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Question 1: India’s 61st software technology park was opened in which of the following states?
a) Tripura
b) Assam
c) Nagaland
d) Mizoram
e) Sikkim
Question 2: India ranked 20th in Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021. How many Indian cities are in the top 20 in this list?
a) One
b) Two
c) Four
d) Three
Question 3: 130th edition of the Durand Cup was started in which of the following cities?
a) Mumbai
b) Delhi
c) Chandigarh
d) Pune
e) Kolkata
Question 4: The Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) has estimated the GDP of India to grow at _ percent in the fiscal year(FY 2021-22)?
a) 9
b) 9.5
c) 10.5
d) 10
e) 11
Question 5: Who among the following was appointed as the Acting Chief of Staff in the US space agency NASA?
a) Bhavya Lal
b) Yogita
c) Dr Swathi Mohan
d) Priyanka Srivastava
e) Usha Guduri
Question 6: The World Health Organisation has named two variants B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 of Covid 19. What is the name of the variant B.1.617.1?
a) Alpha
b) Kappa
c) Gamma
d) Beta
e) Delta
Question 7: International Invincible Gold Medal 2021 was received by which of the following person?
a) Anurag Thakur
b) Harsh Vardhan
c) Kiren Rijiju
d) Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
e) Piyush Goyal
Question 8: Who was appointed as the CEO of National Asset Reconstruction Company?
a) Arun Kumar Singh
b) Arvind Kumar
c) Samant Kumar Goe
d) B.V.R. Subrahmanyam
e) Padmakumar M Nair
Question 9: Which of the following launched ‘#FollowPaymentDistancing’ campaign?
a) Visa
b) American Express
c) RuPay
d) Whatsapp
e) Paytm
Question 10: According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence data, India is the _________ largest insurance technology market in Asia Pacific.
a) Fourth
b) Fifth
c) Second
d) Third
e) Sixth
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Question 11: Who was the Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2019-20?
a) Aditya Puri
b) Dinesh Kumar Khara
c) Uday Kotak
d) Shyam Srinivasan
e) Ashwani Bhatia
Question 12: ‘Kwacha’ is the currency of which of the following countries?
a) Vietnam
b) Tajikistan
c) Nicaragua
d) Zambia
e) Mongolia
Question 13: What is the currency of the country Ecuador?
a) Lari
b) Cedi
c) Euro
d) Dirham
e) U.S Dollar
Question 14: Which of the following countries’ capital is ‘Suva’?
a) Gabon
b) Latvia
c) Fiji
d) Cyprus
Question 15: Match the following countries with their currencies.
Country Currency
(1)Brazil (a)Forint
(2)Eritrea (b)Ringgit
(3)Hungary (c)Nakfa
(4)Malaysia (d)Ngultrum
(5)Bhutan (e)Real
a) (1)-(e), (2)-(c), (3)-(a), (4)-(b), (5)-(d)
b) (1)-(e), (2)-(c), (3)-(d), (4)-(b), (5)-(a)
c) (1)-(e), (2)-(a), (3)-(c), (4)-(b), (5)-(d)
d) (1)-(e), (2)-(c), (3)-(a), (4)-(d), (5)-(b)
Question 16: Who was India’s flag bearer at the closing ceremony of Tokyo Olympics on 8th august 2021?
a) Mary Kom
b) Neeraj Chopra
c) Manpreet Singh
d) Bajrang Punia
Question 17: ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ project was launched by which of the following person?
a) Ratan Tata
b) Mukesh Ambani
c) Gautam Adani
d) Anand Mahindra
e) Aditya Puri
Question 18: Which of the following has become the first company in India to cross 1 billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface(UPI)?
a) BharatPe
b) GooglePay
c) Amazon
d) PhonePe
e) Paytm
Question 19: Match the following counties with their capital cities.
Country Capital
(a)Armenia (i) Wellington
(b)Georgia (ii) Yerevan
(c) New Zealand (iii) Ankara
(d) Turkey (iv) Tashkent
(e) Uzbekistan (v) Tbilisi
a) (a)-(iii), (b)-(v), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i), (e)-(iv)
b) (a)-(ii), (b)-(v), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii), (e)-(iv)
c) (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(v), (d)-(iii), (e)-(iv)
d) (a)-(iii), (b)-(v), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii), (e)-(iv)
Question 20: Which of the following Payments Bank launched a new savings account named “Rewards123 savings account”?
a) Fino Payments Bank
b) Airtel Payments Bank
c) Paytm Payments Bank
d) Jio Payments Bank
e) India Post Payments Bank
Question 21: Who ranked first according to the Forbes Highest paid Athletes list 2021?
a) Christiano Ronaldo
b) Neymar
c) Conor McGregor
d) Lionel Messi
e) Lewis Hamilton
Question 22: What is the rank of India in Global DeFi Adoption Index 2021?
a) 5th
b) 6th
c) 7th
d) 8th
Question 23: What is the currency of ‘Tunisia’?
a) Franc
b) Dinar
c) Riyal
d) Baht
e) Cedi
Question 24: Who is the author of the book titled “Nehru, Tibet and China”?
a) Avtar Singh Bhasin
b) Amitav Ghosh
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Bharat Sundaresan
e) Jeet Thayil
Question 25: Who won the 2021 Madrid Open women’s singles title in Tennis?
a) Aryna Sabalenka
b) Sofia Kenin
c) Naomi Osaka
d) Karolina Pliskova
e) Ashleigh Barty
Question 26: Who won the ‘Sportswoman of the Year Award’ at 2021 Laureus World Sports Awards?
