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SUPER Current Affairs MCQ PDF 3rd August 2021

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Q.World Sanskrit Day 2021 was celebrated on ______.

A) 3 August C) 5 August

B) 4 August D) 6 August

Answer - A

 Sanskrit Day is celebrated every year on Shraavana Poornima, which is the full moon day in the month of Shraavana in the Hindu calendar. In 2020, Sanskrit Day was celebrated on August 3, while in 2019 it was celebrated on 15 August.

 Sanskrit language is believed to be originated in around 3,500 years ago.

Q.Nikol Pashinyan has been re-appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?

A) Ukraine C) Turkey

B) Armenia D)

Answer - B

 Nikol Pashinyan has been re-appointed as Armenia’s Prime Minister by President Armen Sarkissian.

 Pashinyan was first appointed as the prime minister in 2018. About Armenia:

 Capital: Yerevan

 Currency: Armenian dram

 President: Armen Sargsyan

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Q.Min Aung Hlaing has taken charge as the Prime Minister of which country?

A) Bangladesh C) Thailand

B) Laos D) Myanmar

Answer - D

 The Chief of the Myanmar military, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has taken over as the interim prime minister of the country on August 01, 2021.

About Myanmar

 Capital: Naypyitaw;

 Currency: Kyat.

NEWLY Elected PRIME MINISTER IN NEWS

 Nikol Pashinyan : Armenia  Pham Minh Chinh : Vietnam  Min Aung Hlaing : Myanmar  : Slovakia  Guido Bellido : Peru  : Netherlands  Najib Mikati : Lebanon  Irakli Garibashvili : Georgia  King Mswati III : Eswatini  : Italy  Ariel Henry : Haiti  : Estonia  Sher Bahadur Deuba : Nepal  Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid :  Abiy Ahmed : Ethiopia  Saad Hariri : Lebanon  Henri Dondra : Central African  : New Zealand Republic  Bishr al- Khasawneh :  Naftali Bennett :Israel.  Moctar Ouane : Mali  Anatole Collinet Makosso : Republic  Mohamed Hussein Ruble : of Congo’s  Yoshihide Suga : Japan  KP Sharma Oli : Nepal  Francisco Asue : Equatorial Guinea  Kim Boo-kyum : South Korea  Keith Rowley : Trinidad and Tobago  Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou : Niger  Mohamed Ould Bilal : Mauritiana

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 Walter Roger Martos Ruiz : Peru  Pedro Sanchez : Spain  : Sri Lanka  Mikhail Mishustin : Russia  :  Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin  Ossouka Raponda : First woman PM  Abdulaziz Al Thani : of Gabon  Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad  : Singapore  yassin :Malaysia  Jean Castex : France  Janez Jansa : Slovenia  Micheal Martin : Ireland  Denys Shmygal : Ukraine  Kubatbek Boronov : Kyrgyzstan  Mustafa Al Kadhimi :  Robert Abela :

Q.‘SIM Binding’ is a new feature, launched by which for its mobile banking customers?

A) ICICI Bank C) State

B) D)

Answer - C

 To safeguard the interest of its customers, Country’s largest Lender (SBI) has launched a new and enhanced security feature – ‘SIM Binding’ in YONO and YONO Lite app.

 The new version of these platforms will protect customers from various digital frauds.

 With the SIM Binding feature, YONO and YONO Lite will work only on those devices which have the SIM Card of mobile numbers registered with the Bank.

 To get access to the new version of YONO and YONO Lite, users will have to update their mobile app and complete the one-time registration process on these Apps.

 The registration process verifies the SIM of the Registered Mobile Number (RMN) with the bank in order to complete the registration.

