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1 www.gradeup.co 1.Who has won the Silver Lake Open chess A. India tournament in Serbia? B. China C. Malaysia A. Harikrishna D. Singapore B. Aravindh Chidambaram E. Australia C. Nihal Sarin D. Vidit Gujarati E. Iniyan P 6.Who becomes the youngest chess Grandmaster, breaking the record of 12 years and seven months set by Sergey Karjakin in 2.Who has been appointed as the new Vice Chief 2002? of Indian Air Force? A. Abhimanyu Mishra A. Amit Dev B. Arjun Erigaisi B. Manavendra Singh C. Aryan Chopra C. Vivek Ram Chaudhari D. Anish Giri D. Sandeep Singh E. Jiten Patel E. Rajiv Dayal Mathur

7.In July 2021, which flagship programme of 3.What is India’s rank in the Global Startup government of India has completed six years of Ecosystem Index 2021 by Startup Blink? its implementation?

A. 17th A. Startup India B. 20th B. StandUp India C. 23rd C. Digital India D. 25th D. Aarogya Setu E. 30th E. Ayushman Bharat

4.Which Industry group has signed an 8.Renowned personality Raj Kaushal passed agreement with the UAE's state-run oil giant away recently, he was a veteran ____. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to form a mega petrochemical joint venture in Al A. Film Actor Ruwais city, United Arab Emirates (UAE)? B. Choreographer C. Film Maker A. Adani Enterprises D. Lyricist B. Tata Group E. Music Director C. Larsen & Toubro Ltd D. Reliance Industries E. ITC Ltd 9.Renowned personality K.V. Sampath Kumar has passed away recently, he was a veteran ______. 5.Which country has signed an agreement with the Royal Government of Bhutan on the A. Film Actor establishment of Model Technical Training B. Journalist Centres (MTTC) as part of growing between the C. Film Maker two countries? D. Lyricist

2 www.gradeup.co E. Music Director A. VK Saraswat B. Rajiv Kumar C. Amitabh Kant 10.Which country ranked first in the Global D. Rajiv Mahirishi Startup Ecosystem Index 2021 by Startup Blink? E. Rajesh Bhushan

A. USA B. United Kingdom 15.Which IIM has partnered with education C. Germany platform Coursera to offer management courses D. Israel to global learners? E. Canada A. IIM Lucknow B. IIM Kozhikode 11.Who has become the first Indian swimmer to C. IIM Ahmedabad qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics? D. IIM Indore E. IIM Kolkata A. Virdhawal Khade B. Sandeep Sejwal 16.Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has C. Sajan Prakash inaugurated Asia's longest high-speed track — D. Srihari Nataraj NATRAX in which state? E. Kushagra Rawat A. Karnataka B. Madhya Pradesh C. Uttar Pradesh 12.Who has been appointed as the US’s interim D. Gujarat envoy to India? E. Maharshtra

A. Atul Keshap B. Uday Singh Taunque 17.Which state government has decided to set C. Suhas Subramanyam up district-level industry and investment D. Ravinder Bhalla promotion agencies to create more economic E. Swati Dandekar opportunities in the State?

A. Odisha 13.Rosatom is a company of which country that B. Maharashtra has started the construction work for unit 5 of C. Jharkhand the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP)? D. Assam E. Chhattisgarh A. France B. Japan C. Russia 18.What is India’s rank in the the Global D. USA Cybersecurity Index 2020 (GCI) released by the E. Australia International Telecommunication Union (ITU)?

A. 10th 14.Whose term has been extended by one year B. 12th by the central government as the CEO of the C. 24th NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of the D. 26th government of India?

3 www.gradeup.co E. 34th 23.Name the Indian archer completed a hat- trick of gold medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 after winning the women’s individual 19.Which country ranked first in the Global recurve event? Cybersecurity Index 2020 (GCI) released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)? A. Dola Banerjee B. Ankita Bhakat A. Sweden C. Jayanta Talukdar B. Denmark D. Deepika Kumari C. USA E. Bombayla Devi Laishram D. England E. France 24.What is the strike range of the new variant of nuclear-capable Agni P missile test fired by 20.Which two countries will host the ICC Men’s Defence Research and Development T20 World Cup 2021 amidst second wave of Organisation (DRDO) successfully off Odisha Covid 19 outbreak in India? coast?

A. Qatar and Kuwait A. 700 km - 1000 km B. UAE and Oman B. 1000 km - 1500 km C. Saudi Arabia and Qatar C. 1000 km - 2000 km D. Bahrain and Kuwait D. 2000 km - 3000 km E. New Zealand and Australia E. 3000 km - 5000 km

21.Who becomes the youngest Indian cricketer 25.Which state government has announced Rs to make a debut across all formats after being 10 lakh financial assistance to eligible Dalit picked for the first ODI against England beneficiaries under the Chief Minister Dalit Women? Empowerment Programme?

A. Harmanpreet Kaur A. Odisha B. Smriti Mandhana B. Telangana C. Shafali Verma C. Andhra Pradesh D. Deepti Sharma D. Uttar Pradesh E. Punam Raut E. Punjab

22.Name the Indian shooter who won the gold 26.Who has authored the book titled ‘Fiercely medal in women's 25 metres pistol event at the Female: The Dutee Chand Story’? ISSF Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia? A. Sushil Doshi A. Chinki Yadav B. Sundeep Mishra B. Manu Bhaker C. Sanjeeb Mukherjee C. Rahi Sarnobat D. Jatin Sapru D. Tejaswini Sawant E. Kadambari Murali E. Elavenil Valariva

4 www.gradeup.co 27.Name the Indian journalist has been selected A. 24 as one of the three recipients of the Fukuoka B. 45 Prize for 2021? C. 63 D. 68 A. P. Sainath E. 72 B. Arnab Goswami C. Ravish Kumar D. Rajdeep Sardesai 32.Name the Indian archer who won a gold E. N Ram medal in the men's individual compound event in Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris?

28.With which country the United States A. Atanu Das launched joint Sea Breeze naval exercises? B. Limba Ram C. Tarundeep Rai A. Moldova D. Abhishek Verma B. Bulgaria E. Pravin Jadhav C. Ukraine D. Turkey E. Romania 33.Name the Indian shooter duo who won the silver medal in the 10m air-pistol mixed team event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup? 29.The government has decided to extend the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana from 30th of A. Divyansh Singh Panwar and Elavenil June, 2021 to ______. Valarivan B. Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker A. 31st of December, 2021 C. Arjun Babuta and Yashaswini Singh Deswal B. 31st of March, 2022 D. Deepak Kumar and Apurvi Chandela C. 31st of August, 2022 E. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Tejaswini D. 31st of October, 2022 Sawant E. 31st of December, 2022

34.Who has won Formula One Styrian Grand 30.As per the announcement made by the Prix 2021? Finance Ministry, how many people will be facilitated with loan amount up to Rs 1.25 lakh A. Max Verstappen under new credit guarantee scheme through B. Lewis Hamilton micro finance institutions (MFIs)? C. Valtteri Bottas D. Sergio Perez A. 5 lakh E. Daniel Ricciardo B. 10 lakh C. 15 lakh D. 20 lakh 35.Who becomes the youngest Indian cricketer E. 25 lakh to make a debut across all formats after being picked for the first ODI against England Women? 31.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated how many infrastructure projects constructed A. Harmanpreet Kaur by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)? B. Smriti Mandhana

5 www.gradeup.co C. Shafali Verma E. Ravishankar Prasad D. Deepti Sharma E. Punam Raut 40.Who has been appointed as the chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)? 36.Which Indian Naval Ship has been deployed for naval exercises in Africa, Europe that will A. Meenesh Shah participate in exercises like Konkan, Varuna, B. Varsha Joshi and Indra? C. Suresh N Patel D. Partima Murthy A. INS Vikramaditya E. K Nagaraj B. INS Viraat C. INS Jalashwa D. INS Tabar 41.Name the Indian shooter who won the gold E. INS Talwar medal in women's 25 metres pistol event at the ISSF Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia?

37.Who has authored the book titled A. Chinki Yadav "Anomalies in Law and Justice"? B. Manu Bhaker C. Rahi Sarnobat A. N V Ramana D. Tejaswini Sawant B. R V Raveendran E. Elavenil Valariva C. M N Venkatachaliah D. B N Srikrishna E. Arvind Datar 42.Name the Indian archer completed a hat- trick of gold medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 after winning the women’s individual 38.The Government of Indian has extended the recurve event? Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME Phase II) till A. Dola Banerjee ______. B. Ankita Bhakat C. Jayanta Talukdar A. 2022 D. Deepika Kumari B. 2023 E. Bombayla Devi Laishram C. 2024 D. 2025 E. 2028 43.What is the strike range of the new variant of nuclear-capable Agni P missile test fired by Defence Research and Development 39.Who has launched the e-filing portal of Organisation (DRDO) successfully off Odisha Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), ‘itat e- coast? dwar’? A. 700 km - 1000 km A. Nirmala Sitharaman B. 1000 km - 1500 km B. Piyush Goyal C. 1000 km - 2000 km C. Anurag Thakur D. 2000 km - 3000 km D. Narendra Modi E. 3000 km - 5000 km

6 www.gradeup.co 44.Which state government has announced Rs A. 31st of December, 2021 10 lakh financial assistance to eligible Dalit B. 31st of March, 2022 beneficiaries under the Chief Minister Dalit C. 31st of August, 2022 Empowerment Programme? D. 31st of October, 2022 E. 31st of December, 2022 A. Odisha B. Telangana C. Andhra Pradesh 49.As per the announcement made by the D. Uttar Pradesh Finance Ministry, how many people will be E. Punjab facilitated with loan amount up to Rs 1.25 lakh under new credit guarantee scheme through micro finance institutions (MFIs)? 45.Who has authored the book titled ‘Fiercely Female: The Dutee Chand Story’? A. 5 lakh B. 10 lakh A. Sushil Doshi C. 15 lakh B. Sundeep Mishra D. 20 lakh C. Sanjeeb Mukherjee E. 25 lakh D. Jatin Sapru E. Kadambari Murali 50.Who has become the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics? 46.Name the Indian journalist has been selected as one of the three recipients of the Fukuoka A. Virdhawal Khade Prize for 2021? B. Sandeep Sejwal C. Sajan Prakash A. P. Sainath D. Srihari Nataraj B. Arnab Goswami E. Kushagra Rawat C. Ravish Kumar D. Rajdeep Sardesai E. N Ram 51.Under whose chairmanship the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has constituted a committee to examine global 47.With which country the United States best practices in ship financing and leasing? launched joint Sea Breeze naval exercises? A. Kaushik Basu A. Moldova B. Raghuram Rajan B. Bulgaria C. Vandana Aggarwal C. Ukraine D. Arvind Subramanian D. Turkey E. Krishnamurthy Subramanian E. Romania

52.Who among the following is not a convener 48.The government has decided to extend the of the ‘Toycathon 2021’ in which Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana from 30th of Narendra Modi interacted with the participants June, 2021 to ______. of Toycathon-2021 via video conferencing?

7 www.gradeup.co A. NITI Aayog B. Ministry of Education C. Women and Child Development Ministry D. MSME Ministry E. Textile Ministry

53.Which state govt has partnered with UN World Food Programme (WFP) to improve household food and nutritional security by strengthening livelihood initiatives reaching thousands of state-supported Women's Self- Help Groups (WSHGs).?

A. West Bengal B. Odisha C. Karnataka D. Tamil Nadu E. Telangana

54.World Bank has signed a $32 million loan agreement with the Government of India (GoI) and which state government for healthcare projects in the state?

A. Mizoram B. Manipur C. Nagaland D. Sikkim E. Tripura

55.Renowned personality Benigno Aquino passed away recently, he was former president of which country?

A. Singapore B. Taiwan C. Vietnam D. Philippine E. Cambodia

8 www.gradeup.co ###ANSWERS### • Like last year, the US, the UK, Israel, Canada and Germany are in the top five spots. 1. Ans. C. • The report has a score for each location, which • Nihal Sarin won the Silver Lake Open chess is calculated as the sum of three parameters — tournament in Serbia. quantity, quality and business environment.

• The third-seeded Indian came on top of the 4. Ans. D. field with eight points from nine rounds. • Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) signed a • In the final round, he defeated Branko strategic partnership with the Abu Dhabi Damljanovic of the host. National Oil Company (ADNOC) to establish a mega chemical project in Al Ruwais city, United • The second and third places were also taken Arab Emirates (UAE). by Indians, as Raunak Sadhwani and Abhimanyu Puranik scored seven points each. • This project, a joint venture of ADNOC and ADQ (formerly known as Abu Dhabi • Another Indian, Raja Harshit finished tenth. Development Holding (ADDH) Co), will be constructed at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemical 2. Ans. C. Zone in Ruwais Abu Dhabi, UAE. This is the first investment by Reliance in UAE. • Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari has been appointed as the new Vice Chief of Indian Air • This agreement enhances the ADNOC’s Force. downstream and industry growth plans in line with ADNOC’s 2030 strategy. • He will succeed Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora. • Contracts have been awarded for the first stages of development of the TA’ZIZ site. • He is currently serving as commander-in-chief of the IAF's Western Air Command (WAC) • Under this partnership, RIL and ADNOC will construct an integrated plant with a capacity to • An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, produce 940000 tonnes of chlor-alkali, 1.1 Air Marshal Chaudhari was commissioned into million tonnes of ethylene dichloride and the fighter stream of the IAF on December 29, 360000 tonnes of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). 1982. • The partnership utilises the increasing • Air Marshal Arora retired from service in June demand for critical industrial raw materials and 2021. utilises the strengths of ADNOC and RIL.

3. Ans. B. • This project will manufacture ethylene dichloride(EDC), a key product for the • India ranked 20th among the 100 countries in production of PVC in India. the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021 by Startup Blink. 5. Ans. D.

• The country was in the 17th spot in 2019 and • Singapore has signed an agreement with the slid six spots down in 2020 and stood at 23. Royal Government of Bhutan on the establishment of Model Technical Training

9 www.gradeup.co Centres (MTTC) as part of growing between the • In Chess, Abhimanyu Mishra made history by two countries. becoming the youngest chess Grandmaster, breaking the record of 12 years and seven • The agreement was signed by Sonam Tobgay, months set by Sergey Karjakin in 2002. Director of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan, and Simon Wong, Ambassador • Abhimanyu reached the milestone in 12 years, of Singapore to Bhutan. four months, and 25 days.

• It is seen as one of the outcomes of Bhutan’s • The 12-year-old player from New Jersey opening up to the outside world. scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2500 ELO rating • India with whom Bhutan has a special barrier. relationship has warm ties with Singapore with the city state setting up vocational training • He went on to defeat 15-year-old Indian GM institutes for Indian youth in places like Leon Luke Mendonca, securing a performance Rajasthan and Assam in recent years. rating higher than 2600 over nine rounds, which constitutes a GM norm. • The agreement with Bhutan stipulates that Singapore will establish the two MTTCs which 7. Ans. C. will offer high quality practice-oriented skills training for Bhutanese youths to meet the • The government’s flagship programme- Digital growing demand for skilled manpower in India has completed six years on 1st July 2021. Automotive Technology (AT) and Facility Technology - Mechanical and Electrical (FT-ME), • The vision of Digital India programme is to a person familiar with the matter said. transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. • The AT programme will be implemented at the MTTC that is to be set up in Thimphu and the • Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched FT-ME programme will be implemented at the this ambitious programme on 1st July ,2015. second MTTC in Khuruthang. The two together are expected to train up to 160 students every • The Digital India journey in the past 6 years year. has centred around empowerment, inclusion, and digital transformation. It has positively • The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyal impacted all aspects of the lives of Indian Wangchuck visited the Institute of Technical citizens through Aadhaar, Direct Benefit Education (ITE), Singapore, in 2015. Transfer, Common Services Centres, DigiLocker and mobile-based UMANG services. • Since then, there have been frequent exchanges between Bhutan and Singapore on • Through Aadhaar, the Government has Technical and Vocational Education and provided digital identity to 129 crore residents Training. of the country with 99 per cent coverage of adult population. • The agreement is the result of years of collaboration. 8. Ans. C.

6. Ans. A. • Filmmaker Raj Kaushal, who directed movies like “Shaadi Ka Laddoo” and “Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi”, passed away.

10 www.gradeup.co • He was married to actor-TV presenter • Sajan Prakash has become 1st Indian Mandira Bedi. Apart from direction, Kaushal had swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo also produced filmmaker Onir’s 2005 acclaimed Olympics. drama “My Brother… Nikhil”, starring Sanjay Suri and Juhi Chawla. • She achieved the feat as he clocked 1 minute 56.38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly at • His last directorial was the 2006 thriller, the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome. “Anthony Kaun Hai?”, starring Arshad Warsi and Sanjay Dutt. • Qualification cut-off was 1 minute 56.48 seconds. 9. Ans. B. • Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 and the • Editor of ‘Sudharma’ Sanskrit Daily, K.V. Games will run up to August 8 2021. Sampath Kumar has passed away. • The event was slated to be held last year but it • He, along with his wife, was selected for the was postponed due to the COVID-19 Padma Shri honour from the Government of India in 2020 for his contribution to the field of 12. Ans. A. Literature & Education. • The US has appointed Indian-American Atul • He has also received several awards like the Keshap as the country’s Charge’d Affairs in Siddarudha award, the Shivaratri Deshikendra Delhi. Media award, the Abdul Kalam award and others. • Ambassador Keshap’s appointment will reinforce the close US partnership with the • Sampath Kumar’s father Pandit Varadaraja Government and people of India. Iyengar had launched ‘Sudharma’ in 1970. • He most recently served as the Principal • Sudharma is the only Sanskrit Daily in the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the world, printed and published from Mysuru. Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs and as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives. 10. Ans. A. 13. Ans. C. • India ranked 20th among the 100 countries in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2021 by • Russian Company Rosatom has started the Startup Blink. construction work for unit 5 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP). • The country was in the 17th spot in 2019 and slid six spots down in 2020 and stood at 23. • The commenced with the first concrete pouring into the foundation plate of the reactor • Like last year, the US, the UK, Israel, Canada building. and Germany are in the top five spots. • The General Framework Agreement (GFA) • The report has a score for each location, which between India and Russia was signed on April is calculated as the sum of three parameters — 10 2014, on construction of Units 3 and 4. quantity, quality and business environment. • Negotiations between the two countries began 11. Ans. C. over construction of Kudankulam NPP Units 5

11 www.gradeup.co and 6 and upon the results of which the 16. Ans. B. agreement was reached that these units would be constructed in compliance with the same • Asia's longest high-speed track — NATRAX — design as it was stipulated for Units 3, 4. was inaugurated at Pithampur near Indore in Madhya Pradesh by Union Minister Prakash • On June 1 2017, the credit protocol to the Javadekar. Intergovernmental Agreement of December 5 2008 and the GFA for Kudankulam NPP Units 5, • NATRAX, one of the state-of-the-art 6 were signed. automotive testing and certification centre under NATRiP. • Rosatom has all the most advanced nuclear power technologies. • It is a flagship project of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, planned under the Automotive 14. Ans. C. Mission Plan launched by the Centre.

