d) Shikhar Mittal
(e) Sandeep Singh

Q2. International Literacy Day is observed every year on ___________.
(a) September 05
(b) September 06
(c) September 07
(d) September 08
(e) September 09

Q3. PM Modi inaugurated the “Shikshak Parv-2021”. What is the theme of the event?
(a) Culture of Innovation in our Schools
(b) Innovative Pedagogy to Promote Enjoyable and Engaging Learning
(c) Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India
(d) Transforming the System of Assessment: Holistic Progress Card
(e) Foundational Literacy and Numeracy

Q4. TRIFED has planned to set up Atmanirbhar Bharat corner in how many Indian Missions/ Embassies, across the world in the next 3 months?
(a) 75
(b) 100
(c) 60
(d) 150
(e) 125

Q5. Keshav Desiraju who has passed away recently had formerly served at which post in the Union Cabinet?
(a) Economic Secretary
(b) Health Secretary
(c) Finance Secretary
(d) Agricultural Secretary
(e) Defence Secretary

Q6. What is the theme of International Literacy Day 2021?
(a) Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide
(b) Literacy and Multilingualism
(c) Literacy and Skills Development
(d) Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
(e) Literacy and Sustainable Societies

Q7. Name the prime minister of Japan, who has stepped down from his post recently.
(a) Naruhito
(b) Shinzo Abe
(c) Yoshihiko Noda
(d) Taro Aso
(e) Yoshihide Suga

Q8. Recently, who has been awarded the 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2021?
(a) Harshita Goyal
(b) Simran Bhalla
(c) Geetika Tyagi
(d) Namita Gokhale
(e) Harsha Patel

Q9. Who has been appointed as the President of India Chapter of International Road Federation?
(a) Satish Parekh
(b) Subhmay Gangopadhyay
(c) Sumit Sharma
(d) Aryan Chatterjee
(e) Arindam Bagchi

Q10. The President’s Colour Award is given in which field?
(a) Education
(b) Military
(c) Literature
(d) Sports
(e) Journalism

Q11. Which of the following railway station has been awarded a 5 star ‘Eat Right Station’?
(a) Gorakhpur Railway Station
(b) Secunderabad Railway Station
(c) Chhattisgarh Railway Station
(d) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Railway Station
(e) Chandigarh Railway Station

Q12. Rajni Kaul, who recently passed away, was the first woman News Broadcaster for _________.
(a) CNN
(b) TimesNow
(c) BBC Hindi
(d) New York Times
(e) CNBC

Q13. Who among the following has won Behler Turtle Conservation Award 2021?
(a) Latika Nath
(b) Shailendra Singh
(c) Bittu Verma
(d) Uma Singh
(e) Hem Bhatt

Q14. Who will be inducted into the Asian Federation of Advertising Associations (AFAA) Hall of Fame at AdAsia 2021?
(a) Hansa Malik
(b) Jitendra Kumar
(c) Girish Arora
(d) Ramesh Narayan
(e) Poonam Rajpal

Q15. Which among the following banks has ranked 1 in the MeitY Digital Payment Scorecard for the months of February and March 2021?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Canara Bank
(d) State Bank of India
(e) Bank of Baroda

 

 

SEPTEMBER 10 2021

 

Q1. Which state has launched Vatan Prem Yojana?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) West Bengal
(c) Assam
(d) Haryana
(e) Gujarat

Q2. Who has been appointed as the economic advisor by the Andhra Pradesh government?
(a) Kuldiep Singh
(b) J B Mohapatra
(c) Rajnish Kumar
(d) T V Narendran
(e) Kamlesh Kumar Pant

Q3. Who has been appointed as the India’s Sherpa for the G20?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Piyush Goyal
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) Dr. Harsh Vardhan
(e) Nitin Gadkari

Q4. Who has been appointed as the officiating President of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal?
(a) Ishwar chand Dutta
(b) Gopi Kishore
(c) Y.S Reddy
(d) G.B Das
(e) G.S Pannu

Q5. International Day to Protect Education from Attack is observed globally on __________.
(a) 09th September
(b) 10th September
(c) 11th September
(d) 12th September
(e) 13th September

Q6. Name the author of the book “Gita Govinda: Jaydeva’s Divine Odyssey”.
(a) Roshni Tripathi
(b) Shankar Vishwas
(c) Sanjay Kumar
(d) Rinku Sharma
(e) Utpal K. Banerjee

Q7. Which bank has launched the WisePOSGo POS device?
(a) Karnataka Bank
(b) Andhra Pradesh Bank
(c) Bihar State Bank
(d) Kurmanchal Bank
(e) ICICI Bank

Q8. Which bank has partnered with NSIC to provide credit support to MSMEs?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Yes Bank
(d) Axis Bank
(e) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q9. GDP of India in FY22 as per S&P Global ratings?
(a) 8.2%
(b) 7%
(c) 9.5%
(d) 8.9%
(e) 9.1%

Q10. PRANA portal launched by which ministry?
(a) Minister of Women and Child Development
(b) Minister of Home Affairs
(c) Minister of Education
(d) Ministry of Environment
(e) Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Q11. Name of Governor of Uttarakhand who has resigned recently.
(a) Banwari Lal Joshi
(b) Margaret Alva
(c) Aziz Qureshi
(d) Krishan Kant Paul
(e) Baby Rani Maurya

Q12. India’s tallest air purification tower is installed in which UT/State?
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Delhi
(d) Gujarat
(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q13. Who has broken the world record for most goals scored in men’s international football?
(a) Neymar
(b) Lionel Messi
(c) Xavi
(d) Cristiano Ronaldo
(e) Sergio Agüero

Q14. Tata AIA Life Insurance has announced the signing of a multi-year brand partnership with Indian athlete and Olympic gold medallist _________, as its brand ambassador.
(a) Ravi Kum Dahiya
(b) Neeraj Chopra
(c) Bajrang Punia
(d) PV Sindhu
(e) Lovlina Borgohain

Q15. Reserve Bank of India has taken public sector lender __________ out of the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework on improvement in financial and credit profile.
(a) Bank of Maharashtra
(b) Dena Bank
(c) Central Bank of India
(d) Indian Overseas Bank
(e) UCO Bank

 

 

 

 

 

SEPT 11 2021

 

Q1. How many merchant bankers have been appointed by the Government to manage the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of LIC?
(a) 12
(b) 7
(c) 10
(d) 9
(e) 8

Q2. Bank of Baroda has launched its digital banking platform under which name to bring all banking services under one roof?
(a) bob Ahead
(b) bob Now
(c) bob Unite
(d) bob World
(e) bob Roof

Q3. Which institution has topped the overall category ranking of the NIRF India Rankings 2021?
(a) IIT Madras
(b) IISc Bengaluru
(c) AIIMS Delhi
(d) IIT Delhi
(e) Jamia Hamdard

Q4. Which day has been observed as the World Suicide Prevention Day annually globally?
(a) 09 September
(b) 08 September
(c) 10 September
(d) 11 September
(e) 12 September

Q5. Name the MD & CEO of the IDFC First Bank, who has been re-appointed to the post by RBI for further three years.
(a) Shyam Srinivasan
(b) Ravneet Gill
(c) J Packirisamy
(d) V. Vaidyanathan
(e) Shobha Sharma

Q6. BHEL has set up India’s first-ever indigenously designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol Production Plant in which city?
(a) Chennai
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Kolkata
(d) Pune
(e) Mumbai

Q7. Which financial body has approved USD 112 million loan recently to improve water supply infrastructure in Jharkhand?
(a) Asian Development Bank
(b) International Monetary Fund
(c) World Bank
(d) New Development Bank
(e) International Finance Corporation

Q8. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recently approved how much amount of loan as additional financing to scale up the improvement of rural connectivity in Maharashtra?
(a) USD 150 million
(b) USD 100 million
(c) USD 250 million
(d) USD 300 million
(e) USD 350 million

Q9. India’s 1st Emergency Landing Facility on National Highway has been inaugurated in which state?
(a) Bihar
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) West Bengal
(e) Rajasthan

Q10. The Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli has bagged 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from_____________.
(a) Competition Commission of India
(b) Indian Chamber of Commerce
(c) Confederation of Indian Industry
(d) Energy and Resources Institute
(e) Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy

Q11. Which of the following became the first country in the world to vaccinate toddlers?
(a) Cuba
(b) Chile
(c) Canada
(d) USA
(e) India

Q12. World EV Day is observed on September 9 every year. The first World EV day was observed in_________________.
(a) 2021
(b) 2020
(c) 2019
(d) 2018
(e) 2017

Q13. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed _______, governor of Uttarakhand, a post which fell vacant after Baby Rani Maurya tendered her resignation.
(a) Subrata Saha
(b) C.A. Krishnan
(c) Shravan Kumar Patyal
(d) Lt Gen Gurmit Singh
(e) Narendra Singh

Q14. What is the theme of World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) 2021?
(a) Take a minute, change a life
(b) Creating hope through action
(c) 40 seconds of action
(d) Working Together to Prevent Suicide
(e) Suicide Can Be Prevented!

