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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was presented to:
Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz
Gerard Mourou, Arthur Ashkin, Donna Strickland
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 for "discoveries of receptor for temperature and touch" was awarded to:
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice
James P. Allison, Tasuku Honjo
In which year the first Nobel Prize was awarded?
1864
1983
1901
1980
Why is the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony held on December 10 each year?
Alfred Nobel discovered dynamite on this day.
Alfred Nobel was born on this day.
Alfred Nobel passed away on this day.
Alfred Nobel received his patent for the discovery of dynamite.
Which of the below-mentioned families won the most Nobel Prizes?
The Einsteins
The Curies
The Braggs
None of the above
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 was awarded for "development of asymmetric organocatalysis" to :
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice
Benjamin List and David WC Mac-Million
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 was awarded for "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents” to :
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Benjamin List and David WC Mac-Million
The Nobel Prize in Peace 2021 was awarded "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace " to :
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Benjamin List and David WC Mac-Million
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 2021 was awarded to :
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov
David Card, Joshua D Angrist and Guido W Imbens.
Benjamin List and David WC Mac-Million
What is the Mascot and Moto of Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020
SOMEITY and Moto United By Motion
Miraitwa and Moto United by Emotion
Bing Dwen Dwen and Motto Together for a Shared Future
None of above
What is the Mascot and Moto of Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020
SOMEITY and Moto United By Motion
Miraitwa and Moto United by Emotion
Bing Dwen Dwen and Motto Together for a Shared Future
None of above
Who won the gold medal in the men’s Javelin category F-54 Cateory event at the Tokyo 2020 ParaOlympics?
Neeraj Chopra
Antil Sumit
Nishand Kathuniya
RavI Kumar
Who won the Silver medal in the Wrestling (57 KG) event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
Neeraj Chopra
Antil Sumit
Nishand Kathuniya
RavI Kumar Dahiya
Who won the Silver medal in the Weight Lifiting (49 KG Woman) event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
Mirabai Chanu
PV Sindhu
Lovlina Borgohain
Bajrang Ponia
Who won the Bronze medal in the Women's Welter weight Boxing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
Mirabai Chanu
PV Sindhu
Lovlina Borgohain
Bajrang Ponia
Who won the Bonze medal in the Wrestling (65 KG) event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
Bajarang Punia
Antil Sumit
Nishand Kathuniya
RavI Kumar Dahiya
The covid -19 diseases is caused by Severe Respiratory Synrome CoronaVirus 2 (sars-CoV-2) (True /False)
True
False
In Union Budget 2021-22 : The fiscal deficit is estimated to be how much percent of the GDP in 2021-22 as per Union Budget 2021?
9.5
8.8
7.4
6.8
How much funds are allocated for the health & wellbeing sector in the Union Budget 2021-22?
Rs 2,23,846 crore
Rs. 2,87,000 crore
Rs. 1,97,000 crore
Rs. 1,10,055 crore
The Budget 2021 increases the FDI limit to 74% in the Insurance Sector. What was the previous FDI limit?
62%
55%
49%
35%
Budget for 2021-22 announced voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and polluting vehicles. After how many years fitness of commercial vehicles will be checked for the same?
20
15
12
8
In Union Budget 2021-22 : How many mega-investment textile parks (MITRA) will be established over 3 years?
10
7
9
5
In which state, multi a seaweed park will be setup?
Chhattisgarh
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Haryana
FM Nirmala Sitharaman proposes to setup an ARC for NPA Management. What does ‘R’ refers to in ARC?
Recapitalization
Retail
Reconstruction
Reforms
Which company’s IPO will be launched in 2021-22 as a part of the Government’s disinvestment strategy?
IDBI
LIC
Air India
SBI
Who won the US Open 2021 Winners under Men’s Singles category ?
Men’s Singles : Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Men’s Singles :Rafel Nadal (Spain)
None of the above
Who won the Australian Open 2021 ,Wimbledon Open 2021 Winners and French Open Tennis 2021 Winners under Men’s Singles category ?
Men’s Singles : Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Men’s Singles :Rafel Nadal (Spain)
None of the above
Who won the Italian Open 2021 Winners under Men’s Singles category ?
