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) MarÃa 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
