DAILY GK QUIZ: 4,5,6,7 APRIL 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 4,5,6,7 APRIL 2021

[Q] Which state govt. recently got approval for financial assistance from the World Bank & Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for its USD 300 mn canal-based drinking water projects?

(a) Mizoram

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Gujarat

(d) Punjab

(e) Tamil Nadu

[ANS] d

[Q] Who was awarded with the Kalinga Ratna Samman for the year 2021 for his contribution to Odia literature?

(a) Ganeshi Lal

(b) Phagu Chauhan

(c) Biswabhusan Harichandan

(d) Jagdish Mukhi

(e) Jagdeep Dhankhar

[ANS] c

[Q] Who is the author of the book ‘Manohar Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life’ ?

(a) Nitin Gokhale

(b) Shiv Aroor

(c) Shailendra Joshi

(d) R.N. Kao

(e) Rajat Singh

[ANS] a

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 1,2,3 APRIL 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 1,2,3 APRIL 2021

[Q] Which country recently signed 4 agreements with India to provide financial support worth Rs. 1.93 crores for Healthcare development projects?

(a) Australia

(b) USA

(c) Germany

(d) South Korea

(e) Japan

[ANS] e

[Q] Which bank partnered with Tide India platform to provide bank accounts for the Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) customers of Tide India?

(a) DCB Bank

(b) IDFC First Bank

(c) IndusInd Bank

(d) RBL Bank

(e) South Indian Bank

[ANS] d

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 31 MAR 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 31 MAR 2021

[Q] As per the ‘Global Wind Report 2021’, India may miss its Renewable Energy Capacity Targets. What were the targets set by India in Renewable Energy generation?

(a) 200 GW by 2025

(b) 500 GW by 2024

(c) 175 GW by 2022

(d) 450 GW by 2024

(e) 250 GW by 2022

[ANS] c

[Q] Where was the Shaheed Ashfaq Ulla Khan Zoological Park inaugurated, in March 2021?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) New Delhi

(c) Haryana

(d) Uttar Pradesh

(e) Chhattisgarh

[ANS] d

[Q] Which state government has mandated a negative RT-PCR report for entry into the state?

(a) Kerala

(b) Karnataka

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Gujarat

[ANS] d 

[Q]Where was the Worlds 1st Mobile Water Generator launched by Indian startup MEGHDOOT solution?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Visakhapatnam

(c) Shimla

(d) Chennai

[ANS] b 

[Q] NASA's Curiosity rover sent a stunning video of Earth-like clouds passing over which planet?

(a) Jupiter

(b) Mercury

(c) Venus

(d) Mars

[ANS] d

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 29,30 MAR 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 29,30 MAR 2021

[Q] Where was the 2-day long Passage Exercise ‘PASSEX’ conducted between India & USA in March 2021?

(a) Andaman & Nicobar

(b) North Pacific Ocean

(c) Bay of Bengal

(d) South China Sea

(e) Arabian Sea

[ANS] c

[Q] What is the total capital allocated for setting up the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NBFID), an institution that provides long-term loans for infrastructure development projects?

(a) 1 lakh crore

(b) 10,000 crore

(c) 83,000 crore

(d) 50,000 crore

(e) 10 lakh crore

[ANS] a

[Q] As per the recently amended, “The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021”, the term “Government” means referred to in any law made by the Legislative Assembly will imply ___________.

(a) State Legislature

(b) CM & State’s Council of Ministers

(c) Chief Minister

(d) Lieutenant Governor

(e) Chief Minister & Lieutenant Governor

[ANS] d

[Q] Which group of students are covered under CBSE’s new competence based assessment framework?

(a) Class 6-10

(b) Class 1-5

(c) Class 1-10

(d) Class 6-12

(e) Class 5-12

[ANS] a

[Q] Which type of banking institutions were covered under the RBI’s guidelines for mergers/amalgamation to evolve as a strong group of financial providers?

(a) Local Area Banks

(b) Payments Banks

(c) Cooperative Banks

(d) Regional Rural Banks

(e) Small Finance Banks

[ANS] c

[Q] Who received the IUCN’s New International Ranger Award in March 2021?

