1.which of the following bank signed a mou with
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Japan's MUFG Bank for collaboration towards
catering to banking requirements of Japanese
corporates present in India?
MUFG
?
(c) Axis Bank /
(d) PNB /...
Ans. (b) ICICI Bank
:
April 2000 to September 2020 (contributing 7% to
India’s total FDI)
2000 2020 $ 34.15
( 7%
)
Founded : 5 January 1994 / : 5 1994
Headquarters : Mumbai / :
Chairman : Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
MD &CEO : Sandeep Bakhshi /
About Japan:
Prime minister: Yoshihide Suga
:
India ambassador to Japan: Sanjay Kumar Verma
:
Parliament name : Diet
2.Which of the following states has become the first
state in India to implement e-cabinet?
-
?
(a) Maharashtra /
(b) Gujarat /
Minister) - in Shimla
- - ()
-
Information Technology
- -
Note-
completely digital.
2014 ,
- 2020:
Himachal Pradesh:-
Chief Minister: Jai Ram Thakur
Legislature (68 seats)/ (68 )
Rajya Sabha 3 / 3
Lok Sabha 4 / 4
3.Which of the following states launched the
"SAANS" campaign aimed at reducing infant
mortality due to pneumonia?
"SAANS"
?
(c) Chhattisgarh /
(d) Bihar /
SAANS-
Pneumonia Successfully
2017 2018
National Average
Assam by Narendra Modi. This project is related to
which of the following?
?
(c) Agriculture/
About Assam:
Districts: 34(Bajali 34th)
Governor-Jagdish Mukhi
Chief Minister -Sarbananda
Legislature-126 seats –126
Rajya Sabha (7Seats) (7 )
Lok Sabha (14 Seats) (14 )
5.In which of the following State or UT India's first
geothermal development project will be built?
- ?
(a) Ladakh/
India's first geothermal field development project
MoU: Ladakh Govt and ONGC Energy
: ONGC
Planned to commission by the end of 2022.
2022
Location : Puga village (Leh District)
: ( )
6.PM Modi addressed the Diamond Jubilee function
of Gujarat High Court, where is the headquarters of
High Court?
,
?
Ans. (b) Ahmedabad
/
February, 2021
- 60 - 6 ,
2021
on Diamond Jubilee of High Court of Gujarat
Gujarat High Court :
Bombay State (under Bombay Reorganization Act,
1960)
-
( , 1960 )
Location : Ahmedabad / :
Chief Justice : Vikram Nath
7.India's first female CoBRA commando unit will be
deployed in Naxal-affected areas, under which
CoBRA was formed?
CoBRA
, CoBRA
?
(a) CISF /
(b) BSF /...
Ans. (c) CRPF /....
CoBRA-
- Formed in 2009 (for undertaking intelligence-
based jungle warfare operations)
: 2009 (
)
Battalion of CRPF
CRPF 88 35
General)
34 women personnel inducted into
CoBRA Wing
band.
Note-
personnel in CoBRA
, 12,000
CRPF :
Police)
: 27 1939 ( )
December 28, 1949 – renamed as Central Reserve
Police Force
28 , 1949 –
Motto: “Service and Loyalty”
Director General : A P Maheshwari
:
8.The two radio telescope networks under Square
Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will be set up
in which two nations?
(SKAO)
?
Ans: c) ,
World’s largest radio telescope:
:
The SKAO telescope will be an array of antennas
located in two continent ,( Africa and Australia)
SKAO
, ( )
What is SKAO?
dedicated to radio astronomy.
SKAO
HQ : United Kingdom /:
Currently 10 Member/ 10
Chairman : Dr Catherine Cesarsky (French)
: (
What are radio telescopes?
detect invisible gas .
Can reveal areas of space that may be obscured
(difficult to see) by cosmic dust.
( )
9.Which of the following has co-chaired the first
India-EU high-level dialogue on trade, investment?
-
, ?
(a) Harsh Vardhan /
(b) S Jaishankar /
(c) Piyush Goyal /
(d) Gaitri Issar Kumar /
Ans. (c) Piyush Goyal /
bilateral trade and investment relations
:
Co-chaired by / - :
& Valdis Dombrovskis (EU Executive Vice-President
and Trade Commissioner)
( ) &
(EU )
Dialogue - major outcome of 15th India-EU Leader's
Summit (in July 2020)
- 15 -
( 2020 )
European Union :
Headquartered : Brussels (Belgium)
:
Charles Michel : European Council President
:
10.According to the Reserve Bank of India, what
percentage of GDP growth is estimated to be 2021-
22?
