DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: 24 AUG 2021 1. Who Among the Following Has Been Appointed As the Chief Executive Officer of BARC
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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: 24 AUG 2021 1. Who among the following has been 6. Name the AI-enabled chatbot launched appointed as the Chief Executive Officer by BPCL to provide seamless self-service of BARC India? experience and faster resolution of (a) Nakul Singh queries/issues. (b) Nakul Bansal (a) SHAKTI (c) Nakul Tiwari (b) VED (d) Nakul Malhotra (c) URJA (e) Nakul Chopra (d) VAJRA 2. Which of these regions in India has got (e) VANDANA the highest altitude herbal park of the 7. The Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust country recently? Fund has been launched by which (a) Shimla organisation? (b) Chamoli (a) IMF (c) Dehradun (b) WEF (d) Kinnaur (c) World Bank (e) Almora (d) UNDP 3. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has (e) ADB launched ‘Ubharte Sitaare Fund’ for 8. In August 2021, Ministry of Earth export-oriented firms and startups. Science announced India’s target to add Ubharte Sitaare fund has been set up by _______ Earthquake Observatories by ________. 2021 & adding 100 more by _______. (a) Export Import Bank of India (a) 35; 2026 (b) Small Industries Development Bank (b) 35; 2024 of India (c) 25; 2026 (c) Reserve Bank of India (d) 25; 2024 (d) National Bank for Agriculture and (e) 50; 2028 Rural Development 9. India is among the 33 extremely high-risk (e) Both a & b countries as per the report titled ‘The 4. Who has been appointed as the Chairman Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis: of the reconstituted Advisory Board for Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Banking and Financial Frauds (ABBFF) Index’. The report was launched by by CVC? which organization? (a) Ajay Banga (a)United Nations Environment (b) Kris Gopalakrishnan Programme (c) Narayana Murthy (b)World Climate Research Programme (d) T M Bhasin (c)United Nations Children’s Fund (e) Roshni Singhal (d)Child Rights International Network 5. Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed (e)Amnesty International as the new Prime Minister of which 10. Which city will host the 2nd United country? Nations World Geospatial Information (a) Iraq Congress in October 2022 under the (b) Malaysia theme ‘Towards Geo-enabling the Global (c) Saudi Arabia Village’? (d) Maldives (a) Indore, Madhya Pradesh (e) Iran (b) Bangalore, Karnataka (c) New Delhi 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 1 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ: 24 AUG 2021 (d) Hyderabad, Telangana (e) Mumbai, Maharashtra 11. Name the bank that recently (in Aug’ 21) ANSWER KEYS partnered with Paytm to create digital 1 e 9 c transformation in semi-urban and rural 2 b 10 e India. 3 e 11 d (a)Axis Bank 4 d 12 d (b)ICICI Bank 5 b 13 a (c)State Bank of India 6 c 14 e (d)HDFC Bank (e)IDBI Bank 7 c 15 d 12. In August 2021, NABARD offered Rs 8 a 24.90 lakh grant for Integrated Mangrove Fishery Farming System project in _____. (a)Cuttack, Odisha (b)Howrah, West Bengal (c)Mysore, Karnataka (d)Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu (e)Malappuram, Kerala 13. Who was appointed (in Aug’ 21) as the 17th Governor of Manipur? (a) La Ganesan (b) Satyadeo Narain Arya (c) Jagdish Mukhi (d) Satya Pal Malik (e) Ganga Prasad 14. When is the World Entrepreneurs’ Day annually observed to create awareness about entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership? (a) 19th August (b) 20th August (c) 23rd August (d) 22nd August (e) 21st August 15. Which State became the first in India to declare Sanskrit as an official language? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Uttarakhand (e) Bihar 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 2 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040556677. Web :www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .