Current Affairs : 27 July to 02 August, 2021 : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

CURRENT AFFAIRS

27 JULY, 2021 TO 02 AUGUST, 2021

1. How many tiger reserves from India have received the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), on the occasion of International Tiger Day on July 29, 2021?

(a) 10

(b) 12

(c) 14

(d) 15

Answer: (c)

2. Who has become the new Chief Minister of Karnataka?

(a) Basavaraj Bommai

(b) B.S. Yediyurappa

(c) Laxman Savadi

(d) Ramesh Jarkiholi

Answer: (a)

3. Which of the following has become the first city in India where people can avail high-quality drinking water directly from the tap on a 24-hour basis?

(a) Guwahati

(b) New Delhi

(c) Pune

(d) Puri

Answer: (d)

4. Which of the following has become the only city from India to be selected for International Clean Air Catalyst Programme?

(a) Jaipur

(b) Indore

(c) Gwalior

(d) Shillong

Answer: (b)

5. Which of the following has become the first state in the country to provide one per cent reservation for the ‘transgender community in all the government services?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Gujarat

(c) Assam

(d) Karnataka

Answer: (d)

6. Which of the following has launched a new initiative called the Pink Protection project for the protection of women in public, private and digital spaces?

(a) Kerala Police

(b) Assam Police

(c) Delhi Police

(d) Tamil Nadu Police

Answer: (a)

7. Which of the following has become the first country in the world to get approval for the commercial production of genetically modified “golden rice”, a variety of rice enriched with nutrients to help reduce childhood malnutrition?

(a) Denmark

(b) France

(c) Philippines

(d) Norway

Answer: (c)

8. Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has signed a ten-year partnership with which of the following company to set up the ‘Airport in a Box’ platform?

(a) Intel

(b) IBM

(c) Infosys

(d) Microsoft

Answer: (b)

9. Who is the author of the book titled “An Ordinary Life: Portrait of an Indian Generation”?

(a) Om Prakash Rawat

(b) Sushil Chandra

(c) Sunil Arora

(d) Ashok Lavasa

Answer: (d)

10. Which of the following has become the first bank in the country to achieve the milestone of issuing 1 crore FASTags?

(a) Paytm Payments Bank

(b) Airtel Payments Bank

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

Answer: (a)

11. Who has been appointed the Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)?

(a) Nasir Kamal

(b) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal

(c) Rakesh Asthana

(d) Kuldiep Singh

Answer: (a)

12. Who has been appointed as Delhi Police Commissioner?

(a) Munna Prasad Gupta

(b) Soumen Mitra

(c) Hemant Nagrale

(d) Rakesh Asthana

Answer: (d)

13. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Bharat Bill Payment System?

(a) Anubrata Biswas

(b) Anirban Mukherjee

(c) Noopur Chaturvedi

(d) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Answer: (c)

14. Who has been named Differently Abled Sportsman of the Year at Indian Sports Honour for 2019?

(a) Deepa Malik

(b) Varun Singh Bhati

(c) Mariyappan Thangavelu

(d) Pramod Bhagat

Answer: (d)

15. Who won the National Women Online Chess 2021 title?

(a) Soumya Swaminathan

(b) Srija Seshadri

(c) Arpita Mukherjee

(d) Vantika Agarwal

Answer: (d)

16. When is Kargil Vijay Diwas observed every year?

(a) 26 July

(b) 29 July

(c) 30 July

(d) 01 August

Answer: (a)

17. When is World Nature Conservation Day observed every year?

(a) 25 July

(b) 26 July

(c) 28 July

(d) 31 July

Answer: (c)

18. When is World Hepatitis Day observed every year?

(a) 22 July

(b) 24 July

(c) 26 July

(d) 28 July

Answer: (d)

19. When is Global Tiger Day or International Tiger Day observed every year?

(a) 28 July

(b) 29 July

(c) 30 July

(d) 31 July

Answer: (b)

20. When is World Ranger Day observed every year?

(a) 25 July

(b) 27 July

(c) 29 July

(d) 31 July

Answer: (d)