1. What is the Financial Inclusion Index (FI-Index) for the period ending March 2021, introduced by the RBI?
Answers With Explanation : (A) The annual FI-Index for the period ending March 2021 is 53.9 while for the period ending March 2017 it is 43.4. RBI will release the FI-Index in the month of July every year. There is no base year for this Index.
2. The mobile app Photographic Record of On-site Facility (PROOF) has been launched by which state/UT?
Answers With Explanation : (B) In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha unveiled a mobile application named PROOF, to bring more transparency and accountability in the governance system. PROOF stands for ‘Photographic Record of On-site Facility’.
3. Amway India has announced that it has appointed Olympian ________ as the brand ambassador.
Answers With Explanation : (D) Direct selling FMCG firm Amway India has announced that it has appointed Olympian Saikhom Mirabai Chanu as the brand ambassador for Amway and its Nutrilite range of products.
4. Hakainde Hichilema has won the Presidential election of which country?
Answers With Explanation : (A) In Zambia, opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, of the United Party for National Development , has won the 2021 general Presidential election of the country.
5. The bilateral navy exercise named ‘Exercise Konkan 2021’ was held between the Indian Navy and the Navy of which country recently?
Answers With Explanation : (D) The Indian Naval Ship Tabar arrived at Portsmouth in England on August 12, 2021, to undertake the annual bilateral drill ‘Exercise Konkan 2021’ between the Indian Navy and Britain’s Royal Navy.
6. Muhyiddin Yassin has recently resigned as the Prime Minister of which country?
Answers With Explanation : (D) The Prime Minister of Malaysia Muhyiddin Yassin and his cabinet resigned after losing confidence vote in parliament.
7. Name the father of Sodoku, who has passed away recently.
nswers With Explanation : (B) Maki Kaji, the creator of puzzle Sudoku passed away at the age of 69 years due to bile duct cancer. He was known as the father of Sodoku and was from Japan.
8. Who is the first Indian to receive the highest civilian award in the United States?
Answers With Explanation : (C) Mahatma Gandhi would be the first Indian to receive a Congressional Gold Medal, an honour bestowed upon great figures as George Washington, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Teresa, and Rosa Parks. The prestigious Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi is given posthumously in recognition of his promotion of peace and nonviolence. The medal is the highest civilian award in the United States.
9. When did Pondicherry get Independence?
Answers With Explanation : (D) Puducherry on 16th August celebrated its De Jure Transfer day. Speaker of the Puducherry Assembly, R. Selvam, paid floral tributes at the memorial in Kizhur, a remote hamlet in Puducherry, where the transfer of power took place on the same day in 1962.
10. Lionel Messi is ___________times winner of the Ballon d’Or for Europe’s best soccer player.
Answers With Explanation : (B) Lionel Messi joined star-packed Paris St Germain after leaving Barcelona, the club where he had begun, after 21 years. Messi, a six-time winner of the Ballon d’Or for Europe’s best soccer player, signed a two-year contract with an option for a third year.
