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CLERKS GENERAL AWARENESS LAST WEEK OF AUGUST 2021
AUGUST
25 2021
Q1.
Yuktdhara is a portal to plan for new MGNREGA assets using Remote Sensing and
GIS based information. The portal has been launched by which organisation?
(a) Google India
(b) NPCI
(c) ISRO
(d) BSNL
(e) Microsoft
Q2.
Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Manipur?
(a) TK Rangarajan
(b) La. Ganesan
(c) R. Vaithilingam
(d) P. Wilson
(e) Rohit Gupta
Q3.
HDFC bank has recently tied with which company to build comprehensive solutions
across payment gateway, point of sale machines and credit products?
(a) Facebook
(b) Amazon
(c) Paytm
(d) Google
(e) Microsoft
Q4.
The World Water Week is being observed globally in 2021 from ________.
(a) August 22 to 26
(b) August 26 to 30
(c) August 25 to 29
(d) August 24 to 28
(e) August 23 to 27
Q5.
Which financial body has signed a $500 million loans with the Indian government
to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru?
(a) ADB
(b) World Bank
(c) IMF
(d) AIIB
(e) EBRD
Q6.
NeoBolt is India’s first indigenous motorized wheelchair vehicle. The vehicle
has been developed by which institution?
(a) IIT Hyderabad
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Kanpur
(d) IIT Madras
(e) IIT Bombay
Q7.
The Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge 2021 has been launched by
which organisation in partnership with UN Women in India?
(a) MyGov
(b) NITI Aayog
(c) Central Vigilance Commission
(d) Competition Commission of India
(e) DRDO
Q8.
What is the theme of World Water Week 2021?
(a) Water, Ecosystems and Human Development
(b) Building Resilience Faster
(c) Water and Climate Change: Accelerating Action
(d) Water for society – Including all
(e) Water and waste: Reduce and reuse
Q9.
The second edition of the joint naval exercise, Zair-Al-Bahr, between the
Indian Navy and _____ Navy.
(a) UAE
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Oman
(d) Qatar
(e) Iran
Q10.
Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Address Book: A Publishing
Memoir in the time of COVID’?
(a) Rajni Sharma
(b) Ramesh Kumar Mehta
(c) Ritu Menon
(d) Anjali Singh
(e) Vivek Bindra
Q11.
Name the author of the book ‘Battlefield’, translated from the Marathi original
Ranaangan.
(a) Piyush Taragi
(b) Nitin Phartiyal
(c) Dinkar Mahwar
(d) Kanchan Bisht
(e) Vishram Bedekar
Q12.
What is the theme of WEF’S Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2021?
(a) Pathways for an Economic Reset
(b) A New Standard for Social Justice
(c) Building Forward Sustainably in Emerging Economies
(d) Shaping an Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery
(e) Advancing Social Innovation in the Face of COVID-19
Q13.
A new book titled “Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest” authored by
_______.
(a) Boria Majumdar
(b) Kushan Sarkar
(c) Kamalpreet kaur
(d) Shweta Singh
(e) Both a & b
Q14.
What is the estimated monetisation potential of National Monetisation Pipeline
(NMP)?
(a) Rs 6.0 lakh crores
(b) Rs 3.0 lakh crores
(c) Rs 4.0 lakh crores
(d) Rs 5.0 lakh crores
(e) Rs 7.0 lakh crores
Q15.
The ‘National Monetisation Pipeline’ was recently launched by FM Nirmala
Sitharaman. The pipeline has been developed by which organisation?
(a) IIT Kanpur
(b) DRDO
(c) ONGC
(d) NITI Aayog
(e) IIT Madras
AUGUST
26 2021
Q1.
New Delhi is the 48th safe city in the world as per the Safe Cities Index 2021,
which ranked 60 global cities for the level of urban safety. The index is
released by which organisation?
(a) International Monetary Fund
(b) Economist Intelligence Unit
(c) Transparency International
(d) World Economic Forum
(e) World Bank
Q2.
Who has been appointed as the joint secretary in the Ministry of Cooperation?
(a) Madnesh Kumar Mishra
(b) Pramod Kumar Meherda
(c) Priya Ranjan
(d) Abhay Kumar Singh
(e) Amit Kumar
Q3.
Which agency has launched ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in partnership
with World Resources Institute(WRI) India?
(a) MyGov
(b) NPCI
(c) NITI Aayog
(d) ISRO
(e) DRDO
Q4.
What is the name given to the mission undertaken by Indian government for
evacuating its citizens from Taliban occupied Afghanistan?
(a) Operation Devi Shakti
(b) Operation Veer Shakti
(c) Operation Shiv Shakti
(d) Operation Kali Shakti
(e) Operation Durga Shakti
Q5.
Which city has topped the Safe Cities Index 2021?
(a) New York
(b) Singapore
(c) Tokyo
(d) Sydney
(e) Copenhagen
Q6.
Which state has celebrated Wanchuwa Festival 2021?
(a) Tripura
(b) Manipur
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Assam
(e) Sikkim
Q7.
Who is the chairman of the panel appointed by RBI, which has suggested 4-tier
structure for Urban Co-operative Banks?
(a) M Rajeshwar Rao
(b) S Janakiraman
(c) N S Vishwanathan
(d) Sudarshan Sen
(e) N. K. Sodhi
Q8.
Who among the following has won the silver medal in Long Jump in World
Athletics U20 Championships 2021?
(a) Amit Khatri
(b) Shaili Singh
(c) Mariyappan Thangavelu
(d) Tek Chand
(e) Gursharan Singh
Q9.
The prestigious Sri Basava International Award is given by which state
government?
(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Karnataka
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Telangana
Q10.
Comedian Sean Lock, who passed away recently, belongs to which country?
(a) USA
(b) Britain
(c) France
(d) Afghanistan
(e) Italy
Q11.
Princepal Singh became the first Indian to be the part of an ____________
winning team.
(a) National Basketball Association title
(b) Asian Football Cup
(c) FIFA Tournament
(d) Olympics track and field games
(e) Ground Exercise team
Q12.
Iconic week is launched as a part of?
(a) Namami Ganga
(b) Delhi@2047
(c) Swachh Bharat
(d) Atma Nirbhar Bharat
(e) Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
Q13.
Syed Shahid Hakim, who passed away recently is related to which of the
following sports?
(a) Cricket
(b) Football
(c) Badminton
(d) Chess
(e) Hockey
Q14.
Who among the following has been selected as the new flag-bearer of India at
the opening ceremony of Tokyo Paralympics?
(a) Mariyappan Thangavelu
(b) Devendra Jhajharia
(c) Tekchand
(d) Varun Singh Bhati
(e) Sundar Singh Gurjar
Q15.
What is the rank of India in Cushman & Wakefield’s 2021 Global
Manufacturing Risk Index?
(a) 1st
(b) 2nd
(c) 3rd
(d) 4th
(e) 5th
August
27 2021
Q1.
The SAMRIDH programme has recently been launched by which ministry to boost the
start-up ecosystem in India?
(a) Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
(b) Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(c) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(e) Ministry of Finance
Q2.
Which Ministry has launched a ‘100 days campaign’ named SUJALAM?
(a) Ministry of Food Processing Industries
(b) Ministry of Jal Shakti
(c) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(d) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
(e) Ministry of Defence
Q3.
India’s first green hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing unit has been unveiled
in which city?
(a) Visakhapatnam
(b) Chennai
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Bengaluru
(e) Dehradun
Q4.
The world’s largest and tallest observation wheel is set to be launched in
which city?
(a) New York
(b) London
(c) Wellington
(d) Singapore
(e) Dubai
Q5.
The “12% Club” app has been launched by which fintech firm?
(a) PhonePe
(b) Paytm
(c) BharatPe
(d) Policybazaar
(e) MobiKiwk
Q6.
India recently hosted the 11th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives
Responsible for National Security. Name the National Security Advisor of India
who chaired the meeting?
(a) Samant Goel
(b) Nripendra Misra
(c) Bipin Rawat
(d) Ajit Doval
(e) Dharmendra Pradhan
Q7.
RBI has approved the appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi, as the MD & CEO of
which bank?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) IDBI Bank
Q8.
The India – Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise, “KAZIND-21”, is which edition
of the annual bilateral military exercise?
(a) 4th
(b) 3rd
(c) 5th
(d) 7th
(e) 9th
Q9.
Which of the following middle east city established a specialised court to
combat money laundering?
(a) Dubai
(b) Cairo
(c) Muscat
(d) Baharin
(e) Beirut
Q10.
Which one of the following is India’s first sectoral index in the Agri
commodities basket that recently launched by NCDEX?
(a) SAUREX
(b) GUAREX
(c) WARUEX
(d) AGIREX
(e) NCAGEX
AUGUST 28 2021
Q1.
