Q.1 In which state the country’s first agricultural based solar power plant has been set up?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Meghalaya
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Rajasthan
Q.2 Which country chaired the meeting of the 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting?
a. SriLanka
b. India
c. Thailand
d. South Africa
Q.3 Which organisation announced to set up its wholly owned subsidiary Bharat Bill Pay Limited?
a. NPCI
b. RBI
c. NABARD
d. IRDA
Q.4 Who among the following has recently been appointed as the additional director off at Britannia Industries board?
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. Urjit Patel
c. Viral Acharya
d. Shaktikanta Das
Q.5 Who has taken over as head of BCCI anti corruption unit?
a. Shabbir Hussein
b. Sheikh Rehman
c. Ajith Singh
d. Ramesh Mody
Q.6 Who is the author of the book “ Agriculture in India-Contemporary Challenges”?
a. Arjun Singh
b. Mohan Kanda
c. Saraswati Basu
d. MN Draupadi
Q.7 Who received the Kalinga Ratna Award 2021?
a. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
b. Pinarayi Vijayan
c. Bhupesh Baghel
d. Biswabhusan Harichandan
Q.8 Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of Slovakia?
a. Eduard Heger
b. Zuzana Caputova
c. Igor Matovic
d. None of these
Q.9 Which company has recently achieved the feat of crossing one billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure?
a. PhonePe
b. GPay
c. Paytm
d. Freecharge
Q.10 Recently MLA Wankener Digvijaysinh Zala passedaway.He belongs from which state?
a. UP
b. Gujarat
c. TamilNadu
d. Kerala
Answers –
Q.1 d)
Q.2 a) The External Affairs Minister of India, Dr S Jaishankar participated in the 17th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting.
Q.3 a) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced the formation of its wholly-owned subsidiary firm – NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL).
Q.4 b) The Board of Britannia Industries has appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel as the Additional Director of the company.He has been appointed for a period of five years with effect from March 31, 2021, in the category of Non-Executive and Independent Director.
Q.5 a)
Q.6 b)
Q.7 d) Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Biswabhusan Harichandan has received the Kalinga Ratna Award 2021 on the occasion of birth anniversary of Adikabi Sarala Das. The award was conferred by Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu.
Q.8 a)
Q.9 a) Bengaluru-based digital payments and financial services company, PhonePe has become the first company to cross one billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure. The company achieved the feat in March 2021.
Q.10 b) Former Union Environment Minister and MLA from Gujarat’s Wankaner Digvijaysinh Zalapassed away at the age of 88.