• The Centre has granted a one-year extension • The longest speed track by NATRAX has a total to Amitabh Kant (1980 IAS), CEO of NITI Aayog of 10 tracks, designed keeping in mind to test till June 2022. vehicles in every possible terrain condition.

• He played an instrumental role in initiatives 17. Ans. A. such as Make in India, Start-up India, Incredible India and "God's Own Country" initiatives. • The Odisha government has decided to set up district-level industry and investment • He has also been piloting the Union promotion agencies to create more economic government’s ease of doing business initiative. opportunities in the State.

• He was appointed as the CEO of the public • These agencies should be dedicated towards policy think tank in 2016. facilitation and handholding of the micro, small and medium enterprises • NITI Aayog Est. in 1st January 2015. • These agencies would operate as single-point 15. Ans. B. contact for entrepreneurs and investors.

• The Indian Institute of Management • It will create new employment opportunities Kozhikode (IIM-K) announced a tie-up with and boost economic activities in rural areas. education platform Coursera to offer management courses to global learners. 18. Ans. A.

• It has announced the launch of four certificate • India is ranked 10th in the Global programmes in the fields of business, strategy, Cybersecurity Index 2020 (GCI) released by the marketing, and product management. International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

• Each programme was designed as a six-to- • It is a United Nations (UN) agency for eight-month-long graduate-level offering. information and communication technologies (ICT). • Coursera is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world. • India jumps 37 places from 47th in the previous ranking.

12 www.gradeup.co • The GCI is a composite index produced, • The BCCI will remain the hosts of the event, analysed and published by the International which will now be held in Dubai International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Stadium, the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Sharjah Stadium, and the Oman • The US is ranked first, followed by the UK. Cricket Academy Ground, from 17 October to 14 November 2021. • China ranked 33rd and Pakistan at 79th place. 21. Ans. C. 19. Ans. C. • Shafali Verma became the youngest Indian • India is ranked 10th in the Global cricketer to make debut across formats after Cybersecurity Index 2020 (GCI) released by the being picked for the first ODI against England International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Women

• It is a United Nations (UN) agency for • On her ODI debut, Verma scored 15 runs off 14 information and communication technologies balls before being dismissed by Katherine (ICT). Brunt.

• India jumps 37 places from 47th in the • The Haryana girl took 17 years and 150 days previous ranking. to make her debut across the format

• The GCI is a composite index produced, • He became the 5th youngest cricketer in the analysed and published by the International world. Telecommunication Union (ITU). • The other four are Mujeeb Ur Rahman • The US is ranked first, followed by the UK. (Afghanistan), Sarah Taylor (England), Ellyse Perry (Australia), Mohammad Amir (Pakistan). • China ranked 33rd and Pakistan at 79th place. 22. Ans. C. 20. Ans. B. • India's Rahi Sarnobat won gold medal in • The venue for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 women's 25 metres pistol event at the ISSF has been shifted to the United Arab Emirates Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia. and Oman • Rahi shot 39 out of 50 in the 25m pistol final • It was announced by the International Cricket to win the first gold for India in the ongoing Council (ICC). World Cup.

• The tournament is scheduled to be held from • The silver went to France's Mathilde Lamolle, October 17 to November 14. who scored 31 in the final.

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India • In the in the women's 25m pistol event she (BCCI), which holds the hosting rights of this along with Chinki Yadav and Manu Bhaker won year’s event, will inform the International the team gold medal. Cricket Council (ICC) in this regard. The T20 World Cup was postponed last year due to the 23. Ans. D. pandemic.

13 www.gradeup.co • Deepika Kumari completed a hat-trick of gold • In the first phase, the assistance would be medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 after given to 100 families selected from each of the winning the women’s individual recurve event. 119 Assembly Constituencies.

