Q.1 Name the first city in India where people can avail high-quality drinking water directly from the tap on a 24-hour basis?
a. Kanpur
b. Puri
c. Pune
d. Haldwani
Q.2 Which of the following state government made the ‘Devarana’ scheme to promote Ayurveda?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Gujarat
d. Madhya Pradesh
Q.3 Who is the author of the book “The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World”?
a. Shashi Tharoor
b. Mohammad Hamid Ansari
c. Piyush Goyal
d. S Jaishankar
Q.4 The new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 approved by the government will replace which of these policies?
a. NEP 1990
b. NEP 1986
c. NEP 1980
d. NEP 1999
Q.5 The World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is observed every year on which day?
a. July 31
b. July 30
c. July 29
d. July 28
Q.6 What is the theme of the 2021 International Tiger Day?
a. Fresh Ecology For Tigers’ Protection
b. Their Survival is in our hands
c. Connect2 Tiger
d. Save Tigers Now
Q.7 Which one is the Indo-Russia joint military exercise?
a. Surya Kiran
b. INDRA
c. Hand-in-Hand
d. Rudra
Q.8 Momiji Nishiya, who became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions, belongs to which country?
a. Japan
b. China
c. USA
d. Russia
Q.9 Which of the following has become the 1st Green SEZ to achieve the IGBC Green Cities Platinum Rating?
a. Madras SEZ
b. Noida SEZ
c. Cochin SEZ
d. Kandla SEZ
Q.10 Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated the helpline number – 7827170170 for whose help?
a. Child
b. Women
c. Old Person
d. Beggars
Answers –
Q.1 b) Puri has become the first city in India where people can avail high-quality drinking water directly from the tap on a 24-hour basis.
Q.2 d) In order to promote AYUSH in Madhya Pradesh and to link it with employment, the government has made the ‘Devarana’ scheme.
Q.3 d)
Q.4 b) The Union Cabinet has approved the new National Education Policy (NEP), to introduce several changes in the Indian education system, both at school and college level. This NEP 2020 will replace the 34-year-old NEP, which was framed in 1986 and revised only once in 1992. The Cabinet has also approved to rename the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry.
Q.5 b)
Q.6 b)
Q.7 b) The 12th Edition of the Indo-Russia joint military exercise called ‘Exercise INDRA 2021’ will be held at Volgograd, Russia from 01 to 13 August 2021.
Q.8 a) Japan’s Momiji Nishiya became one of the youngest individual Olympic champions in history when she won the inaugural women’s skateboarding gold at the age of 13 years and 330 days.
Q.9 d) Kandla Special Economic Zone (SEZ) or KASEZ has become the first Green SEZ to achieve the IGBC Green Cities Platinum Rating. KASEZ has been awarded by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) for implementing green infrastructure across the SEZ.
Q.10 b) Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated the National Commission for Women’s 24/7 helpline number – 7827170170.