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Top Event of 2021

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was presented to:

a)

Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez

b)

James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz

c)

Gerard Mourou, Arthur Ashkin, Donna Strickland

d)

Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi

2.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 for "discoveries of receptor for temperature and touch" was awarded to:

a)

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

b)

William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza

c)

Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice

d)

James P. Allison, Tasuku Honjo

3.

In which year the first Nobel Prize was awarded?

a)

1864

b)

1983

c)

1901

d)

1980

4.

Why is the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony held on December 10 each year?

a)

Alfred Nobel discovered dynamite on this day.

b)

Alfred Nobel was born on this day.

c)

Alfred Nobel passed away on this day.

d)

Alfred Nobel received his patent for the discovery of dynamite.

5.

Which of the below-mentioned families won the most Nobel Prizes?

a)

The Einsteins

b)

The Curies

c)

The Braggs

d)

None of the above

6.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 was awarded for "development of asymmetric organocatalysis" to :

a)

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

b)

William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza

c)

Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice

d)

Benjamin List and David WC Mac-Million

7.

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 :

a)

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

b)

William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza

c)

Abdulrazak Gurnah

d)

Benjamin List and David WC Mac-Million

8.

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 :

a)

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

b)

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

c)

Abdulrazak Gurnah

d)

Benjamin List and David WC Mac-Million

9.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 2021 was awarded to :

a)

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian

b)

Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov

c)

David Card, Joshua D Angrist and Guido W Imbens.

d)

Benjamin List and David WC Mac-Million

10.

What is the Mascot and Moto of Tokyo Paralympic Games 2020

a)

SOMEITY and Moto United By Motion

b)

Miraitwa and Moto United by Emotion

c)

Bing Dwen Dwen and Motto Together for a Shared Future

d)

None of above

11.

What is the Mascot and Moto of Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020

a)

SOMEITY and Moto United By Motion

b)

Miraitwa and Moto United by Emotion

c)

Bing Dwen Dwen and Motto Together for a Shared Future

d)

None of above

12.

Who won the gold medal in the men’s Javelin category F-54 Cateory event at the Tokyo 2020 ParaOlympics?

a)

Neeraj Chopra

b)

Antil Sumit

c)

Nishand Kathuniya

d)

RavI Kumar

13.

Who won the Silver medal in the Wrestling (57 KG) event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

a)

Neeraj Chopra

b)

Antil Sumit

c)

Nishand Kathuniya

d)

RavI Kumar Dahiya

14.

Who won the Silver medal in the Weight Lifiting (49 KG Woman) event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

a)

Mirabai Chanu

b)

PV Sindhu

c)

Lovlina Borgohain

d)

Bajrang Ponia

15.

Who won the Bronze medal in the Women's Welter weight Boxing event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

a)

Mirabai Chanu

b)

PV Sindhu

c)

Lovlina Borgohain

d)

Bajrang Ponia

16.

Who won the Bonze medal in the Wrestling (65 KG) event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

a)

Bajarang Punia

b)

Antil Sumit

c)

Nishand Kathuniya

d)

RavI Kumar Dahiya

17.

The covid -19 diseases is caused by Severe Respiratory Synrome CoronaVirus 2 (sars-CoV-2) (True /False)

a)

True

b)

False

18.

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?

a)

9.5

b)

8.8

c)

7.4

d)

6.8

19.

How much funds are allocated for the health & wellbeing sector in the Union Budget 2021-22?

a)

Rs 2,23,846 crore

b)

Rs. 2,87,000 crore

c)

Rs. 1,97,000 crore

d)

Rs. 1,10,055 crore

20.

The Budget 2021 increases the FDI limit to 74% in the Insurance Sector. What was the previous FDI limit?

a)

62%

b)

55%

c)

49%

d)

35%

21.

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?

a)

20

b)

15

c)

12

d)

8

22.

In Union Budget 2021-22 : How many mega-investment textile parks (MITRA) will be established over 3 years?

a)

10

b)

7

c)

9

d)

5

23.

In which state, multi a seaweed park will be setup?

a)

Chhattisgarh

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

Telangana

d)

Haryana

24.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman proposes to setup an ARC for NPA Management. What does ‘R’ refers to in ARC?

a)

Recapitalization

b)

Retail

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Reforms

25.

Which company’s IPO will be launched in 2021-22 as a part of the Government’s disinvestment strategy?

a)

IDBI

b)

LIC

c)

Air India

d)

SBI

26.

Who won the US Open 2021 Winners under Men’s Singles category ?

a)

Men’s Singles : Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

b)

Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

c)

Men’s Singles :Rafel Nadal (Spain)

d)

None of the above

27.

Who won the Australian Open 2021 ,Wimbledon Open 2021 Winners and French Open Tennis 2021 Winners under Men’s Singles category ?

a)

Men’s Singles : Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

b)

Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

c)

Men’s Singles :Rafel Nadal (Spain)

d)

None of the above

28.