Q15. Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of the National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL)?
(a) Rohit Sharma
(b) Nirlep Singh Rai
(c) Sandeep Kumar
(d) Shashi Tripathi
(e) Sumit Verma

 

 

 

 

SEPT 12 2021

Q1. PM Modi recently chaired the BRICS Summit 2021 virtually. The Summit was which edition of the annual programme?
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 15
(d) 11
(e) 14

Q2. The nFiNi credit card facility has been launched by which company for fintechs and banks?
(a) NPCI
(b) Punjab National Bank
(c) SBI
(d) ICICI Bank
(e) Yes Bank

Q3. The world’s largest plant designed to capture carbon dioxide directly out of the air has been inaugurated in which country?
(a) Finland
(b) Switzerland
(c) Netherlands
(d) Sweden
(e) Iceland

Q4. The Himalayan Diwas is observed in the state of Uttarakhand on which day annually?
(a) 09 September
(b) 08 September
(c) 07 September
(d) 11 September
(e) 10 September

Q5. The Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-5 02, has been launched by which country?
(a) France
(b) Japan
(c) United States
(d) China
(e) South Africa

Q6. Who has been elected as the chairman of the assembly of Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI)?
(a) Tushar Mehta
(b) Deepak Das
(c) Suresh N Patel
(d) Sushil Chandra
(e) Girish Chandra Murmu

Q7. Which of the following became the first Country to Adopt Bitcoin as National Currency?
(a) Cuba
(b) El Salvador
(c) Vietnam
(d) Bolivia
(e) Cambodia

Q8. Recently, who among the following was appointed as the chairman of National Commission for Minorities ?
(a) Iqbal Singh Lalpura
(b) Suresh N. Patel
(c) Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha
(d) K. N. Vyas
(e) K. Sivan

Q9. A New Book Titled,“Bullets Over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster” has been authored by whom among the following?
(a) Gopal Verma
(b) Vishal Bhardwaj
(c) Uday Bhatia
(d) Manoj Bajpayee
(e) Anurag Kashyap

Q10. What was the theme of the BRICS Summit 2021?
(a) BRICS@15:Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future
(b) BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus
(c) BRICS@15:Collaboration for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution
(d) BRICS@15: Economic Growth for an Innovative Future
(e) BRICS@15: BRICS partnership – a driving force of global development

 

 

14092021

Q1. The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation is an international day commemorated on___________.
(a) 12 September
(b) 10 September
(c) 11 September
(d) 09 September
(e) 13 September

Q2. When is the World First Aid Day observed globally?
(a) Second Wednesday of September
(b) Second Friday of September
(c) Second Saturday of September
(d) Second Thursday of September
(e) Second Sunday of September

Q3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Sardardham Bhavan in which city of the country recently?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Hyderabad
(c) New Delhi
(d) Ahmedabad
(e) Dehradun

Q4. Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS) by the Centre?
(a) Dilip Asbe
(b) Sanjeev Balyan
(c) Vijender Gupta
(d) Charti Lal Goel
(e) Vijay Goel

Q5. Who among the following has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Yahoo?
(a) William Ruto
(b) Jim Lanzone
(c) Renate Nyborg
(d) Scott Kessler
(e) James Warner

Q6. India recently undertook its maiden 2+2 ministerial dialogue with which of these countries?
(a) Israel
(b) Germany
(c) Australia
(d) France
(e) Italy

Q7. India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in which of these place?
(a) Ranikhet
(b) Darjeeling
(c) Dehradun
(d) Rishikesh
(e) Nainital

Q8. What is the name given to India’s first ever satellite and nuclear-missile tracking ship?
(a) INS Parvat
(b) INS Tez
(c) INS Eklavya
(d) INS Dhruv
(e) INS Dharti

Q9. Who has been named as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat?
(a) Vajubhai Vala
(b) Bhupendra Patel
(c) Anandiben Patel
(d) La Ganesan
(e) Mansukh Mandaviya

Q10. Name the winner of the F1 Italian Grand Prix 2021.
(a) Lando Norris
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Daniel Ricciardo
(d) George Russell
(e) Valtteri Bottas

Q11. Which player has won the 2021 US Open men’s singles title?
(a) Daniil Medvedev
(b) Novak Djokovic
(c) Jamie Murray
(d) Bruno Soares
(e) Salisbury

Q12. Who has become the 1st professional golfer in the world to receive the prestigious 10-year Dubai Golden Visa?
(a) Rory McIlroy
(b) Tiger Woods
(c) Jordan Spieth
(d) Jeev Milkha Singh
(e) Phil Mickelson

Q13. Author Susanna Clarke won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 for ______________.
(a) Dominicana
(b) Piranesi
(c) Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
(d) The Mirror and the Light
(e) A Thousand Ships

Q14. Which of the following MNC has recently appointed Prativa Mohapatra as vice president and managing director for India?
(a) Microsoft
(b) Amazon
(c) Google
(d) IBM
(e) Adobe

Q15. Who among the following has won the women’s singles title of US Open 2021?
(a) Naomi Osaka
(b) Barbora Krejcíková
(c) Ashleigh Barty
(d) Emma Raducanu
(e) Leylah Fernandez

 

15 SEPT 2021

Q1. Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is observed every year on ________ to mark the popularity of Hindi as an official language of India.
(a) 10 September
(b) 11 September
(c) 12 September
(d) 13 September
(e) 14 September

Q2. Which state has recently launched the Millet Mission to become the hub of millet in India?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Punjab

Q3. India has launched the “Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD)” with which country?
(a) Australia
(b) Germany
(c) United States
(d) Japan
(e) France

Q4. Which of the following state has achieved the top position in the installation of off-grid solar pumps under PM-KUSUM?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Haryana
(c) Punjab
(d) Kerala
(e) Uttarakhand

Q5. Aziz Akhannouch has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country?
(a) Turkey
(b) Algeria
(c) Israel
(d) Morocco
(e) Afghanistan

Q6. Nuakhai is a harvest festival, celebrated by the native of which Indian state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pardseh
(d) Telangana
(e) Odisha

Q7. Who has been appointed as the new Acting Chairperson of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)?
(a) Justice A I S Cheema
(b) Justice Bansi Lal Bhat
(c) Justice M. Venugopal
(d) Justice N. V. Ramana
(e) Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra

Q8. Which among these space-tech startups has become the first private company to formally sign agreement with ISRO for using its expertise and facilities?
(a) Dhruva Space
(b) Agnikul Cosmos
(c) Bellatrix Aerospace
(d) Skyroot Aerospace
(e) Hindustan Aeronautics

Q9. Who is the author of the book ‘Human Rights and Terrorism in India’?
(a) Kaushik Basu
(b) Subramanian Swamy
(c) Sanjay Gubbi
(d) Vishram Bedekar
(e) Manan Bhatt

Q10. Oscar Fernandes passed away recently. He was a/an ___________.
(a) Politician
(b) Journalist
(c) Actor
(d) Environmentalist
(e) Playback singer

Q11. Who will be the mentor of the Indian national team for the T20 World Cup 2021?
(a) Rahul Dravid
(b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) MS Dhoni
(d) Sourav Ganguly
(e) Kapil Dev

Q12. Which country has been suspended from 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the IOC?
(a) North Korea
(b) Pakistan
(c) Afghanistan
(d) Syria
(e) South Korea

Q13. Which Indian state has recently launched the initiative of ‘Medicine from the Sky’ to use drones for delivering drugs and vaccines?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
(e) Telangana

Q14. Who has been awarded the Africa Food Prize 2021?
(a) ICRISAT
(b) ICAR
(c) FAO
(d) IRAI
(e) World Food Programme

