DAILY GK QUIZ: 06-08 SEP 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 06-08 SEP 2021

[Q] Name the Drone System that is set to be purchased by the Indian Army under its recent agreement signed between India’s Alpha Design & Israel’s Elbit Security Systems.

(a) HELMA-P

(b) CH-5

(c) Predator B

(d) SkyStriker

(e) SkyGuardian

[ANS] d

 

[Q] As per the ‘Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022’, _________ was on the top in India while __________topped the list worldwide for the 6th consecutive year.

(a) IISc Bangalore; Stanford University

(b) IISc Bangalore; University of Oxford

(c) IIT-Madras; Stanford University

(d) IIT-Madras; University of Oxford

(e) IIT- Ropar; University of Oxford

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which Organization recently became a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact?

(a) Sai Life Sciences

(b) PRA Health Sciences

(c) Labcorp Drug Development

(d) Syneos Health

(e)  IQVIA

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the bilateral Maritime exercise that was held between the Indian Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy in South China Sea.

(a) Exercise Shield

(b) Shared Destiny 2021

(c) Bright Star 2021

(d) CORPAT 2021

(e) SIMBEX 2021

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Name joint Military exercise that was held between China, Pakistan, Mongolia & Thailand to work on multinational peacekeeping live exercises.

(a) Exercise Shield

(b) Shared Destiny 2021

(c) Bright Star 2021

(d) CORPAT 2021

(e) SIMBEX 2021

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who recently got elected to the board of directors of the International Legal Assistance Consortium?

(a) Prashant Kumar

(b) KK Venugopal

(c) Gopal Subramaniam

(d) C. Aryama Sundaram

(e) K.T. S. Tulsi

[ANS] a

 

[Q] _________ won the “2021 Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix”.

(a) Max Verstappen

(b) Sebastian Vettel

(c) Lewis Hamilton

(d) Valtteri Bottas

(e) Sergio Perez

[ANS] a

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] a

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] a

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] d

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] a

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] b

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] b

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 05 SEP 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 01 - 05 SEP 2021

[Q] Who inaugurated the 2 day long – ‘Ladakh Nomadic Festival’ in the Korzok Phu region of Ladakh to promote tourism?

(a) G. C. Murmu

(b) Satya Pal Malik

(c) Bhagat Singh Koshyari

(d) Manoj Sinha

(e) Radha Krishna Mathur

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Indian Navy with INS Tabar conducted its 1st ever Maritime Partnership Exercise in Mediterranean Sea with which country?

(a) Morocco

(b) Libya

(c) Tunisia

(d) Mali

(e) Algeria

[ANS] e

 

[Q] In August 2021, ___________________ under its current Presidency of the UN Security Council adopted a resolution on _______________.

(a) India; Pakistan

(b) Germany; Pakistan

(c) Germany; Afghanistan

(d) France; Afghanistan

(e) India; Afghanistan

[ANS] e

 

[Q] _______________ was appointed as the Director General of Border Security Force, while Sanjay Arora was appointed as the Director General of __________.

(a) Surjeet Singh Deswal; ITBP

(b) Balaji Srivastav; CRPF

(c) Balaji Srivastav; ITBP

(d) Pankaj Kumar Singh; ITBP

(e) Pankaj Kumar Singh; CRPF

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the mobile app launched by the Ministry of AYUSH to promote Yoga among office goers.

(a) Y Break

(b) Yoga Go

(c) Yoga Health

(d) Y Go Break

(e) Y Health

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Nirmala Sitharaman launched the “My Pad My Right” project, an initiative of ___________, in ______________.

(a) NITI Aayog; Assam

(b) NITI Aayog; Tripura

(c) NITI Aayog; Uttarakhand

(d) NABARD; Uttarakhand

(e) NABARD; Tripura

[ANS] e

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] d

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] e

 

[Q] What is the total strength of judges appointed at the Supreme Court of India?