Who won the Italian Open 2021 Winners under Men’s Singles category ?

a)

Men’s Singles : Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

b)

Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

c)

Men’s Singles :Rafel Nadal (Spain)

d)

None of the above

29.

Which statement is true regarding winners of US Open 2021 ? (tick more than one option )

a)

Men’s Singles :Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

b)

Women’s Singles: Emma Raducanu (United Kingdom)

c)

Men’s Doubles: Rajeev Ram (United States) and Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)

d)

Women’s Doubles: Shuai Zhang (China) and Samantha Stosur (Australia)

e)

Mixed Double : Desirae Krawczyk (United States) and Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)

30.

Who are the winners of Australian Open 2021 Winners ? (please tick more than one option )

a)

Women’s Singles- Naomi Osaka (Japan)

b)

Men’s Doubles : Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Filip Polášek (Slovakia)

c)

Women’s Doubles: Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France)

d)

Mixed Double : Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)-Nikola Mektic (Croatia)

31.

Who are the winners of Wimbledon Open 2021 Winners Winners ? (please tick more than one option )

a)

Women’s Singles- Ashleigh Barty (Australia)

b)

Men’s Doubles : Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić

c)

Women’s Doubles: Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens

d)

Mixed Double : Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk

32.

Who are the winners of French Open Tennis 2021 Winners ? (please tick more than one option )

a)

Women’s Singles- Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic)

b)

Men’s Doubles :Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut (France)

c)

Women’s Doubles: Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) and Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic)

d)

Mixed Double : Desirae Krawczyk (United States) and Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)

33.

RBI has raised the limit from Rs 50,000 per transaction to Rs ___ per transaction under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme?

a)

Rs 1 lakh

b)

Rs 2 lakh

c)

Rs 85000

d)

Rs 1.5 lakh

34.

RBI has removed ____ from Prompt Corrective Action Framework (PCAF), which was applied in Oct 2015?

a)

Union Bank of India

b)

Indian Overseas Bank

c)

Punjab National Bank

d)

Bank of Baroda

35.

From 1st ___ 2021, RBI commenced the new auto-debit rules in order to strengthen the safety and security of card transactions?

a)

December

b)

October

c)

November

d)

January

36.

RBI has set the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for October 2021 to March 2022 at _____?

a)

Rs. 30,000 crore

b)

Rs. 40,000 crore

c)

Rs. 50,000 crore

d)

Rs. 70,000 crore

37.

As per the RBI’s new rules for Securitisation of Standard Assets, the minimum ticket size for issuance of securitisation notes will be ___?

a)

Rs 1 crore

b)

Rs 1.5 crore

c)

Rs 50 lakhs

d)

Rs 75 lakhs

38.

Who among the following to head the committee set up by RBI to suggest recommendations on New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licenses?

a)

Kamal P Patnaik

b)

P. Vasudevan

c)

P. Shimrah

d)

A B Dutta

39.

The annual FI-Index for the period ending March 2021 is 53.9 . RBI to release Financial Inclusion Index in which month every year?

a)

April

b)

January

c)

July

d)

November

40.

RBI has raised the collateral-free loans to limit to SHGs from Rs 10 lakhs to Rs ________ under DAY-NRLM?

a)

Rs 15 lakhs

b)

Rs 18 lakhs

c)

Rs 12 lakhs

d)

Rs 20 lakhs

41.

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?

a)

Rs 1.5 lakhs

b)

Rs 2 lakhs

c)

Rs 2.5 lakhs

d)

Rs 3 lakhs

42.

Who among the following released ‘Digital Payments Index (DPI)’ which measures the extent of digitisation of payments in India?

a)

NITI Aayog

b)

State Bank of India

c)

Ministry of Finance

d)

RBI

43.

Who among the following is appointed as the first Chairperson of the ‘Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)’?

a)

MK Jain

b)

Senapathy (Kris) Gopalakrishnan

c)

Ashok Jhunjhunwala

d)

Deepak Kumar

44.

Who among the following is appointed as CEO of the ‘Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)’ in May 2021 ?

a)

Deepak Kumar

b)

Rajesh Bansal

c)

Ashok Jhunjhunwala

d)

MK Jain

45.

From when RBI has decided to roll out ‘Positive Pay System’?

a)

1st January 2021

b)

1st October 2020

c)

1st April 2021

d)

1st December 2020

46.

RBI announced the operationalization of Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme, who among the following to manage the scheme?

a)

M K Jain

b)

M D Patra

c)

M Rajeshwar Rao

d)

B.P. Kanungo

47.

The Government has recently approved the Production Incentive Scheme (PLI) for Large Scale ________________ Manufacturing?

a)

Electronics

b)

Textile

c)

Jute

d)

Packaged Milk

48.

Which ministry launched the ‘SUJALAM’ Campaign?

a)

Ministry of Education

b)

Minsitry of MSME

c)

Ministry of Textiles

d)

Ministry of Jal Shakti

49.

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?

a)

Saath

b)

Sarathi’

c)

‘Swabhimani’

d)

‘Sakhi’

50.

What is the name of the brand and logo launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for marketing products made by SHGs?

a)

‘SHG Certified’

b)

‘Apna Brand’

c)

SHG Prarambh

d)

SonChiraiya

51.

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?

a)

Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

b)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

c)

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

d)

Ministry of Jal Shakti

52.

Which organisation to implement ‘YUVA- Prime Minister’s Scheme For Mentoring Young Authors’?

a)

National Book Trust

b)

Sahitya Akademi

c)

NCERT

d)

Rupa Publications

53.

The SAKSHAM’ Campaign aims to spread awareness for which of the following?

a)

Girl School Education

b)

Clean and Green Energy

c)

. Consumer Rights

d)

Employment to the migrants

54.

Which minister launched the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) with a fund corpus of Rs 945 crore in April 2021?

a)

Nitin Gadkari

b)

Kiren Rijiju

c)

Narendra Singh Tomar

d)

Piyush Goyal

55.

Which ministry launched the ‘Good Samaritans’ Scheme?

a)

Ministry of road, transport & highways

b)

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

c)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

d)

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

56.

The ‘Project iRASTE’ is a collaboration initiative of which of the following entities?

a)

Intel India

b)

IIIT-H and CSIR-CRRI

c)

Mahindra & Mahindra

d)

NMC (Nagpur Municipal Corporation)

e)

All the above

57.

Who among the following launched AmritGrand Challenge Program named ‘जनCARE’?

An initiative launched by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), NASSCOM, and NASSCOM Foundation.

a)

Giriraj Singh

b)

Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar

c)

. Mansukh L. Mandaviya

d)

Dr Jitendra Singh

58.

For what purpose was the ‘SAMRIDH’ Programme launched by Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology ( MeitY) ?

a)

To support and uplift IT based startups

b)

. To reduce malnutrition in tribal areas

c)

To educate girls in tribal areas

d)

To setup vaccination drives against COVID-19

59.

Which ministry launched ‘Ek Pahal Drive’?

a)

Ministry of Panchayati Ra

b)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

c)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

d)

Ministry of Law and Justice

60.

What was the theme for World Food Day which is observed on 16th Oct 2021?

a)

Respect Food, don’t waste it, share it

b)

Food for all

c)

Eat Safe, Healthy and Nutritious Food

d)

Safe food now for a healthy tomorrow

61.

When is World Environment Day marked?

2021 Theme: Reimagine Recreate Restore

a)

18th Sep

b)

4th Sep

c)

5th June

d)

16th June

62.

What was the theme for International Women’s Day, which is marked on 8th March 2021?

a)

‘Women: Strength of Society

b)

‘Empowering Women Globally’

c)

‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 World’

d)

Celebrating Nurses contribution in combating COVID-19’

63.

What was the theme for National Youth Day, observed on 12th Jan 2021?

a)

Youth for Transforming Nation

b)

Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building

c)

Youth for Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan

d)

Indian Youth for Development, Skill and Harmony

64.

When is International Literacy Day observed?

a)

8th Sep

b)

9th Sep

c)

10th Sep

d)

11th Sep

65.

When is International Day of Yoga marked?

a)

21st June

b)

22nd June

c)

23rd June

d)

24th June

66.

What is the theme for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which is marked on 9th Jan?

a)

‘Apna Bharat, Apna Gaurav’

b)

‘Redefining engagement with the Indian diaspora’

c)

. ‘Role of Indian Diaspora in building Self-Reliant India’

d)

‘Contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat’

67.

Ramon Magsaysay Award 2021 awardees are

(more than one option )

a)

Muhammad Amjad Saqib : visionary who founded one of the largest microfinance institutions in Pakistan

b)

Firdausi Qadri : discovering vaccines that have saved millions of lives.

c)

Steven Muncy : helping the displaced refugees of Southeast Asia rebuild their lives.

d)

Roberto Ballon : led a community in restoring their rich aquatic resources and their primary source of livelihood

68.

Who won the Booker prize 2021

a)

Damon Galgut for Promise

b)

Douglas Stuart for Shuggie Bain

c)

David Diop for At Night All Blood is Black

d)

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld for The Discomfort of Evening

69.

Who won the International Booker Prize 2021 ?

a)

Damon Galgut for Promise

b)

Douglas Stuart for Shuggie Bain

c)

David Diop for At Night All Blood is Black

d)

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld for The Discomfort of Evening

70.

Pulitzer Prize Winners 2021 for _______

(Tick more than one option )

a)

Fiction: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

b)

Nonfiction: Wilmington's Lie by David Zucchino

c)

Biography:The Dead Are Arising by Les Payne

d)

History: Franchise by Marcia Chatelain

e)

Poetry: Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz