1. The Indian Navy recently participated in the multinational SEACAT exercise, organised in which country?
Answers With Explanation : (A) The Indian Navy participated in the U.S. Navy-led Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) military exercise in Singapore on August 10, 2021, to demonstrate its maritime maneuvers.
2. Which of the following country organized the IBSA Tourism Ministers’ meeting through the virtual platform?
Answers With Explanation : (C) India organized the IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) Tourism Ministers’ meeting through the virtual platform. The Union Minister of Tourism of India, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, chaired the meeting.
3. The 2020 Tokyo Paralympics will witness the largest ever Indian contingent. How many member Indian team is participating in the Games?
Answers With Explanation : (D) The upcoming Tokyo Paralympics, will witness the largest ever Indian contingent being send, with 54 para-sportspersons participating across 9 sports disciplines.
4. Ghaznavi is a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile of which country?
Answers With Explanation : (D) The Pakistan Army successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi.
5. The Union Minister of Agriculture recently addressed the 6th Agriculture Ministers meet of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states. Who is the incumbent minister?
Answers With Explanation : (B) The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar addressed the 6th meeting of Agriculture Ministers of the member countries of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on August 12, 2021, through videoconferencing.
6. Which of the following bank has signed a Mou with Paralympic Committee of India to provide financial assistance to paralympic athletes in Tokyo?
Answers With Explanation : (D) Public sector Indian Bank has signed a MoU with Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) as one of the banking partners of the Paralympic Games scheduled to commence from August 24 in Tokyo, Japan. The bank, through its year-long association with PCI, will provide financial assistance to paralympic athletes.
7. Which bank has inked an MoU with Indian Navy to initiate ‘Honour FIRST’ banking solutions?
Answers With Explanation : (A) The Indian Navy has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) FIRST Bank to initiate ‘Honour FIRST’, a premium banking solution for serving personnel and veterans of the Indian Navy.
8. Who among the following has released the book ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government’?
Answers With Explanation : (B) The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu has released a book ‘Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government’ at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas. The book commemorates the achievement and evaluation of two elected terms of PM Modi as the Head of Parliamentary.
9. Which of the following company has become 4th Indian IT firm to hit Rs 3 trillion market-cap?
Answers With Explanation : (C) HCL Technologies’ market capitalisation (market-cap) touched Rs 3 trillion for the first time on Friday, becoming the fourth Indian information technology (IT) firm to achieve this milestone after Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro.
10. The Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) exercise is organised annually by which country?
Answers With Explanation : (D) The 20th edition of the exercise was organised by the U.S. Navy, in Hybrid format, and included 20 other partner nations from Indo-Pacific region, including India.