Q15. Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe)?
(a) Umesh Gupta
(b) Vipin Chandra
(c) Jitendra Sharma
(d) Pawan Kumar Goenka
(e) Gopal Singh

 

 

 

 

 

SEPTEMBER 16 2021

Q1. The first-ever in-person QUAD Leaders’ Summit is scheduled to be held in which country in September 2021?
(a) United States
(b) Japan
(c) Australia
(d) India
(e) Italy

Q2. RBI has launched the ‘Third Cohort’ under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS). What is the theme of this cohort?
(a) Retail Payments
(b) Cross Border Payments
(c) MSME Lending
(d) Blockchain Technology
(e) Artificial Intelligence

Q3. Which among these days is celebrated as the International Day of Democracy every year?
(a) 11 September
(b) 12 September
(c) 13 September
(d) 14 September
(e) 15 September

Q4. India has declared to institutionalise regular Defence Dialogue with which of these regions, on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition?
(a) Australia
(b) Asia
(c) Europe
(d) Africa
(e) South America

Q5. India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility has been launched in which city?
(a) Chennai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Lucknow
(e) Kolkata

Q6. Which player has been adjudged as the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August 2021?
(a) Marnus Labuschagne
(b) Virat Kohli
(c) Joe Root
(d) Steve Smith
(e) Kane Williamson

Q7. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of the Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University in which city?
(a) Aligarh
(b) Gorakhpur
(c) Lucknow
(d) Agra
(e) Kanpur

Q8. The National Engineer’s Day is celebrated in India on which day?
(a) 12 September
(b) 15 September
(c) 14 September
(d) 11 September
(e) 10 September

Q9. Name the winner of the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for August 2021.
(a) Sneh Rana
(b) Stafanie Taylor
(c) Gaby Lewis
(d) Ellyse Perry
(e) Eimear Richardson

Q10. _______ has launched real-time online tracking for cross-border payments for its corporate clients, in partnership with SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (GPI).
(a) HSBC Bank
(b) ICICI Bank
(c) Standard Chartered
(d) DBS Bank
(e) Canara Bank

Q11. The World Lymphoma Awareness Day is an annual observation, which is held on ____________.
(a) 15 September
(b) 13 September
(c) 14 September
(d) 12 September
(e) 11 September

Q12. Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket. He played for which country?
(a) Ireland
(b) West Indies
(c) Zimbabwe
(d) Australia
(e) Scotland

Q13. Anand Kumar conferred with the Swami Brahmanand Award 2021 for his contribution in the field of ___________________.
(a) Politics
(b) Agriculture
(c) Sports
(d) Education
(e) Health

Q14. Who has won the National Florence Nightingale Award 2021 for service amid COVID-19?
(a) Bhanumati Gheewala
(b) Aswathy Kumar
(c) Clara Barton
(d) Simi Suresh
(e) Bhagyalakshmi Rao

Q15. The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize established in 1989, with the support of the Government of the_________________.
(a) Myanmar
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) South Korea
(e) Thailand

 

 

 

17092021

Q1. The Campaign titled Shoonya has been launched by which organisation?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) Indian Army
(c) ISRO
(d) IIT Madras
(e) DRDO

Q2. What is the GDP growth rate projection of Indian economy in Calendar Year 2021 as per the UNCTAD?
(a) 9.0%
(b) 8.1%
(c) 6.5%
(d) 7.2%
(e) 6.7%

Q3. India’s first CO2 capture plant, which extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas has been launched by which company?
(a) ONGC
(b) BHEL
(c) ONGC
(d) Larsen and Toubro
(e) Tata Steel

Q4. India is participating in the 6th Exercise PEACEFUL MISSION -2021. Which country is hosting the exercise?
(a) Australia
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) India
(e) USA

Q5. Lasith Malinga, who has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, played for which country?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Nepal
(d) India
(e) Pakistan

Q6. The Government of India will host the first ever Global Buddhist Conference in November 2021 in which state?
(a) Himachal pradesh
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Meghlaya
(e) Bihar

Q7. The AI-based language translator software ‘Project Udaan’ has been launched by which Indian institute?
(a) IIT Kanpur
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Madras
(d) IIT Bombay###
(e) IIT Hyderabad

Q8. The International Day for the preservation for Ozone layer (World Ozone Day) is observed annually on?
(a) 15 September
(b) 14 September
(c) 16 September
(d) 13 September
(e) 12 September

Q9. Which of the following company recently announced that it would stop producing cars in India?
(a) Fiat
(b) Kia
(c) Toyota
(d) Ford
(e) Hindustan Motors

Q10. ‘Equinox’ suite of solutions is launched by_________________.
(a) TCS
(b) Infosys
(c) Google
(d) Apple
(e) Sigma Tec

Q11. TIME magazine has unveiled its annual list of ‘The 100 Most Influential People of 2021’. Which of the following Indian is include in the list?
(a) Mukesh Ambani
(b) Ratan Tata
(c) MS Dhoni
(d) Mamata Banerjee
(e) Sonu Sood

Q12. The 8th edition of the Indian Army Chief’s Conclave organised at _______.
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Dehradun
(d) Pune
(e) Bengaluru

Q13. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has declared ____________ Airport as a Customs notified airport.
(a) Kushinagar Airport
(b) Faizabad Airport
(c) Bareilly Airport
(d) Jhansi Airport
(e) Chakeri Airport

Q14. What is the theme of the 2021 World Ozone Day?
(a) Keep Cool and Carry on: The Montreal Protocol
(b) Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection
(c) Montreal Protocol – keeping us, our food and vaccines cool
(d) 32 years and Healing
(e) Montreal Protocol: Ozone for life

Q15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched ________, which has been created by merging Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV.
(a) Hindustan TV
(b) Bharat TV
(c) Nation TV
(d) Parliament TV
(e) Sansad TV

 

1892021

 

Q1. Australia has partnered with which countries to develop nuclear-powered submarines?
(a) India and US
(b) UK and US
(c) France and Germany
(d) UK and France
(e) US and France

Q2. How much amount has been allocated to the PLI scheme of the Automobile sector by the Union Cabinet?
(a) Rs 26,058 crores
(b) Rs 46,058 crores
(c) Rs 36,058 crores
(d) Rs 16,058 crores
(e) Rs 56,058 crores

Q3. What is the new FDI limit approved by the Union Cabinet in the Telecom sector?
(a) 85%
(b) 49%
(c) 74%
(d) 100%
(e) 51%

Q4. The report titled ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ has been released by which organisation?
(a) TERI
(b) NITI Aayog
(c) Ministry of External Affairs
(d) NABARD
(e) RBI

Q5. Which state/UT has launched the ‘One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi’ mission to promote financial services in remote areas?
(a) Delhi
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Jammu & Kashmir

Q6. India’s first Euro denominated Green bond has been issued by which company?
(a) NLC India Limited
(b) Mahindra Finance
(c) Power Finance Corporation Ltd
(d) NHPC Limited
(e) ONGC

Q7. Who is the head of the committee constituted by Ministry of Defence for a comprehensive review of National Cadet Corps (NCC)?
(a) Vasudha Kamat
(b) Anand Mahindra
(c) MS Dhoni
(d) Baijayant Panda
(e) Vinod Kanna

Q8. The World Patient Safety Day is observed every year on___________.
(a) 14 September
(b) 15 September
(c) 17 September
(d) 16 September
(e) 18 September

Q9. What is the theme of 2021 World Patient Safety Day?
(a) Safe health workers, Safe patients’
(b) Patient Safety: A Global Health Priority
(c) Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety
(d) Safe maternal and newborn care
(e) Global health priority, Safe patients

Q10. Aziz Hajini passed away recently. He was a/an ______________.
(a) Politician
(b) Writer
(c) Singer
(d) Journalist
(e) Cricketer

Q11. Who has been named as “2021 International Young Eco-Hero” for environmental achievements?
(a) Ayaan Shankta
(b) Vikram Bisht
(c) Tanmay Tiwari
(d) Ashish Sharma
(e) Atul Arora

Q12. Former Supreme Court judge, Justice (Retired) __________ will be the new Ombudsman cum Ethics Officer of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA).
(a) R.K. Agrawal
(b) Adarsh Kumar Goel
(c) Prafulla Chandra Pant
(d) Indu Malhotra
(e) Jasti Chelameswar

Q13. What amount has been sanctioned by the government under PLI scheme to the Drone industry?
(a) Rs 280 crores
(b) Rs 200 crore
(c) Rs 100 crores
(d) Rs 120 crores
(e) Rs 250 crores

Q14. Yuriy Sedykh passed away recently. He was a renowned________________.
(a) Actor
(b) Politician
(c) Musician
(d) Banker
(e) Athlete

Q15. Amit Saxena, Global Deputy CTO of _______________ has recently joined as the Chief Technology Officer of RBI Innovation Hub.
(a) Punjab National Bank
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Bank of Baroda
(d) Axis Bank
(e) ICICI Bank

 

 

SEPTEMBER 19 2021

Q1. The 2021 Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State was held in which place?
(a) Dushanbe
(b) Bishkek
(c) Ashgabat
(d) Beirut
(e) Kabul

Q2. The Surya Kiran -XV is a Joint Military Training Exercise of Indian Army with which country?
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Nepal
(c) Maldives
(d) Bangladesh
(e) China

Q3. Which day in the year is celebrated as the World Bamboo Day?
(a) 17 September
(b) 15 September
(c) 16 September
(d) 18 September
(e) 19 September

Q4. Who is the author of the book ‘Translating Myself and Others’?
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Sudha Murthy
(c) Anita Desai
(d) Chetan Bhagat
(e) Jhumpa Lahiri

Q5. What is the theme of the International Coastal Cleanup Day 2021?
(a) Marine Animal: The Pelican
(b) Keep trash in the bin and not in the ocean
(c) Achieving a trash-free Coastline
(d) Time for Nature
(e) Trash Free Seas

Q6. Who was the representative of India in-person at the 21st Meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State?
(a) Piyush Goyal
(b) Nirmala Sitharaman
(c) Nitin Gadkari
(d) S. Jaishankar
(e) Raj Nath Singh

Q7. The International Red Panda Day is marked every year on which day?
(a) Third Sunday of September
(b) Third Friday of September
(c) Third Saturday of September
(d) Third Wednesday of September
(e) Third Monday of September

Q8. Who has been appointed as the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd?
(a) Shikhar Singh
(b) Prakhar Kumar
(c) Suresh Jindal
(d) Alka Nangia Arora
(e) Vinod Verma

Q9. India’s 61st Software Technology park centre opened in ________.
(a) Manipur
(b) Sikkim
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Tripura
(e) Nagaland

Q10. The International Equal Pay Day is observed annually on which day?
(a) 18 September
(b) 11 september
(c) 15 September
(d) 13 September
(e) 14 September

 

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Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. At the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020, India’s greatest paralympian, Devendra Jhajharia won the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw – F46 final event on August 30, 2021.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has increased the entry age for the National Pension System (NPS) from 65 years to 70 years. Earlier the eligible age to invest in NPS was 18-65 years which has now been revised to 18-70 years.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian paralympic shooter Avani Lekhara won the first gold medal for India at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. RuPay has launched a strategic campaign titled – #FollowPaymentDistancing to promote and encourage contactless payments among customers.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Eminent Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha, has passed away. He was the author of many notable works such as “Madhukari” (Honey Gatherer), “Koeler Kachhe” (Near the Koel bird) and “Sobinoy Nibedon” (Humble Offering).

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. India’s Sumit Antil has won gold medal in men’s javelin throw F64 final event at the Tokyo Paralympics, and in the process set a new world record throw of 68.55m. The 23-year-old Sumit hails from Sonepat in Haryana.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Flipkart-owned digital payments platform PhonePe has received an insurance broking licence from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). This means that with the new ‘direct broking’ licence, PhonePe can now distribute insurance products from all insurance companies in India, on its platform.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. India’s discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya has clinched silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics in the men’s Discus Throw F56 final event. Yogesh claimed the second spot with a throw of 44.38m.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. The former State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as an independent director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Asia entity on August 30, 2021.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian all-rounder Stuart Binny has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on August 30, 2021.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Former India cricketer and coach Vasoo Paranjape passed away at 82 in Mumbai on 30th Aug. He was considered a mentor of stalwarts like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma to name a few. He also gave Gavaskar the nickname ‘Sunny’.

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. Maharashtra government launched a special mission called “Mission Vatsalya” in order to help women who lost their husbands to COVID-19. Mission Vatsalya will provide several services and some 18 benefits under one roof to those women.

S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar on 30th August lost his F52 category bronze medal at the Paralympics here after being found ineligible in disability classification assessment by the competition panel.

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. The International Day for People of African Descent is celebrated for the first time on 31 August 2021. The United Nations aims to promote the extraordinary contributions of the African diaspora around the world and to eliminate all forms of discrimination against people of African descent.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Indian Navy and the German Navy carried out a joint exercise in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen, in the Indian Ocean leg of Indo-Pacific Deployment 2021. The Indian Navy was represented by frigate “Trikand” while the German Navy was represented by frigate “Bayern”.

 

 

 

Solutions--02092021

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Moody’s Investors Service has retained India’s growth forecast for the calendar year (CY) 2021 at 9.6 percent, in its August update to ‘Global Macro Outlook 2021-22’ report. The GDP growth forecast for calendar year 2022 is retained at 7 percent.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Amul, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has dropped two places to rank 18th in the Rabobank’s 2021 Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list. Amul was placed at 16th spot in 2020.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. At the ongoing Tokyo Paralympics 2020, Indian shooter Singhraj Adana has won the bronze medal in the P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 final on August 31, 2021.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Netherlands-based Prosus NV has announced to acquire the Indian digital payments provider BillDesk and merge it with its own fintech service business PayU. The size of the deal is $4.7 billion.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Dorje Angchuk, an Engineer in charge at the Indian Astronomical Observatory of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) at Hanle in Ladakh region, has been admitted as an Honorary Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu has won the silver medal in men’s high jump (T63) at the Tokyo Paralympics on August 31, 2021. He cleared the 1.86m mark to take home silver.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is working on developing an innovative digital model to address the problem of e-waste (electronic wastes). The digital platform, named as ‘e-Source,’ will act as an exchange platform, to serve as an online marketplace for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. South African cricketer Dale Steyn, who is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect on August 31, 2021, ending his 20 year long cricket journey.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Indian Naval Ship, INS Tabar, is on her goodwill visit to number of ports in Africa and Europe since June 2021 till September 2021. As a part of this visit, INS Tabar took part in the Maiden Maritime Partnership Exercise with Algerian Navy, off the Algerian coast, in the Mediterranean Sea. The Algerian Naval Ship ANS Ezzadjer participated in the exercise.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. For the first time in the history of Indian judiciary, nine new judges, including three women judges, took oath as Supreme Court judges on August 31, 2021, in one go. The Oath of Office and Secrecy was administered by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana. With the swearing-in of the nine new judges, the total strength of the Supreme Court has increased to 33, including the CJI. The total sanctioned strength Supreme Court is 34.

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Odisha-born neurosurgeon Dr Basant Kumar Misra has been conferred the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons’ ‘International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery’.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Punjab Cabinet gave nod to a new scheme which will help the unemployed youth in the state to hone their skills and increase their chances of getting a job. These youngsters will be given short-term skill training free of cost under the ”Mera Kaam Mera Maan (MKMM)” scheme of the state government.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. In Tripura, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated a project called ‘My Pad, My Right’ initiated by NABARD and NAB FOUNDATION at Killa village in Gomati district on the second and concluding day of her visit to the state. The project aims to bring livelihood and menstrual hygiene closer to rural women by way of grant, wage support and capital equipment.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Adidas has roped in Tokyo Olympic Silver-medalist Mirabai Chanu for its ”Stay in Play” campaign for its latest product innovation designed to keep more menstruating women in sports. The new TechFit Period Proof tights, featuring an absorbent layer to help protect against leaks when worn with a tampon or pad.

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. State Bank of India (SBI) has opened a floating ATM on a Houseboat at Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar for the convenience of locals and tourists. The floating ATM was inaugurated by SBI Chairman Dinesh Khare.

 

 

 

Solutions---03092021

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Axis Bank has partnered with BharatPe for the point of sale (PoS) business of BharatPe named BharatSwipe.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Union AYUSH Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal launched ‘Y Break’ mobile application in New Delhi on September 01, 2021. The Y-Break (or the “Yoga Break) mobile application is a unique five-minute Yoga protocol app, designed especially for working professionals to de-stress, refresh and re-focus at their workplace to increase their productivity, and consists of Asanas, Pranayam and Dhyana.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. World Coconut Day is observed on September 02 every year since 2009. It is observed for promoting this tropical fruit and bringing awareness regarding its health benefits.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. America based Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley has maintained the GDP growth forecast of India at 10.5 percent for the financial year 2021-22 (FY2022).

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Ropar and Kanpur and Faculty of Management Studies of Delhi University have jointly launched a living-plant based air purifier named “Ubreathe Life”.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. India hosted the 8th Meeting of Agriculture Experts of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Countries through video conferencing. The meeting was chaired by Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research & Education & Director General of ICAR.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. GST collections moderate to ?1.12 lakh crore in August. GST revenue remained above Rs 1 trillion-mark for the second straight month in August at over Rs 1.12 trillion, 30 per cent higher than the collection in the year-ago period.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. J.B. Mohapatra appointed CBDT chairman. He has been appointed the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Zamboanga Sibugay( Zamboanga Sibugay, officially the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay, is a province in the Philippines located in the Zamboanga Peninsula region in Mindanao)-based fisherman and community environmentalist Roberto Ballon among 2021 Ramon Magsaysay awardees The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation announced this year’s five awardees in a virtual event.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. India’s economy grew by 20.1% during the April-June quarter of this financial year, as against a 24.4% contraction seen during the same period last year. The massive growth seen in the first quarter has made India the fastest-growing major economy across the globe.

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency as the food crisis worsened after private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports. With the country suffering a hard-hitting economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he ordered emergency regulations to counter the hoarding of sugar, rice and other essential foods.

S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Assam cabinet has decided to remove the name of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi from the Orang National Park. Since the name Orang is associated with the sentiments of the Adivasi and tea-tribe community, the cabinet has decided to rename the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park as Orang National Park.x`

S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. The theme of World Coconut Day 2021 is ‘Building a Safe Inclusive Resilient and Sustainable Coconut Community Amid COVID-19 Pandemic & Beyond’.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Muhammad Amjad Saqib, a visionary who founded one of the largest microfinance institutions in Pakistan, servicing millions of families.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. Veteran Kashmiri separatist leader and former chief of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away.

 

 

 

Solutions--04092021

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Union Territory of Ladakh has declared snow leopard (Panther unica) as the new state animal and black-necked crane (Grus nicricollis) as the new state bird.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually released a special commemorative coin of Rs 125 to mark the 125th birth anniversary of ISKCON founder Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will setup a committee to scrutinize applications and give recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses. The 5 member committee will be headed by Shri. P. Vasudevan.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched a Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled ‘Saath’ for Self Help Group (SHG) women.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Shanghai based New Development Bank (NDB) has approved United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Bangladesh as its new member countries.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto has emerged as the winner of the Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 25 lakh on Axis Bank for violating certain provisions of know your customer (KYC) norms, on September 01, 2021.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Pankaj Kumar Singh, a 1988-batch IPS officer from the Rajasthan cadre, has taken charge as the new Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force (BSF) on August 31, 2021.

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna CPSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India has been awarded the coveted “Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 BEST Award”.

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated NUTRI GARDEN to mark the beginning of Poshan Maah – 2021 at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA).

S11. Ans.(b)
Sol. Rajya Sabha Chairman, M Venkaiah Naidu has appointed Dr PPK Ramacharyulu, who is the secretary in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat since 2018, as the secretary general.

S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has decided to form a committee to review the existing guidelines of the Journalist Welfare Scheme (JWS). The 12-member committee, with Ashok Kumar Tandon, Member, Prasar Bharati Board, as its chairperson, will revise the quantum of ex-gratia payment in case of death as well as in other cases under the scheme.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. The next Defence Expo will be hosted by Gujarat in 2022. This was announced by chief minister Vijay Rupani. The Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Department of Defence Production and the Gujarat Government in this regard.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Atul Bhatt has been appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of disinvestment-owned steel company Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL). He was the CMD of state-owned consultancy firm MECON, which offers a full range of services required to set up a project from concept to commissioning including turnkey execution.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Well-known television actor and model Sidharth Shukla, who rose to fame with his role in the hit TV show Balika Vadhu, has passed away after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 40. Sidharth Shukla won season 13 of Bigg Boss in 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions---05092021

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made an allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 12.57 billion to India. (approx USD 17.86 billion). With this, the total SDR holding of India has gone upto SDR 13.66 billion (equivalent to around USD 19.41 billion).

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi virtually addressed the plenary session of the 6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), organised on September 03, 2021 in Vladivostok, Russia.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Private sector life insurer HDFC Life has announced to acquire 100 percent stake in Exide Life Insurance Company in a stock and cash deal, for Rs 6,887 crore. Subsequently, the Exide Life will be merged with HDFC Life, subject to regulatory approvals.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Hurun Research Institute has released the Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021, as per which India is the third largest Unicorn/startup ecosystem in the world.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. In Paralympics 2020, India’s ace archer Harvinder Singh has won bronze medal in men’s individual recurve open on September 03, 2021.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Top University- University of Oxford in United Kingdom has topped the list for the sixth consecutive year.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Indian para-athlete Praveen Kumar claimed a silver medal in the men’s high jump T64 event at Tokyo Paralympics. The 18-year-old Noida-based Praveen Kumar registered a jump of 2.07m, and also set a new Asian record.

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. After winning an unprecedented gold recently, Indian para- shooter Avani Lekhara has now won a Bronze Medal for the country at the Paralympics Games in Tokyo, in 50m Rifle 3 Position SH1 event on September 03, 2021.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. State-owned engineering consultancy firm Engineers India Ltd (EIL) announced Vartika Shukla has assumed charge as the first woman Chairperson & Managing Director of the company. Shukla joined EIL in 1988 and possesses consulting experience comprising Design, Engineering and implementation of complexes in Refining, Gas Processing, Petrochemicals, Fertilizers sectors.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Maharashtra Government has decided to set up a world-class science city at Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune to develop a scientific outlook among the students and prepare them to become students in future.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. India is all set to host a key conference as part of the International Climate Summit (ICS) 2020-21 to build a dialogue for India’s transition to clean energy.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. India has 51 unicorns according to the list. Zilingo is the top unicorn in the ranking in India with a funding of USD 310. The headquarters of Zilingo is in Singapore. Bengaluru is top Indian city in terms of number of Unicorns headquartered in a city. Bengaluru has 31 unicorns followed by Mumbai which has 12 unicorn.

S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. The USA is on top followed by China on second. USA has 396 and China has 277 unicorns.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Canadian city of Burnaby has declared September 5 as “Gauri Lankesh Day”, as a tribute to the dead journalist on her death anniversary, her sister Kavitha Lankesh.

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Former Rajya Sabha MP and senior journalist Chandan Mitra has passed away . He was 65. Mitra was the Editor and Managing Director of The Pioneer newspaper in New Delhi.

 

 

 

Solutions----07092021

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the 24th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC). Finance Minister is the chairperson of FSDC. It must be noted that FSDC Sub-Committee is chaired by the Governor, RBI.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. India has become the first country in Asia to launch a Plastics Pact, a new platform to promote a circular system for plastics. The new platform ‘India Plastic Pact’ is a joint effort of World-Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF India) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), and envisions to create a world where plastic is valued and does not pollute the environment.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The International Day of Charity is observed annually on September 05. It was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. September 5 was chosen in order to commemorate the death anniversary of Mother Teresa, who had always been engaged in charitable work.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. The 28th edition of Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) took place from September 02 to 04, 2021. The SIMBEX-2021 annual bilateral maritime exercise was hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) in the southern fringes of the South China Sea.

S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. As a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebration, the Ministry of AYUSH has launched a campaign titled ‘AYUSH AAPKE DWAR’, which aims to distribute medicinal plant saplings to 75 lakh households in one year.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Ministry of Defence, Government of India and US Department of Defence have signed a Project Agreement (PA) for Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV), under the Joint Working Group Air Systems in the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI). The PA was signed on July 30, 2021.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. In India, the Teachers’ Day is celebrated every year on September 05 since 1962.The day marks the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, an Indian philosopher, academic, and statesman, who defined the role of the teacher as someone who acts not only as an educator but also as a moral mentor and inculcates values among students.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) Secretary-General, Cyrus Poncha has been unanimously elected as Vice-President of the Asian Squash Federation (ASF) on September 04, 2021, during the 41st annual general meeting of ASF.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. India finished their campaign at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 with an all-time high 19 medals which includes five gold, eight silver, and six bronze. This is the best medal tally for India at single edition of the Paralympic Games.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has won the formula one Dutch Grand Prix 2021, held on September 05, 2021.

