Q.1 Which country topped the 2021 Global Manufacturing Risk Index by real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield?
a. USA
b. China
c. UK
d. Japan
Q.2 Who has written the biography ‘The Kapil Sharma Story’ on the life journey of Kapil Sharma?
a. Ashwin Sanghi
b. Aravind Adiga
c. Ravinder Singh
d. Ajitabha Bose
Q.3 Which country tested an indigenously developed guided multi-launch rocket system, Fatah-1?
a. Iran
b. Pakistan
c. Oman
d. Israel
Q.4 Who are the winners of 2020 Odia and Malayalam Sahitya Akademi awards respectively?
a. Yashodhara Mishra and Omchery N.N. Pillai
b. Dasarathi Das and K. P. Ramanunni
c. Gayatri Saraf and V. Madhusoodanan Nair
d. Tarun Kanti Mishra and Prabha Varma
Q.5 What is the eligibility age for making investment in National Pension System (NPS)?
a. 18-60
b. 18-65
c. 18-70
d. 18-75
Q.6 Buddhadeb Guha, who has passed away recently, was a renowned writer in which language?
a. Bengali
b. Marathi
c. Malayalam
d. Hindi
Q.7 Which Indian banker has been appointed as the independent director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Asia?
a. Rajnish Kumar
b. Aditya Puri
c. Arundhati Bhattacharya
d. Anshula Kant
Q.8 Who has become the first Indian woman to win gold at Paralympics?
a. Bhavina Patel
b. Avani Lekhara
c. Rubina Francis
d. Sonalben Manubhai Patel
Q.9 Co-education has been banned in which nation?
a. Afghanistan
b. Pakistan
c. Bangladesh
d. Malaysia
Q.10 Which state will implement a new 10-year climate action plan by year-end?
a. Delhi
b. Haryana
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Punjab
Answers –
Q.1 c) India has overtaken the US to become the second-most sought-after manufacturing destination globally, driven mainly by cost competitiveness, according to real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield. China remains at number one position, the consultant said in its 2021 Global Manufacturing Risk Index.
Q.2 d)
Q.3 b) Pakistan successfully test launched a indigenously developed guided multi-launch rocket system, Fatah-1.
Q.4 a) The Sahitya Akademi named authors Yashodhara Mishra and Omchery N.N. Pillai was the winners of the 2020 awards for their works in Odia and Malayalam, respectively.
Q.5 c) The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has increased the entry age for the National Pension System (NPS) from 65 years to 70 years. Earlier the eligible age to invest in NPS was 18-65 years which has now been revised to 18-70 years.
Q.6 a)
Q.7 a) The former State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Rajnish Kumar has been appointed as an independent director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Asia entity on August 30, 2021.
Q.8 b) Avani Lekhara has become the first Indian woman to win gold at the Paralympics. The 19-year-old created a Paralympics record by equaling the world record held by Ukraine’s Iryna Shchetnik with a score of 249.6 that was set in 2018.
Q.9 a) Taliban has banned co-education in Afghanistan, merely days after it had assured to respect women’s rights in the country. ‘Men are not allowed to teach girls,’ said the newly appointed Taliban Higher Education Minister Shaikh Abdul Baqi Haqqani.
Q.10 a) Delhi Government has planned to implement a new 10-year action plan to combat climate change by this year-end. The central government had prepared the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2009 and had requested the states to prepare their own specific plans. Delhi was the last state to submit its climate action plan in 2019.