The government has recently replaced the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Rules,
2021 with liberalized Drone Rules, 2021. What is the maximum penalty for
violation of liberalized Drone Rules, 2021?
(a) Rs 1 lakh
(b) Rs 2 lakh
(c) Rs 3 lakh
(d) Rs 4 lakh
(e) Rs 5 lakh
Q2.
Which bank has topped the EASE Reforms Index Award 2021 (EASE 3.0 Awards)?
(a) Union Bank of India
(b) Bank of Baroda
(c) State Bank of India
(d) Indian Bank
(e) Canara Bank
Q3.
RBI has recently announced to include the beneficiaries of which scheme from
tier-1 and tier-2 centres under PIDF Scheme?
(a) PM Ujjwala Yojana
(b) Saubhagya Scheme
(c) PM KISAN
(d) PM SVANidhi Scheme
(e) PM Jan Dhan Scheme
Q4.
Indian government has approved an increase in the family pension of bank
employees to what percent of the last salary drawn?
(a) 40%
(b) 30%
(c) 20%
(d) 10%
(e) 50%
Q5.
Carol Furtado has recently been named as the interim CEO of which bank?
(a) ESAF Small Finance Bank
(b) Equitas Small Finance Bank
(c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
(d) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
(e) Kurmanchal Small Finance Bank
Q6.
The International Military and Technical Forum ‘ARMY 2021’ has been organised
in _______?
(a) Australia
(b) United States
(c) France
(d) India
(e) Russia
Q7.
The Ministry of Finance has notified the Enhanced Access & Service
Excellence, EASE-4.0 for 2021-22. What is the theme of the latest edition of
EASE?
(a) Technology-enabled, simplified, and collaborative banking
(b) Smart, Tech-enabled Banking for Aspiring India
(c) CLEAN and SMART banking
(d) Roadmap for Banking of the Future
(e) Future of Digital Banking
Q8.
Who is the author of the book ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government’?
(a) K. K. Shailaja
(b) Pinarayi Vijayan
(c) M. K. Stalin
(d) K J Alphons
(e) Urjit Patel
Q9.
The Women Entrepreneurship Platform “WEP Nxt” has been launched by NITI Aayog
in partnership with which company?
(a) IBM
(b) HCL
(c) Cisco
(d) Infosys
(e) TCS
Q10.
How much amount has been approved by India as LoC to be funded for the Greater
Male Connectivity project (GMCP) in Maldives?
(a) USD 300 million
(b) USD 400 million
(c) USD 200 million
(d) USD 100 million
(e) USD 500 million
Q11.
RBI has extended the scope of tokenization to consumer devices like laptops,
desktops, wearables, IoT devices, etc. The ultimate responsibility for the card
tokenization services is rendered with _____________.
(a) Clearing Corporation of India Ltd.
(b) NPCI
(c) RBI
(d) Authorized card payment networks
(e) Indian Banking Association
Q12.
Hitendra Dave has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which
bank?
(a) Citibank India
(b) IndusInd Bank
(c) HSBC India
(d) DBS India
(e) IDBI Bank
Q13.
Ted Dexter passed away recently. He was the former captain of which country’s
cricket team?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Australia
(c) West Indies
(d) South Africa
(e) England
Q14.
Every year ________________ is celebrated as the International Dog Day.
(a) 25 August
(b) 26 August
(c) 27 August
(d) 28 August
(e) 29 August
Q15.
The International Military-Technical Forum ARMY 2021 is which edition of the
annual event?
(a) 7th
(b) 5th
(c) 4th
(d) 8th
(e) 10th
AUGUST 29 2021
Q1.
East Sikkim has topped the North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index
2021-22. The index has been launched by?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
(c) UNDP
(d) All of the Above
(e) None of these
Q2.
Every unorganised worker who registers on the eSHRAM Portal will get ______
Accidental Insurance cover.
(a) Rs 1.0 Lakh
(b) Rs 2.0 Lakh
(c) Rs 3.0 Lakh
(d) Rs 4.0 Lakh
(e) Rs 5.0 Lakh
Q3.
MANTHAN 2021 is a national hackathon launched by Bureau of Police Research and
Development (BPR&D) in collaboration with ____.
(a) NPCI
(b) NABARD
(c) AICTE
(d) NITI Aayog
(e) ISRO
Q4.
