DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 05 AUG 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 05 AUG 2021

[Q] In July 2021, Guido Bellido was appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?

(a) Chile

(b) Ecuador

(c) Peru

(d) Costa Rica

(e) Venezuela

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which is the 1st Indian State to provide 1% reservation for Transgender community under all category for government services?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Karnataka

(d) Kerala

(e) Telangana

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of Naval Staff?

(a) Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar

(b) Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar

(c) Vice Admiral S.N Ghormade

(d) Vice Admiral R. B. Pandit

(e) Vice Admiral D. K. Tripathi

[ANS] c

 

[Q] When is the Muslim Women’s Rights Day observed in India?

(a) August 02

(b) August 01

(c) July 31

(d) July 30

(e) August 03

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021?

(a) Azim Premji

(b) Dilip Shanghvi

(c) Shiv Nadar

(d) Ratan Tata

(e) Cyrus Poonawalla

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Who among the following has won bronze by beating He Bingjiao of China in women’s Badminton singles of Tokyo Olympics?

(a) Saina Nehwal

(b) Srikanth Kidambi

(c) Sania Mirza

(d) B. Sai Praneeth

(e) PV Sindhu

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Who has won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2021?

(a) Lewis Hamilton

(b) Sebastian Vettel

(c) Max Verstappen

(d) Esteban Ocon

(e) Pierre Gasly

[ANS] d

 

[Q] ________ has taken over as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) on August 01, 2021.

(a) Deepak Das

(b) Rohit Tiwari

(c) Hem Pandey

(d) Ravi Verma

(e) Sheetal Goyal

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which country has assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)?

(a) China

(b) Germany

(c) France

(d) Russia

(e) India

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Where was the 1st G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting 2021 held in July 2021?

(a) Rome, Italy

(b) Bhopal, India

(c) Beijing, China

(d) Lyon, France

(e) Brussels, Belgium

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which bank was appointed by RBI  as “Agency Bank” to facilitate Government related transactions?

(a) IndusInd Bank

(b) Federal Bank

(c) CSB Bank

(d) IDFC FIRST Bank

(e) Standard Chartered

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which bank was honoured with the Digital Banking Awards 2021 by ‘The Banker’?

(a) Citibank

(b) HSBC Bank

(c) DBS Bank

(d) CSB Bank

(e) Standard Chartered

[ANS] c

 

[Q] As per the ‘2021 Fortune Global 500 list’, India’s most valuable company – Reliance Industries Ltd was placed at ________, while the list was topped by __________.

(a) 96th; Amazon

(b) 96th; Walmart

(c) 96th; Google

(d) 155th; Walmart

(e) 155th; Amazon

[ANS] d

 

[Q] When India made its 1st appearance in an Olympic game?

(a) 1900

(b) 1948

(c) 1956

(d) 1912

(e) 1916

[ANS] a

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 21- 31 JULY 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 21- 31 JULY 2021

[Q] North Eastern Railways renamed Manduadih Railway Station as _______.

(a) Sultanpur Railway Station

(b) Banaras Railway Station

(c) Prayagraj Railway Station

(d) Varanasi Railway Station

(e) Gorakhpur Railway Station

[ANS] b

 

[Q] When did United Nations observed the 1st World Chess Day?

(a) 19th July 2019

(b) 18th July 2019

(c) 20th July 2020

(d) 18th July 2021

(e) 19th July 2021

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the air defence missile systems, which was recently test-fired by Russia.

(a) S-300

(b) S-400

(c) S-500

(d) S-600

(e) S-700

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the Deputy Leader of Rajya Sabha?

(a) ThambiDurai

(b) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

(c) Keshav Prasad Maurya

(d) Ram GovindChaudhary

(e) Dinesh Sharma

[ANS] b

 

[Q] In which of the following city government has decided to set up the Indian Institute of Heritage?

(a) Srinagar

(b) Leh

(c) Noida

(d) Chennai

(e) Bangluru

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the billionaire, who has made a short journey to space, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard.

