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)
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