(a) 31

(b) 35

(c) 33

(d) 30

(e) 32

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which state government has recently launched the ‘Mera Kaam Mera Maan (MKMM)” scheme?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Punjab

(c) Haryana

(d) Bihar

(e) Odisha

[ANS] b

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which State celebrated the popular 5-day long tribal harvest festival – ‘Solung’?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Assam

(d) Arunachal Pradesh

(e) Himachal Pradesh

[ANS] d

[Q] Name the joint exercise that was recently held between India and Kazakhstan to share expertise between the armies in the field of Counter-Terrorism operations.

(a) Yudh Abhyas-21

(b) CORPAT- 21

(c) SAMPRITI-IX

(d) Surya Kiran XIV

(e) KAZIND-21

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Where was the ‘WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence’ set up by the World Health Organization to create an effective pandemic & epidemic risk management?

(a) Paris, France

(b) Tokyo, Japan

(c) Brasilia, Brazil

(d) New York, USA

(e) Berlin, Germany

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Who became the 1st Indian honorary member of the International Astronomical Union for his/her work towards astrophotography?

(a) Dorje Angchuk

(b) Raghuram Govind Rajan

(c) Ankur Sharma

(d) Avinash Kak

(e) C. Kumar N. Patel

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the country that signed a project agreement with India’s Ministry of Defence for co-development of Air-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ALUAV).

(a) Russia

(b) United States

(c) Israel

(d) Australia

(e) Japan

[ANS] b

 

[Q] As per the “2021’s Global Dairy Top 20 Report” released by Robobank, _________became the World’s number one dairy company in terms of market capital while India’s AMUL was placed at the________ position.

(a) Lactalis; 18th

(b) Lactalis; 16th

(c) Nestle; 18th

(d) Nestle; 16th

(e) Dairy Farmers of America; 18th

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which of the following countries joined as 1st batch New Members of BRICS’s New Development Bank

(a) Uruguay, Norway and Bangladesh

(b) Nepal, UAE and Bangladesh

(c) Uruguay, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

(d) Uruguay, UAE and Pakistan

(e) Uruguay, UAE and Bangladesh

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Name the financial services company that launched India’s 1st interactive geospatial website named ‘Pulse’ to offer digital payment services.

(a) BHIM

(b) PhonePe

(c) MobiKwik

(d) Paytm

(e) Freecharge

[ANS] b

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What is the rank of India in the Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021 ?

(a) 4th

(b) 2nd

(c) 3rd

(d) 6th

(e) 5th

[ANS] c

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] b

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] d

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Which state goverment will set up a science city named after Rajiv Gandhi?

(a) Punjab

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Kerala

(d) Karnataka

(e) Rajasthan

[ANS] b

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which country has topped the Hurun India Future Unicorn List 2021?

(a) Russia

(b) China

(c) United States

(d) Singapore

(e) Japan

[ANS] c

 

[Q] 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

[ANS] b

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 06 - 17 AUG 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 06 - 17 AUG 2021

[Q] Name the World’s Highest Motorable pass that was recently constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)

(a) Naku La Pass

(b) Mana Pass

(c) Chang La Pass

(d) Goecha La Pass

(e) Umling La Pass

[ANS] e

 

[Q] What is the Targeted Loan Disbursement amount for FY 2021-22 under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)?

(a) Rs 3 Trillion

(b) Rs 5 Trillion

(c) Rs 2 Trillion

(d) Rs 2.5 Trillion

(e) Rs 4.5 Trillion

[ANS] a

 

[Q] RBI approved the reappointment of Prakash Chandra as the non-executive Chairman of Which bank?

(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

(b) Federal Bank

(c) CSB Bank

(d) RBL Bank

(e) Canara Bank

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which organisation developed India’s 1st Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) Mobile App ‘Uttarakhand Bhookamp Alert’?

(a) IIT Madras

(b) Indian Institute Of Tropical Meteorology

(c) India Meteorological Department

(d) IIT Roorkee

(e) IISc Bangalore

[ANS] d

 

[Q] SEBI allocated a unique number, ISIN, to identify issues on debt security. What does ISIN stand for?

(a) Indian Security Identity Number

(b) International Security Indication Number

(c) International Securities Identification Number

(d) Indian Securities Indication Number

(e) Indian Security Identification Number

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Ebrahim Raisi was officially sworn in as the new president of ______.