2021-22
?
Six-member monetary policy committee headed by
Shaktikanta Das (from 3 February 2021)
(3 2021 )
Repo rate & Reverse Repo rate unchanged
- Repo rate : 4% and Reverse Repo rate : 3.35%
: 4% : 3.35%
Next meeting of Monetary Policy Committee : 5-7
September 2021
: 5-7 2021
Note-
2020-21.
2020-21 23.9%
Headquarters: Mumbai/ :
Governor :Shaktikanta Das (25th)
Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao)
: 4 ( , ,
, )
11.The 5-day Third Bangladesh Film Festival 2021
was started at which of the following places?
5- 2021
?
(a) Dhaka /
(b) Kolkata /
Ans. (b) Kolkata /
5- (5 2021 )
32 Bangladeshi feature films will be showcasing
32
Inaugural film - "Hasina-A Daughter’s Tale"
- "- "
- This film is based on the life of Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh
( )
from 13 to 15 February 2021?
13 15 2021
?
(a) Rajasthan /
(c) Odisha /
Organised by - Madhya Pradesh Tourism
Mandu (Dhar district) / ( )
About Mandu :
Roopmati.
Fort in Mandu : Spread over an area of 47 sq km
: 47
Baz Bahadur’s Palace (Built in 16th century)
(16 )
RewaKund : Reservoir constructed by Baz Bahadur
:
Jahaz Mahal (Ship Palace) / ( ) :
Built by Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din-Khalji
–––
Situated between two artificial lakes (appears as a
ship floating in water)
(
)
13.Which of the following countries will build the
world's first "Energy Island" in the North Sea?
" "
?
(a) Sweden /
Ans. (b) Denmark /
About energy island : (In North Sea)
Energy Island - As large as 18 football pitches
(120,000 square meters)
- 18 (120,000 )
Biggest construction project in Danish history
Estimated cost - $33.9 billion (210 billion Danish
krone)
- $ 33.9 (210
)
Denmark :
Currency : Danish krone / :
Prime Minister : Mette Frederiksen
world's largest Offshore Wind Farm?
?
(b) South Korea /
Ans. (b) South Korea /
Estimated cost - 48.5 trillion won ($43.2 billion)
- 48.5 (43.2
)
8.2
Note-
Hornsea 1 (Britain)
- -
()
South Korea :
Currency : South Korean won
President : Moon Jae-in / : -
Prime Minister : Chung Sye-kyun
2021
- 2021
Theme : ''Horticulture for Start-up and Stand-up
India''
: ''- - "
Organised by - IIHR (Indian Institute of
Horticultural Research)
- IIHR ( )
Headquarters : Bengaluru
16.800 MW Unit 2 of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power
Project
800 2
Located at Gadarwara in Narsinghpur
district (Madhya Pradesh)
Commissioned by BHEL /
The project is being developed by NTPC Ltd
NTPC
1st unit of this project was commissioned by BHEL
in 2019
2019
Headquarters : New Delhi / :
Chairman &MD : Nalin Shinghal
NTPC Limited :
Founded : 7 November 1975 / : 7 1975
Headquarters : New Delhi / :
Chairman &MD : Gurdeep Singh
17.PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated four
projects worth around Rs 4700 crore in gas, oil and
infrastructure sectors in which state?
,
4700
?
a) Assam/
b) Tripura/
The projects include those of NHAI, Bharat
Petroleum Corporation (BPCL),Gas Authority of
India (GAIL) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL).