(a) Mahinder Giri

(b) Sanjay Kumar

(c) Maharaj Muthoo

(d) Sanjiv Chaturvedi

(e) Hari Singh

[ANS] a

[Q] Who authored the book, “Wild and Wilful: Tale of 15 Iconic Indian Species”?

(a) Vandana Shiva

(b) Sunita Narain

(c) Maneka Gandhi

(d) Neha Sinha

(e) Sugathakumari

[ANS] d

[Q] Which book received the National Book Critics Circle(NBCC)’s award 2020 under Fiction Category?

(a) Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

(b) Here Is the Sweet Hand

(c) Stranger in the Shogun’s City

(d) Island on Fire

(e) Hamnet

[ANS] e

[Q] The World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives focuses on how data can be used to improve the life of the poor. The report is released by which organisation?

(a) UNCTAD

(b) World Bank

(c) World Economic Forum

(d) International Monetary Fund

(e) Asian Development Bank

[ANS] b

[Q] The ‘Global Wind Report 2021, released by the Global Wind Energy Council. Where is the headquarter of GWEC located?

(a) Paris, France

(b) London, United Kingdom

(c) Vienna, Austria

(d) Brussels, Belgium

(e) New York, USA

[ANS] d

[Q] Former Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor, KC Chakrabarty passed away recently. He is known for his contribution to which of the following one?

(a) Financial inclusion and literacy

(b) Unemployment

(c) NABARD formation

(d) Liquidity Adjustment

(e) All of the above

[ANS] a

[Q] Name the giant container ship that blocked traffic in the Suez Canal.

(a) Panamax

(b) Ever Given

(c) Flagship

(d) Suezmax

(e) Q-Max

[ANS] b

[Q] Who among the following has won the “International Ranger Award” for his contribution towards conservation?

(a) Sonam Singh

(b) Ravi Tripathi

(c) Vijay Pandit

(d) Ram Singh Negi

(e) Mahinder Giri

[ANS] e

[Q] World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on ________.

(a) 28 March

(b) 27 March

(c) 26 March

(d) 25 March

(e) 24 March

[ANS] e

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 27,28 MAR 2021

DAILY GK QUIZ: 27,28 MAR 2021

[Q] Which is India’s 1st UT & 3rd State/UT to achieve 100% Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)?

(a) Ladakh

(b) Delhi

(c) Puducherry

(d) Diu & Daman

(e) Andaman & Nicobar

[ANS] e

[Q] Which organisation released the report titled, ‘World Development Report 2021: Data for better lives’ that highlights on the Open Data Policies of various countries?

(a) International Monetary Fund

(b) Asian Development Bank

(c) United Nations Development Programme

(d) World Trade Organization

(e) World Bank

[ANS] e

[Q] Who was appointed as the CEO of UIDAI in March 2021?

(a) D. P. Singh

(b) Manoj Ahuja

(c) Sanjeev Kumar

(d) Pradeep Kumar Joshi

(e) Saurabh Garg

[ANS] e

[Q] Which country successfully test fired ‘Shaheen 1-A’, a Nuclear capable Surface-to-Surface ballistic missile in March 2021?

(a) China

(b) Afghanistan

(c) Israel

(d) Iran

(e) Pakistan

[ANS] e

[Q] Where was the World’s 1st Mobile Water Generator launched by Indian startup ‘MEGHDOOT solution’, which is capable of generating water from Air?

(a) Darjeeling, West Bengal

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

(d) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

(e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

[ANS] d

[Q] The Kurnool Airport is recently been inaugurated in which state?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Telangana

[ANS] d

[Q] A team from which college in India became the first ever to win the CoreNet Global Academic Challenge?

(a) IIT Mumbai

(b) IIT Chennai

(c) IIT Delhi

(d) IIT Roorkee

(e) IIT Kharagpur

[ANS] e

[Q] Which city in India got the world’s first ‘Mobile Water from Air’ kiosk recently?

(a) Surat

(b) Visakhapatnam

(c) Thiruvananthapuram

(d) Chennai

(e) Mangaluru

[ANS] b

[Q] Who among the following has been appointed as the new chairman of the Airports Authority of India?

(a) Sanjeev Kumar

(b) Vinay Sharma

(c) Rohit Thakur

(d) Kamal Pratap

(e) Vikram Arora

[ANS] a

[Q] Legendary singer __________ will be honoured with the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2020.

(a) Sunidhi Chauhan

(b) Shreya Ghoshal

(c) Lata Mangeshkar

(d) Neha Kakkar

(e) Asha Bhosle

[ANS] e

[Q] Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has recently included ________ in Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in a bid to develop it as a competitive sport.

(a) Kite-fighting

(b) Leg Cricket

(c) Gillidanda

(d) Yogasana

(e) Kho-Kho

[ANS] d

[Q] Who among the following has been appointed as the new CMD of Food Corporation of India?

(a) Shikhar Agarwal

(b) Atish Chandra

(c) Prabal Bansal

(d) Pushkal Tripathi

(e) Himanshu Singh

[ANS] b

[Q] International Yogasana Sports Federation was formed under the presidentship of ___________.

(a) Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

(b) Swami Sivananda

(c) Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

(d) Baba Ramdev

(e) Paramahansa Yogananda

[ANS] d 

[Q] Which International Airport has become the Worlds 1st Smart reading Airport?

(a)Kempegowda

(b)Bangalore

(c)Dubai

(d)Dumdum

[ANS] c

[Q] India has won how many medals in the 2021 Al Ain World Shooting Para Sports tournament?

(a) 7

(b) 5

(c) 10

(d) 12

[ANS] a

[Q] Asia's largest Tulip Garden has been opened in which state/UT?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Delhi

(c) Assam

(d) Jammu & Kashmir

[ANS] d

[Q] What is the theme of Earth Hour 2021?

(a) Save Energy, Save Earth - Energy saving, Earth protection

(b) Shining a light at Climate Action

(c) Climate Action and sustainable development

(d) Climate Change to Save Earth

[ANS] d

[Q] India and which country has conducted the 1st ever joint naval patrolling & PASSEX exercise?

(a)  Japan

(b) Madagascar

(c) Bahrain

(d) Russia                                         

[ANS] b

[Q] Who has been felicitated with the Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2020, the highest honor of the state government?

(a)  Javed Akhtar

(b) Anupam Kher

(c) Udit Narayan

(d) Asha Bhosle

[ANS] d

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 25,26 MAR 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 25,26 MAR 2021

[Q] Which year is predicted for achieving the Net-Zero emission levels in India, as per the ‘India: Transforming to a net-zero emissions energy system’ report released by TERI?

(a) 2030

(b) 2045

(c) 2050

(d) 2035

(e) 2040

[ANS] c

[Q] In March 2021, SEBI amended the valuation rule of Perpetual Bonds. Starting from ___________ the deemed residual maturity of Basel III AT-1 bonds will be of 100 years.

(a) 1st April, 2023

(b) 31st July, 2022

(c) 1st April, 2022

(d) 31st September, 2023

(e) 1st October, 2022

[ANS] a

[Q] Which movie received the Best Feature Film award in the 67th National Film Awards in March 2021?

(a) Oththa Seruppu Size 7

(b) Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham

(c) Jallikattu

(d) Helen

(e) Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi

[ANS] b

[Q] When is the World Tuberculosis Day annually observed by the World Health Organisation (WHO)?

(a) 24th March

(b) 22nd March

(c) 21st March

(d) 23rd March

(e) 25th March

[ANS] a

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 22, 23 24 MAR 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 22, 23 24 MAR 2021

[Q] How many PSU’s were listed for privatization in the 1st set of companies listed for disinvestment by NITI Aayog:

(a) 12

(b) 8

(c) 13

(d) 15

(e) 9

[ANS] a

 [Q] What is India’s Rank in the ‘World Happiness Report 2021’ released by UN- Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UNSDSN):

(a) 101

(b) 105

(c) 141

(d) 149

(e) 139

[ANS] e

[Q] Who is the 1st Indian to receive the International Federation of Film Archives award, the FIAF Award 2021:

(a) Amitabh Bachchan

(b) Kamal Haasan

(c) Mohanlal

(d) Shahrukh Khan

(e) Aamir Khan

[ANS] a

[Q] Who became the 1st serving MP to be appointed as a Captain in the Territorial Army:

(a) G. Kishan Reddy

(b) Mansukh L. Mandaviya

(c) Nityanand Rai

(d) Shripad Naik

(e) Anurag Thakur

[ANS] e

[Q] When is the International Day of Forests observed:

(a) March 20

(b) March 21

(c) March 18

(d) March 19

(e) March 20

[ANS] b

[Q] The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on _____________.

