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A)
29th March
B)
30th March
C)
31st March
D)
1st April

Correct Answer :   1st April


84th Establishment Day of RBI is 1st April 2019. The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935, in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The bank was established on the recommendation of the Hilton Young Commission. The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially established in Calcutta but was permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937. The Central Office is where the Governor sits and where policies are formulated. Though originally privately owned, since nationalisation in 1949, the Reserve Bank is fully owned by the Government of India. The Reserve Bank's affairs are governed by a central board of directors. The board is appointed by the Government of India in keeping with the Reserve Bank of India Act.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Roger Federer
B)
Rafael Nadal
C)
John Isner
D)
D.Shapovalov

Correct Answer :   Roger Federer


Switzerland's Roger Federer defeats USA's John Isner in straight sets to lift his 101st career title at the Miami Open 2019. Federer is now behind only America's Jimmy Connors with 109 career singles titles. Roger Federer has lifted his fourth title at the Miami Open. It is Swiss player's 28th Masters' title and the 101st overall for a player who has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles. Winners of Miami Open 2019: Men's singles: Switzerland Roger Federer Women's singles: Australia Ashleigh Barty Men's doubles: United States Bob Bryan, United States Mike Bryan Women's doubles: Belgium Elise Mertens, Belarus Aryna Sabalen.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Arup Raha
B)
Satish Sareen
C)
Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon
D)
Norman Anil Kumar Browne

Correct Answer :   Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon


Fighter pilot Air Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon has been appointed as the new Strategic Forces Command Chief. He will succeed Jasbir Walia. He was born in 1961 in Amritsar. He has experience as a Commanding officer in MiG-21 Sqn and as a Chief Operational Officer of a premier flying base. The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) was created on 4th January 2003, by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government to look after the strategic nuclear arsenal of the country and it is a part of India's Nuclear Command Authority (NCA) which is headed by PM Narendra Modi.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Bulgaria
B)
Estonia
C)
Slovakia
D)
Lithuania

Correct Answer :   Slovakia


Lawyer Zuzana Caputova(45) won Slovakia's presidential election and become Slovakia's first female president. She will succeed Andrej Kiska. She was honoured with the Goldman Environmental Award in 2016 for her strong and resolute leadership regarding the Pezinok landfill affair, Caputova.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
29th March
B)
30th March
C)
31st March
D)
1st April

Correct Answer :   30th March


Rajasthan Day is celebrated on 30th March every year on which the state Rajasthan came into existence as it was previously known as Rajputana. On 30th March 1949, the state was formed.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Ariana Grande
B)
Lady Gaga
C)
Taylor Swift
D)
Rita Moreno

Correct Answer :   Rita Moreno


Rita Moreno will be honoured with the Career Achievement Award at the 2019 Peabody Awards, which will be bestowed on 18th May at a gala event at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The award is presented by Mercedes Benz in the 78th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony, co sponsored by Coca-Cola Co.She will be the second recipient of the award followed by Carol Burnett.With this achievement, she will have the "PEGOT" status by winning a Peabody, two Emmys, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. She also honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush and the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
International Energy Agency
B)
Nuclear Energy Agency
C)
NATO
D)
United Nations Environment Programme

Correct Answer :   International Energy Agency


The International Energy Agency (IEA) report on Carbon dioxide emissions said that India emitted 2,299 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2018. The rate of growth of carbon dioxide emission in India was higher than that of the United States and China which are the two biggest emitters in the world. India's emissions carbon dioxide witnessed an increase of 4.8% rise from 2018. This increase in the emission of carbon dioxide was attributed to coal consumption. China, the United States, and India accounted for nearly 70% of the rise in energy demand. India's per capita emissions were about 40% of the global average and contributed 7% to the global carbon dioxide burden whereas the largest emitter the United States was responsible for 14%. India has pledged to reduce the emissions intensity of its economy by 2030. But India's energy intensity improvement declined 3% from last year even as its renewable energy installations increased 10.6% from last year.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Tesla
B)
Pricol
C)
Eicher Motors
D)
General Motors

Correct Answer :   Tesla


Tesla has developed its 'largest power storage system in Asia' at Osaka train station in Japan to reduce energy demand and provide emergency backup power to trains in Japan. It was Launched in partnership with Kintetsu, a railway operator in Japan's Osaka. Tesla has installed 42 Powerpacks units at Osaka train station in Japan which will provide enough amount of energy to safely move a train and its passengers for up to 30 minutes to the nearest station if any power failure happens. This 7 megawatt-hours (MWh) system is not only the largest energy storage project in Asia, but also the fourth largest in the greater Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2015
B)
Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2017
C)
Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019
D)
Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2020

Correct Answer :   Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019


The Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare have added new ruled to the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 with an aim to promote clinical research in the country. The new rules reduce the time for approving applications to 30 days for drugs manufactured in India and 90 days for those developed outside the country. The new rules state that in case of no communication from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the application will be deemed to have been approved. The new rules will ensure patient safety, as they would be enlisted for trials with informed consent and the ethics committee will monitor the trials and decide on the amount of compensation in cases of adverse events. The rules also waive off the requirement of a local clinical trial if the drug is approved and marketed in countries specified by the DCGI with the approval of government from time to time and certain other conditions.

Published On : July 11, 2021
A)
Pune
B)
Mumbai
C)
Chennai
D)
Kolkata

Correct Answer :   Mumbai


A hyper-local connectivity app called "Bhonga" developed by Mumbai-based Company Linkus Infratech, to connect users to their neighborhood people in the city even without an Internet connection. "Bhonga" is a Marathi word which means megaphone or loudspeaker. This app automatically provides the lists the user living within the radius of one kilometre. The app supports voice notes as well as photos. Anyone can open their phone and send a message that is delivered to other users in the neighborhood.

Published On : July 11, 2021