India has been elected as a member of the Council of Administration(CA) and
Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). In which
place is the headquarter of UPU located?
(a) Rome, Italy
(b) London, United Kingdom
(c) Paris, France
(d) Bern, Switzerland
(e) New York, US
Q5.
Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership Board?
(a) Harsh Vardhan
(b) Mansukh Mandaviya
(c) Kiren Rijiju
(d) Dharmendra Pradhan
(e) Narendra modi
Q6.
The first G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment conference was
hosted by which country through virtual mode?
(a) India
(b) United States
(c) Italy
(d) Japan
(e) United Kingdom
Q7.
SVEEP Consultation Workshop was recently organised by which organisation?
(a) RBI
(b) Election Commission of India
(c) DRDO
(d) Indian Army
(e) Human Rights Commission of India
Q8.
The Shared Destiny-2021 is a multinational peacekeeping exercise, scheduled to
take place in September 2021. Which country will host the exercise?
(a) China
(b) Thailand
(c) Pakistan
(d) Malaysia
(e) Mongolia
Q9.
Who has been roped in by the Delhi government as the brand ambassador for its
‘Desh Ke Mentors’ programme?
(a) Virat Kohli
(b) Sonu Sood
(c) Neeraj Chopra
(d) Ranvir Singh
(e) Shahrukh Khan
Q10.
Name the national counter-terrorist mock exercise carried out by the
counter-terrorist force National Security Guard (NSG).
(a) Yudh Abyas
(b) Shakti
(c) Khanjar
(d) Gandiv
(e) Sampriti
AUGUST 31
Q1. The government has introduced the
Bharat series (BH-series) feature for free movement of personal vehicles. The
BH-series is how many characters code?
(a) 09
(b) 12
(c) 11
(d) 10
(e) 08
Q2. What is the enhanced maximum per
transaction limit for online fund transfer under the Indo-Nepal Remittance
Facility Scheme, as per RBI?
(a) Rs 2 lakh
(b) Rs 1 lakh
(c) Rs 3 lakh
(d) Rs 5 lakh
(e) Rs 4 lakh
Q3. The Army Sports Institute (ASI) in
Pune has recently been renamed after which sports personality?
(a) Dhyan Chand
(b) Neeraj Chopra
(c) Bajrang Punia
(d) PV Sindhu
(e) Virat Kohli
Q4. When is the National Sports Day
observed in India?
(a) 27 August
(b) 28 August
(c) 30 August
(d) 31 August
(e) 29 August
Q5. The International Day against Nuclear
Tests is a UN-recognised day, observed annually on__________.
(a) 28 August
(b) 30 August
(c) 29 August
(d) 27 August
(e) 31 August
Q6. What is the maximum limit of
cash-based transfers under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility per transaction?
(a) Rs 50,000
(b) Rs 1 Lakh
(c) Rs 25,000
(d) Rs 70,000
(e) Rs 1.5 Lakh
Q7. The ANANDA Mobile app has been
launched by which organisation?
(a) RBI
(b) SBI
(c) LIC
(d) SEBI
(e) NABARD
Q8. Which player has won the Belgian
Grand Prix 2021?
(a) George Russell
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Max Verstappen
(d) Charles Leclerc
(e) S. Vettel
Q9. Bhavinaben Patel has claimed the
silver medal for India at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics in which game?
(a) High Jump
(b) Shooting
(c) Tennis
(d) Badminton
(e) Table Tennis
Q10. Which place has recently got the
world’s highest movie theatre?
(a) Machu Picchu
(b) Shangri-la, China
(c) Thimpu
(d) Ladakh
(e) Dispur
Q11. Name the Indian Grandmaster who has
won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess tournament title.
(a) S P Sethuraman
(b) Aravindh Chithambaram
(c) Krishnan Sasikiran
(d) Srinath Narayanan
(e) Ramgopala Chariya
Q12. PM Modi recently dedicated to the
nation renovated complex of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak. The memorial is based in
which city?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Srinagar
(d) Amritsar
(e) Gurgaon
Q13. Indian-para-athlete Nishad Kumar has
won the silver medal in which event at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
(a) Shot Put
(b) Javelin Throw
(c) Discuss Throw
(d) Long Jump
(e) High Jump
Q14. The International Day of the
Disappeared is marked annually on which day?
(a) 27 August
(b) 29 August
(c) 30 August
(d) 28 August
(e) 31 August
Q15. The National Sports Day is observed
in India to mark the birth anniversary of which Indian sports person?
