Q.1 Karaikal-Kankesanthurai is a ferry service of India with which country?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Maldives
c. Bangladesh
d. Mauritius
Q.2 A ‘Samajik Adhikarita Shivir’ for the distribution of assistive devices and aids to ‘Divyangjan’ took place in which state?
a. Gujarat
b. Haryana
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
Q.3 CORPAT is an exercise of India with which country?
a. Indonesia
b. Sri Lanka
c. China
d. Japan
Q.4 Mini polyhouse, which is a kind of greenhouse, will be built under the “Krishikarna” project, in which state?
a. Kerala
b. Punjab
c. Haryana
d. Gujarat
Q.5 Which country hosted the G20 Culture Ministers Meeting, 2021?
a. India
b. Italy
c. Australia
d. France
Q.6 Lhasa Gonggar Airport, which was recently in news, is located in which country?
a. India
b. China
c. Japan
d. South Korea
Q.7 India participated in Naval Exercise AL-MOHED AL-HINDI 2021 with which country recently?
a. United Arab Emirates
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Qatar
d. Oman
Q.8 Who has been given one-year extension by the government as Cabinet Secretary?
a. Rajeev Topno
b. Amit Khare
c. Rajiv Gauba
d. Rajiv Mehrishi
Q.9 Which state government launched ‘doorstep healthcare’ scheme called ‘Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam’, which is aimed at taking healthcare to the doorsteps of the people?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Telangana
d. Madhya Pradesh
Q.10 Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as leader of which Islamist group?
a. Hamas
b. Taliban
c. Cobra
d. Jes-e-Mohammad
Q.11 Who has become the new Prime Minister of Myanmar?
a. Min Aung Hlaing
b. Gen Si Chun
c. Aung San Suu Kyi
d. Thein Sen
Q.12 Who has been chosen for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Award for 2021?
a. Cyrus Poonawalla
b. Harish Mistri
c. Jitender Singh
d. Kawal Keshav Das
Q.13 LIC Cards Services restricted (LIC-CSL) has partnered with which bank to launch ‘Lumine’ noble metal Mastercard?
a. HDFC Bank
b. IDBI Bank
c. SBI Bank
d. Yes Bank
Q.14 Which one has become the first Indian city to accomplish 100% COVID-19 vaccination?
a. Bhubaneswar
b. Pune
c. Jaipur
d. Delhi
Q.15 Dalit Bandhu programme has been launched in which state?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Telangana
c. Haryana
d. Kerala
Q.16 Who participated in the G20 Culture Ministers’ Meeting on behalf of the Government of India?
a. Smriti Irani
b. Meenakshi Lekhi
c. Geeta Shridhar
d. Radha Sharma
Q.17 Who wrote the theme song for the Indian Paralympic contingent?
a. Sanjeev Singh
b. Rajeev Singh
c. Jaideep Singh
d. Rekha Malik
Q.18 Which country took over the Presidency of the UN Security Council?
a. India
b. China
c. Pakistan
d. USA
Q.19 In which State/UT, an exhibition-cum-selling platform ”NCUI Haat” has been inaugurated?
a. Maharashtra
b. West Bengal
c. New Delhi
d. Odisha
Q.20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of multiple projects in Somnath Temple. In which State/UT, Somnath Temple is located?
a. Odisha
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Uttarakhand
d. Gujarat
Q.21 In which State/UT, a new frog species named Adi Cascade Frog has been discovered?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Assam
c. Sikkim
d. Nagaland
Q.22 In which city, India’s first smog tower has been inaugurated?
a. Kolkata
b. Mumbai
c. Delhi
d. Bengaluru
Q.23 What is the name of India’s operation of evacuating its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan?
a. Operation Safed Sagar
b. Operation Raahat
c. Operation Surya Hope
d. Operation Devi Shakti
Q.24 Which state/UT has launched a special mission called “Mission Vatsalya” in order to help women who lost their husbands to COVID-19?
a. Maharashtra
b. Kerala
c. Delhi
d. Jharkhand
Q.25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first Indian PM to chair which debate?
a. United Nations Environment Programme
b. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
c. U Nations Security Council
d. United Nations Economic and Social Council
Q.26 Which country topped the Global Youth Development Index 2020?
a. Denmark
b. Norway
c. India
d. Singapore
Q.27 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) roped in whom for a public awareness campaign to warn people against digital banking frauds?
a. Lovlina Borgohain
b. PV Sindhu
c. Mirabai Chanu
d. Neeraj Chopra
Q.28 Who is named as the first vice-president of Iran?
a. Ebrahim Raisi
b. Mohammad Mokhber
c. Saeed Jalili
d. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Q.29 Sanskrit Day is celebrated every year on which date in 2020?
a. August 2
b. August 3
c. August 4
d. August 5
Q.30 Which university has been recognised as the ‘District Green Champion’ for the academic year 2020-21?
a. MDU Rohtak
b. Chitkara University
c. DCRUST
d. Delhi University
Q.31 Rashid Irani, who was found dead at his residence, belongs to which profession?
a. Director
b. Producer
c. Film Critic
d. Wrestler
Q.32 INS Khanjar has become the first Indian Navy ship to call at the heritage coast in which state?
a. Goa
b. Gujarat
c. Odisha
d. Andhra Pradesh
Q.33 The First G20 Cultural Ministers meeting was held in which country?
a. Iran
b. Italy
c. UK
d. India
Q.34 JSW Foundation has signed MoU with which state or union territory to restore Mughal Gardens?
a. Delhi
b. Ladakh
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Goa
Q.35 Who took charge as MD of LIC?
a. Isha Mandal
b. Mini Ipe
c. Neha Sejwal
d. Ila Kumari
Q.36 BRO has constructed and black-topped the highest road in the world in which state/UT?
a. Ladakh
b. Delhi
c. Uttarakhand
d. Assam
Q.37 Which one is the most endangered turtle in the world?
a. Swinhoe’s softshell
b. Lady Boxworth
c. Miss Shellington
d. Koopa Troopa
Q.38 Indian men’s hockey team defeated which team to win their first-ever Bronze Olympic medal in 41 years?
a. Argentina
b. Germany
c. Italy
d. Great Britain
Q.39 Who authored the book titled “Balkot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama”?
a. Manan Bhatt
b. Chetan Bhagat
c. Aruna Roy
d. Rashmi Sharma
Q.40 Who has received Canada’s coveted Order of British Columbia award, the province’s highest honour?
a. Ajay Dilwari
b. Mehun Patel
c. Vishal Singh
d. Daya Bhai Patel
Q. 41 In August 2021, India’s total installed renewable energy generation capacity crossed what mark?
a. 200 GW
b. 150 GW
c. 100 GW
d. 300 GW
Q.42 Where did the Indian Air Force (IAF) build one of the world’s highest mobile air traffic control (ATC) towers?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Uttarakhand
c. Sikkim
d. Ladakh
Q.43 Which state became the first state to recognise Community Forest Resource Rights in an urban area?
a. Assam
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Chhattisgarh
d. Bihar
Q.44 Who has written the biography of Zohra Sehgal titled “Zohra! A Biography In Four Acts”?
a. Preeti Mittal
b. Rakhi Joshi
c. Ritu Menon
d. Shweta Sawant
Q.45 Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been given a one-year extension for which post?
a. Union Education Secretary
b. Union Corporate Affairs Secretary
c. Union Home Secretary
d. Union Finance Secretary
Q.46 In which State/UT, the Wanchuwa Festival 2021 has been celebrated?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Sikkim
c. Nagaland
d. Assam
Q.47 Which country took charge as the Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Board in 2021?
a. UK
b. Australia
c. India
d. Bangladesh
Q.48 “Anth Prerana” is the Start-up Conclave Entrepreneurship Summit, hosted by which state?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Goa
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Telangana
Q.49 Where will the 130th Edition of the Durand Cup Football Tournament held?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Noida
c. Chennai
d. Kolkata
Q.50 The Indian Navy participated in the Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) military exercise. The exercise was led by which country’s navy?
a. Germany
b. USA
c. UAE
d. China
Q.51 Where is the HQ of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) located?
a. Montreal, Canada
b. Amsterdam, Netherlands
c. Stockholm, Sweden
d. Havana, Cuba
Q.52 Which state/UT police launched a first-of-its-kind Drone Forensic Lab and Research Centre with an aim to address the rising concerns of security threat in the country?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Kerala
d. Rajasthan
Q.53 Which national park became the first national park in the country to equip its forest guards with satellite phones as an anti-poaching measure?
a. Pench National Park
b. Keoladeo National Park
c. Ranthambore National Park
d. Kaziranga National Park
Q.54 Ashraf Ghani stepped down as president of which country?
a. Turkey
b. Oman
c. Afghanistan
d. Qatar
Q.55 On India’s 75th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of which mission?
