Q.1 Recently India has launched new public-private task forces on Hydrogen and Biofuels to expand the use of clean energy technologies with which country?
a. USA
b. France
c. UK
d. Russia
Q.2 Which Organisation tested a new version of the Akash Missile ‘Akash Prime’ from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha?
a. ISRO
b. DhruvX
c. SpaceX
d. DRDO
Q.3 Who was re-elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)?
a. Dinesh Dixit
b. Aveek Sarkar
c. Bibek Dibroy
d. Varsha Joshi
Q.4 Who took over as the new 34th director general of the National Cadet Corps (NCC)?
a. Gurkirpal Singh
b. Karambir Singh
c. KN Shanth Kumar
d. Vishwair Ahuja
Q.5 Recently Judima, a home-made rice wine from which state gOt GI tag?
a. Assam
b. WestBengal
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Rajasthan
Q.6 Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Technology (CIPET) in which state?
a. Rajasthan
b. Bihar
c. Assam
d. TamilNadu
Q.7 Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy laid the foundation stone for the developing Parshuram Kund in which state?
a. TamilNadu
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Assam
Q.8 Which company becomes India’s first platform to accept international remittances directly into digital wallet?
a. Paytm
b. Payzapp
c. PayPal
d. Mobikwik
Q.9 Which body has approved a credit plan for rearing Himalayan yaks?
a. NABARD
b. NHB
c. SIDBI
d. Ministry of Animal Husbandry
Q.10 Which organisation wins 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award?
a. Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development
b. Mayerlin Vergara Association
c. Din Homes Association
d. Albert Jindala Organisation
Answers –
Q.1 a) The US department of energy along with its Indian counterpart has launched new public-private task forces on Hydrogen and Biofuels to expand the use of clean energy technologies, an official statement said.
Q.2 d) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested a new version of the Akash Missile ‘Akash Prime’ from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.
Q.3 b) Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, was re-elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI), the country’s premier news agency.
Q.4 a)
Q.5 a) Judima, a home-made rice wine from Assam and Sojat Mehndi (Henna) from Rajasthan, has been awarded the geographical indication (GI) tag.
Q.6 a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Technology (CIPET) in Rajasthan’s Jaipur district.
Q.7 b) Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy laid the foundation stone for the developing Parshuram Kund in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Q.8 a) Paytm Payments Bank has forged a tie-up with Ria Money Transfer, a cross-border money transfer firm and a business segment of Euronet Worldwide, to help its 333 million customers receive money from their relatives abroad.
Q.9 a) Two months after a scheme was worked out to insure them against the impact of climate change, the Himalayan yaks have now become bankable.
Q.10 a) The Jeel Albena Association for Humanitarian Development, a Yemeni humanitarian organization that has provided a lifeline to tens of thousands of people displaced by the country’s conflict, has won the 2021 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award.