(a) Iran

(b) Iraq

(c) Qatar

(d) Oman

(e) Isreal

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which of the following state has received four SKOCH awards for its schemes under the Ease of Doing Business initiative?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Kerala

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Maharashtra

(e) West Bengal

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Name the country, who has become the 5th country to sign the International Solar Alliance Framework Agreement.

(a) Italy

(b) Germany

(c) France

(d) UAE

(e) USA

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the first female director of the Zoological Survey of India in 100 years?

(a) Pinky Pant

(b) Sanjana Sharma

(c) Preeti Mohanti

(d) Dhriti Banerjee

(e) Tanu Kalra

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which bank has crossed the milestone of over one million customers on its WhatsApp banking channel?

(a) Axis Bank

(b) ICICI Bank

(c) Yes Bank

(d) HDFC Bank

(e) IDBI Bank

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who has won silver for India in the Men’s 57Kg Freestyle category wrestling at Tokyo Olympics?

(a) Deepak Punia

(b) Ravi Kumar Dahiya

(c) Bajrang Punia

(d) Yogeshwar Dutt

(e) Sushil Kumar

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The Union Cabinet gave approval for the 127th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which restores the powers of States & UT to make their own ______ lists, that was earlier removed in the _______ Constitutional Amendment.

(a) SC-ST; 102nd

(b) OBC; 102nd

(c) SC-ST; 105th

(d) OBC; 105th

(e) SC-ST; 107th

[ANS] b

 

[Q] In August 2021, Indian government renamed its highest sporting honour, “Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award” as _________________________.

(a) Milkha Singh Khel Ratna Award

(b) Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

(c) Narendra Modi Khel Ratna Award

(d) Arun Jaitley Khel Ratna Award

(e) Keshav Dutt Khel Ratna Award

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Hiroshima Day is annually observed across the globe on _______ marking the impact of the World’s 1st Nuclear bomb named ________ that killed millions in Japan’s Hiroshima City.

(a) 7th August; Fat Man

(b) 6th August; Little Boy

(c) 5th August; Little Boy

(d) 7th August; Little Boy

(e) 6th August; Fat Man

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Neeraj Chopra has recently claimed the gold medal for India at Tokyo Olympics in which event?

(a) Boxing

(b) Shooting

(c) Wrestling

(d) Javelin Throw

(e) Tennis

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The Quit India Day is an annual celebration, which takes places every year on___________.

(a) 4 August

(b) 5 August

(c) 6 August

(d) 7 August

(e) 8 August

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Union Minister Virendra Kumar launched which portal and mobile app to promote skill development recently?

(a) PM-Sarvagya

(b) PM-Daksh

(c) PM-Drishya

(d) PM-Param

(e) PM-Saksham

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which bowler overtook Anil Kumble’s tally of 619 Test wickets to become the third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket?

(a) Stuart Broad

(b) Dale Steyn

(c) James Anderson

(d) Jofra Archer

(e) Ishant Sharma

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Japan commemorates the _______ every year as Nagasaki day.

(a) 6th August

(b) 7th August

(c) 8th August

(d) 9th August

(e) 10th August

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The Indian Navy and ________ conducted the bilateral naval exercise ‘Zayed Talwar 2021’ off the coast of Abu Dhabi.

(a) Bangladesh Navy

(b) Iran Navy

(c) Qatar Navy

(d) Oman Navy

(e) UAE Navy

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Name the author of the book “The Year That Wasn’t – The Diary of a 14-Year-Old”.

(a) Roshni Sachdeva

(b) Brisha Jain

(c) Kanika Sharma

(d) Sumita Kapoor

(e) Vijya Chopra

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which of the following is the first state in the country to issue the order with regard to the implementation of the National Education Policy-2020?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Kerala

(d) Haryana

(e) Uttar Pradesh

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Bajrang Punia has won the Bronze At Tokyo Olympics for which sport?

(a) Wrestling

(b) Snooker

(c) Swimming

(d) Weighlifting

(e) Tennis

[ANS] a

 

[Q] What is the rank of Indian in the Tokyo Olympics 2020?

(a) 48th

(b) 62nd

(c) 47th

(d) 52nd

(e) 30th

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Indian Navy recently  conducted “AL-MOHED AL-HINDI-2021” – its 1st Naval exercise with which country?

(a) Brunei

(b) Turkey

(c) Saudi Arabia

(d) Oman

(e) Qatar

[ANS] c

 

[Q] RBI has increased the limit for collateral free loans to Self-Help Groups (SHG) under the DAY-NRLM. What is the new limit?

(a) Rs 10 lakh

(b) Rs 50 lakh

(c) Rs 20 lakh

(d) Rs 30 lakh

(e) Rs 40 lakh

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which day of the year has been declared as the Javelin Throw Day by the Athletics Federation of India?

(a) August 07

(b) August 06

(c) August 08

(d) August 09

(e) August 10

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which social media platform is launching a one-year joint initiative with UNICEF India for child welfare?

(a) Twitter

(b) Koo

(c) Facebook

(d) Google

(e) LinkedIn

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What is the rank of India on a new Global Youth Development Index 2020?

(a) 111

(b) 122

(c) 123

(d) 124

(e) 125

[ANS] b

 

[Q] World Elephant Day is observed every year on _______ worldwide for the preservation and protection of the global elephants.

(a) August 12

(b) August 14

(c) August 10

(d) August 13

(e) August 11

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Indian Air Force builds one of the world’s highest mobile ATC towers in _____.

(a) Ladakh

(b) Jammu and Kashmir

(c) Uttarakhand

(d) Sikkim

(e) Arunachal Pradesh

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)?

(a) Rashmi Sharma

(b) Kamlesh Kumar Pant

(c) Geet Arora

(d) Vijay Pandit

(e) Dinkar Sharma

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The International Youth Day is observed on _______ annually to draw the attention of governments and others towards youth issues worldwide.

(a) August 10

(b) August 11

(c) August 12

(d) August 13

(e) August 14

[ANS] c

 

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

(a) The Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainable Production and Consumption

(b) Youth Building Peace

(c) Transforming education

(d) Youth Engagement for Global Action

(e) Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Which among these cities have been declared as India’s first ‘water plus’ certified city, under the Swachh Survekshan 2021?

(a) Pune

(b) Ahmedabad

(c) Indore

(d) Shimla

(e) Bhopal

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which Indian airport has been ranked as the best airport of the country as per the 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards list?

(a) Mumbai Airport

(b) Hyderabad Airport

(c) Bengaluru Airport

(d) Delhi Airport

(e) Kolkata Airport

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The World Organ Donation Day is observed every year on which day?

(a) August 11

(b) August 13

(c) August 12

(d) August 10

(e) August 14

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Durand Cup is associated with which sports?

(a) Hockey

(b) Football

(c) Badminton

(d) Tennis

(e) Cricket

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which of the following airport has topped the prestigious 2021 Skytrax World Airport Awards?

(a) Haneda Airport in Tokyo

(b) Changi Airport in Singapore

(c) Incheon International Airport

(d) Hamad International Airport, Doha

(e) Narita International Airport, Tokyo

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Recently, Four sites from India were added to the Ramsar list as wetlands of international importance. What is the total number of Ramsar Sites in India after the addition of these Four?

(a) 44

(b) 42

(c) 46

(d) 48

(e) 49

[ANS] c

 

[Q] India is marking its 75th Independence Day 2021 as “_____________”.

(a) Azadi ka Mahotsav

(b) Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav

(c) Azadi ki Roshni

(d) Azadi ki Shakti

(e) Hind ki Azadi

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Ashraf Ghani has resigned as the President of which country?

(a) Oman

(b) Afghanistan

(c) Qatar

(d) Pakistan

(e) Bangladesh

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Chinmoy Chatterjee, who recently passed away was a/an ?

(a) Writer

(b) Hockey player

(c) Cricketer

(d) Footballer

(e) Politician

[ANS] d

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