Current Affairs MCQs of 31st August 2021

Q.1 The ANANDA Mobile app has been launched by which organisation?

a. LIC

b. SBI

c. RBI

d. SEBI

Q.2 Bhavinaben Patel has claimed the silver medal for India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in which game?

a. High Jump

b. Shooting

c.  Table Tennis

d. Badminton

Q.3 Which place has recently got the world’s highest movie theatre?

a. Machu Picchu

b. Shangri-la, China

c. Thimphu

d. Ladakh

Q.4 PM Modi recently dedicated the nation renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak. The memorial is based in which city?

a. New Delhi

b. Kolkata

c. Srinagar

d. Amritsar

Q.5 The National Security Guard (NSG) recently conducted the counter-terrorism exercise in multiple cities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and the national capital region. What is the name given to the annual drill?

a. Pinaka

b. Gandiv

c. Shakti

d. Vijaya

Q.6 Indian-para-athlete Nishad Kumar has won the silver medal in which event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020?

a. Shot Put

b. Javelin Throw

c. Discuss Throw

d. High Jump

Q.7 The First-ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment was held in which country?

a. Italy

b. Iran

c. France

d. Russia

Q.8 Which state announced a welfare package of Rs 317 crore for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees living in the state?

a. Kerala

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Karnataka

d. Assam

Q.9 Kilauea volcano is located at which place?

a. Sumatra

b. Hawaii

c. Andaman Island

d. Bali

Q.10 President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of the first AYUSH University of which state?

a. Haryana

b. Uttar Pradesh

c. Gujarat

d. Madhya Pradesh

Answers – 

Q.1 a) The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched the mobile application of its digital paperless solution, ANANDA, for LIC agents. ANANDA stands for Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business Digital Application.

Q.2 c) In table tennis, Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel has claimed a historic silver medal at 2020 Paralympic Games at Tokyo on August 29, 2021, in the women’s singles summit clash.

Q.3 d) The world’s highest movie theatre has recently been inaugurated in Ladakh, which got its first ever mobile digital movie theatre in the Paldan area of Leh, at an altitude of 11,562 feet.

Q.4 d) Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak in Punjab’s Amritsar via video conference on August 28, 2021, to mark 102 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Q.5 b) The National Security Guard (NSG) conducted week-long counter-terrorism exercise called ‘Gandiv’ from August 22 to August 28, 2021.

Q.6 d) India’s Nishad Kumar has clinched a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on August 29, 2021. This is the second medal for India at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Q.7 a) The First-ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment was held at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy. It was held in mixed format i.e. people participated in physical form and via video conference also.

Q.8 b) 

Q.9 b) The ground at the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has been rumbling and swelling in recent days, prompting scientists to warn that the mountain could once again disgorge lava.

Q.10 b) On the third day of his visit to Uttar Pradesh, President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of the state’s first AYUSH University. He also inaugurated the Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath Vishwavidyalaya in the city.