a. National Hydrogen Mission
b. National Oxygen Mission
c. National Carbon Mission
d. National Methane Mission
Q.56 PM Modi has declared to observe which day as the ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’?
a. 14 August
b. 16 August
c. 15 August
d. 13 August
Q.57 Training for Augmenting Productivity and Services (TAPAS) is an online portal launched by which ministry?
a. Ministry of Steel
b. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution
c. Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment
d. Ministry of Minority Affairs
Q.58 Recently the government launched the brand name and logo for marketing of the urban Self-Help Group (SHG) products. What brand name has been given to these products?
a. SonChiraiya
b. Saras
c. Neelkanth
d. Gauraiya
Q.59 What is the name of India’s first Cattle Genomic Chip for the conservation of pure varieties of indigenous cattle breeds?
a. BharGau
b. IndiGau
c. GauDham
d. GauLok
Q.60 What is the name of the new advisory group created by the WHO to study the emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential?
a. SAGO
b. HALO
c. TAHO
d. PEARL
Q.61 Who will be given the 1st Congressional Gold Medal for recognition of his promotion of peace and nonviolence?
a. Jawahar Lal Nehru
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. C V Raman
d. D D Basu
Q.62 Which state has emerged as a leading state in trading at the National Agriculture Market (eNAM), since its inception?
a. Gujarat
b. Punjab
c. Odisha
d. Rajasthan
Q.63 Which country, in collaboration with the United Nations, launched a technology platform UNITE AWARE?
a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Nepal
d. China
Q.64 World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed every year on which date?
a. August 12
b. August 20
c. August 21
d. August 19
Q.65 Who has penned down a book titled ‘Lahore: Book 1 of the Partition Trilogy’?
a. Seema Lodha
b. Mohammad Yusuf
c. Manreet Sodhi
d. Jehan Khan
Q.66 What is the rank of India in terms of crypto adoption internationally?
a. 2nd
b. 3rd
c. 10th
d. 100th
Q.67 Consider the following statements regarding Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).
1.The AMOC is a large system of ocean currents.
2.It distributes heat and nutrients throughout the world’s ocean basins.
3.AMOC shutdown would increase the temperature over the northern hemisphere.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.68 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) that applies a levy on imports based on the carbon emissions associated with its production, is a mechanism proposed by
a. European Union
b. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
c. World Trade Organisation (WTO)
d. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Q.69 Consider the following statements regarding the National Mission on Himalayan Studies.
1.The National Mission on Himalayan Studies scheme functions under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences.
2.The Mission specifically targets the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR).
3.The goal is to improve quality of life and maintain ecosystem health of the Indian Himalayan Region.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 3 only
b. 1, 2
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.70 Consider the following statements regarding ‘Contract for the Web’ sometimes seen in news.
1.It is a legal document, endorsed by the World Wide Web Foundation.
2.It is an attempt to address issues of political manipulation, fake news, privacy violations, and other malign forces on the internet.
3.Protecting people’s privacy and personal data to build online trust is one of the principles of it.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.71 By which year will the central government fortify the rice distributed to the poor as announced by PM Modi?
a. 2027
b. 2024
c. 2026
d. 2030
Q.72 Which institute has become the first hospital in India to house a fire station inside the hospital premises?
a. AIIMS Jodhpur
b. AIIMS Rishikesh
c. AIIMS Delhi
d. AIIMS Mohali
Q.73 In which state four new districts named Mohla-Manpur, Sakti, Sarangarh-Bilaigarh and Manendragarh will be created?
a. Maharashtra
b. Chhattisgarh
c. Gujarat
d. Madhya Pradesh
Q.74 Who is the author of the book titled ‘Ramrao: The Story of India’s Farm Crisis’?
a. Kunal Verma
b. Jaideep Hardikar
c. Roshan Lal
d. Shourabh Chatterjee
Q.75 Which state/UT government unveiled the ‘KARKHANDAR’ scheme to give a fresh impetus to the training in the handicraft sector?
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. Delhi
c. Uttarakhand
d. Bihar
Q.76 Which city was the world’s most polluted city in 2020 according to a report prepared by British company HouseFresh?
a. Hotan
b. Ghaziabad
c. Manikganj
d. London
Q.77 Where has the Uttar Pradesh government decided to set up a training centre for Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) commandos?
a. Bareilly
b. Ghaziabad
c. Meerut
d. Deoband
Q.78 Where will the 2021 edition of the World Athletics U20 Championships be held?
a. Sydney, Australia
b. Nairobi, Kenya
c. Jakarta, Indonesia
d. Manama, Bahrain
Q.79 Priyanka Chopra Jonas replaced whom as the chairperson of the Jio MAMI Film Festival?
a. Yami Gautam
b. Deepika Padukone
c. Alia Bhatt
d. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Q.80 Amazon India introduced whose voice for its Amazon Echo’s Alexa device?
a. Karan Johar
b. Ranveer Singh
c. Shahrukh Khan
d. Amitabh Bachchan
Q.81 Consider the following statements regarding Monoclonal antibodies.
1.They are artificially created antibodies.
2.Monoclonal antibodies are used for people whose immune systems are unable to make sufficient amounts of antibodies.
3.They are used in treating Ebola, HIV and psoriasis.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.82 Consider the following statements regarding the Istanbul Convention.
1 It is on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
2.The Convention sets minimum standards for governments to meet when tackling violence against women.
3.When a government ratifies the Convention, they are not legally bound to follow it.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1 only
b. 1, 2
c. 1, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.83 Dead Sea is a Salt Lake sandwiched between
a. Israel and Jordan
b. Syria and Lebanon
c. Israel and Syria
d. Jordan and Syria
Q.84 Consider the following statements regarding the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
1.It works under the administrative control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
2.The Commission’s Mandate is to ensure that the Laws, Policies, Programmes, and Administrative Mechanisms are in consonance with the Child Rights perspective as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
3.At least some members of the commission must be women.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 2 only
b. 1, 2
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.85 Akshay Urja Diwas (Renewable Energy Day) is held every year on which date?
a. September 20
b. August 20
c. July 28
d. October 23
Q.86 Which bank has launched a new Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund?
a. ADB
b. World Bank
c. AIIB
d. SBI
Q.87 India observes Sadbhavana Diwas on which date?
a. August 20
b. August 21
c. August 16
d. August 19
Q.88 Which highway has become the country’s first EV-friendly highway?
a. Delhi-Meerut
b. Delhi-Chandigarh
c. Delhi-Roorkee
d. Panipat-Ambala
Q.89 Who has been selected as a panellist on the MSI Fellowships Virtual Panel of NASA?
a. Goldy Madan
b. Pooja Sejwal
c. Diksha Shinde
d. Parul Lodha
Q.90 Which country has approved a three-child policy and has marked a major policy shift to prevent a steep decline in the birth rate in the country?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Germany
d. USA
Q.91 The Conference of Parties 26 will be held in which city?
a. Glasgow
b. Hungary
c. London
d. Budapest
Q.92 NTPC Limited has commissioned the largest floating solar PV project of 25 MegaWatt on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in which state?
a. Assam
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Telangana
Q.93 The government of India has allowed Women to sit in which exam recently for the first time in India?
a. UPSC CSE
b. AFCAT
c. NDA
d. CDS
Q.94 An all-women team of the three-armed forces successfully scaled which mountain in Himachal Pradesh?
a. Mt Kaimur
b. Mt Makalu
c. Mt Jogin
d. Mt Manirang
Q.95 Kadavur Reserve Forest, which is in news recently belongs to which state?
a. Kerala
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Karnataka
d. Haryana
Q.96 The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report is published by
a. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
b. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
c. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
d. Published jointly by a) b) and c)
Q.97 Tharu tribals, recently seen in news, primarily belongs to
a. Terai Lowlands
b. Western Ghats
c. North-eastern India
d. Andaman Islands
Q.98 Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act 1996 confers which of the following powers to the Gram Sabhas?
1.Protection of traditional belief and culture of the tribal communities.
2.Resolution of the local disputes
3.Prevention of land alienation
4.Management of village markets
Select the correct answer code:
a. 1, 2, 3
b. 1, 3, 4
c. 2, 3, 4
d. 1, 2, 3, 4
Q.99 Consider the following statements regarding the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NMEO-OP).
1.NMEO-OP aims to promote palm cultivation and reduce the country’s dependence on edible oils imports.
2.Under the mission, there will be a special focus on developing oil palm plantations in Gujarat and Rajasthan.
3.It provides viability gap funding and planting material assistance to oil palm farmers to boost domestic production.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
a. 1, 2
b. 1, 3
c. 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3
Q.100 Tropical Storm Henri has made its landfall at which place?
a. Ghana
b. Rhode Island
c. Maldives
d. Malaysia
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