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SUPER Current Affairs MCQ PDF 24th June 2021

By Dream Big Institution: (SUPER Current Affairs) © Copyright 2021

Q.Who has topped the inaugural EdelGive Hurun Philanthropists of the Century list, released recently by Hurun Research and EdelGive Foundation.?

A) Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates C) Warren Buffett

B) Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata D) Henry Wellcome

Answer - B

 Founder of the Tata Group, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata ($102.4 billion) has topped the EdelGive Hurun Philanthropists of the Century.

 The list prepared by EdelGive Foundation and Hurun Report.

 Tata is the only Indian in the top 10 list.

 The other Indian among the top 50 is Azim Premji, former chairman of Wipro, he is ranked 12th.

 Bill Gates & Melinda French Gates ($74.6 billion) ranked second position followed by Henry Wellcome ($56.7 billion), Howard Hughes ($38.6 billion) and Warren Buffett ($37.4 billion).

 The ranking is based on Total Philanthropic Value, calculated as the value of the assets adjusted for inflation, together with the sum of gifts or distributions to date.

 According to the EdelGive Hurun report, The world’s 50 most generous individuals came from five countries, led by the US with 39, followed by 5 from the UK, China (3), India (2) and Portugal & Switzerland (1 each). About Jamsetji Tata:

 Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian pioneer industrialist, who founded the Tata Group, India’s biggest conglomerate company.

 He established the city of Jamshedpur.

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 He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies.

 Jamsetji Tata is regarded as the legendary “Father of Indian Industry”.

 Organizations founded:Tata Group, Tata Steel Ltd, Jamshedpur, Tata Sons, Taj Hotels, Indian Hotels Company Limited. About Tata Group :

 Founder: Jamsetji Tata

 Founded: 1868, Mumbai About Hurun Report :

 Chairman and Chief Researcher : Rupert Hoogewerf

 Headquarters location: Shanghai, China

 Founded: 1999 Q.As per the report by Software Technology Parks of India, which state has secured the second place in employment generation under IBPS Scheme?

A) Bihar C) Rajasthan

B) Tamil Nadu D) Kerala

Answer - B

Q.Who has been named as the Captain for the Indian Men’s Hockey Team, participating in Tokyo Olympics 2021?

A) Rupinder Pal Singh C) Manpreet Singh

B) Harmanpreet Singh D) Surender Kumar

Answer - C

About Manpreet Singh :

 2021 Tokyo Olympics will be Manpreet’s third Olympics.

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 Under Manpreet’s captaincy, the Indian team won the Asia Cup in 2017, the Asian Champions Trophy in 2018 and the FIH Series Final in 2019.

 The team led by Manpreet also made it to the quarterfinals of the FIH Men’s World Cup 2018 in Bhubaneswar.

Men’s Hockey Team

 Captain – Manpreet Singh  Vice-President 1 – Birendra Lakra  Vice-President 2 – Harmanpreet Singh

Q.Hockey India has named which female player as the Captain for Indian Women’s Hockey Team for Tokyo Olympics?

A) Deep Grace Ekka C) Lalremsiami

B) Rani Rampal D) Savita Punia

Answer - B

About Rani Rampal :

 Under Rani’s captaincy, the Indian team has achieved winning the Asia Cup in 2017, a silver medal at the Asian Games in 2018, silver at the 2018 Asian Champions Trophy as well as winning the FIH Series Final in 2019. Women’s Hockey Team

 Captain – Rani Rampal  Vice-President 1 – Deep Grace Ekka  Vice-President 2 – Savita Punia

About FIH :

 President: Leandro Negre

 Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland

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 CEO: Thierry Weil

 Founder: Paul Léautey

 Founded: 7 January 1924, Paris, France Q.In which state of India, world’s first-ever genetically modified (GM) rubber plant has been planted?

A) Assam C) Himachal Pradesh

B) Kerala D) Bihar

Answer - A

 World’s First GM Rupper Developed at the Kerala-based Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), the sapling was planted by Rubber Board chairman and executive director KN Raghavan at the board’s farm in Sarutari near Guwahati.

 The GM rubber plant, the first of its kind developed exclusively for the northeast, is expected to thrive in the climatic conditions of the region.

 The plant, which has additional copies of gene MnSOD (manganese containing superoxide dismutase) in it, is

Assam in NEWS 2021  Assam To Institute Own Versions Of Bharat Ratna And Padma Awards  Assam CM Sarma Launches Sishu Seva Achoni For COVID-19 Orphans  Assam Gets Its Seventh National Park With Dehing Patkai  Assam Govt Names Raimona Reserve Forest Sixth National Park  Lt. General Pradeep Chandran Nair Takes Charge As DG Of Assam Rifles  Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Appoints ‘Guardian Ministers’  Himanta Biswa Sarma Chosen Assam’s New Chief Minister  Assam’s First Female IAS Officer Parul Debi Das Passes Away  India, AIIB Sign Agreement To Improve Assam Power Transmission  PM Modi Inaugurates Oil & Gas Projects In Assam  Assam CM Lays Foundation Of First Skill University Of Eastern India  Prime Minister Launches ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ Initiative In Assam Page 6 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo

 Assam Government Appoints Hima Das As DSP  PM Modi Launches Asom Mala In Assam’s Sonitpur District  ADB To Provide $231 Mn Loan To Enhance Power Generation Capacity In Assam  Nitin Gadkari Announces Multi-Model Logistics Park In Assam’s Silchar  1st Cow Hospital Of Northeast Inaugurated In Assam  Assam: Tezpur Litchi Gets GI Tag

About Assam:

 Assam is a state in northeastern India known for its wildlife, archeological sites and tea plantations.

 In the west, Guwahati, Assam’s largest city features silk bazaars and the hilltop Kamakhya Temple.

 Umananda Temple sits on Peacock Island in the Brahmaputra river.

 The state capital, Dispur, is a suburb of Guwahati.

 The ancient pilgrimage site of Hajo and Madan Kamdev, the ruins of a temple complex, lie nearby.

 Capital: Dispur

 Chief minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma

 Governor: Jagdish Mukhi Q.When is the Passport Seva Divas observed in India?

A) 24 June C) 21 June

B) 22 June D) 23 June

Answer - A

Q.In India, the Ministry of External Affairs observes the Passport Seva Divas on 24 June every year Government of India has signed $32 million loan with which organization for improving healthcare services in Mizoram?

A) World bank B) Asian Development Bank Page 7 Follow us: Official Site, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Instamojo

C) International Monetary fund D) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Answer - A

List of Loan approved by World Bank 2021

 $120 Million -Meghalaya Integrated Transport Project

 $105 Million-To improve the inland water transport infrastructure in Kolkata

 $100 million- for CHIRAAG (Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth)

 $68 million- improve quality of school education in Nagaland

 $500 million- help boost India’s MSME sector

About WORLD BANK

 Founded : 1944  HQ : Washington Dc  President : David Malpass  MD & CFO : Anshula Kant  Chief Economist : Carman Reinhart  Executive Director : Rajesh Khullar  Senior Advisor to Ed of World Bank : Rajeev Topno  Member Countries :189

Q.India has decided to provide CoWIN technology to other countries What does I stands for in CoWIN?

A) Immunization C) International

B) Intelligence D) Immune

Answer- B

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 India has decided to make CoWIN platform an open source for other countries in order to enable them to use this technology to run their own vaccination drives.  It is also called as Covid Vaccine Intelligence  Countries including Vietnam, Iraq, Peru, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama, Nigeria, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Uganda have expressed their interest in learning about CoWIN technology to run their vaccination programmes

Q.With which country, India has inked an MoU for cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors?

A) Sri Lanka C) Mauritius

B) Bali D) Maldives

Answer – A

Sri Lanka in News:

 Thisara Perera becomes first Sri Lankan to hit six Sixes in an Over  Sri Lanka inks 3 year USD 1.5 billion currency swap deal with China  India Legends beat Sri Lanka Legends to win 2020-21 Road Safety World Series T- 20  IAF Participates in 70th Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Lanka Air Force  Sri Lanka Fast Bowler Dhammika Prasad quits international cricket  Sri Lanka to host Asia Cup in 2021 while Pakistan gets hosting right for 2022 edition  Sri Lanka inks 3 year USD 1.5 billion currency swap deal with China  India Legends beat Sri Lanka Legends to win 2020-21 Road Safety World Series T- 20  IAF Participates in 70th Anniversary Celebrations of Sri Lanka Air Force  Sri Lanka Fast Bowler Dhammika Prasad quits international cricket

About Sri Lanka:

 President– Gotabaya Rajapaksa  Judicial capital– Colombo

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 Legislative capital– Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Q.Nikol Pashinyan has been elected as the Prime Minister of which of the following country?

A) Azerbaijan C) Uzbekistan

B) Georgia D) Armenia

Answer – D

Note: About Armenia

 Capital: Yerevan.  Currency: Armenian dram.

NEWLY Elected PRIME MINISTER IN NEWS

 Nikol Pashinyan : Armenia  Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid : Kuwait  Henri Dondra : Central African  Saad Hariri : Lebanon Republic  Jacinda Ardern : New Zealand  Naftali Bennett :Israel.  Bishr al- Khasawneh : Jordan  Anatole Collinet Makosso : Republic  Moctar Ouane : Mali of Congo’s  Mohamed Hussein Ruble : Somalia  KP Sharma Oli : Nepal  Yoshihide Suga : Japan  Kim Boo-kyum : South Korea  Francisco Asue : Equatorial Guinea  Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou : Niger  Keith Rowley : Trinidad and Tobago  Pham Minh Chinh : Vietnam  Mohamed Ould Bilal : Mauritiana  Eduard Heger : Slovakia  Walter Roger Martos Ruiz : Peru  Mark Rutte : Netherlands  Mahinda Rajapaksa : Sri Lanka  Irakli Garibashvili : Georgia  Hichem Mechichi : Tunisia  Mario Draghi : Italy  Ossouka Raponda : First woman PM  Kaja Kallas : Estonia of Gabon

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 Lee Hsien Loong : Singapore  Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin  Jean Castex : France  Abdulaziz Al Thani : Qatar  Micheal Martin : Ireland  Muhyiddin bin Haji Muhammad  Kubatbek Boronov : Kyrgyzstan  yassin :Malaysia  Robert Abela : Malta  Janez Jansa : Slovenia  Pedro Sanchez : Spain  Denys Shmygal : Ukraine  Mikhail Mishustin : Russia  Mustafa Al Kadhimi : Iraq

Q.Which bank has launched ‘Pay Your Contact’ service?

A) HDFC Bank C) Yes Bank

B) Kotak Mahindra Bank D) ICICI Bank

Answer - B

 Kotak Mahindra Bank has announced the launch of ‘Pay Your Contact’ the new feature that enables its customers to send money or make payments to any of their contacts across all payment apps simply by the beneficiary’s mobile number.  The ‘Pay Your Contact’ service is available on the lender’s mobile banking app and uses the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform.

About Kotak Mahindra Bank

 Kotak Mahindra Bank Establishment: 2003.  Kotak Mahindra Bank Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.  Kotak Mahindra Bank Tagline: Lets make money simple.  MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank : Uday Kotak

Q.Which Bank is going to buy stake in ‘Ergo General Insurance’ and ‘Borderless Softtech’?

A) Punjab National Bank C) HDFC Bank

B) State Bank of India D) Axis Bank

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Answer - C

HDFC Bank in News:

 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 Bank:

 MD and CEO of HDFC Bank: Sashidhar Jagdishan(Succeeds Aditya Puri).  The tagline of HDFC Bank: We understand your world. Headquarters: Mumbai  Founded: August 1994, India  Revenue: 1.47 lakh crores INR (US$21 billion, 2020)

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 Subsidiaries: HDFC securities, HDB Financial Services

About Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC):

 Establishment –1977  Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra  Managing Director – Ms. Renu Sud Karnad  Vice-Chairman & CEO – Mr. Keki M. Mistry  Tagline – With You, Right Through

Q.S&P has projected India’s FY22 GDP growth forecast at ______.

A) 8.5 % C) 10.5 %

B) 9.5 % D) 11.5 %

Answer - B Latest Projected India’s GDP in NEWS 2021  Moody’s Revises India’s GDP Growth Rate To 9.6%  CII Projects India’s FY22 GDP Growth At 9.5%  ICRA Projects GDP Growth Of India At 8.5% In FY 2022  Crisil Projects India’s GDP Growth For FY22 To 9.5%  Moody’s Projects Indian Economy to grow 9.3% in FY22  SBI Economists Revises GDP Growth Estimate in FY22 to 7.9%  SBI Research: GDP Likely Grew By 1.3% In Q4 FY21  Barclays Pegs India’s FY22 GDP Growth At 7.7%  Care Ratings Projects India’s GDP Forecast to 9.2% for FY22  HDFC Bank projects India’s GDP growth for FY22 at 10%  United Nations: India Projected To Grow At 10.1% In 2022  Moody’s Projects India’s GDP Forecast for FY22 to 9.3%  Nomura Revises GDP Growth Estimate of India in FY22 to 10.8%  S&P Revises India’s GDP Growth Forecast To 9.8% For FY22  Goldman Sachs Lowers GDP Growth Forecast For India In FY22 To 11.1%  Barclays Projects India’s GDP Growth Forecast To 10% In FY22  ADB Projects India’s GDP To Grow 11% In FY22