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has bought 3.9 percent (15,90,07,791 shares) of the Bank of India through open market acquisition on September 2, 2021.

S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has recently announced her upcoming book, titled “Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth”. The book has been written jointly by Angelina Jolie, Amnesty International and human rights lawyer Geraldine Van Bueren QC.

S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. PhonePe has launched a platform named PhonePe Pulse. Pulse is India’s first interactive platform with data insights and trends on digital payments.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. Team China topped the final medal tally at Tokyo Paralympic Games. The country won a total of 207 medals (96 golds, 60 silvers and 51 bronzes).

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. India is placed at 24th position in the overall medal tally out of a total of 162 nations.

 

Solutions---08092021

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. The central government said S.L.Tripathy has been selected as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the city-based United India Insurance Company Limited. Tripathy is currently General Manager and Director at The New India Assurance Company Limited. He is appointed as CMD of United India from the date of assumption of charge of the office and up to the date of his attaining the age of superannuation.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The 130th edition of the Durand Cup kicked off at the Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan in Kolkata. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee kicked the ball and inaugurated the tournament. 16 teams are playing in this edition of the oldest club football tournament in Asia. The final match will be held on 3rd October.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. President Ram Nath Kovind on September 5, presented the National Teacher Award to 44 most talented teachers selected from all over the country on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. The award was also bestowed upon Pramod Kumar Shukla of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS), Chhattisgarh. It is the second award in a row for an EMRS established under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. Tamil Nadu state government has announced to setup India’s first dugong conservation reserve at the northern part of the Palk Bay.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. India’s first building made of bio-bricks from agro-waste has been inaugurated at IIT Hyderabad.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. The 4th edition of AUSINDEX, a bilateral navy exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy has begun from September 06, 2021 and will continue up to September 10, 2021.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Actress Tamannaah Bhatia launched her book ‘Back to the Roots’. She has co-authored the book with celebrity lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) has roped in Indian women hockey player, Rani Rampal and cricketer Smriti Mandhana as the brand ambassadors of the company.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries is observing ‘Food Processing Week’ from September 06 to 12 2021, as a part of the celebration of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. The International Day of Clean Air for blue skies is observed globally on September 07 to promote and facilitate actions to improve air quality.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Former France footballer Jean-Pierre Adams, who had been in a coma for 39 years, has passed away. He was 73.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. The International Day of Clean Air for blue skies theme for 2021 is “Healthy Air, Healthy Planet”.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Former Australia pacer Shaun Tait has been roped in as the bowling coach of the Puducherry cricket team, sources in the Cricket Association of Pondicherry.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian shooter Avani Lekhara led India’s contingent at the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics as the flag-bearer. 19-year-old shooter won gold in Women’s 10m Air Rifle standing SH1 and bronze medals in Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 at the Paralympic Games 2020. A total of 54 para-athletes from India across nine sports disciplines participated in the event.

S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria attended a three-day-long Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium 2021 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. The event themed ”Enduring Cooperation towards Regional Stability” was attended by air chiefs from countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

 

 

 

 

Solutions-------SEPT 9 2021

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Government has appointed Harsha Bhupendra Bangari as the new Managing Director (MD) of Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank).

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. International Literacy Day is observed annually on September 8 across the world to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The theme of ‘Shikshak Parv-2021’ is “Quality and Sustainable Schools: Learnings from Schools in India”.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, is setting up an Atmanirbhar Bharat corner in 75 Indian Missions/ Embassies across the world in the next 3 months.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Former Union health secretary Keshav Desiraju has passed away, due to “acute coronary syndrome”. He was 66.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. The theme of 55th International Literacy Day is Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and rapidly dwindling public support.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Writer and Festival Director, Namita Gokhale was awarded the 7th Yamin Hazarika Woman of Substance Award 2021. The award is instituted in memory of Yamin Hazarika, the first woman from the Northeast to join the central police service. The award is given every year by a collective of women professionals since 2015. Namita’s recent novel, Jaipur Journals, was released in 2020.

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Ashoka Buildcon Managing Director and promoter Satish Parekh has taken over as the president of India Chapter of International Road Federation (IRF).

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The President’s Colour is the highest honour bestowed on a military unit in recognition of its exceptional service to the nation.

S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Chandigarh Railway Station (CRS) was awarded a 5 star ‘Eat Right Station’ certification for providing high-quality, nutritious food to passengers. The certification was awarded by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) upon the conclusion of an FSSAI-empanelled third-party audit agency. CRS was selected to upgrade on the pattern of World Class Railway Station.

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. Rajni Kaul who was the first News Broadcaster for BBC Hindi passed away in Faridabad, Haryana. She was 93. She was not only the first woman to join BBC Hindi as a staff member but she also became the first woman to read a news bulletin in Hindi on the network in 1961. She was well-known for her programme Indradhanush.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award for bringing three critically endangered turtle conservation species back from the brink of extinction.

S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Indian advertising doyen Ramesh Narayan will be inducted into the Asian Federation of Advertising Associations (AFAA) Hall of Fame at AdAsia 2021. The AFAA Hall of Fame sets out to recognise the best of the very best. It’s for those who’ve defined a generation of advertising.

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. Bank of Baroda, announced that the bank has Ranked #1 with a total of 86% marks on the scorecard issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for the months of February and March 2021.

 

 

 

Solutions---SEPTEMBER 10 2021

S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Government of Gujarat announced, that it plans on undertaking public welfare projects worth Rs. 1,000 crores jointly with non-resident Gujaratis by December 2022. The projects will be under the state government’s ‘Vatan Prem Yojana’.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Andhra Pradesh government has appointed Rajnish Kumar as its economic advisor. A former SBI chairman, Rajnish Kumar’s tenure in the cabinet rank position is for two years.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has been appointed as India’s Sherpa for the G20 which is an influential grouping that brings together the world’s major economies. India will be holding the G20 Presidency from 1st December 2022 and will convene the G20 Leaders’ Summit in 2023 for the first time. India has been a member of the G20 since its inception in 1999.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Government has appointed G.S. Pannu as Officiating President of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). G. S. Pannu is presently a Vice-President, ITAT, New Delhi and will be Officiating President of ITAT with effect from September 6, 2021 till appointment of regular President.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. International Day to Protect Education from Attack is observed globally on 9th September. In proclaiming the International Day to Protect Education from Attack to be celebrated for the first time in 2020.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Union Minister of Culture Shri Kishan Reddy Gangapuram has launched a book titled “Gita Govinda: Jaydeva’s Divine Odyssey” authored by Dr Utpal K. Banerjee.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Karnataka Bank has launched an all-in-one Point-of-Sales (POS) swiping machine dubbed as ‘WisePOSGo’, for its merchant customers to process business payments.

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. HDFC Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) for providing credit support to the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. S&P Global Ratings has revised India’s growth forecast and now expects the economy to grow 9.5 per cent in 2021-22 (FY22).

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav launched a portal named PRANA, for regulation of air pollution in 132 cities across the country.

S11. Ans.(e)
Sol. Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya has announced her resignation from the position, almost two years before completing her term, citing personal reason.

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. India’s tallest air purification tower has been inaugurated in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The tower has been installed at the initiative of the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) at Transport Chowk, Sector 26, by Pious Air Pvt Limited.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo has broken the world record for most goals scored in men’s international football. Ronaldo surpassed Iranian striker Ali Daei’s long-held record of 109 international goals by scoring a brace against Ireland in a World Cup Qualifier.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. Tata AIA Life Insurance has announced the signing of a multi-year brand partnership with Indian athlete and Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, as its brand ambassador.

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. Reserve Bank of India has taken public sector lender UCO Bank out of the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework on improvement in financial and credit profile.

