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A)
Anita Desai
B)
Aravind Adiga
C)
Yogaditya Sinha Rawal
D)
Manoshi Sinha Rawal

Correct Answer :   Manoshi Sinha Rawal


The Indian Publishing company, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, launched its book 'Saffron Swords- Centuries of Indic Resistance to Invaders's. Written by Manoshi Sinha Rawal, it is a book on 52 unsung warriors of India from the last 1300 years.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Telangana
B)
Karnataka
C)
Tamil Nadu
D)
Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer :   Telangana


For the second year in succession, Telangana ranks number 1 in the e-Learning training program of theDepartment of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government India. During the financial year 2018-19, Dr. MCR HRD Institute enrolled over 20,000 field staff in different districts of the State to impart training on 12 soft skills modules and 3 domain-specific modules on RTI, Office Procedures, and Finance & amp; Accounts, apart from Sustainable Development Goals.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Anu Aga
B)
Indra Nooyi
C)
Meera Sanyal
D)
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Correct Answer :   Indra Nooyi


Indra Nooyi wins ETPrime 'Global Indian Woman of the Year'. Whereas GIC India's Alice Vaidyan wins ETPrime 'Woman CEO of the Year'; Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw wins ETPrime 'Business Woman of the Year'. And Meera Sanyal won ET Prime 'Lifetime Achievement' award posthumously.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Bajaj Finance Limited
B)
Muthoot Finance Ltd
C)
Manappuram Finance
D)
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited

Correct Answer :   Manappuram Finance


Manappuram Finance, a Non-banking finance company withdrew a release which had issued earlier regarding securing Rs 695 crore debt funding from NABARD.Previously this Rs 695 crore funding will agree to use for priority sector lending.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Ravinder Singh
B)
Durjoy Datta
C)
Bhabhani Bhattacharya
D)
Amit Chaudhuri

Correct Answer :   Bhabhani Bhattacharya


The book "Gandhi: The Writer" was authored by Bhabhani Bhattacharya, who wrote social-realist fiction. He is described as belonging to the social realism school of Indo-Anglian literature. His writings exhibit the influence of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi. Unlike other social realists like Premchand, Bhattacharya adopted a pedagogical approach to making novels out of ideas, utilizing satire and making his ideas more tangible through situational examples.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Union Bank of India
B)
Dena Bank
C)
Axis Bank
D)
Bank of Baroda

Correct Answer :   Bank of Baroda


Bank of Baroda (BoB) became the second largest public sector undertaking (PSU) bank after merging Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank into itself as part of the first three-way amalgamation. BoB is now the third-largest bank after State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC Bank. Following the merger, the number of PSBs has come down to 18. The consolidated bank will have over 9,500 branches, 13,400 ATMs, 85,000 employees to serve 12 crore customers. The bank will have a business mix of Rs 15 lakh crore of balance sheet, with deposits and advances of Rs 8.75 lakh crore and Rs 6.25 lakh crore, respectively. Post-amalgamation, the bank will have a 22 per cent market share in Gujarat and 8-10 per cent market share in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Vinod K. Dasari
B)
Lalit Malik
C)
Rajeev Sharma
D)
B GovindaRajan

Correct Answer :   Vinod K. Dasari


Eicher Motors Ltd. has appointed Vinod K. Dasari as the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield. He will also join the board of Eicher Motors as executive director with immediate effect. He stepped down as MD and CEO of Ashok Leyland on March 31. He takes over from Siddhartha Lal, who will continue as the MD of Eicher Motors. The company also plans to invest Rs.700 crore in capital expenditure for 2019-20. The planned expenditure will include completion of construction work of the Technology Centre, Phase-2 of the Vallam Vadagal plant in Tamil Nadu and towards the development of new platforms and products.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
B)
Nizamabad, Telangana
C)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
D)
Mumbai, Maharashtra

Correct Answer :   Nizamabad, Telangana


The people of the Nizamabad in Telangana is to vote through Ballot Papers in the Lok Sabha Polls 2019, while the entire Country will vote in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). For the Lok Sabha Polls 2019 in the Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat, there are 185 candidates in contention. One EVM can accommodate only 16 candidates and a maximum of 4 EVMs can be used in one polling booth. Now, the Election Commission is forced to switch back to the practice of ballot papers. Of the 185 candidates in contention 178 are farmers who cultivate Turmeric and Jowar. They are contesting polls to highlight their demand for the remunerative price for their crops. The Nizamabad Lok Sabha Constituency had received around 200 nominations of these some were rejected and 189 candidates remained in contention after the scrutiny of nomination papers. Of these 4 candidates withdrew their nomination papers.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Colombia
B)
Venezuela
C)
Mexico
D)
Turkey

Correct Answer :   Venezuela


Rosoboronexport, Russia's arms export company, has opened a training Centre for military helicopter pilots in Venezuela after Moscow flew in troops and equipment. The export wing of Russia's arms corporation said that the helicopter training centre opened with Russian and Venezuelan specialists participating. The Centre that trains pilots to fly Russian-built Mil helicopters was built on the basis of a contract between Rosoboronexport and state-run Venezuelan Military Industrial Company Cavim. The announcement came after two Russian military planes landed a week ago at the main airport outside Caracas and offloaded equipment and troops. The military specialists are apparently helping to fix a malfunctioning Russian S-300 ground-to-air missile system.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Haryana
B)
Uttarkhand
C)
Jammu and Kashmir
D)
Himachal Pradesh

Correct Answer :   Jammu and Kashmir


A multi-disciplinary terror monitoring group (MDTMG) has been set up by the Government to ensure synergized and collective action against terror financing and terror-related activities in Jammu and Kashmir. his group will have representatives from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Intelligence Bureau, CBI, NIA, and Income Tax Department. Also, It will take action against hardcore sympathizers among government employees, including teachers, who are providing support to terror activities and investigate the network of various channels being used to fund terror and terror-related activities and take coordinated action to stop the flow of such funds.

Published On : July 11, 2021