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Question-Answer Competition PDF of Episode 1 www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co 1.By which year the IT major Wipro has E. Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern announced its plan to achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions? 6.Which organization is responsible for A. 2025 setting up the world's largest zoo in B. 2030 Gujarat's Jamnagar district? C. 2032 D. 2035 A. NTPC E. 2040 B. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) C. Adani Groups D. Larsen & Toubro 2.Which e-commerce payment platform has E. Tata Motors launched a new video-based wealth community called Wealth Community? 7.The 'Beating Retreat' ceremony held every A. Amazon Pay year on ______. B. Paytm C. Google Pay A. 30th January D. MobiKwik B. 15th January E. PhonePe C. 29th January D. 10th January E. 11th January 3.Which becomes the 3rd largest Indian IT services company by market capitalization of Rs 2.65 trillion? 8.Maitri Setu has been built over which river that connects Sabroom in India with A. TCS Ramgarh in Bangladesh? B. Wipro C. HCL Technologies A. Hooghly D. Tech Mahindra B. Brahmaputra E. Infosys C. Subansiri D. Feni E. Madhuri 4.What is the theme of World Day of Social Justice 2021? 9.Kholongchhu Hydroelectric Project is A. A call for Social Justice in the Digital Economy located in which country? B. Closing the inequality gap to achieve social justice A. Myanmar C. If you want peace and development,work for B. Nepal social justice C. Bhutan D. Workers on move-Quest for social justice D. Afghanistan E. None of these E. Thailand 5.Who is the Prime Minister of Iceland? 10.What is the meaning of ‘Master of Roster’? A. Bjarni Benediktsson A. It refers to the privilege of the Chief Justice to B. Benedikt Jóhannesson constitute Benches to hear cases. C. Katrin Jakobsdottir B. Under this, the Chief Justice has the right to D. Micheál Martin participate in government work. C. Under this, the Chief Justice can take the 2 www.gradeup.co entire country out of government control and 15.Poba Reserve Forest would be upgraded take control of it. to a wildlife sanctuary is located in which D. It refers to the intervention of the President state of India? to the Chief Justice's Privilege to make the bench to hear matters. A. Assam E. It refers to the privilege of the Chief Justice B. Sikkim for the appointment of judges. C. Manipur D. Meghalaya E. Arunachal Pradesh 11.Maseru is the capital city of which country? 16.Etalin Hydroelectric Project is being built A. South Africa in which state? B. Zimbabwe C. Lesotho A. Arunachal Pradesh D. Senegal B. Sikkim E.None of the above/More than one of the above C. Manipur D. Assam E. Uttarakhand 12.Harvesting festival ‘Nuakhai’ is celebrated in which of the following states? 17.What is the maximum life of an Ordinance A. Assam promulgated by President? B. Odisha C. West Bengal A. 6 Months D. Bihar B. 6 Months+2 Weeks E. Sikkim C. 6 Months+6 Weeks D. 8 Months E. None of the above/ 13.Karlapat wildlife sanctuary, which was in More than one of the above news recently, is located in which state? A. Chhattisgarh 18.Under which of the following acts, B. Odisha Burma/Myanmar was separated from India? C. Madhya Pradesh D. Karnataka A. The Charter Act 1918 E. Jharkhand B. India Freedom Act 1947 C. Government of India Act 1919 D. Government of India Act 1935 14.Who is the inventor of the Bar Code? A. Justin 19.Which of the following has never become B. George Louis a Vice President of India? C. George Laurer D. James Hawk A. VV Giri E. John Simons B. Sanjeeva Reddy C. BD Jatti D. KR Narayan 3 www.gradeup.co 20.Who announced the SARS-Cov-2 as the 25.Who has authored the book titled “The name of the Coronavirus? Bench”? A. ICTV A. JK Rowling B. WHO B. Meghan Markle C. UNICEF C. Julia Donaldson D. ICMR D. Judy Blume E. Kate DiCamilo 21.The name of Coronavirus is derived from which of the following languages? 26.Who has been appointed as Acting Chairperson of National Human Rights A. English Commission (NHRC) with effect from April B. Chinese 25, 2021? C. Mandarin D. Latin A. Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant B. Justice Ashok Bhan C. Justice Jasti Chelameswar 22.On the sidelines of the G7 Foreign D. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel Ministers’ Meeting, the first-ever India- E. Justice C K. Prasad France-Australia Trilateral Foreign Ministerial Dialogue was held in _______. 27.The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) A. Paris has established a ‘Water Sports and B. Sydney Adventure Institute (WSAI)’ in which state? C. London D. New York A. Uttar Pradesh E. Tokyo B. Uttarakhand C. Himachal Pradesh D. Punjab 23.Former Union Minister Ajit Singh has E. Sikkim passed away recently belong to which political party? 28.Who has won the ATP Masters 1000 A. BJP series tennis tournament? B. Congress C. Sanajwadi Party A. Stefanos Tsitsipas D. Bahujan Samaj Party B. Andrey Rublev E. Rashtriya Lok Dal C. Rafael Nadal D. Novak Djokovic E. Dan Evans 24.Who will be honoured with the Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs)? 29.Who has been appointed as the new prime minister of South Korea? A. Pink B. Madona A. Kim Boo-kyum C. Diana Ross B. Hong Nam-ki D. Donna Summer C. Chung Sye-kyun E. Billie Holiday D. Moon Jae-in E. None of the above 4 www.gradeup.co 30.Indian conducted Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Khanjar’ with which conutry? A. Kazakhstan B. Uzbekistan C. Tajikistan D. Afghanistan E. Kyrgyzstan 5 www.gradeup.co ###ANSWERS### of 55 per cent reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 in absolute emission levels compared to its base year of 2016-17 (April-March). 1. Ans. E. 4. Ans. A. • Wipro, the IT software major announced its • World Social Justice Day is observed globally plan to achieve Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas (GHG) on February 20 to remind people to keep emissions by 2040 and committed an fighting against discrimination in all forms and intermediate target to achieve a 55 per cent focus on issues including human rights, gender reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 compared equality, poverty, exclusion, unemployment and to its base year of 2016-17 (April-March). social protections. • The targets fixed by the company are in • The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) accordance with the Paris Agreement’s first observed World Social Justice Day in 2009, objective to cap temperature rise to 1.5 degrees which also encourages actions needed to Celsius, and the globally accepted Science Based overcome the digital divide, provide decent Targets initiative (SBTi). work opportunities and safeguard labour and human rights. 2. Ans. B. • The theme of 2021 World Day of Social Justice • Home-grown digital financial services is "A Call for Social Justice in the Digital platform Paytm has launched a new video-based Economy." wealth community called the Paytm Wealth Community. 5. Ans. C. • Paytm Wealth Community is an investing * Katrin Jakobsdottir is the Prime Minister of community based on video, and “will enable Iceland. users to attend live sessions conducted by subject matter experts across an array of wealth * She is the current prime minister of Iceland topics like Stocks, F&O, IPO, ETFs, Mutual Funds, since 2017. Gold, Fixed Income, and Personal Finance. * Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North 3. Ans. B. Atlantic Ocean. • Wipro regained its position as the 3rd largest * Capital of Iceland: Reykjavík. Indian IT services company by market capitalization of Rs 2.65 trillion by suppressing 6. Ans. B. HCL Technologies’ Rs 2.62 trillion market cap. • Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) will be • TCS remains at the top of the list with a setting up the world's largest zoo in Gujarat's market cap of Rs. 11.51 trillion followed by Jamnagar district. Infosys. • The zoo will be built on 280 acres, In which • Wipro has also announced its commitment to more than 300 species of animals will live. achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040, in line with the objective of 7. Ans. C. the Paris Agreement to cap temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius. • The country’s third-largest largest software • The 'Beating Retreat' ceremony held services company has set an intermediate target every year on 29th January, marking the 6 www.gradeup.co culmination of the four-day-long ‘Master of the Roster’ refers to the privilege of Republic Day celebrations. the Chief Justice to constitute Benches to hear cases. Chief Justice is the master of the roster and he alone has the privilege of making court benches and combine matters in the bench. • It officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities. 11. Ans. C. • Maseru, capital and largest urban centre of Lesotho. It is on the left bank of the Caledon • It is performed by the bands of the three River near the border with Free State province, wings of the military, the Indian Army, South Africa. Indian Navy and Indian Air Force. • In 1869 the chief of the Sotho (Basotho) nation, Moshoeshoe, founded the town near his mountain stronghold of Thaba Bosiu; few of the 8. Ans. D. 19th-century buildings remain. • The bridge ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built over 12. Ans. B. Feni river which flows between Indian boundary in Tripura State and Bangladesh. ● The harvesting festival 'Nuakhai' is celebrated by the people of Odisha to welcome • The name ‘Maitri Setu’ symbolizes growing the new rice-paddy of the season.
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