Current Affairs : 31 August to 06 September, 2021 : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

CURRENT AFFAIRS

31 AUGUST, 2021 TO 06 SEPTEMBER, 2021Current Affairs : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

1. Which of the following has been top ranked in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022?

(a) University of Cambridge, U.K.

(b) Harvard University, U.S.

(c) University of Oxford, U.K.

(d) Stanford University, U.S.

Answer: (c)

2. Which state government has launched a special mission called “Mission Vatsalya” in order to help women who lost their husbands to COVID-19?

(a) Assam

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Gujarat

(d) Kerala

Answer: (b)

3. Which bank has partnered with BharatPe for the point of sale (PoS) business of BharatPe named BharatSwipe?

(a) ICICI Bank

(b) HDFC Bank

(c) IndusInd Bank

(d) Axis Bank

Answer: (d)

4. Which of the following has inked an MoU with HCBL Cooperative Bank, Lucknow & Mysore Merchants Cooperative Bank in a bid to provide digital infrastructure and payments services to the respective banks under the bank sponsorship programme of the Reserve Bank of India?

(a) Jana Small Finance Bank

(b) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

(c) Janalakshmi Small Finance Bank

(d) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank

Answer: (a)

5. Who is the author of the new book titled “An Invitation to Die: A Colonel Acharya Mystery”?

(a) Tanushree Podder

(b) Arundhati Roy

(c) Anita Desai

(d) Chetan Bhagat

Answer: (a)

6. Which of the following has opened a floating ATM on a Houseboat at Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar for the convenience of locals and tourists?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) Punjab National Bank

(c) State Bank of India

(d) ICICI Bank

Answer: (c)

7. Which of the following has launched a strategic campaign titled - #FollowPaymentDistancing to promote and encourage contactless payments among customers?

(a) Paytm

(b) PayPal

(c) Razorpay

(d) RuPay

Answer: (d)

8. Which of the following has announced to acquire a 100 per cent stake in Exide Life Insurance Company in a stock and cash deal, for Rs 6,887 crore?

(a) SBI Life Insurance

(b) HDFC Life Insurance

(c) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

(d) Life Insurance Corporation of India

Answer: (b)

9. Which of the following has roped in Tokyo Olympic Silver-medalist Mirabai Chanu as the face of its ‘‘Stay in Play” campaign for its latest product innovation designed to keep more menstruating women in sports?

(a) Reebok

(b) Nike

(c) Adidas

(d) Puma

Answer: (c)

10. Who has been conferred the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons’ ‘International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery 2021’?

(a) Dr. Keki Turel

(b) Dr. Basant Kumar Misra

(c) Dr. Harshad Parekh

(d) Dr.Sanjay Mongia

Answer: (b)

11. Who has emerged as the winner of the Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) 2021?

(a) Sudhir Shivaram

(b) Marsel van Oosten

(c) Paul Nicklen

(d) Alejandro Prieto

Answer: (d)

12. Which of the following has been awarded the coveted “Association for Talent Development (ATD) 2021 BEST Award”?

(a) Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

(b) NTPC Limited

(c) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation

(d) Indian Oil Corporation

Answer: (a)

13. Which of the following is launching its open beta for Horizon Workrooms, a way for people to work together remotely in groups with Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headsets or other ways of connecting?

(a) Twitter

(b) Facebook

(c) Amazon

(d) Yahoo

Answer: (b)

14. Which of the following has topped the Rabobank’s 2021 Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list?

(a) Amul

(b) Nestle

(c) Lactalis

(d) Mother Dairy

Answer: (c)

15. What is the rank of Amul in the Rabobank’s 2021 Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list?

(a) 10th

(b) 15th

(c) 16th

(d) 18th

Answer: (d)

16. Who has been declared the winner of the Belgian Grand Prix 2021?

(a) Max Verstappen

(b) Lewis Hamilton

(c) George Russell Williams

(d) Sebastian Vettel

Answer: (a)

17. Who has won the 2021 Barcelona Open chess tournament title?

(a) Adhiban Baskaran

(b) Krishnan Sasikiran

(c) Pentala Harikrishna

(d) S. P. Sethuraman

Answer: (d)

18. When is National Sports Day in India observed?

(a) 25 August

(b) 29 August

(c) 31 August

(d) 05 September

Answer: (b)

19. When is National Small Industry Day observed?

(a) 30 August

(b) 02 September

(c) 05 September

(d) 06 September

Answer: (a)

20. When is World Coconut Day observed?

(a) 25 August

(b) 27 August

(c) 31 August

(d) 02 September

Answer: (d)

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