a) Naomi Osaka
b) Sofia Kenin
c) Aryna Sabalenka
d) Karolina Pliskova
e) Ashleigh Barty
Question 27: Which of the following has partnered with the Indian government to roll out a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app in India, which will help people identify places nearby to get inoculated?
a) Amazon
b) Phonepe
c) Flipkart
d) Facebook
e) Paytm
Question 28: Which of the following won the Gold Medal in 2021 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship?
a) Bajrang Punia
b) Sakshi Malik
c) Ravi Kumar Dahiya
d) Deepak Punia
e) Seema Bisla
Question 29: In the 93rd Academy Awards also known as Oscars Award, ‘Nomadland’ won the best picture award. Who is the director of ‘Nomadland’?
a) Thomas Vinterberg
b) Chloe Zhao
c) Frances McDormand
d) David Fincher
e) Anthony Hopkins
Question 30: Who is the author of the book titled ‘Battlefield’?
a) Boria Majumdar
b) K J Alphons
c) Kushan Sarkar
d) Vishram Bedekar
e) Ritu Menon
Answers & Solutions:
1) Answer (C)
India’s 61st software technology park was opened in Nagaland.
Hence, option c is the correct answer.
2) Answer (D)
India ranked 20th in Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021. Three Indian cities (Bengaluru(10th), New Delhi (14th) and Mumbai (16th)) are in the top 20 in this list.
Hence, option d is the correct answer.
3) Answer (E)
130th edition of the Durand Cup was started in Kolkata.
Hence, option e is the correct answer.
4) Answer (B)
The Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) has estimated the GDP of India to grow at 9.5 percent in the fiscal year(FY 2021-22).
5) Answer (A)
Bhavya Lal was appointed as the Acting Chief of Staff in the US space agency NASA.
6) Answer (B)
The World Health Organisation has named two variants B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2 of Covid 19. Kappa is the name of the variant B.1.617.1 and Delta is the name of the variant B.1.617.2.
7) Answer (D)
International Invincible Gold Medal 2021 was received by Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
Hence, option d is the correct answer.
8) Answer (E)
Padmakumar M Nair was appointed as the CEO of National Asset Reconstruction Company.
Hence, option e is the correct answer.
9) Answer (C)
RuPay launched ‘#FollowPaymentDistancing’ campaign.
Hence, option c is the correct answer.
10) Answer (C)
According to the S&P Global Market Intelligence data, India is the second largest insurance technology market in Asia Pacific.
Hence, option c is the correct answer.
11) Answer (D)
Shyam Srinivasan was the Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2019-20.
Hence, option d is the correct answer.
12) Answer (D)
‘Kwacha’ is the currency of Zambia. It is also the currency of Malawi.
Hence, option d is the correct answer.
13) Answer (E)
U.S Dollar is the currency of the country Ecuador.
14) Answer (C)
‘Suva’ is the capital of Fiji.
Hence, option c is the correct answer.
15) Answer (A)
Brazil – Real
Eritrea – Nakfa
Hungary – Forint
Malaysia – Ringgit
Bhutan – Ngultrum
Hence, option a is the correct answer.
16) Answer (D)
Bajrang Punia was India’s flag bearer at the closing ceremony of Tokyo Olympics on 8th august 2021. Mary Kom and Manpreet Singh were India’s flag bearers at the opening ceremony.
Hence, option d is the correct answer.
17) Answer (D)
‘Oxygen on Wheels’ project was launched by Anand Mahindra.
Hence, option d is the correct answer.
18) Answer (D)
PhonePe has become the first company in India to cross 1 billion transactions on Unified Payments Interface(UPI).
19) Answer (B)
Armenia ⇒ Yerevan
Georgia ⇒ Tbilisi
New Zealand ⇒ Wellington
Turkey ⇒ Ankara
Uzbekistan ⇒ Tashkent
Hence, option b is the correct answer.
20) Answer (B)
Airtel Payments Bank launched a new savings account named “Rewards123 savings account”.
21) Answer (C)
Conor McGregor ranked first according to the Forbes Highest paid Athletes list 2021.
22) Answer (B)
The rank of India in Global DeFi Adoption Index 2021 is 6th. It is topped by the US.
Hence, option b is the correct answer.
23) Answer (B)
The currency of ‘Tunisia’ is Dinar. It’s capital is Tunis. Recently Tunisia’s Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh resigned.
Hence, option b is the correct answer.
24) Answer (A)
Avtar Singh Bhasin is the author of the book titled “Nehru, Tibet and China”.
25) Answer (A)
Aryna Sabalenka won the 2021 Madrid Open women’s singles title in Tennis. World number seven Aryna Sabalenka defeated world number one Ashleigh Barty in the finals.
26) Answer (A)
Naomi Osaka won the ‘Sportswoman of the Year Award’ at the 2021 Laureus World Sports Awards.
27) Answer (D)
Facebook has partnered with the Indian government to roll out a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app in India, which will help people identify places nearby to get inoculated.
28) Answer (C)
Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the Gold Medal in 2021 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship.
Along with Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Vinesh Phogat, Anshu Malik, Sarita Mor, Divya Kakran also won Gold Medal in 2021 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship.
Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia, Sakshi Malik won Silver Medal in 2021 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship.
29) Answer (B)
In the 93rd Academy Awards also known as Oscars Award, ‘Nomadland’ won the best picture award. Chloe Zhao is the director of ‘Nomadland’.
30) Answer (D)
Vishram Bedekar is the author of the book titled ‘Battlefield’.
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