Q.1 Name the winner of Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021?
a. Alejandro Prieto
b. Maofeng Shen
c. Jonas Classon
d. Felipe Foncueva
Q.2 The RBI has announced to set up a 5-member committee to scrutinize applications and give recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses. Who will head this committee?
a. Vikram Dhanda
b. P. Vasudevan
c. Debojit Barua
d. Mohd. Anwar
Q.3 Which of these countries have been inducted as the new member country of the New Development Bank (NDB) set up by the BRICS nation?
a. Bangladesh
b. Uruguay
c. UAE
d. All of the above
Q.4 Who has been appointed as the Director-General of the Border Security Force (BSF)?
a. Surjeet Singh Deswal
b. V.K. Johri
c. Rajni Kant Mishra
d. Pankaj Kumar Singh
Q.5 Which animal has been named as the state animal by the administration of the Union Territory of Ladakh?
a. Kashmir stag
b. Red panda
c. Snow leopard
d. Red panda
Q.6 Which State has launched an e-ILP platform to regulate entry and exit?
a. Nagaland
b. Sikkim
c. Manipur
d. Assam
Q.7 Which state has announced black-necked crane as state bird and snow leopard as state animal?
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. Ladakh
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Uttarakhand
Q.8 Who has inaugurated the Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled ‘Saath’ for Self Help Group (SHG) women?
a. Nitin Gadkari
b. Manoj Sinha
c. Smriti Zubin Irani
d. None of the above
Q.9 Which Nation has emerged as the largest startup ecosystem in the world?
a. China
b. India
c. USA
d. Japan
Q.10 Which organization has developed the D4S system for Indian defence?
a. DRDO
b. HAL
c. ISRO
d. CSIR
Answers –
Q.1 a) Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto has emerged as the winner of the Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021.
Q.2 b) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will set up a committee to scrutinize applications and give recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses.
Q.3 a) The Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) has approved the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay and Bangladesh as its new member countries.
Q.4 d)
Q.5 c)
Q.6 c) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh virtually launched the e-ILP platform for effective regulation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the state.
Q.7 b) The Union Territory Government of Ladakh has announced snow leopard as its state animal and black-necked crane as state two years after it was carved out as a separate Union Territory (UT) from the erstwhile State of J&K.
Q.8 b) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme titled ‘Saath’ for Self Help Group (SHG) women.
Q.9 c) India has emerged as the third largest startup ecosystem in the world after the US and China and the pace of growth is not showing any signs of slowing down.
Q.10 a) The Drone Detect, Deter and Destroy system (D4S), developed by DRDO and manufactured by BEL, is the first indigenously developed anti-drone system to be inducted into the Indian Armed Forces.