Q.1 Which state will host the Investor Summit on August 13th?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c. Gujarat
d. Telangana
Q.2 When is International Youth Day 2021?
a. August 11th
b. August 12th
c. August 13th
d. August 14th
Q.3 Which state’s Chief Minister has launched faceless transport services?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Punjab
d. Delhi
Q.4 The Malabar Naval Exercise is conducted annually between which of these countries?
a. India, Australia, US and Singapore
b. India, US, Japan and Australia
c. India, Japan, Sri Lanka and US
d. India, US, Russia and Australia
Q.5 The DRDO successfully test-fired India’s first Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile, off Odisha Coast. Name the missile?
a. Shaurya
b. Prithvi
c. Akash
d. Nirbhay
Q.6 Which state has announced the launch of a new IT sector award named after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi?
a. Kerala
b. Maharashtra
c. Karnataka
d. Punjab
Q.7 Which country has topped the 2020 Global Youth Development Index?
a. Australia
b. Norway
c. Germany
d. Singapore
Q.8 What is the theme of the International Youth Day (IYD)?
a. Transforming Education
b. Safe Spaces for Youth
c. Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health
d. Youth Building Peace
Q.9 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
Q.10 The ‘Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021’ was the first-ever joint naval exercise of the Indian Navy with which country?
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Iran
c. Qatar
d. Egypt
Answers –
Q.1 c) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to virtually address the Investor Summit in Gujarat at 11 am on August 13, 2021. The Investor Summit is being organized by the Gujarat government and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to attract investment to set up vehicle scrapping infrastructure under the Vehicle Scrapping Policy.
Q.2 b)
Q.3 d) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on August 11, 2021 launched faceless transport services in Delhi. Under this initiative, 33 transport services will go completely faceless and online except for driving tests and fitness tests for vehicles.
Q.4 b) The Quad country navies including, India, the US, Japan and Australia, will be conducting the annual Malabar naval exercises, from August 21, off the coast of Guam, in the Indo-Pacific.
Q.5 d) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired medium range subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, off Odisha coast, on August 11, 2021. Nirbhay is India’s first Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM).
Q.6 b) In Maharashtra, the state government has announced a new award for the Information and Technology (IT) sector, named after the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, as a tribute to his pioneering work in the technology sector.
Q.7 d)
Q.8 c)
Q.9 c) India’s cleanest city, Indore, in Madhya Pradesh has achieved another feat of being declared as the country’s first ‘water plus’ certified city, under the Swachh Survekshan 2021.
Q.10 a) India and Saudi Arabia are conducting the first ever joint naval exercises “Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021” in the Arabian Gulf.