 

 

 

 

Solutions---SEPTEMBER 11 2021

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. The government of India has appointed 10 merchant bankers for managing the Initial Public Offering of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). The IPO of LIC is likely to be launched in the January-March quarter of 2022.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Bank of Baroda has announced the launch of its digital banking platform named ‘bob World’. The aim of the platform is to provide all banking services under one roof.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. IIT Madras has topped the overall category ranking of the NIRF India Rankings 2021.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) observes World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) on 10 September every year. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness around the globe that suicide can be prevented.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted its approval for re-appointment of V. Vaidyanathan as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (‘MD & CEO’) of the IDFC First Bank.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. The first-ever, indigenously designed High Ash Coal Gasification Based Methanol Production Plant, in India has been inaugurated at BHEL R&D centre at Hyderabad. The project was funded by the Department of Science and Technology, which provided a Rs 10 crore grant, at the initiative of NITI Aayog, PMO-India and the Ministry of Coal.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a USD 112 million loan to develop water supply infrastructure and strengthen capacities of urban local bodies (ULBs) for improved service delivery in four towns in the state of Jharkhand.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. The government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a USD 300 million loan as additional financing to scale up the improvement of rural connectivity to help boost the rural economy in the state of Maharashtra.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh and Union Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Emergency Landing Facility on a National Highway in Rajasthan.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Golden Rock Railway Workshop (GOC), Tiruchchirappalli has bagged 22nd National Award for Excellence in Energy Management from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for having adopted and implemented various energy conservation measures.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Cuba became the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against Covid-19, using home-grown jabs that are yet to be recognized by the World Health Organization. Several other countries in the world are vaccinating children from the age of 12, and some are conducting trials on younger kids.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. World EV Day is observed on September 9 every year. The day marks the celebration of e-mobility. Special awareness campaigns are organised globally to educate people about the benefits of electric vehicles. World EV Day was an initiative created by sustainability media company Green.TV. The first World EV day was observed in 2020.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Lt Gen Gurmit Singh, who retired as the deputy chief of Army, governor of Uttarakhand, a post which fell vacant after Baby Rani Maurya tendered her resignation.

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol. The theme for the 2021 World Suicide Prevention Day is “Creating hope through action”.

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. State-owned fertiliser firm National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) has Nirlep Singh Rai has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of the company.

 

 

 

 

Solutions---12092021

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi chaired the 13th BRICS Summit on September 09, 2021, through video conferencing.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in partnership with Fiserv Inc. to launch the plug-and-play RuPay credit card stack, ‘nFiNi’.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. The world’s largest plant designed to capture carbon dioxide out of the air began its operations in Iceland on September 08, 2021.The plant is named Orca, which means ‘Energy’ in Icelandic word. It will suck out up to 4,000 tons of CO2 per year.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. The National Mission for Clean Ganga organized Himalayan Diwas on September 09, 2021 in association with Naula Foundation.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. China successfully launched a new Earth observation satellite, Gaofen-5 02, into space, aboard a Long March-4C rocket on September 07, 2021, from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India GC Murmu on 7th Sept was elected as the chairman of the assembly of Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) for a period of three years from 2024 to 2027.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. El Salvador’s move to become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender. The government is rolling out bitcoin ATMs, an e-wallet and stylish kiosks.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Former IPS officer Iqbal Singh Lalpura has been appointed chairman of the National Commission for Minorities. He hails from Punjab and has authored several books on Sikh philosophy.

S9. Ans.(c)
Sol. A new book has titled “Bullets Over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster” authored by Uday Bhatia. The Book deals with the testimonies from Ram Gopal Varma, Anurag Kashyap, Manoj Bajpayee, Vishal Bhardwaj, Saurabh Shukla.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The theme of the India-led Summit was “BRICS@15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus.”

 

 

 

 

Solutions----14092021

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation is observed every year on September 12 since 2011, to celebrate the economic, social and political developments made in recent years by regions and countries in the south.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. World First Aid Day is observed on the second Saturday of September every year. In 2021 the World First Aid Day is being observed on September 11, 2021.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sardardham Bhavan in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, via video conferencing on September 11, 2021.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. Former Union Minister Shri Vijay Goel has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS). It is the site of the Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The web service provider, Yahoo, has named Jim Lanzone as its new chief executive officer (CEO).

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. India and Australia are undertaking their first-ever 2+2 ministerial dialogue at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. India’s largest open-air fernery has been inaugurated in Ranikhet of Uttarakhand. The new centre will serve the dual objective of ‘conservation of fern species as well as ‘create awareness about their ecological role and promote further research.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. India’s first nuclear-missile tracking ship, named INS Dhruv, has been commissioned from Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, on September 10, 2021. The 10,00 tonnes satellite and ballistic missile tracking ship has been built by the Hindustan Shipyard Limited in collaboration with the DRDO and National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Bhupendra Patel has been chosen as the new Chief Minister of Gujarat at the BJP legislature meeting. He is a BJP MLA from the Ghatlodia assembly seat in Ahmedabad. This comes after the resignation of Vijay Rupani from the post of CM of Gujarat.

S10. Ans.(c)
Sol. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren, Australian-Italian) has won the Formula One Italian Grand Prix 2021 title held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza track, Italy. This is the first victory for McLaren in 9 years.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. In the men’s category, Daniil Medvedev has lifted his first Grand Slam trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the US Open men’s singles final at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Jeev Milkha Singh has become the 1st professional golfer in the world to receive the prestigious 10-year Dubai Golden Visa in recognition of his outstanding achievements.

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Author Susanna Clarke won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021 for her novel ‘Piranesi’. Novelist and Booker-winner Bernardine Evaristo chaired the Women’s Prize judging panel this year.

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. US tech giant Adobe has announced the appointment of Prativa Mohapatra as vice president and managing director for Adobe India. In this role, Mohapatra will lead Adobe’s India business across Adobe Experience Cloud, Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Document Cloud, reporting to Simon Tate, Adobe’s president for Asia Pacific (APAC).

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. In the women’s category, Great Britain’s tennis player Emma Raducanu defeated Canada’s Leylah Annie Fernandez to win the 2021 US Open women’s singles final title.

 

 

 

 

Solutions---15092021

S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day is observed every year on 14 September to mark the popularity of Hindi as an official language of India. The language was adopted under Article 343 of the Indian Constitution. The first Hindi day was celebrated on 14th September 1953.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. In Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has announced the launch of ‘Millet Mission’, which aims to provide proper price rate to farmers for minor cereal crops.

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. India and the United States of America (USA) have launched the “Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD)”. It will strengthen India-US bilateral cooperation on climate and environment.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Haryana has topped among all other states of the country in terms of installation of off-grid solar pumps under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthan Mahaabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM), as per the data by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. Aziz Akhannouch has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Morocco by the country’s King Mohammed VI.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Nuakhai Juhar, the agrarian festival of Western Odisha, was celebrated with religious fervour and tradition on September 11, 2021.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Justice M. Venugopal has been appointed as the new Acting Chairperson of the appellate tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) with effect from September 11, 2021.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based Space technology startup, has become the first private company to formally enter into an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to get access their facilities and expertise for the development and testing of subsystems and systems of space launch vehicles.

S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. ‘Human Rights and Terrorism in India’, book by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, released. The release of three dreaded terrorists in exchange for hijacked Indian Airlines passengers in Afghanistan’s Kandahar in 1999 is the “worst capitulation” to terrorists in India”s modern history, says BJP MP Subramanian Swamy.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. Veteran Rajya Sabha MP and former Union minister Oscar Fernandes has passed away. The senior Congress leader had served as the Union Cabinet Minister for Transport, Road and Highways and Labour and Employment, in Manmohan Singh’s UPA government.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. BCCI announced that the former India captain MS Dhoni will mentor the team for the tournament, which will be played in UAE and Oman in October and November. He announced his retirement from international limited-overs cricket on August 15, 2020. He had last played for India in the 2019 ICC World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.

S12. Ans.(a)
Sol. North Korea was formally suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the IOC on 10th Sept as punishment for refusing to send a team to the Tokyo Games citing the COVID-19 pandemic.

