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1 .

India's biggest rural technical festival Antahpragnya 2020 has recently been inaugurated in which state?

Odisha

Tripura

Telangana

Jharkhand

Correct Answer : Telangana

Collector of Nirmal inaugurated National Level India's Biggest Rural Technical Festival titled Antahpragnya 2020 in the state of Telangana at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies-Basar (RGUKT-Basar).

Published On : July 16, 2021

2 .

Who won the Gibraltar International Chess Masters Festival?

Le Quang Liem

Kirill Alekseenko

Maxim Matlakov

David Paravyan

Correct Answer : David Paravyan

David Paravyan competed in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019, held on the Isle of Man from 10 to 21 October. He finished 10th with 7/11 (+4-1=6) for a performance rating of 2774. He won the Gibraltar Masters in January 2020.

Published On : July 16, 2021

3 .

"Year of the Rat" has started in which country?

Japan

China

Mongolia

South Korea

Correct Answer : China

Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival, is the most important holiday in the Chinese calendar. The 2020 Year of the Rat began on 25 January and will last for around 15 days, ending on 8 February.

Published On : July 16, 2021

4 .

Who clinched the men’s singles title in the recently held Australian Open tournament, 2020?

Dominic Thiem

Novak Djokovic

Rafael Nadal

Roger Federer

Correct Answer : Novak Djokovic

The Serb Tennis star Novak Djokovic clinched his eighth Australian Open title, second in a row, by defeating Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the Australian open finals.

This is the 17th Grand Slam trophy of Djokovic, in his entire tennis career, and he is only behind the other two stars Roger Federer (20) and Rafael Nadal (19). The 32-year-old ace tennis player had already won 5 Wimbledon, 3 U.S Open and 1 French Open titles. This is also his fifth trophy from the last seven major Grand slams, he had competed.

Published On : July 16, 2021

5 .

What is the name of the new scheme proposed in the budget, which is to be implemented by the Aviation Ministry, for transporting agricultural products?

Krishi Udan Scheme

PM Kisan Udan Scheme

Kisan Udan Scheme

Udan 5.0 scheme

Correct Answer : Krishi Udan Scheme

A new scheme was proposed in the budget, which is to be implemented by the Aviation Ministry, for transporting agricultural products of farmers. The scheme was named as ‘Krishi Udan Scheme’.

The scheme is to be launched by the ministry on both international and national routes, which will improve the value realisation on the agricultural products of the farmers. The scheme will assist the farmers with more focus on north-east and tribal districts. The UDAN scheme was launched in 2016, to boost regional connectivity at affordable air-fares. The airlines are provided concessions from the centre, state and airport operators.

Published On : July 16, 2021

6 .

According to the recent Union Budget 2020-21, what is the disinvestment target of the Indian Government for 2020-21?

₹ 0.7 Lakh Crores

₹ 1.0 Lakh Crores

₹ 1.2 Lakh Crores

₹ 1.5 Lakh Crores

Correct Answer : ₹ 1.2 Lakh Crores

In the Union Budget 2020-21, the Government has set its disinvestment target at ₹ 1.2 Lakh Crores for the fiscal year 2020-21. The government also expects ₹90,000 crore revenue from disinvestment of government stake in public sector banks and financial institutions, including the LIC and IDBI bank. This is in addition to the 1.2 Lakh Crore target and hence a total of ₹ 2.1 Lakh Crores worth disinvestment is scheduled.

This year, the government has missed the disinvestment target of ₹1.05 lakh crore. So far, ₹18,000 crore has been generated via disinvestment. The revised estimates set ₹65,000 crore as disinvestment target for this fiscal.

Published On : July 16, 2021

7 .

Who won the men's 25m Air Rifle T2 eventin the National Shooting trials?

Vijayveer Sidhu

Jitu Rai

Gagan Narang

Abhinav Bindra

Correct Answer : Vijayveer Sidhu

Vijayveer Sidhu won the men's 25m Pistol T2 event in the National Shooting trials at Thiruvananthapuram. Chandigarh's Vijayveer won the junior men's 25m Pistol with an aggregate score of 585. He had three inner 10s, more than second-placed Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu of Punjab.

Published On : July 16, 2021

8 .

SAMPRITI-IX, is a joint military training exercise between India and which country?

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Maldives

Bangladesh

Correct Answer : Bangladesh

As part of the ongoing Indo-Bangladesh defence cooperation, a joint military training exercise SAMPRITI-IX will be conducted at UMROI, Meghalaya, India from February 3 to February 16, 2020.

Published On : July 16, 2021

9 .

India signed an agreement with which country to establish Addu Tourism?

Malta

Maldives

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Correct Answer : Maldives

On February 2, 2020, India and Maldives signed 5 Memorandum of Understandings to establish Addu Tourism in 5 islands of Addu atoll. The tourism is to be developed at a cost of 2.49 million USD. Addu is a city in Maldives that contains several inhabited Islands.

Published On : July 16, 2021

10 .

Which state unveiled Direct CTO scheme for green category industries?

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Andhra Pradesh

Correct Answer : Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced a new initiative, Direct CTO, to enable companies operating under green category industries to receive faster clearances from the government to commence operations. The move would primarily benefit micro, small, and medium enterprises planning to set up operations in the state.

Published On : July 16, 2021