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Current Affairs, January - 2021 Practice Questions
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1. India’s largest Hockey Stadium is planned to be setup in which state?

(A) Punjab (B) New Delhi (C) Odisha (D) Maharashtra
2. Pallavan Era’s Mootha Devi Statue recently unveiled in _______.

(A) Kanchipuram (B) Chengalpattu (C) Uttiramerur (D) Tiruvallur
3. What percentage contraction excepted on GDP in 2020-21 by Government of India?

(A) 18% (B) 12% (C) 10.5% (D) 77%
4. Which of the following International organization closely association with New Development
Bank?
(A) ASEAN (B) WTO (C) BRICS (D) SCO
5. Which of the following company recently become 5th strongest brand around the world?
(A) TATA (B) JIO (C) Mahindra (D) Adani
6. World Braille Day observed every year on ___________.

(A) January 10 (B) January 9 (C) January 8 (D) January 4
7. In which year consumer protection Act came into effect?

(A) 1984 (B) 1986 (C) 1988 (D) 1990
8. DRDO’s scientist of the year Award-2018” has been awarded to___________.

(A) Hemant Kumar Pandey (B) Tessy Thomas
(C) Sudhir Kamath (D) Pravin Mehta
9. What is the accuracy of “National Atomic Timescale” which was recently launched?
(A) 2.7 Ns (B) 2.8 Ns (C) 2.1 N (D) 2.0 Ns
10. Which country has passed the Malala yousuf zai scholarship Bill?
(A) India (B) Pakistan (C) Afghanistan (D) USA
11. Which State’s tableau won first prize in recent Republic Day parade?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh
12. National film Development Corporation located in __________.

(A) New Delhi (B) Chennai (C) Hyderabad (D) Mumbai
13. By Many A Happy Accident is a Biography of _____________.

(A) Jairam Ramesh (B) Pratibha Patil (C) Ansari (D) K.R. Narayanan
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Practice Questions Current Affairs, January - 2021
14. Who is the Chief Economist of International Monitory Fund?

(A) Kristalina Georgiva (B) Sumanth Singh
(C) Gita Gopinath (D) Rukmani Arundal
15. Fatah-1 Rocket system belongs to __________.

(A) Japan (B) Russia (C) China (D) Pakistan
16. Project Elephant was launched in _______.

(A) 1986 (B) 1990 (C) 1992 (D) 2000
17. Mount Morapi Volcano recently seen in News which is located in _________.
(A) Thailand (B) Myanmar (C) Malaysia (D) Indonesia
18. Where National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) bench has setup?
(A) Kolkata (B) Mumbai (C) Chennai (D) Kochi
19. Which state recently opened the boat library for childrens?
(A) Kerala (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Tamil Nadu (D) West Bengal
20. Which year companies act enacted?

(A) 2003 (B) 2006 (C) 2008 (D) 2013
21. 38th District of Tamil Nadu’s Mayiladuthurai was formed by dividing it from __________.
(A) Tanjavur (B) Kumbakonam (C) Chidambaram (D) Nagapatinam
22. India signed an MoU with ________regarding specified skilled worker.

(A) Russia (B) South Korea (C) Japan (D) USA
23. Which country launched the world’s first double stock long haul container train?
(A) USA (B) India (C) Japan (D) France
24. Who has recently awarded Param Vishist Seva Medal from Coast Guard?
(A) A.K.Kumar (B) Natarajan (C) Bhupendra Singh (D) Ragunath
25. Mc Mohan line is the boundary line between China?

(A) Malaysia (B) Pakistan (C) Afghanistan (D) India
26. Who has been recently appointed as member of UN High level Advisory Board on economic?
(A) Jayati Kumar (B) Jayati Ghosh (C) Githa Gopinath (D) Sukumari
27. Aakash missiles system were made by_______.

(A) ISRO (B) Rafael Aviation (C) DRDO (D) HAL
28. World Ease of Boing Business Report released by __________.

(A) WTO (B) WHO (C) World Bank (D) IMF
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29. According to Economic survey how much percentage India’s growth has been forecasted?
(A) 10% (B) 9% (C) 13% (D) 11%
30. Which of the following company recently become 5th strongest brand around the world?
(A) TATA (B) JIO (C) Mahindra (D) Adani
31. Which of the following Institution recently launched 143 satellites using single Rocket?
(A) NASA (B) SpaceX (C) ISRO (D) JAXA
32. Governors special address in state legislation is mentioned in________of Indian constitution.
(A) 89 (B) 87 (C) 176 (D) 186
33. Pong Dam is recently seen in news is located in ____________.