Men’s Singles : Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Men’s Singles :Rafel Nadal (Spain)
None of the above
Which statement is true regarding winners of US Open 2021 ? (tick more than one option )
Men’s Singles :Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Women’s Singles: Emma Raducanu (United Kingdom)
Men’s Doubles: Rajeev Ram (United States) and Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)
Women’s Doubles: Shuai Zhang (China) and Samantha Stosur (Australia)
Mixed Double : Desirae Krawczyk (United States) and Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)
Who are the winners of Australian Open 2021 Winners ? (please tick more than one option )
Women’s Singles- Naomi Osaka (Japan)
Men’s Doubles : Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Filip Polášek (Slovakia)
Women’s Doubles: Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France)
Mixed Double : Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)-Nikola Mektic (Croatia)
Who are the winners of Wimbledon Open 2021 Winners Winners ? (please tick more than one option )
Women’s Singles- Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
Men’s Doubles : Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić
Women’s Doubles: Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens
Mixed Double : Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk
Who are the winners of French Open Tennis 2021 Winners ? (please tick more than one option )
Women’s Singles- Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic)
Men’s Doubles :Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut (France)
Women’s Doubles: Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) and Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic)
Mixed Double : Desirae Krawczyk (United States) and Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)
RBI has raised the limit from Rs 50,000 per transaction to Rs ___ per transaction under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme?
Rs 1 lakh
Rs 2 lakh
Rs 85000
Rs 1.5 lakh
RBI has removed ____ from Prompt Corrective Action Framework (PCAF), which was applied in Oct 2015?
Union Bank of India
Indian Overseas Bank
Punjab National Bank
Bank of Baroda
From 1st ___ 2021, RBI commenced the new auto-debit rules in order to strengthen the safety and security of card transactions?
December
October
November
January
RBI has set the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for October 2021 to March 2022 at _____?
Rs. 30,000 crore
Rs. 40,000 crore
Rs. 50,000 crore
Rs. 70,000 crore
As per the RBI’s new rules for Securitisation of Standard Assets, the minimum ticket size for issuance of securitisation notes will be ___?
Rs 1 crore
Rs 1.5 crore
Rs 50 lakhs
Rs 75 lakhs
Who among the following to head the committee set up by RBI to suggest recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses?
Kamal P Patnaik
P. Vasudevan
P. Shimrah
A B Dutta
The annual FI-Index for the period ending March 2021 is 53.9 . RBI to release Financial Inclusion Index in which month every year?
April
January
July
November
RBI has raised the collateral-free loans to limit to SHGs from Rs 10 lakhs to Rs ________ under DAY-NRLM?
Rs 15 lakhs
Rs 18 lakhs
Rs 12 lakhs
Rs 20 lakhs
RBI has raised the limit of maximum balance at the end of the day for payment banks from Rs 1 lakhs to Rs ____ per individual customer?
Rs 1.5 lakhs
Rs 2 lakhs
Rs 2.5 lakhs
Rs 3 lakhs
Who among the following released ‘Digital Payments Index (DPI)’ which measures the extent of digitisation of payments in India?
NITI Aayog
State Bank of India
Ministry of Finance
RBI
Who among the following is appointed as the first Chairperson of the ‘Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)’?
MK Jain
Senapathy (Kris) Gopalakrishnan
Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Deepak Kumar
Who among the following is appointed as CEO of the ‘Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)’ in May 2021 ?
Deepak Kumar
Rajesh Bansal
Ashok Jhunjhunwala
MK Jain
From when RBI has decided to roll out ‘Positive Pay System’?
1st January 2021
1st October 2020
1st April 2021
1st December 2020
RBI announced the operationalization of Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme, who among the following to manage the scheme?
M K Jain
M D Patra
M Rajeshwar Rao
B.P. Kanungo
The Government has recently approved the Production Incentive Scheme (PLI) for Large Scale ________________ Manufacturing?
Electronics
Textile
Jute
Packaged Milk
Which ministry launched the ‘SUJALAM’ Campaign?
Ministry of Education
Minsitry of MSME
Ministry of Textiles
Ministry of Jal Shakti
What is the name of the Rural Enterprises Acceleration Programme launched to uplift the women associated with SHG by Lt Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha?
Saath
Sarathi’
‘Swabhimani’
‘Sakhi’
What is the name of the brand and logo launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for marketing products made by SHGs?
‘SHG Certified’
‘Apna Brand’
SHG Prarambh
SonChiraiya
Which ministry launched ‘Pey Jal Survekshan’ with an aims to have qualitatively and quantitatively mapping of water bodies on a pilot basis in 10 Indian cities?
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Which organisation to implement ‘YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors’?
National Book Trust
Sahitya Akademi
NCERT
Rupa Publications
The SAKSHAM’ Campaign aims to spread awareness for which of the following?
Girl School Education
Clean and Green Energy
. Consumer Rights
Employment to the migrants
Which minister launched the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) with a fund corpus of Rs 945 crore in April 2021?
Nitin Gadkari
Kiren Rijiju
Narendra Singh Tomar
Piyush Goyal
Which ministry launched the ‘Good Samaritans’ Scheme?
Ministry of road, transport & highways
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
The ‘Project iRASTE’ is a collaboration initiative of which of the following entities?
Intel India
IIIT-H and CSIR-CRRI
Mahindra & Mahindra
NMC (Nagpur Municipal Corporation)
All the above
Who among the following launched AmritGrand Challenge Program named ‘जनCARE’?
An initiative launched by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), NASSCOM, and NASSCOM Foundation.
Giriraj Singh
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar
. Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Dr Jitendra Singh
For what purpose was the ‘SAMRIDH’ Programme launched by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology ( MeitY) ?
To support and uplift IT based startups
. To reduce malnutrition in tribal areas
To educate girls in tribal areas
To setup vaccination drives against COVID-19
Which ministry launched ‘Ek Pahal Drive’?
Ministry of Panchayati Ra
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Ministry of Law and Justice
What was the theme for World Food Day which is observed on 16th Oct 2021?
Respect Food, don’t waste it, share it
Food for all
Eat Safe, Healthy and Nutritious Food
Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow
When is World Environment Day marked?
2021 Theme: Reimagine Recreate Restore
18th Sep
4th Sep
5th June
16th June
What was the theme for International Women’s Day, which is marked on 8th March 2021?
‘Women: Strength of Society
‘Empowering Women Globally’
‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 World’
Celebrating Nurses contribution in combating COVID-19’
What was the theme for National Youth Day, observed on 12th Jan 2021?
Youth for Transforming Nation
Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building
Youth for Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan
Indian Youth for Development, Skill and Harmony
When is International Literacy Day observed?
8th Sep
9th Sep
10th Sep
11th Sep
When is International Day of Yoga marked?
21st June
22nd June
23rd June
24th June
What is the theme for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which is marked on 9th Jan?
‘Apna Bharat, Apna Gaurav’
‘Redefining engagement with the Indian diaspora’
. ‘Role of Indian Diaspora in building Self-Reliant India’
‘Contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat’
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2021 awardees are
(more than one option )
Muhammad Amjad Saqib : visionary who founded one of the largest microfinance institutions in Pakistan
Firdausi Qadri : discovering vaccines that have saved millions of lives.
Steven Muncy : helping the displaced refugees of Southeast Asia rebuild their lives.
Roberto Ballon : led a community in restoring their rich aquatic resources and their primary source of livelihood
Who won the Booker prize 2021
Damon Galgut for Promise
Douglas Stuart for Shuggie Bain
David Diop for At Night All Blood is Black
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld for The Discomfort of Evening
Who won the International Booker Prize 2021 ?
Damon Galgut for Promise
Douglas Stuart for Shuggie Bain
David Diop for At Night All Blood is Black
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld for The Discomfort of Evening
Pulitzer Prize Winners 2021 for _______
(Tick more than one option )
Fiction: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Nonfiction: Wilmington's Lie by David Zucchino
Biography:The Dead Are Arising by Les Payne
History: Franchise by Marcia Chatelain
Poetry: Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