S13. Ans.(e)
Sol. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiradtiya Scindia has launched an initiative named ‘Medicine from the Sky’ in Telangana under which drugs and vaccines will be delivered using drones.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has been awarded the 2021 Africa Food Prize for work that has improved food security across 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT, a CGIAR Research Centre, is a non-profit, non-political public international research organisation that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Former managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra Pawan Kumar Goenka has been appointed as the chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (In-SPACe).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions---16 SEPT 2021

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to attend the first-ever in-person QUAD ( Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Leaders’ Summit at the White House, in Washington D.C. on September 24, 2021. Quad nation comprise of India, Japan, the US and Australia.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India has announced the theme for the Third Cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) as ‘MSME Lending’. The application for the Third Cohort will be kept open from October 01, 2021 to November 14, 2021.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. The International Day of Democracy is celebrated across the world on 15 September each year, since 2008.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Government of India has proposed to institutionalise the India-Africa Defence Dialogue, as a regular event, to be held on the sidelines of the biennial DefExpo military exhibition. The first India-Africa Defence Ministers Conclave (IADMC) was held at DefExpo in February 2020 in Lucknow.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) has launched India’s first FASTag-based metro parking facility, at the Kashmere Gate metro station in partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. Joe Root was voted the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for August for his consistent performances in the Test series against India that was part of the next cycle of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh State University at Aligarh, in Uttar Pradesh, on September 14, 2021.

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. In India, the Engineer’s Day is celebrated on September 15 every year, since 1968, to recognise the contribution of engineers’ in the development of the nation. The day marks the birth anniversary of the engineering pioneer of India, Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya, (popularly known as Sir MV). Sir MV was regarded as the “Father of Modern Mysore”.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. In women’s cricket, Ireland’s Eimear Richardson has had a sensational August as well and was adjudged the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for August 2021.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. DBS Bank has launched real-time online tracking for cross-border payments for its corporate clients, in partnership with SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (GPI). DBS is the first bank in India and Asia-Pacific to offer this service to corporate clients, at no additional cost.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. The World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD) is observed globally on September 15 every year. The day is dedicated to raising awareness about lymphoma and the particular emotional and psychosocial challenges facing patients and caregivers suffering from different forms of lymphoma.

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. Former Zimbabwe skipper and wicket-keeper batsman Brendan Taylor has announced his retirement from international cricket.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Mathematician Anand Kumar conferred with the Swami Brahmanand Award 2021 for his contribution in the field of education through his ‘Super 30’ initiative, which prepares underprivileged students for the IIT entrance exam.

S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Florence Nightingale Award will be given to a nurse, Bhanumati Gheewala, from Sir Sayajirao General Hospital, Gujarat. She has been in charge of COVID-19 positive pregnant women’s deliveries as well as infant care. She worked in the gynaecology department as well in the paediatric ward.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. The UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize (3 awards) Established in 1989, with the support of the Government of the Republic of Korea. It gives special consideration to mother language-based literacy development.

 

 

 

 

Solutions  17092021

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. Government think tank Niti Aayog in collaboration with US-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and RMI India, has launched a campaign named Shoonya, to promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by working with consumers and industry.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has pegged India’s economic growth rate as follows, in its Trade and Development report released on September 15, 2021: Calendar Year (CY) 2021 – 7.2%; Calendar Year 2022 – 6.7%.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Tata Steel has commissioned India’s first carbon capture plant that extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace gas, at its Jamshedpur Works on September 14, 2021. With this achievement, Tata Steel has become country’s first steel company to adopt such a carbon capture technology.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Indian military contingent comprising of an all arms combined force of 200 personnel is participating in the Exercise PEACEFUL MISSION -2021, a Joint Counter Terrorism Exercise between Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. India is set to host the first-ever Global Buddhist Conference on November 19 and 20, 2021, in Nava Nalanda Mahavihara campus, in Nalanda, Bihar.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has launched ‘Project Udaan’, a language translator, to break language barrier in education, which hampers flow of message.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. The International Day for the preservation for Ozone layer (World Ozone Day) is observed annually on September 16 to spread awareness of the depletion of the Ozone Layer and search for solutions to preserve it.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Ford Motor Company announced that it would stop producing cars in India as the global auto industry continues to grapple with a shortfall in semiconductors and other components due to supply chain disruptions.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. IT services major Infosys formally launched its ‘Equinox’ suite of solutions to help enterprises transform their online and in-store functions and deliver personalised omnichannel commerce experiences for B2B and B2C buyers.

S11. Ans.(d)
Sol. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named in world’s 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME magazine.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. The 8th edition of the Indian Army Chief’s Conclave, a gathering of serving and former Chiefs of Army Staff of the Indian Army, organised at New Delhi from September 16-18.

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has declared Kushinagar Airport as a Customs notified airport. This would also facilitate international passenger movements including that of Buddhist pilgrims.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. The theme for 2021 World Ozone Day: ‘Montreal Protocol – keeping us, our food and vaccines cool.’

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Sansad TV, which has been created by merging Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV, jointly with Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

 

 

 

 

Solutions180821

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. Australia, the UK and the US have announced a new trilateral security partnership, with its first initiative to develop nuclear-powered submarines for Australia.

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. The Union Cabinet has approved a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for the automobile sector, with a budgetary allocation of Rs 26,058 crores, to increase the production of components like cars, auto parts, and other related products in India.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) : government has increased the FDI in the Telecom sector under automatic route from 49% to 100%.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. NITI Aayog has launched a report titled ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ which presents measures to ramp up urban planning capacity in India. The report was released on September 16, 2021, jointly by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Shri Amitabh Kant and Special Secretary Dr K. Rajeswara Rao.

S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched a new mission called ‘One Gram Panchayat-One DIGI-Pay Sakhi’ on September 14, 2021. The DIGI-Pay aims to promote door-to-door digital banking and financial services in remote areas of the Union Territory.

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. The leading power sector NBFC, Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC), successfully issued its maiden Euro Green Bond. The 7 -year Euro 300 million Bond has been priced at 1.841 percent. This Euro Green Bond is first ever Euro denominated Green bond issuance from India.

S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Ministry of Defence has constituted a High Level Expert Committee, for a comprehensive review of National Cadet Corps (NCC). Former Member of Parliament (MP) Shri Baijayant Panda will be the Chairperson of the Committee. The 15-member committee will also include Cricketer MS Dhoni and Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra as members.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. The World Patient Safety Day is observed on September 17 to create global awareness for patient safety and urge people to show their commitment to make healthcare safer.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. The theme for 2021 World Patient Safety Day is ‘Safe maternal and newborn care’.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Noted writer and former secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages Aziz Hajini passed away.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. A 12-year-old environmental activist from Mumbai, Maharashtra, Ayaan Shankta has been named as “2021 International Young Eco-Hero”. He won the 3rd prize under the Age Group: 8-14 for his project “Conservation and Rehabilitation of Powai Lake” and became one of the 25 global winners of the Young Eco-Hero Award 2021.

S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. Former Supreme Court judge, Justice (Retired) Indu Malhotra will be the new Ombudsman cum Ethics Officer of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) for a period of one year was made.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Rs 120 crores has been sanctioned by the government under PLI scheme to the Drone industry.

S14. Ans.(e)
Sol. Double Olympic hammer throw gold medallist Yuriy Sedykh, a Ukrainian track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union until 1991, has passed away.

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Amit Saxena, Global Deputy CTO of State Bank of India joined RBI Innovation Hub as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). On Aug 6, 2020, the Reserve Bank announced that it would set up Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) to promote innovation across the financial sector by leveraging on technology and creating an environment that would facilitate and foster innovation. Rajesh Bansal CEO of RBI Innovation Hub.

Solutions—19-92021

S1. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 21st Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State was held in hybrid format on September 17, 2021 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The 15th edition of Indo – Nepal Joint Military Training Exercise Surya Kiran will be held from September 20, 2021.

S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. World Bamboo Day is observed every year on 18 September to raise awareness of the benefits of bamboo and to promote its use in everyday products.

S4. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Pulitzer Prize-winning noted fiction writer, Jhumpa Lahiri, is set to launch her new book titled ‘Translating Myself and Others’, which will highlight her work as a translator.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. In 2021, the day is being held on 18 September. The theme of International Coastal Clean-Up Day 2021: “Keep trash in the bin and not in the ocean”.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Indian delegation was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who participated in the meeting via video-link and at Dushanbe, India was represented by External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. The International Red Panda Day (IRPD) is celebrated every year on ‘Third Saturday of September’.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Alka Nangia Arora has been appointed as the Chairman cum Managing Director (CMD) of the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC).

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. Nagaland’s first and India’s 61st Software Technology Park of India (STPI) centre was inaugurated at Kohima. The inauguration of the STPI centre in Kohima is a fulfilment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of creating a technology ecosystem in the northeast to create opportunities for future generations in the region.

S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. International Equal Pay Day is celebrated on 18 September. The inaugural edition of the day was observed in the year 2020.