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 IHS Markit Estimates GDP Growth Rate Of India At 9.6% For FY22  Oxford Economics Projects India’s FY22 GDP Growth Forecast to 10.2%  SBI Research Projects India’s GDP Growth Rate At 10.4% For FY22  S&P Projects India’s GDP Growth Forecast At 11% In FY22  ICRA Slashes India’s GDP Forecast By 0.5% To 10.5% In FY22  Care Ratings Projects India’s GDP Growth Forecast At 10.2% For FY22  Nomura slashes India’s GDP forecast to 12.6% in FY22  IMF revises GDP growth forecast of India to 12.5% for FY22  World Bank Raises GDP Growth Projection For India To 10.1% For FY22  S&P Raises India’s FY22 GDP Growth Forecast To 11% From 10%  Fitch Ratings Projects India’s GDP to 12.8% for FY22  UNCTAD projects India’s GDP to grow 5% in 2021 while Global GDP to grow 4.7% in 2021  Moody’s projects India’s GDP to contract 7% in FY21, expects 13.7% growth in FY22  HSBC Raises India’s GDP Forecast for FY22 to 11.2%  SBI Research revises India’s FY21 GDP estimates to -7.0 percent  India’s GDP to contract 8% in fiscal year 2020-21: FICCI Survey  Nomura Estimates India’s GDP to contract 6.7% in FY21  BofA Securities Projects GDP of India to Contract 6.7% in FY21′  UBS Projects GDP of India at -7.5% in 2020-21  ICRA Projects India’s real GDP to expand by 10.1% in FY22  National Statistical Office (NSO) Projects India’s GDP to contract 7.7% in FY21

Q.Who has been appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court?

A) Sudhanshu Dhulia C) Sanjay Yadav

B) Munishwar Nath Bhandari D) Rajesh Bindal

Answer - B

List of Some Chief Justice of HC

 S. Muralidhar– Orissa

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 HimaKohli– Telangana

 Sanjib Banerjee– Madras

 Pankaj Mithal- Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

 Raghvendra Singh Chauhan– Uttarakhand.

 Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari-Sikkim.

 Mohammad Rafiq-Madhya Pradesh.

Q.Which Airport has been awarded with Airport Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll of Excellence honour in Airport Service Quality?

A) Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi C) Cochin International Airport, Cochin B) Chhatrapati Shivaji International D) Kempegowda International Airport, Airport, Mumbai Bengaluru Answer - C

Q.Recently, UN body has endorsed a multinational project called “Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Coastal Observations, Applications, Services, and Tools (CEOS COAST)”. CEOS COAST Programme is co-led by ______and NOAA, US.

A) ISRO C) NASA

B) Roscosmos D) CNSA / CNSA

Answer - A

Q.With which country, Indian Navy has conducted a Passage Exercise in Indian Ocean Region on 23 June 2021?

A) Italy C) Australia

B) France D) USA

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Answer - D

List of Exercise between India and USA

 Red Flag

 “Tiger Triumph”

 Yudh Abhyas

 Vajra Prahar

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Q.“Mei-Ramew Food Festival” is C) Goa organized in which Indian state ? D) Meghalaya A) Sikkim Answewr - D B) Tripura

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Q.The “Indian Museum” is the largest Q.The “International Renewable and oldest museum in India. It is Energy Agency” (IRENA) situated in which state? headquartered ?

A) West Bengal A) Lausanne, Switzerland

B) Assam B) Brussels, Belgium

C) Maharashtra C) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

D) Odisha D) Jakarta, Indonesia

Answewr - A Answewr - C

Q.Chhau dance is a folk dance form of Q.Where in India is the “Bonal Bird which state? Sanctuary” situated ?

A) Manipur A) Karnataka

B) Uttar Pradesh B) West Bengal

C) Jharkhand C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Rajasthan D) Chhattisgarh

Answewr - C Answewr - A

Q.Harare is the capital of which Q.In which state is the Singur Dam country ? located ?

A) Uruguay A) Tamil Nadu

B) Zimbabwe B) Telangana

C) Cyprus C) Karnataka

D) Denmark D) Jammu & Kashmir

Answewr - B Answewr - B

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Q.The currency of Taiwan is C) Puducherry ______. D) Andaman And Nicobar A) Dollar Answewr - D B) Euro Q.Who is the current Governor of C) Krona Sikkim?

D) Pound A) Acharya Devvrat

Answewr - A B) Najma Akbar Ali Heptulla

Q.In which part of India is the “South C) Ganga Prasad Chaurasia Button Island National Park” situated ? D) Keshari Nath Tripathi A) Daman & Diu Answewr - C B) Ladakh

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