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 Customers will have to ensure that they register with the device which has the SIM of the registered contact number. SBI IN NEWS 2021  SBI initiates ‘SIM Binding’ feature for YONO  SBI Selects Paisalo As Its National Corporate Business Correspondent  Foundation Day of State Bank of India – Observed on July 01  SBI launches “Aarogyam Healthcare Business Loan”  SBI General Insurance And IDFC First Bank Tie-Up For Bancassurance  SBI Card Joins Hand with Fabindia to launch co-branded credit card ‘Fabindia SBI Card’  SBI Card and Fabindia jointly launched Co-Branded Contactless Credit Card  SBI Launches Kavach Personal Loan For Covid-19 Patients  SBI Economists predicts GDP Growth Estimate in FY22 to 7.9%  SBI And HyperVerge Partner For AI-Powered Online Account Opening  SBI funds Rs.3725 Cr for Noida International Airport  Yono By SBI Joins Hands With Shivrai Technologies  SBI Research Projects India’s GDP Growth Rate At 10.4% For FY22  SBI MF Becomes First Mutual Fund Company To Cross Rs 5 Lakh Crore AAUM  SBI and EIB to invest up to Euro 100 mln in Indian SMEs concentrated on climate change, sustainability  SBI Inks USD 1 Billion Loan Agreement With Japan Bank  SBI And IOCL To Ink India’s First Libor Alternative Rate Deal  NPCI Partners SBI Payments To Launch “RuPay SoftPoS” For Merchants  SBI Mutual Funds Launches First Overseas Fund  SBI Ecowrap Report Projects India GDP to contract 7.4% in FY21; 11% in FY22  Mercedes-Benz Collaborates With SBI to offer financial benefits to lender’s HNI customers who owns the luxury car  State Bank of India joins ‘Liink’ blockchain-based payment network of JPMorgan  Swaminathan Janakiraman and Aswini Kumar Tewari appointed as MDs of State Bank of India  appointed as Chairman of State Bank of India  Ashwani Bhatia appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India  RBI Retains SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank as Domestic Systemically Important (D-SIBs)  SBI-sponsored RRBs launched video-KYC facility

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 SBI to launch loan product ‘SAFAL’ for organic cotton growers  SBI, Titan launch contactless payment watches “Titan Pay”  SBI creates separate business vertical for financial inclusion, agri biz  Ashwani Bhatia appointed as Managing Director of State Bank of India  SBI General Insurance launches “Shagun – Gift an insurance” policy  SBI Card starts new brand campaign ‘Contactless Connections’  SBI lists USD 100 million green bonds on India INX  SBI will buy shares worth Rs 7250 crore  SBI General Insurance launches “Arogya Sanjeevani” Health Insurance Policy  SBI executes interbank money market transactions linked to SOFR (Secured Overnight Financing Rate.)

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About SBI:

 SBI maintains thousands of branches throughout India and offices in dozens of countries throughout the world.

 Old name of SBI bank is .

 History: 2 June 1806 , 15 April 1840 , 1 July 1843 , 27 January 1921 Imperial Bank of India ,1 July 1955 State Bank of India.

 Chairperson: Dinesh Kumar Khara

 Headquarters:

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 Tagline: Pure banking nothing else ; With you all the way; The Nation banks on us; A Bank to the common man; A banker to every Indian. Q.The 105 years old Man Kaur, who has passed away recently, was associated with which sports event?

A) Shooting C) Badminton

B) Sprinting D) Hockey

Answer - B

 On July 31, 2021, Six-time world masters championship gold medallist & multiple Asian Masters Championship medallist athlete Man Kaur Passed away.

 She was 105 years old. About Man Kaur :

 Born on March 1, 1916.

 She is from Patiala, Punjab, started as an athlete at the age of 93.

 Kaur was known as the “Miracle Mom from Chandigarh.”

 She became the oldest person to skywalk at Auckland’s sky tower.

 She won her first medal in the Chandigarh Masters Athletics meet in 2007.

 She won the gold in 100 m as well 200 m race in the National Masters Athletics meet in 2011.

 Also, Kaur would become the 100 m and 200 m champion in the World Masters Athletics Championships in the USA & he was adjudged the best athlete.

 In 2012, She won gold in the 100m sprint in the asian masters athletics championship in taiwan

 In 2013, in the Canadian Masters Athletics Meet She won five gold medals.

 In 2016 she participated in the American Master games and won 4 gold medals in that event.

 In 2017, In the World Masters Athletics Championships, she achieved the feat of becoming the champion in the 100 m in the 100+ category in Auckland.

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 In 2018, She ran her way to 100m & 200m gold at the world masters meet in spain.

 In 2019, Kaur won four gold medals in the world master athletics championship in tourn, Poland.

Achievements :

 On 8 March International Women’s Day 2020 she was handed the Nari Shakti Puraskar

Q.A hotline has been established between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army in ______.

A. Assam C. Tripura B. D. Manipur Answer: B

About The Hotline:

 These hotlines in various sectors go a long way in enhancing the same and maintaining peace and tranquility at the borders”.

 The inauguration of the new hotline was attended by ground commanders of the respective Armies and a message of friendship and harmony was exchanged through the line. Sikkim in News:

 New hotline set up in Sikkim between Indian Army, China’s PLA  Ladakh Signs MoU With Sikkim To Turn UT Organic By 2025  ADB inks USD 2.5 million loan pact with Union government to upgrade road infra in Sikkim  Book Titled “Sikkim: A History of Intrigue and Alliance” Written by Preet Mohan Singh Malik  Sikkim celebrates its statehood day on May 16  Indian Army Launches First Solar Plant in North Sikkim

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(RBI) brings under its regulatory purview  JK Maheshwari sworn in as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court  Famous chilli of Sikkim “Dalle Khursani” gets GI Tag  TBP launches cycling expedition from its Pegong base in Sikkim

Q.Who is the author of the book ‘In An Ideal World’?

A) Kunal Basu C) Amitav Ghosh

B) Dipak K. Das D) Arnab Ray

Answer - A

About the Book :

 The Novel is a powerful, gritty and fast-paced literary novel exploring a variety of themes relevant to the current times of college, politics, family, crime investigation and fanaticism. About Kunal Basu :

 Kunal Basu is an Indian author of English fiction

 He has written five novels – The Opium Clerk (2001), The Miniaturist (2003), Racists (2006), The Yellow Emperor’s Cure (2011) Kalkatta (2015) and Sarojini’s Mother (2020).

 Basu has also written four Bengali novels – Rabi-Shankar (2016), Bairer Dorja (2017), Tejoswini O Shabnam (2018) and Angel(2020).

Q.Who has won the Gold medal in the Men’s 100 m at the Tokyo Olympics 2020?

A. Marcell Jacobs C. Fred Kerley B. Andre de Grasse D. Ross Volkov Answer: A

 Marcell Jacobs of Italy has won the Gold medal in the Men’s 100 m at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Fred Kerley of USA has won the Silver medal whereas Andre de Grasse has won the Bronze medal in the athletic event.

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In the women category:

 Elaine Thompson-Herah led a Jamaican sweep in the women’s 100 meters at the Tokyo Summer Games, capturing gold in an Olympic-record time of 10.61 seconds. Thompson-Herah’s time was also the second-fastest women’s 100 of all time. Veteran teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took the silver in 10.74 seconds while Shericka Jackson, also of Jamaica, was third in 10.76. Teahna Daniels of the U.S. was seventh in 11.02.

Q.Who has won the Gold medal in Tennis at the Tokyo Olympics 2020?

A. Roger Federer C. Daniil Mendvedev B. Alexander Zverev D. Stefanos Tsitsipas Answer: B

 Alexander Zverev of Germany has won the Gold medal in the Men’s Tennis event. Russia’s Karen Khachanov won the Silver medal. Alexander has become the 1st German to win a Gold medal in Men’s Tennis Singles event in Olympics.

Q. has recently become the 1st Indian PM to chair ______debate.

A) United Nations Conference on Trade C) United Nations Human Rights Council and Development (UNCTAD) (UNHRC)

B) United Nations Development D) United Nations Security Council Programme (UNDP) (UNSC)

Answer - D

 India has assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the month of August.

 This is the first presidency for India during its 2021-22 tenure as a non- permanent member of the UNSC.

 India will organise three high-level signature meetings focussing on maritime security, peacekeeping, and counter-terrorism.

 India will also coordinate important meetings on a range of issues.

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Note :

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first Indian PM to preside over a meeting during New Delhi’s presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). About UNSC :

 Headquarters: New York, United States

 Founded: 24 October 1945 Q.Which Bank has signed an MoU with SINE, IIT Bombay, for funding Start-ups and MSMEs?

A) C)

B) D) Punjab National Bank

Answer - C

Q.Which Bank has launched ‘Dukandar Overdraft Scheme’?

A) RBL Bank C) HDFC Bank

B) State Bank of India D) ICICI Bank

Answer - C

 India’s largest private lender HDFC Bank launched an overdraft facility for small retailers in partnership with the government’s e-governance services delivery arm CSC SPV that enables government schemes and services through common service centres (CSCs).

 The ‘Dukandar Overdraft Scheme’ by HDFC Bank is aimed at helping shopkeepers and merchants ease their cash crunch.

 Retailers operating for a minimum of three years are eligible for the scheme by providing a six months bank statement from any bank.

 HDFC Bank will approve an overdraft limit from a minimum of Rs 50,000 to a maximum of Rs 10 lakhs.