(a) 20 March

(b) 19 March

(c) 21 March

(d) 16 March

(e) 18 March

[ANS] c

[Q] The World Down Syndrome Day is marked on which day :

(a) Third Sunday of March

(b) 21 March

(c) 20 March

(d) Third Saturday of March

(e) 19 March

[ANS] b

[Q] Indian Navy has recently conducted Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with which country’s Navy under Operation Sankalp:

(a) Bahrain

(b) Australia

(c) Qatar

(d) United States

(e) Brazil

[ANS] a

[Q] World Poetry Day is celebrated every year on _________________.

(a) 19 March

(b) 20 March

(c) 21 March

(d) 22 March

(e) 23 March

[ANS] c

[Q] What is India’s rank in the 2020 Global Home Price Index:

(a) 40

(b) 56

(c) 34

(d) 39

(e) 46

[ANS] b

[Q] What is the theme of World Water Day 2021:

(a) Water and Climate Change

(b) Leaving no one behind

(c) Nature for Water

(d) Valuing water

(e) Water and Jobs

[ANS] d

[Q] Who has won the first gold for India in the Women’s 10M Air Pistol final of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup:

(a) Manu Bhaker

(b) Hina Sidhu

(c) Deepika Kumari

(d) Yashaswini Deswal

(e) Apurvi Chandela

[ANS] d

[Q] Which country has topped the World Happiness Report 2021:

(a) Germany

(b) Singapore

(c) Finland

(d) Norway

(e) Japan

[ANS] c

[Q] Covering which period was the Compendium on Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) was released by Labour Ministry in March 2021:

(a) 1945-2000

(b) 1955-1991

(c) 1991-2021

(d) 1971-2020

(e) 1945-2020

[ANS] e

[Q] Who was conferred with the 2020’s Gandhi Peace Prize by the Govt. of India:

(a) Qaboos bin Said Al Said

(b) Aung San Suu Kyi

(c) Sheikh Hasina

(d) Yohei Sasakawa

(e) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

[ANS] e

[Q] From which company, Indian Govt. recently sold its 26.12% stake worth 8,846 crores:

(a) United Breweries Group

(b) Tata Communications Ltd

(c) Mahanagar Gas

(d) Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd

(e) Ashok Leyland

[ANS] b

[Q] What is the theme of 2021’s World Meteorological Day that is annually observed by UN on 23rd of March:

(a) Understanding Clouds

(b) Weather-ready, climate-smart

(c) Climate and Water

(d) The ocean, our climate and weather

(e) The Sun, the Earth and the weather

[ANS] d

[Q] The Ken-Betwa Link project is a river interlinking project, which will be jointly undertaken by the Government of which state:

(a) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra and Gujarat

(c) Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh

(d) Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh

(e) Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh

[ANS] c

[Q] When is World Tuberculosis Day observed:

(a) March 24

(b) March 22

(c) March 23

(d) March 21

(e) March 25

[ANS] a

[Q] What is the theme of World Tuberculosis Day 2021:

(a) Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world

(b) The Clock is Ticking

(c) It’s Time

(d) Unite to end TB

(e) Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone

[ANS] b

[Q] Which of the following country is going to hold the anti-terror exercise Pabbi-Anti-Terror 2021:

(a) India

(b) Pakistan

(c) China

(d) All of the above

(e) Both b & c

[ANS] d

[Q] Shaheed Diwas, also called Martyrs’ Day, is celebrated in India on :

(a) 19 March

(b) 20 March

(c) 23 March

(d) 22 March

(e) 21 March

[ANS] c

[Q] The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on which date:

(a) 18th March

(b) 20th March

(c) 21st March

(d) 19th March

[ANS] c

[Q] What is India's place based on the World's Most Dangerous Roads report:

(a) 2nd

(b) 4th

(c) 3rd

(d) 8th

[ANS] b

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