• Deepika Kumari beat Elena Osipova of Russia 26. Ans. B. 6-0 in the women's individual recurve final • Journalist Sundeep Mishra authored a book • Deepika also won gold medals in the mixed titled ‘Fiercely Female: The Dutee Chand Story’. team and women's recurve team events • The Book chronicles Chand’s journey with a • Deepika's 2nd gold medal came with husband detailed narrative of the gender-identity Atanu Das in the mixed team recurve event. controversy that made her an iconic figure in Indian sport. 24. Ans. C. • Dutee Chand, the first openly homosexual • India successfully test-fired a brand new athlete from India, scripted history in 2019 missile in its most ambitious Agni series from a when she became the first Indian to win a gold defense facility off Odisha coast. in a 100 metre event at the World Universiade in Naples. • The first test of the new generation nuclear- capable ballistic missile Agni Prime was • The book was published by Westland Books conducted from the launching complex IV of on ‘SoftCover’ —ThePrint’s e-venue to launch Abdul Kalam Island. select non-fiction books.

• Indigenously developed by Defence Research 27. Ans. A. and Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile met all mission objectives. • Noted journalist P. Sainath has been selected as one of the three recipients of the Fukuoka • Agni P is the latest and most advanced variant Prize for 2021. of the Agni class of missiles. • Mr. Sainath will receive the ‘Grand Prize’ of the • It is a canisterised missile with a range Fukuoka Prize while the Academic Prize and the capability between 1000 km and 2000 km. Prize for Arts and Culture will go to Prof. Kishimoto Mio of Japan and filmmaker Prabda 25. Ans. B. Yoon of Thailand respectively.

• Telangana govt has announced Rs 10 lakh • The Fukuoka Prize is given annually to financial assistance to eligible Dalit beneficiaries distinguished people to foster and increase under the Chief Minister Dalit Empowerment awareness of Asian cultures, and to create a Programme. broad framework of exchange and mutual learning among the Asian people. • I an all party meeting the guidelines for the 'Programme' was finalized. • The Grand Prize has earlier been awarded to Muhammad Yunus from Bangladesh, historian • The amount will be transferred directly to the Romila Thapar, and sarod maestro Amjad Ali bank accounts of the selected Dalit beneficiaries Khan. Eleven Indians have received the Fukuoka as was done in the case of Rythu Bandhu Prize so far. Scheme.

14 www.gradeup.co 28. Ans. C. investment climate in the country affected by the Covid pandemic. • Ukraine and the United States launched joint naval exercises in the Black Sea in a show of • As per the new scheme, guarantee will be Western cooperation with Kiev as it faces off provided to Scheduled Commercial Banks for with Russia. loans to new or existing NBFC-MFIs or MFIs for on lending up to Rs 1.25 lakh to approximately • The drills come just days after the British 25 lakh small borrowers. Royal Navy’s HMS Defender passed near Russian-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea. 31. Ans. C.

• The Sea Breeze drills — which have taken Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated 63 place 21 times since 1997 — will involve some infrastructure projects constructed by the 5,000 military personnel from more than 30 Border Roads Organisation (BRO). countries. • From Kunjan bridge on Leh-Loma Road, he • The exercises will last two weeks and involve inaugurated all bridges in Eight States across around 30 ships, including the missile destroyer the country virtually. USS Ross. • Amongst the bridges, 11 in Ladakh, Four in 29. Ans. B. Jammu and Kashmir, Three in Himachal Pradesh, Six in Uttarakhand, Eight in Sikkim, 29 • The Narendra Modi Government extended its in Arunachal Pradesh and one each in Nagaland flagship employment scheme - the Atmanirbhar and Manipur. Bharat Rojgar Yojana till 31 March 2022. • BRO used the latest technologies in building of • The scheme was earlier open till 30 June 2021. these bridges.

• The announcement was made by the Union • These are Class-70 bridges and can bear the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a load of movement of Tanks and other heavy press conference. vehicles.

• This was one of the 8 relief measures • These bridges facilitate strategic and quicker announced by the FM. access not just to Armed forces but to people living in the border villages as well. • The relief measures were announced amid the second coronavirus wave. 32. Ans. D.

30. Ans. E. • Indian archer Abhishek Verma won a gold medal in the men's individual compound event • The government announced a new credit in Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris. guarantee scheme that will facilitate loans to 25 lakh people through micro finance institutions • He defeated American Kris Schaff via shoot-off (MFIs). in a nerve-wracking final.

• The announcement was made by Finance • This was Verma’s second World Cup Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of individual gold medal. economic relief package provided to spur

15 www.gradeup.co • He won the first one in Wroclaw, Poland, in being picked for the first ODI against England 2015. Women

• He is the first Indian man to win two World • On her ODI debut, Verma scored 15 runs off 14 Cup gold medals in an individual compound balls before being dismissed by Katherine event. Brunt.

33. Ans. B. • The Haryana girl took 17 years and 150 days to make her debut across the format • The Indian duo of Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker settled for a silver medal in the • He became the 5th youngest cricketer in the 10m air-pistol mixed team event at the ISSF world. Shooting World Cup. • The other four are Mujeeb Ur Rahman • The tournament is being held in Osijek, (Afghanistan), Sarah Taylor (England), Ellyse Croatia. Perry (Australia), Mohammad Amir (Pakistan).

• The duo lost to Russia's Vitalina Batsarashkina 36. Ans. D. and Artem Chernousov in the gold medal match. • Indian Naval Ship Tabar commenced her • Russia currently leads the medal tally with prolonged deployment on June 13. three golds as many silver and one bronze. • It will visit a number of ports in Africa and • The event is the Indian shooting team's final Europe till the end of September. competitive outing before the Tokyo Olympics. • It will also participate in a number of joint 34. Ans. A. exercises with friendly navies.

• Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has won half • The ship will transit across the Gulf of Aden, of the races this Formula One season. Red Sea, Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, and Baltic Sea while making port calls at • Verstappen has won three of the last four Djibouti, Egypt, Italy, France, UK, Russia, races. Netherlands, Morocco, and Arctic Council countries like Sweden and Norway. • With a clean start from pole Verstappen denied Lewis Hamilton an early attack and he • During port visits, the ship is scheduled to remained ahead for the entire race. participate in bilateral exercises like Ex Konkan with UK Royal Navy, Ex Varuna with French • Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas finished Navy, and Ex Indra with Russian Federation third ahead of Sergio Perez as Red Bull and Navy, to strengthen military relations, develop Mercedes occupied the top four places for the interoperability, and project long-range second consecutive time. sustenance.

35. Ans. C. 37. Ans. B.

• Shafali Verma became the youngest Indian • Chief Justice of India N V Ramana released a cricketer to make debut across formats after book -- "Anomalies in Law and Justice".

16 www.gradeup.co • The book has been authored by former • It will enhance the accessibility, accountability, Supreme Court Judge Justice (retd) R V and transparency in the day-to-day working of Raveendran. the ITAT.

• He explains the various deficiencies in the law • It enables innovation and empowerment and which need to be overcome. opens new avenues for growth.

• The book is an attempt to explain to a common 40. Ans. A. man that the law and the legal system is still evolving. • National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) executive director, Meenesh Shah has • The virtual book-release event was also been assigned the additional charge of the post attended by former Chief Justice of India M N of Chairman of NDDB. Venkatachaliah, former Supreme Court judge B N Srikrishna, and senior advocate Arvind Datar. • He Varsha Joshi whose tenure ended on May 31. 38. Ans. C. • Shah had taken over the post for a period of • The GoI has extended the Faster Adoption and six months with effect from June 1. Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India Phase II (FAME Phase II) by 2 yrs. • Shah is a member secretary of the Indian National Committee (INC) of the International • It is an ambitious scheme to expedite the Dairy Federation (IDF). adoption of electric vehicles launched on April 1, 2019, for 3 yrs. 41. Ans. C.

• The extension will help push EV sales, • India's Rahi Sarnobat won gold medal in especially in the two and three-wheeler women's 25 metres pistol event at the ISSF segments in the coming years. Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia.

• According to data available, only 5 percent or • Rahi shot 39 out of 50 in the 25m pistol final around Rs 500 crore of the allocated Rs 10,000 to win the first gold for India in the ongoing crore has been spent so far to make green World Cup. mobility affordable. • The silver went to France's Mathilde Lamolle, 39. Ans. E. who scored 31 in the final.

• Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched • In the in the women's 25m pistol event she the e-filing portal of Income Tax Appellate along with Chinki Yadav and Manu Bhaker won Tribunal (ITAT), ‘itat e-dwar’. the team gold medal.

• The newly developed e-filing portal would 42. Ans. D. enable the parties to file their appeals, miscellaneous applications, documents, paper • Deepika Kumari completed a hat-trick of gold books, etc., electronically. medals at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 after winning the women’s individual recurve event.

17 www.gradeup.co • Deepika Kumari beat Elena Osipova of Russia 45. Ans. B. 6-0 in the women's individual recurve final • Journalist Sundeep Mishra authored a book • Deepika also won gold medals in the mixed titled ‘Fiercely Female: The Dutee Chand Story’. team and women's recurve team events • The Book chronicles Chand’s journey with a • Deepika's 2nd gold medal came with husband detailed narrative of the gender-identity Atanu Das in the mixed team recurve event. controversy that made her an iconic figure in Indian sport. 43. Ans. C. • Dutee Chand, the first openly homosexual • India successfully test-fired a brand new athlete from India, scripted history in 2019 missile in its most ambitious Agni series from a when she became the first Indian to win a gold defense facility off Odisha coast. in a 100 metre event at the World Universiade in Naples. • The first test of the new generation nuclear- capable ballistic missile Agni Prime was • The book was published by Westland Books conducted from the launching complex IV of on ‘SoftCover’ —ThePrint’s e-venue to launch Abdul Kalam Island. select non-fiction books.

• Indigenously developed by Defence Research 46. Ans. A. and Development Organisation (DRDO), the missile met all mission objectives. • Noted journalist P. Sainath has been selected as one of the three recipients of the Fukuoka • Agni P is the latest and most advanced variant Prize for 2021. of the Agni class of missiles. • Mr. Sainath will receive the ‘Grand Prize’ of the • It is a canisterised missile with a range Fukuoka Prize while the Academic Prize and the capability between 1000 km and 2000 km. Prize for Arts and Culture will go to Prof. Kishimoto Mio of Japan and filmmaker Prabda 44. Ans. B. Yoon of Thailand respectively.

• The amount will be transferred directly to the • Ukraine and the United States launched joint bank accounts of the selected Dalit beneficiaries naval exercises in the Black Sea in a show of as was done in the case of Rythu Bandhu Western cooperation with Kiev as it faces off Scheme. with Russia.

• In the first phase, the assistance would be • The drills come just days after the British given to 100 families selected from each of the Royal Navy’s HMS Defender passed near 119 Assembly Constituencies. Russian-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea.

18 www.gradeup.co • The Sea Breeze drills — which have taken • She achieved the feat as he clocked 1 minute place 21 times since 1997 — will involve some 56.38 seconds in the men’s 200m butterfly at 5,000 military personnel from more than 30 the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome. countries. • Qualification cut-off was 1 minute 56.48 48. Ans. B. seconds.

• The Narendra Modi Government extended its • Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23 and the flagship employment scheme - the Atmanirbhar Games will run up to August 8 2021. Bharat Rojgar Yojana till 31 March 2022. • The event was slated to be held last year but it • The scheme was earlier open till 30 June 2021. was postponed due to the COVID-19

• The announcement was made by the Union 51. Ans. C. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference. • International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has constituted a committee • This was one of the 8 relief measures to examine global best practices in ship announced by the FM. financing and leasing.

• The relief measures were announced amid the • This Committee will also identify second coronavirus wave. opportunities and devise a roadmap to enable such activities. 49. Ans. E. • The committee will be chaired by former • The government announced a new credit Senior Economic Advisor, Vandana Aggarwal. guarantee scheme that will facilitate loans to 25 lakh people through micro finance institutions • India is strategically located on the world’s (MFIs). shipping routes and has a large coastline of over seven thousand 500 kilometres. • The announcement was made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of • India also has 12 major and over 200 minor economic relief package provided to spur ports. investment climate in the country affected by the Covid pandemic. 52. Ans. A.

• As per the new scheme, guarantee will be • Toycathon 2021 was jointly launched by the provided to Scheduled Commercial Banks for Ministry of Education, WCD Ministry, MSME loans to new or existing NBFC-MFIs or MFIs for Ministry, DPIIT, Textile Ministry, I&B Ministry on lending up to Rs 1.25 lakh to approximately and AICTE to crowd-source innovative toys and 25 lakh small borrowers. games ideas.

50. Ans. C. • India’s domestic market, as well as the global toy market, offers a huge opportunity to our • Sajan Prakash has become 1st Indian manufacturing sector. swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

19 www.gradeup.co • Globally, toy-making is a $100 billion industry, 55. Ans. D. with China, the USA, Germany and Japan as the key players. • Former Philippine President (2010 to 2016) Benigno Aquino passed away recently. • India imports 80 to 85 per cent of its annual $1.5-billion toy market. • Known popularly as Noynoy, he rode a wave of public emotion all the way to the presidency 53. Ans. B. after his mother, Corazon Aquino, died in 2009.

• Odisha govt and UN World Food Programme • He was a three-term member of the House of (WFP) have joined hands to improve household Representatives between 1998 and 2007, food and nutritional security by strengthening representing the sugar-growing Tarlac province livelihood initiatives. north of Manila.

• This was done reaching thousands of state- supported Women's Self-Help Groups (WSHGs).

• The partnership for achieving nutritional security in Odisha focused on empowerment, livelihood and incomes of women. ------XX------

This collaboration will support Women's Self- Help Groups (WSHGs) by providing technical assistance and capacity development, directly contributing to long-term food security and developing a replicable model.

54. Ans. A.

• The GoI, Mizoram and the World Bank have signed a $32 million Mizoram Health Systems Strengthening Project to improve management capacity and quality of health services in Mizoram.

• The project will strengthen the governance and the management structure of the Department of Health and Family Welfare (DoHFW) and its subsidiaries, improve the quality and coverage of services delivered by the state government health systems, and invest in a comprehensive Quality Assurance program which would enable quality certification of health facilities.

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