DAILY GK QUIZ: 7 FEB 2021

DAILY GK QUIZ: 7 FEB 2021

[Q] Which district registered the highest cancer rate among females in India, as per ‘Profile of Cancer and Related Health Indicators in the NorthEast Region of India-2021’ report?

(a) Nellore, Andhra Pradesh

(b) Papumpare, Arunachal Pradesh

(c) Lunglei, Mizoram

(d) Darrang, Assam

(e) Mokokchung, Nagaland

[ANS] b

 

[Q]  PM Modi released a postal stamp to mark the beginning of the centenary celebrations of ____________.

(a) Non-cooperation Movement

(b) Salt March

(c) Royal Indian Navy mutiny

(d) Bengali Renaissance

(e) Chauri Chaura Incident

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) gave approval for the Lakhwar Electricity Project. Across which river the Project is constructed?

(a) Beas

(b) Sutlej

(c) Yamuna

(d) Ganges

(e) Alakananda

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which company  signed an MoU with the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) as a part of PM SVANidhi Scheme?

(a) Deliveroo

(b) Amazon

(c) Swiggy

(d) Zomato

(e) Foodpanda

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who was   appointed as the Chairman of National Safety Council (NSC)?

(a) Vivek Pawar

(b) Satish Reddy

(c) Vinayak Deshpande

(d) SN Subrahmanyan

(e) R. Shankar Raman

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who authored the book ‘1857 – The Sword of Mastaan’?

(a) R. K. Narayan

(b) Ruskin Bond

(c) Jhumpa Lahiri

(d) Vineet Bajpai

(e) Kiran Desai

[ANS] d

 

[Q] International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female is observed globally on _________.

(a) 3 February

(b) 4 February

(c) 5 February

(d) 6 February

(e) 7 February

[ANS] d

 

[Q] United States President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is publishing his memoir titled?

(a) Promise Me, Dad

(b) Conversations with Joe

(c) Beautiful Things

(d) Promises to Keep

(e) STAFF REPORT Green Jobs

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which of the following global digital payment platform has announced that the company has decided to wind down its domestic payment services in India?

(a) Amazonpay

(b) MasterCard

(c) Visa

(d) Alipay

(e) PayPal

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Which of the following country has approved a project to build the world’s first energy island, in the North Sea?

(a) Sweden

(b) Norway

(c) Germany

(d) Denmark

(e) Budapest

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Reserve Bank of India projected India’s GDP growth rate at _________ per cent for the fiscal year 2021-22.

(a) 11.5

(b) 10.5

(c) 9.5

(d) 8.5

(e) 7.5

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What is the theme of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female 2021?

(a) A Piece of Me

(b) Unleashing Youth Power

(c) No Time for Global Inaction: Unite, Fund, and Act to End Female Genital Mutilation

(d) The eliminations of harmful practices, including female genital mutilation

(e) No Time for Global Inaction

[ANS] c

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DAILY GK : 9 FEB 2021

DAILY GK : 9 FEB 2021

1. INDIA’S 1ST EVER GEOTHERMAL PROJECT

•      UT Administration of Ladakh, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC)-Leh and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Energy Centre have signed a MoU to establish India’s 1st ever Geothermal Field Development Project in Puga Village of Eastern Ladakh (UT Ladakh).

•      ONGC Energy Centre will be the implementing agency of the project.

•      Puga shows geothermal activity in the form of hot springs, mud pools, sulphur and borax deposits.

 

2. POSTAGE STAMPS ON DIAMOND JUBILEE OF GUJARAT HIGH COURT

•      PM Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the event organised to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Gujarat High Court and unveiled the commemorative Postage Stamps to mark the completion of 60 years of establishment of the High Court of Gujarat on May 1 2020.

•      The event which was scheduled to take place in 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

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DAILY GK: 7, 8 FEB 2021

 DAILY GK: 7, 8 FEB 2021

1. MCA21 VERSION 3.0 PORTAL IN FISCAL 2021-22

•      The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is set to launch the portal ‘MCA21 Version 3.0’ during the Fiscal Year 2021-22.

•      The portal will be the 1st Mission Mode e-Governance project of GoI.

•      MCA21 portal is used by companies for submitting various documents as part of compliance requirements under the company law.

•      Driven by Data Analytics the portal will be equipped with Micro-services architecture for advanced analytics & emerging digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Language (ML).

 

2. FIRST STATE TO IMPLEMENT E-CABINET

•      Jai Ram Thakur, CM of Himachal Pradesh inaugurated the first e-cabinet at Shimla.

•      The state became the first to implement e-cabinet and make the end-to-end processing of cabinets paperless.

•      The e-cabinet application for the e-cabinet was developed by the Department of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh.

•      This is the first of its kind electronic platform in India.

 

3. INDIA’S FIRST THUNDERSTORM RESEARCH TESTBED

•      The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is set to establish India’s first thunderstorm research testbeds at Balasore, Odisha.

•      The testbed will be established in collaboration between the Ministry of Earth Science, IMD, DRDO and ISRO.

•      IMD Director-General Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has also announced that the first of its kind monsoon testbed is also being planned near Bhopal.

 

 

4. GLC TO AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN FIXED FOR 2021-22

•      Government has fixed the target of Rs. 16.50 lakh crore for Ground Level Credit (GLC) to agriculture for 2021-2022.

•      It is an increase of 10% over the previous year’s Rs 15 lakh crore.

•      The target among others was mentioned in the Union Budget 2021-22 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while making announcements for the agri-sector.

 

5. INTERNATIONAL KOLKATA BOOK FAIR

•      The 45th International Kolkata Book Fair, will be held in July 2021 at Kolkata, West Bengal.

•      The focal theme country of the Book fair 2021 will be Bangladesh, since the year 2021 marks the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangladesh’s 50 year of Independence.

 

6. WORLD’S BIGGEST OFFSHORE WIND FARM

•      South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced a $43 billion deal to create World’s Biggest offshore wind farm, a major component of South Korea’s Green New Deal.

•      With this deal the South Korean government plans to attain Carbon neutrality by 2050.

•      Signed by– The agreement involves 33 different entities, among them regional governments, the electricity generator KEPCO, and major private firms including Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and SK E&S.

 

7. SRIDHAR VEMBU APPOINTED TO THE NSAB

•      Padma Shri Sridhar Vembu, founder & CEO of Zoho has been appointed to the National Security Advisory Board(NSAB).

•      National Security Advisor (NSA) heads the NSAB. Currently, Ajit Doval is the NSA.

 

8. ISRO SET TO LAUNCH BRAZIL’S AMAZONIA-1

•      ISRO is set to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 through India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)- C51.

•      This also marks ISRO’s 1st space mission in 2021.

•      The mission includes Amazonia-1 as the primary payload along with 20 other satellites (Including 3 developed by Indian grown organisations).

•      Amazonia-1 is the first dedicated commercial mission of New Space India Limited (NSIL), a Government of India company under Department of Space.

•      NSIL is undertaking this mission under a commercial arrangement with Spaceflight Inc. USA.

 

9. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HUMAN FRATERNITY

•      The United Nations (UN)’s observed the first ever International Day of Human Fraternity across the globe on 4th February 2021 to raise awareness about different cultures and religions or beliefs and to promote cultural and religious tolerance, understanding.

•      The theme of the International Day of Human Fraternity 2021 is “A Pathway to the Future”.

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 5, 6 FEB 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 5, 6 FEB 2021

[Q] Where was India’s 1st Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management (CWCM) got established by MoEFCC?

(a) Nagpur, Maharashtra

(b) Chandigarh

(c) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

(d) Kochi, Kerala

(e) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

[ANS] e

 

[Q] SEBI revised the objective and eligibility criteria of innovation sandbox. As per the revised guidelines, an applicant can move from Stage-I to Stage-II only after a minimum of ____________.

(a) 45 days

(b) 50 days

(c) 100 days

(d) 120 days

(e) 60 days

[ANS] e

 

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DAILY GK: 5, 6 FEB 2021

 DAILY GK: 5, 6 FEB 2021

1. MCA AMENDS ONE PERSON COMPANIES (OPCS) RULES

•      Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has amended the ‘Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014’ to make changes in the definition of One Person Companies (OPCs) Rules.

•      The new changes will be called as ‘Companies (Incorporation) Second Amendment Rules, 2021’

•      The Changes allow Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to incorporate one person companies (OPCs) in India.

•      Previously, NRI’s were not allowed to incorporate OPCs in India.

•      The residency period for being considered as a Resident in India  has been reduced to 120 days from 182 days for NRIs.

 

2. CABINET COMMITTEE APPROVED FOR 100% DISINVESTMENT IN RINL

•      The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave in-principle approval for 100% strategic divestment of Indian Government’s shareholding in Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL).

•      In addition to this it also gave approval for management control of RINL by way of privatization.

•      Reason of Privatization: RINL has been incurring losses for a few years.

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 4 FEB 2021

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 4 FEB 2021

[Q] Where was the National Tribal Festival ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ 2021 held?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

(d) Indore, Madhya Pradesh

(e) In TRIFED’s Virtual Platform

[ANS] a

 

[Q] How many products were recently added to Minor Forest Produce (MFP) under the central government’s scheme that receive Minimum Support Price (MSP)?

(a) 49

(b) 63

(c) 6

(d) 9

(e) 14

[ANS] e

 

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DAILY GK: 4 FEB 2021

 DAILY GK: 4 FEB 2021

1.     INDIA’S 1ST WETLAND CONSERVATION CENTRE

•      Babul Supriyo announced the establishment of India’s 1st Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management (CWCM) at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

•      It is being set up as part of the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) Institute, a research institute under MoEFCC.

•      It was launched on occasion of the World Wetland Day observed on February 2, 2020.

 

2.     2ND EXCLUSIVE LCA TEJAS PRODUCTION PLANT

•      Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’s (HAL) 2nd Exclusive Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Tejas Fighter Jets Production Plant at Doddanekundi, Bangalore, Karnataka.

•      The Plant will double HAL’s production capacity of LCA Tejas to 16 LCA Tejas Aircrafts a year from 2022-23 (at present it is 8).

•      The Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, indigenously designed by Aircraft Development Agency (ADA) under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

•      Earlier GOI approved INR 48, 000 Crore deal (Largest Indigenous order) for procurement of 73 Tejas Mk-1A Variants & 10 LCA Tejas Mk-1 Trainer Aircraft from HAL.

 

3.     INDIA’S FIRST AMPUTEE CLINIC

•      The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) launched India’s first Amputee Clinic, “PGI Amputee Clinic” in Chandigarh.

•      The PGI Amputee clinic was inaugurated by PGIMER Director Prof. Jagat Ram.

•      The clinic will also run an Amputee school following the success of the Knee School which is running at PGIMER.

 

4.     NITI AAYOG’S ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS RANKING

•      The Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh(UP) topped the Aspirational Districts Ranking of Niti Aayog in December 2020, the ranking is done every month.

•      Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water resources, financial inclusion, skill development and basic infrastructure were the development areas that were considered for the ranking.

•      Dhalai of Tripura secured the 2nd position followed by Garhwa of Jharkhand, Baksa of Assam and Bokaro of Jharkhand in 3rd, 4th and 5th position respectively.

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 3 FEB 2021

DAILY GK QUIZ: 3 FEB 2021

[Q] When was the Indigenous Tejas Mark II Multirole Combat Jet planned to get launched by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)?

(a) 2025

(b) 2030

(c) 2027

(d) 2023

(e) 2022

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Where is India’s 1st Leather Park located?

(a) Gurugram, Haryana

(b) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(c) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

(d) Ambur, Tamil Nadu

(e) Kolkata, West Bengal

[ANS] c

 

[Q]  PM Modi addressed the 125th anniversary celebrations of the ‘Prabuddha Bharata’ journal. Who started the ‘Prabuddha Bharata’ journal?

(a) Aurobindo Ghosh

(b) Swami Vivekananda

(c) Mahatma Gandhi

(d) Subhas Chandra Bose

(e) Rabindranath Tagore

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who recently  got appointed as the CEO of National Health Authority (NHA)?

(a) Ram Sewak Sharma

(b) Indu Bhushan

(c) Rajiv Kumar

(d) PD Vaghela

(e) Shripad Naik

[ANS] a

 

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DAILY GK : 3 FEB 2021

 DAILY GK : 3 FEB 2021

1. ‘STARTUP INDIA SEED FUND SCHEME (SISFS)’

•      Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry  has given the approval for  setting up of Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) with a Corpus of INR 945 crores for the period 2021-25.

•      The Scheme will come into force from April 1, 2021 & DPIIT will be the implementing agency of the scheme.

•      During the Budget 2020-21, Union Finance Minister proposed the setting up of a National Seed Fund for development of startups & provide Credit Guarantee for startups.

 

2. AADI MAHOTSAV 2021

•      VP of India inaugurated the National Tribal Festival ‘Aadi Mahotsav’ 2021 at Dilli Haat, New Delhi.

•      The festival will be held from February 1-15, 2021 will showcase Tribal art, crafts, medicine, cuisine & folk performances from Tribal Artists and chefs from more than 20 states of the country.

•      The festival is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs & Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 1, 2 FEB 2021

DAILY GK QUIZ: 1, 2 FEB 2021 

[Q] Where was India’s 1st indigenous metro racks deployed ?

(a) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

(b) Kochi, Kerala

(c) Kolkata, West Bengal

(d) Bhubaneswar, Odisha

(e) Mumbai, Maharashtra

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Which organisation recently set up an ‘Innovation Sandbox’ web portal?

(a) National Stock Exchange (NSE)

(b) Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)

(c) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

(d) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)

(e) NITI Aayog

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which Indian Brand was ranked 5th as per the Global 500 – Brand Strength Index (BSI) 2021?

(a) Bharti Airtel

(b) Flipkart

(c) Reliance Jio

(d) Paytm

(e) IRCTC

[ANS] c

 

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DAILY GK QUIZ: 30, 31 JAN 2021

DAILY GK QUIZ: 30, 31 JAN 2021

[Q] Who recently got appointed as the MD & CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank?

(a) Sunil Gurbaxani

(b) S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao

(c) JK Shivan

(d) Atul Kumar Goel

(e) Shyam Srinivasan

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What was India’s rank in the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released by Transparency International?

(a) 80 th

(b) 86 th

(c) 41st

(d) 40 th

(e) 88 th

[ANS] b

 

[Q] What was the Visual Intelligence Tool recently  launched by MeitY turning data into analysis & visualizations for Government Officials?

(a) BhuNaksha

(b) Darpan

(c) GePNIC

(d) TEJAS

(e) eOffice

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Martyr’s Day or Shaheed Diwas is observed every year on __________ in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.

(a) January 26

(b) January 27

(c) January 28

(d) January 29

(e) January 30

[ANS] e

 

[Q] What is the joint initiative launched recently by India and France to boost ties in sustainable development, environment protection called?

(a) Indo-French Year of the Environment

(b) Indo-French Year of the Biodiversity Conservation

(c) Indo-French Year of the Sustainable Development

(d) Indo-French Year of the Renewable Energies

(e) Indo-French Year of the Energy Efficiency

[ANS] a

 

[Q] How much amount has been approved by Central Government for ‘Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’?

(a) Rs 775 crore

(b) Rs 865 crore

(c) Rs 945 crore

(d) Rs 1015 crore

(e) Rs 815 crore

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which of the following telecom operator becoming the first telecom operator in India to demonstrate 5G services successfully?

(a) Airtel

(b) Jio

(c) Vi

(d) BSNL

(e) MTNL

[ANS] a

 

[Q] What is the rank of India in ‘Asia-Pacific Personalised Health Index’?

(a) 6th

(b) 7th

(c) 8th

(d) 9th

(e) 10th

[ANS] e

 

[Q] Which of the following state is all set to launch the three-tower ‘Gender Park’?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Karnataka

(d) Kerala

(e) Telangana

[ANS] d

 

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