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HDFC Bank in News:  HDFC Bank introduces up to Rs 10 lakh overdraft facility for shopkeepers, merchants to ease cash crunch  HDFC Bank Launches ‘Salaam Dil Sey’ Initiative  HDFC Bank to buy stake in ‘Ergo General Insurance’ and ‘Borderless Softtech’  RBI Imposes Rs 10 Crore Penalty On HDFC Bank  HDFC Bank projects India’s GDP growth for FY22 at 10%  HDFC Bank Partners CSC to Launch Chatbot ‘Eva’  HDFC Bank top arranger of corporate bond deals in FY21  RBI Approves Atanu Chakraborty As HDFC Bank’s Part-Time Chairman  HDFC Bank Named India’s Best SME Bank By Asiamoney  HDFC Bank launches ‘SmartUp Unnati’ for Women Entrepreneurs  RBI has appointed an external IT firm for carrying out a special audit of the IT infrastructure of HDFC Bank  HDFC Bank Ranks Top among 100 BFSI Firms in India  RBI directs HDFC bank to stop issuance of new credit cards  RBI orders HDFC Bank to halt its digital launches  HDFC Bank launches video Know Your Customer facility  HDFC Bank to launch ‘The HealthyLife Programme’ for its customers  HDFC Bank tops 2020 BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands ranking  HDFC Bank signs MoU with Inventivepreneur Chamber of Commerce & Industries (ICCI) to support SMEs and Start-ups  HDFC Bank partners with Apollo Hospitals to launch ‘The HealthyLife Programme’ for its customers  HDFC Bank launches 'e-Kisaan Dhan' App for Farmers  HDFC Bank launches first of its kind card 'Shaurya KGC' Sashidhar Jag

About HDFC:

 HDFC Bank Limited is an Indian banking and company, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

 HDFC Bank is India’s largest private sector bank by assets and by market capitalization as of April 2021.

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 It is the third largest company by market capitalization on the Indian stock exchanges.

 CEO: Sashidhar Jagdishan

 Headquarters: Mumbai

 Tagline: We understand your World. Q..RBI has recently imposed penalty of Rs 50.35 lakh on which of the following Co- operative Bank?

A) Saraswat Co-operative Bank C) New India Co-operative Bank

B) Janalaxmi Co-operative Bank D) Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Answer - B

RBI Imposed Penalty In NEWS

 RBI imposes penalty of Rs 50.35 lakh on Janalaxmi Co-operative Bank  RBI Imposes Rs 5-Crore Monetary Penalty On Axis Bank  RBI Imposes Rs 25 Lakh Penalty On Punjab & Sind Bank  RBI imposes Rs 6 crore Penalty on Bank of India & PNB for Violation of Norms  RBI Imposes Rs 10 Crore Penalty On HDFC Bank  RBI has imposed monetary penalty on , Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, Nutan Nagarik Sahakari Bank, Ahmedabad, Daimler Financial Services India Private Limited, Pune  RBI Imposes ₹3 Crore Penalty On ICICI Bank  RBI Imposes Rs 15 Lakh Penalty On Fedbank Financial Services  RBI Slaps Penalty Of Rs 2 Crore On Bank  RBI Imposes Rs 1 Crore Penalty On Punjab National Bank

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STATIC GK BASED CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQ

Q.Anamudi Shola National Park” is Answer - C situated in which Indian state ? Q.Atanu Das is related to which sports A) Maharashtra ?

B) Tamil Nadu A) Archery

C) Telangana B) Sprints

D) Kerala C) Boxing

Answer - D D) Badminton

Q.The “” is Answer - A headquartered at ______. Q.Where in India is the “Vivekananda A) Vadodara Indian Youth Stadium ” located ?

B) New Delhi A) Odisha

C) B) Gujarat

D) Mumbai C) West Bengal

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D) Bihar Q.In which state is the “Ranjit Sagar Dam ” located? Answer - C A) Jammu & Kashmir Q.Yerevan is the capital of which country? B) Maharashtra

A) Belarus C) Sikkim

B) Armenia D) Himachal Pradesh

C) Jordon Answer - A

D) Latvia Q.Where is the “U.S. Agency for International Development” (USAID) Answer - B headquartered ? Q.Who is the author of the book “Bank A) Nairobi, Kenya with a Soul: Equitas” ? B) Mandaluyong, Philippines A) Dr Shailendra Kumar Joshi C) Lausanne, Switzerland B) Aravind Adiga D) Washington,D.C., US C) Dr. Harsh Vardhan Answer - D D) Dr. C K Garyali

Answer - D Q.Managua is the capital of Nicaragua, Q.What is the official currency of the then what is the currency of this Czech Republic? country? A) Birr A) Guaraní B) Rial B) Cordoba C) Koruna C) Balboa D) Dinar D) Colon Answer - C

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