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1 .
Which company recently announced to offer guidance to 15 tech start-up companies from 5 Indian states?
A)
Microsoft
B)
Google
C)
Amazon
D)
Flipkart

Correct Answer :   Microsoft

Microsoft has recently announced that it has selected 54 tech start-ups from five states, namely Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Kerala and Telangana. These start-up companies were selected through ‘Emerge-X’ competition.
Among the 54 companies selected, fifteen start-up companies in the order of three from each state will be offered guidance by Microsoft. The start-ups companies selected are also the part of the Tech Major’s initiative to strengthen the start-up ecosystem in states called ‘Highway to a Hundred Unicorns’.

Published On : July 16, 2021
2 .
Which famous international money transfer company recently partnered with Ebixcash to expand its presence in Indian market?
A)
PayPal
B)
Transfer Wise
C)
MoneyGram
D)
Western Union

Correct Answer :   MoneyGram

International money transfer company, MoneyGram and the leading international supplier of software and e-commerce services, EbixCash signed an agreement recently, to expand their business in India.
By this partnership, EbixCash will be the exclusive partner of MoneyGram in India. MoneyGram could reach additional consumers in the rural areas through several distribution outlets of Ebix group. The customers of Ebixcash could also use the MoneyGram platform for money transfer services across several countries.

Published On : July 16, 2021
3 .
Who has recently been appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?
A)
A.P. Maheshwari
B)
Vijay Kumar
C)
Arvind Kumar
D)
Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar

Correct Answer :   A.P. Maheshwari

Senior IPS Officer A.P. Maheshwari has been appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. The previous DG of CRPF, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar retired last month and ITBP Director General S.S. Deswal was given the additional charge in CRPF.
Maheshwari is a 1984-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, who is the Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Union Home Ministry at present, has been appointed as the new Director General up to 28 February, 2021.

Published On : July 16, 2021
4 .
Which Indian monument has found place in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s ‘8 Wonders of SCO’ list?
A)
Taj Mahal
B)
Statue of Unity
C)
Ajanta Caves
D)
Konark Sun Temple

Correct Answer :   Statue of Unity

The recently built monument of Gujarat, ‘Statue of Unity’ was recently included in the ‘8 Wonders of SCO’ list released by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. It is the tallest statue of the world, which was built as a tribute to the Indian leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
The 182-metre statue was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India in October 2018 in Gujarat’s Kevadiya colony. The statue was built on the river Narmada, facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam. SCO comprises of eight member states, which are India, Pakistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Published On : July 16, 2021
5 .
K.G. Kenye was recently suspended from the which party's primary membership?
A)
All India N.R. Congress
B)
National People's Party
C)
Sikkim Democratic Front
D)
Naga People's Front

Correct Answer :   Naga People's Front

Naga People's Front (NPF) suspends Rajya Sabha member K.G. Kenye from the party's primary membership for voting in favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in December 2019.

Published On : July 16, 2021
6 .
Thomas Antony, who recently died at 62, was a famous person of which profession?
A)
Cartoonist
B)
Doctor
C)
Musician
D)
Journalist

Correct Answer :   Cartoonist

Eminent caricaturist and Kerala Cartoon Academy secretary Thomas Antony died in the early hours of January 12 after suffering a heart attack at Kottackal in Malappuram district. Antony, 62, is survived his wife and a son.He was working as the executive artist with Malayalam daily 'Metro Vaartha'.

Published On : July 16, 2021
7 .
Chidananda Murthy, who recently passed away was a famous person of which profession?
A)
Philosopher
B)
Anthropologist
C)
Epigraphist
D)
Palaeographist

Correct Answer :   Epigraphist

Noted Kannada scholar, epigraphist and activist Chidananda Murthy dies in Bengaluru at 88.

Published On : July 16, 2021
8 .
Who inaugurated the new building of Karnataka Judicial Academy in Bengaluru?
A)
Vajubhai Vala
B)
B. S. Yediyurappa
C)
Sharad Arvind Bobde
D)
H. D. Kumaraswamy

Correct Answer :   Sharad Arvind Bobde

The Chief Justice of India Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde inaugurated the phase-1 of the new building of the Karnataka Judicial Academy on Crescent Road in Bengaluru. The new building has three floors, besides, the ground floor and two basement floors.

Published On : July 16, 2021
9 .
What is the deadline to separate roles of chairman and MD in top 500 companies, as per the recent directions of SEBI?
A)
April 1st,2023
B)
April 1st,2022
C)
April 1st,2021
D)
April 1st,2020

Correct Answer :   April 1st,2022

As per the recent notification of the Securities Market Regulator SEBI, the deadline to separate roles of chairman and MD in top 500 listed companies by market capitalisation is deferred by two more years to April 2022. Earlier, the top 500 companies were mandated to perform the separation by April 2020.
The proposal of splitting the roles of Chairman and MD was first made by the SEBI’s Committee on Corporate Governance headed by Uday Kotak.

Published On : July 16, 2021
10 .
An international Film Festival with the theme of ‘Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society’, was recently inaugurated in which city?
A)
Dubai
B)
Tokyo
C)
Dhaka
D)
Colombo

Correct Answer :   Dhaka

The 18th edition of the famous Dhaka International Film Festival was recently inaugurated at Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. The festival will be organised from January 11 to 19, 2020 with the theme of ‘Better Film, Better Audience and Better Society’.
During the eight-day-long festival, which is to be held at various venues in Dhaka, more than 200 films from 74 countries are to be screened. A conference on the theme of ‘Women in cinema’ will also be conducted during the film festival.

Published On : July 16, 2021