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1 .
Which administration has renamed its Public Health Engineering & Irrigation and Flood Control Department as 'Jal Shakti Department'?
A)
Ladakh
B)
New Delhi
C)
Lakshdweep
D)
Jammu and Kashmir

Correct Answer :   Jammu and Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir administration accorded sanction to renaming of the Public Health Engineering and Irrigation and Flood Control Department as the 'Jal Shakti Department'. TheAdministrative Council, which met under the chairmanship of Lt Governor G C Murmu, also accorded sanction to the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and roadmap to achieve 100 per cent coverage of piped water supply by December 2021 across the UT.

Published On : July 16, 2021
2 .
First India-Africa Defence Ministers' Conclave was recently held at which city?
A)
Surat
B)
Lucknow
C)
Kanpur
D)
New Delhi

Correct Answer :   Lucknow

The 1st ever India Africa Defence Ministers Conclave was held at Lucknow, India, in conjunction with DEFEXPO INDIA on 6th February 2020, co-organised by the Ministry of Defence. This is the first in the series of Pan Africa events at the Ministerial level in the run-up to India Africa Forum Summit IV.

Published On : July 16, 2021
3 .
According to the 6th bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20, what is the GDP growth forecast for the financial year 2020-21?
A)
6%
B)
6.2%
C)
6.5%
D)
7%

Correct Answer :   6%

The Reserve Bank of India released the 6th bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20 on 6 February. The Monetary Policy Committee which was led by Governor Shaktikanta Das from 4-6 February. The Central Bank has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.15%.The reverse repo rate was decided to remain unchanged at 4.90%. RBI is to maintain an accommodative policy stance to ensure that inflation remains within the target. GDP growth forecast for the financial year 2020-21 has been projected at 6%.

Published On : July 16, 2021
4 .
Who inaugurated the first Commercial flight operations at Bidar Airport?
A)
Siddaramaiah
B)
Narendra Modi
C)
B.S. Yediyurappa
D)
H. D. Kumaraswamy

Correct Answer :   B.S. Yediyurappa

Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) flagged off the first direct flight from Bidar airport to Bengaluru in Karnataka on 7 February 2020. The flight operation was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa, and Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Bidar MP Shri BhagwanthKhuba.

Published On : July 16, 2021
5 .
Recently, Esperanza Base on the Antarctic Peninsula reached a temperature of 18.3 °C , thus becoming the hottest on record for continental Antarctica. Esperanza Base is a research station of which country on Antarctica?
A)
France
B)
England
C)
Argentina
D)
Portugal

Correct Answer :   Argentina

Esperanza Base (Hope Base) is a permanent, all-year-round Argentine research station in Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica.

Published On : July 16, 2021
6 .
The term “Batterygate”, recently in news, is related to which of the following tech giants?
A)
Microsoft
B)
Google
C)
Samsung
D)
Apple

Correct Answer :   Apple

Batterygate refers to implementation of performance controls on older models of Apple’s iPhone line in order to preserve system stability on degraded batteries.

Published On : July 16, 2021
7 .
The term “SPICe”, sometimes seen in news, is related to which of the following fields?
A)
Environment Protection
B)
Business & Economy
C)
Science & Technology
D)
Defence and Arms Production

Correct Answer :   Business & Economy

Ministry of Corporate Affairs is replacing the existing SPICe (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically) form with a new web form called SPICe+. The existing form, which is used for reservation of name, company incorporation, DIN allotment, and application for PAN/TAN, in its new avatar, would offer 10 services by three central government ministries and departments.

Published On : July 16, 2021
8 .
The cybersecurity project codenamed Dejfa, that was recently making news, belongs to which country?
A)
Iran
B)
China
C)
Pakistan
D)
Malaysia

Correct Answer :   Iran

Digital Fortress (Dejfa in Persian) is the name of a cybersecurity project of Iran. This has been frequently in news in recent times as Iran faces frequent DDoS attacks and cyber attacks. On 8th February also, the agency was able to avert a massive DDoS attack.

Published On : July 16, 2021
9 .
Which organisation is set to release Digital Payments Index (DPI), which will assess the digitalisation of payments in the country?
A)
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
B)
NITI Aayog
C)
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
D)
National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)

Correct Answer :   Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently released its statement on developmental and regulatory policies, along with the February 2020 Monetary policy statement.
In the statement, the central bank announced about the launch of Digital Payments Index (DPI), which will assess the digitalisation of payments in the country. The DPI will accurately measure the penetration of digital payment modes among the general public of the country. The index is proposed to be launched from July 2020.

Published On : July 16, 2021
10 .
The fifth India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was recently organised in which city?
A)
Moscow
B)
New Delhi
C)
Lucknow
D)
St. Petersburg

Correct Answer :   Lucknow

The fifth edition of the India-Russia Military Industrial Conference was recently organised in the northern Indian city, Lucknow. The Conference was organised on the sidelines of the biennial Defence exhibition DefExpo 2020.

As many as 14 MoUs related to production of different defence equipment, radar systems, ASW Rocket launchers and 3D modeling were signed between the companies from India and Russia. Among several Indian companies, the prominent ones which signed the agreements were BHEL, Bharat Dynamics Limited and Vista control.

Published On : July 16, 2021