(a) K. D. Jadhav
(b) Dhanraj Pillay
(c) Milkha Singh
(d) Major Dhyan Chand
(e) Sachin Tendulkar
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SOLUTION
Solutions AUGUST 25 2021
S1.
Ans.(c)
Sol. The
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and
Technology, Shri Jitendra Singh launched a new Geospatial Planning Portal under
Bhuvan named “Yuktdhara” on August 23, 2021, to enable planning of new MGNREGA
assets using Remote Sensing and GIS based information. The portal has been
jointly developed by ISRO and Ministry of Rural Development.
S2.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Senior
BJP leader from Tamil Nadu, La. Ganesan, has been appointed as the new Governor
of Manipur with effect from August 23, 2021.
S3.
Ans.(c)
Sol. HDFC
Bank and Paytm have partnered to build comprehensive solutions across payment
gateway, point of sale machines and credit products. This includes Paytm
Postpaid which is a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) solution, Eazy EMI and Flexi Pay.
S4.
Ans.(e)
Sol. The
World Water Week is an annual event organized by Stockholm International Water
Institute (SIWI) since 1991 to address the global water issues and related
concerns of international development. The World Water Week 2021 has been
organised from 23-27 August, in entirely digital format.
S5.
Ans.(a)
Sol. Asian
Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India and have signed a $500
million loan to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru with the
construction of two new metro lines totaling 56 km in length.
S6.
Ans.(d)
Sol. IIT
Madras has developed India’s first indigenous motorized wheelchair vehicle
named ‘NeoBolt’, which can be used not only on roads but even on uneven
terrains.
S7.
Ans.(a)
Sol. MyGov
under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and UN Women have
joined hands to launch the Amrit Mahotsav Shri Shakti Innovation Challenge
2021. The aim of this challenge is encourage technology solutions developed by
Women Entrepreneurs related to Women’s Safety and Empowerment.
S8.
Ans.(b)
Sol. The
theme for World Water Week 2021 is ‘Building Resilience Faster’.
S9.
Ans.(d)
Sol. The
second edition of the joint naval exercise, Zair-Al-Bahr, between the Indian
Navy and Qatar Emiri Naval Force (QENF) was conducted between August 9 and 14
in the Persian Gulf.
S10.
Ans.(c)
Sol. A
book titled has ‘Address Book: A Publishing Memoir in the time of COVID’ by
Ritu Menon.
S11.
Ans.(e)
Sol. A
book titled ‘Battlefield’ has been authored by Vishram Bedekar, translated from
the Marathi original Ranaangan by Jerry Pinto.
S12.
Ans.(d)
Sol. The
United Nations General Assembly, the summit convenes under the theme “Shaping
an Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery”.
S13.
Ans.(e)
Sol. A
new book titled “Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest” authored by Boria
Majumdar & Kushan Sarkar.
S14.
Ans.(a)
Sol. NMP
estimates aggregate monetisation potential of Rs 6.0 lakh crores through core
assets of the Central Government, over a four-year period, from FY 2022 to FY
2025.
S15.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Union
Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, launched
the asset monetisation pipeline of Central ministries and public sector
entities: ‘National Monetisation Pipeline’. The pipeline has been developed by
NITI Aayog, in consultation with infrastructure line ministries, based on the
mandate for ‘Asset Monetisation’ under Union Budget 2021-22.
Solutions AUGUST 26
S1.
Ans.(b)
Sol. From
India, New Delhi and Mumbai have found place in the Safe Cities Index 2021,
released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). New Delhi is placed at 48th
position with a score of 56.1, while Mumbai is at 50th place with score of
54.4.
S2.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Abhay
Kumar Singh has been appointed as joint secretary in the Ministry of
Cooperation. This ministry was recently formed with an aim to strengthen the
cooperative movement in the country.
S3.
Ans.(c)
Sol. NITI
Aayog and World Resources Institute(WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum
for Decarbonizing Transport’ in India. NITI Aayog is the implementing partner
for India.
S4.
Ans.(a)
Sol. The
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has given a name to India’s complex mission
of evacuating its citizens from war-torn Afghanistan, as ‘Operation Devi
Shakti’.
S5.
Ans.(e)
Sol. Copenhagen,
the capital city of Denmark, has been named as the world’s safest city from
among 60 global cities, in Safe Cities Index 2021, released by the Economist
Intelligence Unit (EIU).
S6.
Ans.(d)
Sol. This
festival is celebrated by Tiwa tribesmen to mark their good harvest.Tiwa
tribesmen perform their traditional dnac eas they take part in Wanchuwa
Festival in Assam. It comes with songs, dances, a bunch of rituals and people
clad in their native attires.
S7.
Ans.(c)
Sol. RBI
appointed panel under the chairmanship of N. S. Vishwanathan suggests 4-tier
structure for Urban Co-operative Banks; minimum CRAR (Capital to Risk-Weighted
Assets Ratio) for them could vary from 9 per cent to 15 per cent.
S8.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Shaili
Singh claimed the women’s Long Jump silver medal in the World Athletics U20
Championships.
S9.
Ans.(c)
Sol. Karnataka
government has selected Sri Basavalinga Pattaddevaru, senior seer of Bhalki
Hiremath, for the prestigious Sri Basava International Award. Minister for
Kannada and Culture V. Sunil Kumar will present the award at Ravindra
Kalakshetra in Bengaluru. The septuagenarian seer has spent over five decades
in the Lingayat religious institution in Bidar district.
S10.
Ans.(b)
Sol. British
comedian Sean Lock has passed away. He was one of Britain’s finest comedians,
his boundless creativity, lightning wit and the absurdist brilliance of his
work, marked him out as a unique voice in British comedy.
S11.
Ans.(a)
Sol. Young
cager Princepal Singh etched his name in the record books when he became the
first Indian to be part of an NBA title-winning team. Princepal is part of the
Sacramento Kings which clinched the 2021 NBA Summer League crown.
S12.
Ans.(e)
Sol. The
Information and Broadcasting Ministry will celebrate Iconic Week from 23rd to
29th of August as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Information and Broadcasting
Minister Anurag Thakur will start off the grand celebration that will attract
participation from across the country under the overall spirit of Jan Bhagidari
and Jan Andolan. This will be broadcasted in Dharohar, Nishaan and Aparajita.
S13.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Syed
Shahid Hakim, former India footballer and member of the last national team that
played in the 1960 Rome Olympics, passed away.
S14.
Ans.(c)
Sol. Mariyappan
Thangavelu, 2016 Rio Paralympic Games gold medalist will be replaced by Asian
Games gold medalist Tekchand as the new flag-bearer of India at the opening
ceremony.
S15.
Ans.(b)
Sol. India
has emerged as a global manufacturing hub and effectively surpassed the United
States to become the world’s second most desired manufacturing destination.
This indicates the growing interest in India by manufacturers as a preferred
manufacturing hub over other countries including the United States and the manufacturing
giant nation, China.
Solutions
AUGUST 27
S1.
Ans.(a)
Sol. Ministry
of Electronics & Information Technology has launched the “Start-up
Accelerators of MeitY for pRoduct Innovation, Development and growth (SAMRIDH)”
programme. The programme was launched by Shri Ashwini Vaishnav, Union Minister
MeitY.
S2.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Ministry
of Jal AUG 27 Shakti has launched a ‘100 days campaign’ named SUJALAM to create
more and more Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus villages by undertaking waste
water management at village level.
S3.
Ans.(d)
Sol. US-based
Ohmium International has started India’s first green hydrogen electrolyzer
manufacturing unit at Bengaluru, Karnataka. The factory will manufacture
India-made Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen electrolyzers.
S4.
Ans.(e)
Sol. The
world’s largest and tallest observation wheel is set to be unveiled in Dubai,
UAE on October 21, 2021. The observation wheel called as ‘Ain Dubai’, is 250 m
(820 ft) in height, located at Bluewaters Island.
S5.
Ans.(c)
Sol. BharatPe
has launched “12% Club” app that will allow consumers to invest and earn up to
12 percent annual interest or borrow at a similar rate.
S6.
Ans.(d)
Sol. The
11th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives Responsible for National
Security was held on August 24, 2021, via video conferencing. The National
Security Advisor of India Ajit Doval hosted the meeting, since India is the
chair for 2021 BRICS summit. The 15th BRICS Summit is scheduled to be held in
September 2021.
S7.
Ans.(a)
Sol. The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the re-appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi
as the MD & CEO of ICICI Bank.
S8.
Ans.(c)
Sol. The
5th edition of Indo- Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise, “KAZIND-21” will be
held from August 30 to September 11, 2021, at Training Node, Aisha Bibi,
Kazakhstan.
S9.
Ans.(a)
Sol. Dubai
Courts announced the establishment of a specialised court, focused on combating
money laundering, within the Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal. This
court ties into a string of initiatives aimed at reducing financial crimes and
follows the recent establishment of the Executive Office of the Anti-Money
Laundering & Countering the Financing of Terrorism.
S10.
Ans.(b)
Sol. India’s
first sectoral index in the Agri commodities basket i.e. GUAREX was launched by
the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX).GUAREX is a
price based sectoral index which tracks the movement in the futures contracts
of guar gum refined splits and guar seed on a real-time basis.
Solutions AUG 28
S1.
Ans.(a)
Sol. Ministry
of Civil Aviation has repealed the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Rules, 2021
and replace the same with the liberalized Drone Rules, 2021. Maximum penalty
for violations reduced to INR 1 lakh.
S2.
Ans.(c)
Sol. State
Bank of India is the Overall winner of the EASE Reforms Index Award 2021 (EASE
3.0 Awards). Bank of Baroda is second and Union Bank of India is third.
S3.
Ans.(d)
Sol. The
Reserve Bank of India has announced to include street vendors of tier-1 and
tier-2 centres, identified as part of the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi
(PM SVANidhi Scheme) as beneficiaries under the Payments Infrastructure
Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme.
S4.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Central
Government has approved the Indian Banks’ Association’s (IBA) proposal to
increase the family pension to 30% of the last salary drawn.
S5.
Ans.(c)
Sol. Ujjivan
Small Finance Bank has named Carol Furtado as the interim CEO of the bank after
the whole time CEO Nitin Chugh resigned recently.
S6.
Ans.(e)
Sol. The
International Military and Technical Forum ‘ARMY 2021’ has been organised in
Moscow, Russia from August 22 to 28, 2021, at Patriot Expo, Kubinka Air Base
and Alabino military training grounds.
S7.
Ans.(a)
Sol. The
major theme for EASE 4.0 is “Technology-enabled, simplified, and collaborative
banking.” EASE stands for Enhanced Access & Service Excellence (EASE).
S8.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime
Minister, Shri Narendra Modi received a book titled ‘Accelerating India: 7
Years of Modi Government’, on August 26, 2021, by former Union Minister, Shri K
J Alphons.
S9.
Ans.(c)
Sol. NITI
Aayog in partnership with Cisco has launched the next phase of the Women
Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP) titled “WEP Nxt” to foster women
entrepreneurship in India.
S10.
Ans.(b)
Sol. The
USD 400 million LoC will be provided by Export-Import Bank of India (Exim
Bank). The project will be developed by Indian construction and engineering
firm, AFCONS, based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
S11.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Now
RBI has extended the scope of tokenization to include consumer devices –
laptops, desktops, wearables (wrist watches, bands, etc.), Internet of Things
(IoT) devices, etc. The ultimate responsibility for the card tokenization
services rendered rests with the authorized card networks.
S12.
Ans.(c)
Sol. The
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Hitendra Dave as
the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HSBC India.
S13.
Ans.(e)
Sol. Former
England and Sussex captain Ted Dexter has passed away. Dexter, nicknamed “Lord
Ted”, was an aggressive batsman and part-time seam bowler who played 62 tests
for England after making his debut in 1958 against New Zealand and was captain
between 1961-1964.
S14.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Every
year on August 26 is celebrated as the International Dog Day. In some countries
this day is also called National Dog Apriation Day.
S15.
Ans.(a)
Sol. The
ARMY 2021 is the 7th edition of the annual International Military-Technical
Forum.
Solutions
AUG 29
S1.
Ans.(d)
Sol. NITI
Aayog and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (M/DoNER) have
launched the North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report and Dashboard
2021–22, with technical support from UNDP. The index is based on NITI Aayog’s
SDG India Index.
S2.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Every
unorganised worker who registers on the eSHRAM Portal will get Rs 2.0 Lakh
Accidental Insurance cover. (Rs 2.0 Lakh on death or permanent disability and
Rs 1.0 lakh on partial disability).
S3.
Ans.(c)
Sol. The
Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) in collaboration with the
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have launched a unique
national Hackathon named ‘MANTHAN 2021’.
S4.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Universal
Postal Union established in 1874, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), with its
headquarters in the Swiss capital Berne, is the second oldest international
organization.
S5.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Union
Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya has taken over
charge as the Chairperson of Stop TB Partnership Board.
S6.
Ans.(b)
Sol. The
First-ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment was held at Santa
Margherita Ligure, Italy. It was held in mixed format i.e people participated
in physical form and via video conference also. The Union Minister of Women
& Child Development, Smt. Smriti Irani addressed the meet on behalf of
India.
S7.
Ans.(c)
Sol. The
Election Commission of India (ECI) organized Systematic Voters’ Education and
Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Consultation Workshop on August 25-26, 2021.
S8.
Ans.(a)
Sol. The
armed force of the country China, Pakistan, Mongolia and Thailand will take
part in a multinational peacekeeping exercise named “Shared Destiny-2021”. The
exercise will be held in China in the month of September 2021.The exercise will
be held in China in the month of September 2021.
S9.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Arvind
Kejriwal, CM of Delhi has announced that Sonu Sood will be the brand ambassador
of the Delhi government’s ‘Desh Ke Mentors’ programme.
S10.
Ans.(d)
Sol. NSG
commandos undertake drills ‘Gandiv’ across country. Multiple cities in Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and the National Capital Region are hosting
synchronised commando drills as part of a national mock exercise being carried
out by the counter-terrorist force National Security Guard (NSG) to check its
response time and reaction to hostage and hijack-like situations.
Solutions
AUGUST 31
S1.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Ministry
of Road Transport & Highways has introduced a new registration mark for new
vehicles i.e. “Bharat series (BH-series)”. The vehicles bearing the BH-series
mark will not have to require assignment of a new registration mark when the owner
of the vehicle shifts from one State to another. Format of Bharat series
(BH-series) Registration Mark – YY BH #### XX (10 alphanumeric).
S2.
Ans.(a)
Sol. The
Reserve Bank of India has increased the limit of fund transfer under the
Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme from Rs 50,000 per transaction to Rs 2
lakh per transaction.
S3.
Ans.(b)
Sol. Raksha
Mantri, Shri Rajnath Singh visited the Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune and he
named the Army Sports Institute stadium as “Neeraj Chopra Stadium”.
S4.
Ans.(e)
Sol. Every
year, 29th August has been observed as National Sports Day in India. The first
National Sports Day was celebrated on 29th August 2012, on the birth
anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand who was the star of hockey team of India.
S5.
Ans.(c)
Sol. The
International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed globally on 29th August.
The day aims to increase awareness about the effects of nuclear weapon test
explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as
one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.
S6.
Ans.(a)
Sol. However,
for cash-based transfers under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility, the per
transaction limit of Rs 50,000 will still be present with a maximum number of
transfers in a year allowed at 12.
S7.
Ans.(c)
Sol. The
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched the mobile application
of its digital paperless solution, ANANDA, for LIC agents. ANANDA stands for
Atma Nirbhar Agents New Business Digital Application.
S8.
Ans.(c)
Sol. Max
Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) has been declared the winner of the Belgian
Grand Prix 2021. The Belgian Grand Prix was stopped due to rain and only two
laps were completed.
S9.
Ans.(e)
Sol. In
table tennis, Indian paddler Bhavinaben Patel has claimed historic silver medal
at 2020 Paralymic Games at Tokyo on August 29, 2021, in the women’s singles
summit clash.
S10.
Ans.(d)
Sol. The
world’s highest movie theatre has recently been inaugurated in Ladakh, which
got its first ever mobile digital movie theatre in the Paldan area of Leh, at
an altitude of 11,562 feet.
S11.
Ans.(a)
Sol. In
Chess, Indian Grandmaster S P Sethuraman won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess
tournament title, remaining unbeaten through the nine rounds, winning six
matches and drawing three. Chennai-born Sethuraman collected 7.5 points after
ninth and final round to tie the score with Daniil Yuffa of Russia.
S12.
Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the renovated complex of
Jallianwala Bagh Smarak in Punjab’s Amritsar via video conference on August 28,
2021, to mark 102 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
S13.
Ans.(e)
Sol. India’s
Nishad Kumar has clinched a silver medal in the men’s high jump T47 event at
the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 on August 29, 2021. This is the second medal for
India at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
S14.
Ans.(c)
Sol. The
International Day of the Disappeared is held on August 30 each year to draw
attention towards increase in enforced or involuntary disappearances of
individuals in various regions of the world, including arrest, detention and
abduction unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives.
S15.
Ans.(d)
Sol. In
India, the National Sports Day is observed every year on 29 August, on the
occasion of the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