NHAI,
(BPCL), (GAIL)
(IOCC)
18.34th TIFAC Foundation day : 10 February, 2021
34 TIFAC : 10 , 2021
Theme : Technology, Innovation & Economy for
AatmaNirbhar Bharat
: ,
Established in 1988 / :1988
Headquarters : New Delhi / :
Chairpersons : V K Saraswat/ :
Executive Director : Pradeep Srivastava
19.Okonjo-Iweala - First female Chief of WTO
- -
Okonjo-Iweala - Nigerian economist
Note-
(
)
Headquarters : Geneva (Switzerland)
Okonjo-Iweala - Next Director General
Tamil Nadu
-: 5
Announced by : National Tiger Conservation
Authority (NTCA)
: (NTCA)
Established : December 2005
It was established under section 38 L (1) of the
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
() , 1972 38
(1)
2014 2018 Maximum
Lion/:
Rajasthan"
Released by : M. Venkaiah Naidu (Vice President)
: ( )
Author - K. N. Bhandari / -
history to score a double century in his 100th Test
match?
100
?
(a) Ajinkya Rahane /
(b) Joe Root /
(c) Aaron Finch /
(d) Quinton de Kock /
Ans. (b) Joe Root /
Against India in Chennai /
Joe Root (England captain) / ( )
Surpassed Inzamam-ul-Haq (former Pakistan
captain) with highest personal score
-- ( )
Inzamam-Ul-Haq (100th Test) : 184 runs against
India (Test match in Bengaluru in 2005)
-- (100 ) : 184
(2005 )
23.Cricketer Bruce Taylor passed away at 77
77
Former New Zealand all-rounder
-BBL 2020- 2021: -
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
: ,
Winner :Sydney Sixers (Captain-
)
Ashton Turner)
: (C- )
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : James Vince
:
PLAYER OF THE SERIES : Josh Philippe
:
25. Meteorological Department: India's first storm
research test center to be built in Odisha
:
26. Aakashvani Sangeet Sammelan :
Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan
:
residential schools and hostels in the country
1063 ‘
’
"
"
1063 (383
680 )
28. Patna's Bihar Vidyapith completed 100
100
Established in Patna in February 6, 1921 ( By
Mahatma Gandhi)
6 , 1921 ( )
29. Saanvi Mehra : Won Google coding contest
(with project to identify Down Syndrome kids)
: (
)
Class 10 student of The Shri Ram Millenium School
in Noida has
10
30. General Thimayya Museum : Madikeri , Kodagu
District, Karnataka
: , ,
It has preserved special aspects of the extraordinary
character and contribution of one of the finest
soldiers in the history of our army.
catering to banking requirements of Japanese
corporates present in India?
MUFG
?
(c) Axis Bank /
(d) PNB /...
Ans. (b) ICICI Bank
:
April 2000 to September 2020 (contributing 7% to
India’s total FDI)
2000 2020 $ 34.15
( 7%
)
Founded : 5 January 1994 / : 5 1994
Headquarters : Mumbai / :
Chairman : Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
MD &CEO : Sandeep Bakhshi /
About Japan:
Prime minister: Yoshihide Suga
:
India ambassador to Japan: Sanjay Kumar Verma
:
Parliament name : Diet
2.Which of the following states has become the first
state in India to implement e-cabinet?
-
?
(a) Maharashtra /
(b) Gujarat /
Minister) - in Shimla
- - ()
-
Information Technology
- -
Note-
completely digital.
2014 ,
- 2020:
Himachal Pradesh:-
Chief Minister: Jai Ram Thakur
Legislature (68 seats)/ (68 )
Rajya Sabha 3 / 3
Lok Sabha 4 / 4
3.Which of the following states launched the
"SAANS" campaign aimed at reducing infant
mortality due to pneumonia?
"SAANS"
?
(c) Chhattisgarh /
(d) Bihar /
SAANS-
Pneumonia Successfully
2017 2018
National Average
Assam by Narendra Modi. This project is related to
which of the following?
?
(c) Agriculture/
About Assam:
Districts: 34(Bajali 34th)
Governor-Jagdish Mukhi
Chief Minister -Sarbananda
Legislature-126 seats –126
Rajya Sabha (7Seats) (7 )
Lok Sabha (14 Seats) (14 )
5.In which of the following State or UT India's first
geothermal development project will be built?
- ?
(a) Ladakh/
India's first geothermal field development project
MoU: Ladakh Govt and ONGC Energy
: ONGC
Planned to commission by the end of 2022.
2022
Location : Puga village (Leh District)
: ( )
6.PM Modi addressed the Diamond Jubilee function
of Gujarat High Court, where is the headquarters of
High Court?
,
?
