Q.1 Who has been conferred the prestigious AANS International Lifetime Achievement Award 2021?
a. Dr. Devi Shetty
b. Dr. A. G. K. Gokhale
c. Dr. Basant Kumar Misra
d. Dr. Deepak Chopra
Q.2 Which country hosted the 8th Meeting of Agriculture Experts of Bay of BIMSTEC Countries?
a. India
b. Sri Lanka
c. Bhutan
d. Nepal
Q.3 BharatPe has partnered with which bank to launch its point of sale (PoS) business ‘BharatSwipe’?
a. HDFC Bank
b. Punjab National Bank
c. Axis Bank
d. HDFC Bank
Q.4 Which bank has launched the first-ever floating ATM on a Houseboat in Dal Lake of Srinagar?
a. Bank of Baroda
b. Union Bank of India
c. Punjab National Bank
d. State Bank of India
Q.5 The annual military exercise KAZIND-21 is being conducted between the Indian Army and which Army?
a. Kazakhstan
b. Kyrgyzstan
c. Kenya
d. Kuwait
Q.6 The Ubreathe Life is a living-plant based air purifier, developed by which institute?
a. IIT Madras
b. IIT Ropar
c. IIT Delhi
d. IIT Ropar
Q.7 Supertech twin tower case, which has been seen in the news, is associated with which state?
a. Kerala
b. Maharashtra
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Karnataka
Q.8 Which city will host the 12th Defence Expo-2022?
a. Bengaluru
b. Gandhinagar
c. Lucknow
d. Indore
Q.9 PM Modi virtually addressed the 6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) recently. Which country was the host of the EEF Summit 2021?
a. France
b. Russia
c. Germany
d. Australia
Q.10 Who has been appointed as the new Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha?
a. Dr. Parasaram Pattabhi Kesava Ramacharyulu
b. Harivansh Singh
c. Mallikarjun Kharge
d. Dr. Bhagwat Karad
Answers –
Q.1 c) Odisha-born neurosurgeon Dr Basant Kumar Misra has been conferred the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons’ ‘International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery’.
Q.2 a) India hosted the 8th Meeting of Agriculture Experts of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Countries through video conferencing.
Q.3 c)
Q.4 d)
Q.5 a) The India-Kazakhstan joint military exercise “KAZIND-21” commenced Training Node Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan.
Q.6 d) Scientists at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Ropar and Kanpur have jointly launched a living-plant based air purifier named “Breathe,Life”, that will boost the air purification process in the indoor spaces.
Q.7 c) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called for an inquiry and strict action against guilty officers in Noida in the illegal twin tower case.
Q.8 b) The 12th Defence Expo-2022 is scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from March 10 to 13, 2021, in a hybrid format.
Q.9 b) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi virtually addressed the plenary session of the 6th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), organised on September 03, 2021 in Vladivostok, Russia. An Indian delegation led by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and comprising leading Indian oil and gas companies are participating in the EEF Summit 2021 in Russia.
Q.10 a) Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has appointed Dr. Parasaram Pattabhi Kesava Ramacharyulu as the new Secretary General of the Upper House of Parliament, with effect from August 31, 2021.