CURRENT AFFAIRS
31 AUGUST, 2021 TO 06 SEPTEMBER, 2021
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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