Ans. (b) Ahmedabad
/
February, 2021
- 60 - 6 ,
2021
on Diamond Jubilee of High Court of Gujarat
Gujarat High Court :
Bombay State (under Bombay Reorganization Act,
1960)
-
( , 1960 )
Location : Ahmedabad / :
Chief Justice : Vikram Nath
7.India's first female CoBRA commando unit will be
deployed in Naxal-affected areas, under which
CoBRA was formed?
CoBRA
, CoBRA
?
(a) CISF /
(b) BSF /...
Ans. (c) CRPF /....
CoBRA-
- Formed in 2009 (for undertaking intelligence-
based jungle warfare operations)
: 2009 (
)
Battalion of CRPF
CRPF 88 35
General)
34 women personnel inducted into
CoBRA Wing
band.
Note-
personnel in CoBRA
, 12,000
CRPF :
Police)
: 27 1939 ( )
December 28, 1949 – renamed as Central Reserve
Police Force
28 , 1949 –
Motto: “Service and Loyalty”
Director General : A P Maheshwari
:
8.The two radio telescope networks under Square
Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will be set up
in which two nations?
(SKAO)
?
Ans: c) ,
World’s largest radio telescope:
:
The SKAO telescope will be an array of antennas
located in two continent ,( Africa and Australia)
SKAO
, ( )
What is SKAO?
dedicated to radio astronomy.
SKAO
HQ : United Kingdom /:
Currently 10 Member/ 10
Chairman : Dr Catherine Cesarsky (French)
: (
What are radio telescopes?
detect invisible gas .
Can reveal areas of space that may be obscured
(difficult to see) by cosmic dust.
( )
9.Which of the following has co-chaired the first
India-EU high-level dialogue on trade, investment?
-
, ?
(a) Harsh Vardhan /
(b) S Jaishankar /
(c) Piyush Goyal /
(d) Gaitri Issar Kumar /
Ans. (c) Piyush Goyal /
bilateral trade and investment relations
:
Co-chaired by / - :
& Valdis Dombrovskis (EU Executive Vice-President
and Trade Commissioner)
( ) &
(EU )
Dialogue - major outcome of 15th India-EU Leader's
Summit (in July 2020)
- 15 -
( 2020 )
European Union :
Headquartered : Brussels (Belgium)
:
Charles Michel : European Council President
:
10.According to the Reserve Bank of India, what
percentage of GDP growth is estimated to be 2021-
22?
2021-22
?
Six-member monetary policy committee headed by
Shaktikanta Das (from 3 February 2021)
(3 2021 )
Repo rate & Reverse Repo rate unchanged
- Repo rate : 4% and Reverse Repo rate : 3.35%
: 4% : 3.35%
Next meeting of Monetary Policy Committee : 5-7
September 2021
: 5-7 2021
Note-
2020-21.
2020-21 23.9%
Headquarters: Mumbai/ :
Governor :Shaktikanta Das (25th)
Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, M. Rajeshwar Rao)
: 4 ( , ,
, )
11.The 5-day Third Bangladesh Film Festival 2021
was started at which of the following places?
5- 2021
?
(a) Dhaka /
(b) Kolkata /
Ans. (b) Kolkata /
5- (5 2021 )
32 Bangladeshi feature films will be showcasing
32
Inaugural film - "Hasina-A Daughter’s Tale"
- "- "
- This film is based on the life of Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh
( )
from 13 to 15 February 2021?
13 15 2021
?
(a) Rajasthan /
(c) Odisha /
Organised by - Madhya Pradesh Tourism
Mandu (Dhar district) / ( )
About Mandu :
Roopmati.
Fort in Mandu : Spread over an area of 47 sq km
: 47
Baz Bahadur’s Palace (Built in 16th century)
(16 )
RewaKund : Reservoir constructed by Baz Bahadur
:
Jahaz Mahal (Ship Palace) / ( ) :
Built by Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din-Khalji
–––
Situated between two artificial lakes (appears as a
ship floating in water)
(
)
13.Which of the following countries will build the
world's first "Energy Island" in the North Sea?
" "
?
(a) Sweden /
Ans. (b) Denmark /
About energy island : (In North Sea)
Energy Island - As large as 18 football pitches
(120,000 square meters)
- 18 (120,000 )
Biggest construction project in Danish history
Estimated cost - $33.9 billion (210 billion Danish
krone)
- $ 33.9 (210
)
Denmark :
Currency : Danish krone / :
Prime Minister : Mette Frederiksen
world's largest Offshore Wind Farm?
?
(b) South Korea /
Ans. (b) South Korea /
Estimated cost - 48.5 trillion won ($43.2 billion)
- 48.5 (43.2
)
8.2
Note-
Hornsea 1 (Britain)
- -
()
South Korea :
Currency : South Korean won
President : Moon Jae-in / : -
Prime Minister : Chung Sye-kyun
2021
- 2021
Theme : ''Horticulture for Start-up and Stand-up
India''
: ''- - "
Organised by - IIHR (Indian Institute of
Horticultural Research)
- IIHR ( )
Headquarters : Bengaluru
16.800 MW Unit 2 of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power
Project
800 2
Located at Gadarwara in Narsinghpur
district (Madhya Pradesh)
Commissioned by BHEL /
The project is being developed by NTPC Ltd
NTPC
1st unit of this project was commissioned by BHEL
in 2019
2019
Headquarters : New Delhi / :
Chairman &MD : Nalin Shinghal
NTPC Limited :
Founded : 7 November 1975 / : 7 1975
Headquarters : New Delhi / :
Chairman &MD : Gurdeep Singh
17.PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated four
projects worth around Rs 4700 crore in gas, oil and
infrastructure sectors in which state?
,
4700
?
a) Assam/
b) Tripura/
The projects include those of NHAI, Bharat
Petroleum Corporation (BPCL),Gas Authority of
India (GAIL) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL).
NHAI,
(BPCL), (GAIL)
(IOCC)
18.34th TIFAC Foundation day : 10 February, 2021
34 TIFAC : 10 , 2021
Theme : Technology, Innovation & Economy for
AatmaNirbhar Bharat
: ,
Established in 1988 / :1988
Headquarters : New Delhi / :
Chairpersons : V K Saraswat/ :
Executive Director : Pradeep Srivastava
19.Okonjo-Iweala - First female Chief of WTO
- -
Okonjo-Iweala - Nigerian economist
Note-
(
)
Headquarters : Geneva (Switzerland)
Okonjo-Iweala - Next Director General
Tamil Nadu
-: 5
Announced by : National Tiger Conservation
Authority (NTCA)
: (NTCA)
Established : December 2005
It was established under section 38 L (1) of the
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
() , 1972 38
(1)
2014 2018 Maximum
Lion/:
Rajasthan"
Released by : M. Venkaiah Naidu (Vice President)
: ( )
Author - K. N. Bhandari / -
history to score a double century in his 100th Test
match?
100
?
(a) Ajinkya Rahane /
(b) Joe Root /
(c) Aaron Finch /
(d) Quinton de Kock /
Ans. (b) Joe Root /
Against India in Chennai /
Joe Root (England captain) / ( )
Surpassed Inzamam-ul-Haq (former Pakistan
captain) with highest personal score
-- ( )
Inzamam-Ul-Haq (100th Test) : 184 runs against
India (Test match in Bengaluru in 2005)
-- (100 ) : 184
(2005 )
23.Cricketer Bruce Taylor passed away at 77
77
Former New Zealand all-rounder
-BBL 2020- 2021: -
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
: ,
Winner :Sydney Sixers (Captain-
)
Ashton Turner)
: (C- )
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : James Vince
:
PLAYER OF THE SERIES : Josh Philippe
:
25. Meteorological Department: India's first storm
research test center to be built in Odisha
:
26. Aakashvani Sangeet Sammelan :
Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan
:
residential schools and hostels in the country
1063 ‘
’
"
"
1063 (383
680 )
28. Patna's Bihar Vidyapith completed 100
100
Established in Patna in February 6, 1921 ( By
Mahatma Gandhi)
6 , 1921 ( )
29. Saanvi Mehra : Won Google coding contest
(with project to identify Down Syndrome kids)
: (
)
Class 10 student of The Shri Ram Millenium School
in Noida has
10
30. General Thimayya Museum : Madikeri , Kodagu
District, Karnataka
: , ,
It has preserved special aspects of the extraordinary
character and contribution of one of the finest
soldiers in the history of our army.