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1 .
ISRO released the picture of the closest and biggest moon of Mars named "Phobos". Who was the founder of ISRO?
A)
Vikram Sarabhai
B)
Homi J. Bhabha
C)
Har Gobind Khorana
D)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Correct Answer :   Vikram Sarabhai

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) released the picture of the closest and biggest moon of Mars named "Phobos" which was captured by Mars Colour Camera (MCC) onboard India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). The image was taken on July 1, 2020 when MOM was about 7200 km from Mars and at 4200 km from Phobos.

Published On : July 18, 2021
2 .
World's largest 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre is inaugurated in which city?
A)
Mumbai
B)
Delhi
C)
Chennai
D)
Telangana

Correct Answer :   Delhi

World's largest COVID care centre, the 10,000-bed Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre, inaugurated at Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Chattarpur, Delhi.

Published On : July 18, 2021
3 .
Who inaugurated the celebrations for the Dharma Chakra Day 2020 Organized by International Buddhist Confederation?
A)
Rajnath Singh
B)
Narendra Modi
C)
Ram Nath Kovind
D)
M. Venkaiah Naidu

Correct Answer :   Ram Nath Kovind

President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind has virtually inaugurated the celebrations for the Dharma Chakra Day 2020 Organized by International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), in Partnership with Union Ministry of Culture, from the Rashtrapati Bhawan at New Delhi on the occasion of Asadha Poornima (also known as Guru Purnima) , a Full Moon day or Purnima that occurs in the Hindu month of Ashadha (July) as per Indian sun calendar.

Published On : July 18, 2021
4 .
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port has started a new shipping service between Kolkata Dock System and which country?
A)
Bangladesh
B)
Vietnam
C)
Myanmar
D)
Thailand

Correct Answer :   Bangladesh

Amid frequent disruption of cross-border trade via the Petrapole-Benapole land ports, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port has started a new shipping service between Kolkata Dock System (KDS) and Chattogram (Bangladesh ) through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route to transport containers with the aim to increase the Indo-Bangla trade.

Published On : July 18, 2021
5 .
Which Insurance Company associated with BOB Financial Services Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda to offer a group insurance cover?
A)
Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
B)
Exide Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
C)
Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
D)
IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Limited

Correct Answer :   IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Limited

IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Limited (IndiaFirst Life) associated with BOB Financial Services Limited (BOB Financial), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda(BOB) to offer a group insurance cover. The cover will provide financial support to the BOB credit card customers upon their hospitalisation or on COVID-19 diagnosis.

Published On : July 18, 2021
6 .
Who launched the 'Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge' for Indian tech entrepreneurs and startups?
A)
Amit Shah
B)
Narendra Modi
C)
Raj Nath Singh
D)
Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Correct Answer :   Narendra Modi

The 'Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge' for Indian tech entrepreneurs and startups was launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, with an objective to support and build Aatmanirbhar App Ecosystem. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Meity) in partnership with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) launched the challenge & will regulate the challenge.

Published On : July 18, 2021
7 .
‘Freight Smart Cities’, which were making news recently, will be set up by which Union Ministry?
A)
Ministry of MSME
B)
Ministry of Home Affairs
C)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
D)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Correct Answer :   Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced its plans to build freight smart cities to improve urban freight efficiency. This is aimed to reduce the logistics costs.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched a website on ‘Freight Smart Cities’. Initially, 10 cities would be identified, and it can be expanded to 75 cities in the next phase before launching it throughout the country.

Published On : July 18, 2021
8 .
In which state, India’s first Central Drug Laboratory (CDL) was established?
A)
Karnataka
B)
Maharashtra
C)
Himachal Pradesh
D)
Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer :   Himachal Pradesh

Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), Kasauli is the National Control Laboratory for testing of Immunobiologicals (vaccines and antisera) meant for human use.
Recently, the Union Government has set up two laboratories including one at Autonomous Research Institutes National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, and another at National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) Hyderabad as Central Drug Laboratory (CDL).

Published On : July 18, 2021
9 .
The Central Government imposed stock limits on wholesalers, retailers, millers and importers of which commodity, to control price rise?
A)
Pulses
B)
Rice
C)
Vegetables
D)
Sugar Cane

Correct Answer :   Pulses

The Central Government has brought into effect Stock Limits and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs (Amendment) Order 2021. As per the order, stock limits have been imposed on wholesalers, retailers, millers and importers of pulses.
Stock limits are prescribed for all pulses except Moong Daal until October 31, for all states and UTs. This decision was taken amidst the continuous rise in the prices of pulses.

Published On : July 18, 2021
10 .
Panchmuli lake, which was making news recently, is located in which state?
A)
Punjab
B)
Gujarat
C)
Kerala
D)

Correct Answer :   Gujarat

Panchmuli lake, situated near the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ‘Statue of Unity’ in Kevadia, Gujarat. It was seen in the news because as many as 194 crocodiles have been relocated from the lake in the last two years for the safety of tourists.
As per the officials, 143 crocodiles were relocated in 2019-20 and 51 crocodiles were shifted to two rescue centres in 2020-21.

Published On : July 18, 2021