(a) Larry Ellison

(b) Bill Gates

(c) Elon Musk

(d) Jeff Bezos

(e) Larry Page

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which of the following country has unveiled a maglev train capable of a top speed of 600 kph?

(a) China

(b) Germany

(c) Japan

(d) USA

(e) UK

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the village, which has been bestowed with the title Kerala’s first ‘Book Village’.

(a) Kombanad

(b) Marampilly

(c) Perumbavoor

(d) Rayamangalam

(e) Perumkulam

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Name the Site that recently removed from the UNESCO World Heritage Site list

(a) Elbe Valley

(b) Arabian Oryx Sanctuary

(c) Belfries of Belgium and France

(d) Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City

(e) Tournai Cathedral

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which city was unanimously selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2032 Summer Olympics?

(a) Paris, France

(b) Ottawa, Canada

(c) Los Angeles, USA

(d) Wellington, New Zealand

(e) Brisbane, Australia

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Who authored the book, “The India Story: An Epic Journey Of Democracy And Development”?

(a) AmartyaSen

(b) KaushikBasu

(c) BimalJalan

(d) Urjit Patel

(e) RaghuramRajan

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Where is ‘Sela Tunnel’ – one of the largest tunnels in the world that is being constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)?

(a) Ladakh

(b) Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Jammu & Kashmir

(d) Himachal Pradesh

(e) Uttarakhand

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Where did Indian Navy recently conduct a Bilateral Passage Exercise with the Royal Navy of UK?

(a) Arabian Sea

(b) North Atlantic Ocean

(c) Bay of Bengal

(d) Andaman Sea

(e) Mediterranean Sea

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Identify the country that recently became a member of International Solar Alliance (ISA)

(a) Belgium

(b) Australia

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Sweden

(e) Myanmar

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who was honoured with the ICAR Norman Borlaug Award 2020?

(a) KajalChakraborty

(b) A K Nayak

(c) TrilochanMohapatra

(d) SharanabasappaPatil

(e) Upendra Kumar

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who replaced HCL founder Shiv Nadar to become the new Managing Director of HCL Technologies?

(a) ShikharMalhotra

(b) RoshniNadar

(c) RadhakishanDamani

(d) KiranNadar

(e) C. Vijayakumar

[ANS] e

 

[Q] AaykarDiwas (Income Tax Day) celebrated by Central Board of Direct Taxes on ________.

(a) July 27

(b) July 25

(c) July 26

(d) July 23

(e) July 24

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Who has been named as the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Women’s Footballer of the Year 2020-21?

(a) NgangomBala Devi

(b) AditiChauhan

(c) LoitongbamAshalata Devi

(d) Maymol Rocky

(e) Grace Dangmei

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Annually, India celebrates ___________ as Kargil Vijay Diwas, marking India’s Victory over Pakistan in the 1999 war, carried out under ___________

(a) 25th July; Operation Blue Star

(b) 24th July; Operation Vijay

(c) 26th July; Operation Vijay

(d) 25th July; Operation Vijay

(e) 26th July; Operation Blue Star

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which country became the first in world to approve Genetically Modified (GM) ‘Golden Rice’ for Commercial Production?

(a) Indonesia

(b) Japan

(c) Philippines

(d) China

(e) Vietnam

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Najib Mikati has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country?

(a) Republic of Congo

(b) Netherland

(c) Georgia

(d) Libya

(e) Lebanon

[ANS] e

 

[Q] BS Yediyurappa has recently resigned as the Chief Minister of which state?

(a) Telangana

(b) Kerala

(c) Gujarat

(d) Tamil Nadu

(e) Karnataka

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Identify the Public Sector Bank that topped in Clearing its bad loans/Non-Performing Assets in FY21

(a) Canara Bank

(b) Union Bank of India

(c) State Bank of India

(d) Punjab National Bank

(e) Indian Bank

[ANS] c

 

[Q] The Sitio Burle Marx has been inscribed as the UNESCO World Heritage site on July 27, 2021. The site is based in which country?

(a) France

(b) Italy

(c) Brazil

(d) United Kingdom

(e) Germany

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What is the theme of the 2021 International Tiger Day?

(a) Fresh Ecology For Tigers’ Protection

(b) Their Survival is in our hands

(c) Connect2Tiger

(d) Save Tigers Now

(e) Save the Tiger

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who has been crowned Miss India USA 2021 at the beauty pageant.

(a) RoshniTiwari

(b) ArshiLalani

(c) Mira Kasari

(d) Vaidehi Dongre

(e) RashmiManral

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who won the Presidency of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)?

(a) María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés

(b) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande

(c) VolkanBozkir

(d) Abdulla Shahid

(e) MiroslavLajcák

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which of the following bank licence has been cancelled by the Reserve Bank of India recently?

(a) Dombivli Nagari Sahakari Bank Limited

(b) Madgaum Urban Co-operative Bank Limited

(c) Citizen Credit Cooperative Bank Limited

(d) G P Parsik Bank

(e) Bharati Sahakari Bank

[ANS] b

 

[Q] International Day of Friendship is observed globally on ________.

(a) 27th July

(b) 26th July

(c) 30th July

(d) 29th July

(e) 28th July

[ANS] c

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 14 - 20 JULY 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 14 - 20 JULY 2021

[Q] Where is NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd planning to set up India’s 1st Green Hydrogen Mobility project?
(a) Mizoram
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Sikkim
(d) Ladakh

[ANS] d

[Q] Where was India’s 1st Cryptogamic Garden recently inaugurated?
(a) Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
(b) Jaipur, Rajasthan
(c) Hubli, Karnataka
(d) Rajkot, Gujarat
(e) Dehradun, Uttarakhand

[ANS] e

[Q] Which is the 1st Foreign Country to implement India’s BHIM UPI standards for its QR deployment?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Maldives
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Nepal
(e) Bhutan

[ANS] e

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 05 - 13 JULY 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 05 - 13 JULY 2021

[Q] For the 1st time World Congress of International Federation of Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC) was held in virtual mode and organised by an Asian Country in July 2021. Which country organised IFCPC 2021?

(a) China

(b) India

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Sri Lanka

(e) Indonesia

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Identify the country that recently got Certified by WHO as Malaria-free:

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Vietnam

(c) Thailand

(d) India

(e) China

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Which bank was fined Rs 25 lakhs by RBI for non-compliance to its Cyber security framework?

(a) Punjab and Sind Bank

(b) Axis Bank

(c) United Bank of India

(d) Bandhan Bank

(e) Bank of Maharashtra

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which organisation was honoured as the World’s Most Innovative Investment Promotion Agency for 2021 by the OCO Global?

(a) FICCI

(b) India Trade Promotion Organisation

(c) Invest India

(d) Confederation of Indian Industry

(e) Quality Council of India

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who was honoured with “The Order of Polar Star”, Mongolia’s highest civilian award?

(a) RK Sabharwal

(b) V Kalyana Rama

(c) Manoj Jain

(d) Subhash Kumar

(e) R Madhavan

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Identified the organisation that the “Financial Literacy Textbook for Class 6” students of CBSE, to make children aware of Money market:

(a) Indian Banks’ Association

(b) Securities & Exchange Board of India

(c) National Informatics Centre

(d) National Payments Corporation of India

(e) Reserve Bank of India

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Where is India planning  to construct its 2nd largest & the World’s 3rd largest Cricket Stadium?

(a) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

(b) Nagpur, Maharashtra

(c) Jaipur, Rajasthan

(d) Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

(e) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the Aviation company that was awarded as the ‘2021 Airline of the Year’ by Air Transport World (ATW):

(a) Air India

(b) American Airlines

(c) Singapore Airlines

(d) Qatar Airways

(e) Korean Air

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Who was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?

(a) Tirath Singh Rawat

(b) Satpal Maharaj

(c) HimantaBiswa Sarma

(d) Pushkar Singh Dhami

(e) Jai Ram Thakur

[ANS] d

 

[Q] In July 2021, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change approved Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary of _____________ as the _____ Tiger Reserve of India

(a) West Bengal; 49th

(b) Uttarakhand; 51st

(c) Uttarakhand; 52nd

(d) Rajasthan; 52nd

(e) Rajasthan; 49th

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which bank launched ‘Salaam Dil Sey’ portal that facilitates the General Public to send a dedicated Thanks message to Doctors?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) Citi bank

(c) Canara Bank

(d) Axis Bank

(e) HDFC Bank

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Which Indian Airport was inducted into the Airports Council International’s (ACI) Roll of Excellence for the year 2020?

(a) Chennai International Airport

(b) Indira Gandhi International Airport

(c) Kempegowda International Airport

(d) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

(e) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What was the Revenue collected from Goods and Services Tax (GST) in June?

(a) Rs 1.04 lakh crore

(b) Rs 99,567 crore

(c) Rs 1.06 lakh crore

(d) Rs 92,849 crore

(e) Rs 1.08 lakh crore

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the governor of Goa?

(a) PS Sreedharan Pillai

(b) Bandaru Dattatreya

(c) Satyadev Narayan Arya

(d) Ramesh Bais

(e) Thawarchand Gehlot

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Bandaru Dattatraya has been appointed as the governor of which state?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Haryana

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Punjab

(e) Andhra Pradesh

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the governor of Karnataka?

(a) Hari Babu Kambhampati

(b) Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel

(c) Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

(d) Satyadev Narayan Arya

(e) Thawarchand Gehlot

[ANS] e

 

[Q] World Chocolate Day or International Chocolate Day is observed on ______ every year.

(a) 4th July

(b) 5th July

(c) 6th July

(d) 8th July

(e) 7th July

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Satyadev Narayan Arya has been appointed as the governor of which state?

(a) Tripura

(b) Goa

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) West Bengal

(e) Odisha

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who became the 1st person to complete the World’s 1st Solo Motorcycle Expedition covering 18 mountain passes in the Himalayas?

(a) Aishwarya Pissay

(b) Mahitha Mohan

(c) Pallavi Fauzdar

(d) Kanchan Ugursandi

(e) Laxmi Magar

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who became the World’s leading run scorer in Women’s International Cricket in all 3-formats?

(a) Charlotte Edwards

(b) Mithali Raj

(c) Heather Knight

(d) Veda Krishnamurthy

(e) Sarah Taylor

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who authored the book, “The Third Pillar: How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind”?

(a) Kaushik Basu

(b) Amartya Sen

(c) Rajiv Kumar

(d) Abhijit Sen

(e) Raghuram Rajan

[ANS] e

 

[Q] India’s first Maritime Arbitration Centre is being set up in which city of the country?

(a) Pune

(b) Bengaluru

(c) Chennai

(d) Gandhinagar

(e) Surat

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The Ministry of Defence has unveiled a new system for automated sanction and disbursement of defence pension. What is the name given to that system?

(a) MITRA

(b) ROSHINI

(c) SPARSH

(d) PRAYAS

(e) PARIKSHA

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Indian politician Virbhadra Singh, who has passed away was the former Chief Minister of which state?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Gujarat

(c) Haryana

(d) Bihar

(e) Maharashtra

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Amazon Inc has launched its first Digital Kendra in India in which city?

(a) Hyderabad

(b) Agra

(c) New Delhi

(d) Surat

(e) Kolkata

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The tallest sandcastle of the world has recently been inaugurated in which country?

(a) Russia

(b) Denmark

(c) Italy

(d) France

(e) USA

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which of the following has launched newsletter platform “Bulletin”?

(a) Microsoft

(b) Twitter

(c) Amazon

(d) Facebook

(e) Google

[ANS] d

 

[Q] ‘The Light of Asia’: Jairam Ramesh’s new book is a biography of an epic bio-poem on ____________________.

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Gautama Buddha

(c) Mother Teresa

(d) Mahavira

(e) Guru Nanak Dev

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which country held the top rank in the News On Air Radio Live-stream Global Rankings released recently?

(a) United States

(b) United Kingdom

(c) Australia

(d) Fiji

(e) Germany

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Indian Naval Ship _________ recently participated in Military Exercises with the frontline frigate of the Italian Navy.

(a) Mysore

(b) Rajput

(c) Jalashwa

(d) Talwar

(e) Tabar

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Which of the following portfolio is associated with the Union Minister Kiren Rijju?

(a) Ministry of Food Processing Industries

(b) Ministry of Law and Justice

(c) Ministry of Steel

(d) Ministry of MSME

(e) Ministry of Railways

[ANS] b

 

[Q] In July 2021, Indian Army renamed one of its Military firing ranges as “Vidya Balan Firing Range”. Where is the firing range located?

(a) Teesta, West Bengal

(b) Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir

(c) Pokhran, Rajasthan

(d) Babina, Madhya Pradesh

(e) Leh, Ladakh

[ANS] b

 

[Q] In July 2021, RBI issued Rs 14,000 crore worth __________ Government Security at an interest rate of __________.

(a) 15 year; 7.18%

(b) 10 year; 5.85%

(c) 10 year; 7.18%

(d) 15 year; 6.10%

(e) 10 year; 6.10%

[ANS] e

 

[Q] In July 2021, the Finance Ministry amended the LIC Act 1956 to replace the post of ___________ with _________.

(a) MD; CEO

(b) CEO; Chairman

(c) Chairman; MD

(d) Chairman; CEO

(e) CEO; MD

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which team has won the Copa America 2021?

(a) Brazil

(b) Belgium

(c) Mexico

(d) Spain

(e) Argentina

[ANS] e

 [Q] World Population Day is observed every year on __________.

(a) 11 July

(b) 12 July

(c) 13 July

(d) 14 July

(e) 15 July

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Whom did Ashleigh Barty beat in order to win her maiden Wimbledon title?

(a) T Martincova

(b) Elina Svitolina

(c) Karolina Pliskova

(d) Iga Swiatek

(e) Simona Halep

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Twitter has recently names whom as their Resident Grievance Officer for India to Follow New IT Rules?

(a) Mahesh Shrivastava

(b) Srikanth Naik

(c) Sanjeev Chaudhary

(d) Vinay Prakash

(e) Binay Patra

[ANS] d

 

[Q] United Nations has declared __________ as World Malala Day to honour the young activist, MalalaYousafzai.

(a) 11 July

(b) 12 July

(c) 13 July

(d) 14 July

(e) 15 July

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who among the following has won the Wimbledon men Championships 2021?

(a) Novak Djokovic

(b) Roger Federer

(c) Rafael Nadal

(d) Matteo Berrettini

(e) Horacio Zeballos

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates India’s first private LNG Facility plant at ________.

(a) Kolkata

(b) Mumbai

(c) Delhi

(d) Nagpur

(e) Lucknow

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the author of the book “The Ramayana of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji”.

(a) Mandeep Kaur

(b) Rani Kaur Singla

(c) Ramandeep Kaur

(d) Baljit Kaur Tulsi

(e) Iqbal Singh

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who among the following has won the Wimbledon Junior Men`s title?

(a) Rohit Verma

(b) Samir Banerjee

(c) Victor Lilov

(d) Dinkar Mawari

(e) Hem Pant

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What is the theme for World Population Day 2021?

(a) The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fertility

(b) Family Planning is a Human Right

(c) Empowering People, Developing Nations

(d) Vulnerable Populations in Emergencies

(e) Putting the brakes on COVID-19

[ANS] a

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