(A) Ladakh (B) Punjab (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Sikkim
34. Who has been recently awarded Alert Being Icon Award?
(A) Ilayaraja (B) A.R. Rahaman (C) Usha Uthup (D) Ravi Shankar
35. Who has been recently appointed as New CEO of Railway Board?
(A) R.S.Mishra (B) Suneet Sharma (C) A.K.Antony (D) Pradeep Kumar
36. Which of the following is recently approved Rice import from India?
(A) Indonesia (B) USA (C) Russai (D) Vietnam
37. India’s Highest meteorological centre located in____________.

(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Himahcal Pradesh (D) Ladakh
38. Which of the following Railway Zone recently operated Indian’s first 3.5 km goods train?
(A) South Central Zone (B) North Central Zone
(C) South West Central Zone (D) Sothwest Central Zone
39. Where Grizzled Squirrel wild life sanctuary is located in Tamil Nadu?
(A) Tuticorin (B) Vedaranyam (C) Srivilliputhur (D) Tirunelveli
40. Which year Ayushman Bharat Scheme was launched?

(A) 2017 (B) 2018 (C) 2019 (D) 2020
41. National Girl Child Day is being observed on __________.

42. Which of the following Article in India constitution mentioned about Governors special
Address in State legislation?
(A) Article 176 (B) Article 87 (C) Article 88 (D) Article 172
43. Nethaji Subash Chandra Bose succeeded Indian Civil Service Examination in _________.
(A) 1917 (B) 1918 (C) 1920 (D) 1921
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44. Which ministry implementing PM-Awas Yojana?

(A) Finance (B) Housing and Urban Development
(C) Culture (D) Home
45. Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Scheme was launched in ______.

(A) 2017 (B) 2018 (C) 2019 (D) 2020
46. What is the projected percentage of India’s GDP growth for this financial year by IMF?
(A) 7.3% (B) 11.5% (C) 8.2% (D) 10.1%
47. Bharat Parve Programme is being organized by the ministry of ________.

(A) Defence (B) Home
(C) Finance (D) Cultural and Tourism
48. Who is the current Asia’s richest person?

(A) Mukesh Ambani (B) Ratan Tata (C) Zhong Shashan (D) Jackma
49. What is the Name of India’s longest freight Train recently operated?
(A) Sesh Nag (B) Vasugi (C) Aadishesh (D) IND Train
50. Who receives Padmashri award for innovation in puppetry recently?

(A) K. Kesavasamy (B) Munusamy (C) Rajiv Kumar (D) Kannadasan
51. The avian influenza also called ___________.

(A) H2N2 (B) H1N5 (C) H5N1 (D) N1H5
52. Prime Minister recently inaugurated underground gas pipeline from ___________to
__________.
(A) Kochi to Mangalore (B) Kochi to Ernakulam
(C) Kochi to Bengaluru (D) Ernakulam to Mangalore
53. What will be the name of India’s New Parliament building?

(A) Central Vista (B) Heart of India (C) Central Bhavan (D) India Bhavan
54. Gussadi Tribal Dance mainly performed in __________.

(A) Kerala (B) Odisha (C) Telangana (D) Chattisgarh
55. Which country is to be focused at the 51st international film festival of India in Goa?
(A) France (B) Russia (C) Bangladesh (D) Maldives
56. Sitabani Wildlife Sanctuary is recently seen in News which is located in __________.
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (C) Uttarkhand (D) Bihar
57. Which of the following Police Station selected Tamilnadu’s best Police Station?
(A) Coimbatore (B) Salem (C) Tirupur (D) Vellore
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58. India’s longest Road Arch Bridge recently inaugurated in___________.
(A) Assam (B) Meghalaya (C) Sikkim (D) Nagaland
59. National Voters Day observed on ___________.

60. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was enacted in the year of
_________.
(A) 2003 (B) 2004 (C) 2005 (D) 2006
61. Tamil Nadu Government announced Anna Award to _______.

(A) Suresh (B) Kamalakannan (C) Kumaresan (D) Kannagi
62. Amazonia-1 Satellite recently seen in News which is belongs to _______

(A) Russia (B) Brazil (C) Argentina (D) USA
63. New Education Policy-2019 was recommended by ________.

(A) Rangarajan (B) Kasturi rangan (C) Narasimman (D) Kumara Raja
64. Indian Government is going to setup world largest floating solar Park in the river of
_________.
(A) Narmadha (B) Godavari (C) Mahanadhi (D) Yamuna
65. India launched project Elephant in ____________.

(A) 1984 (B) 1972 (C) 1986 (D) 1992
66. Koderma Mica mining is recently seen in news which is located in _________.
(A) Odisha (B) Rajasthan (C) Maharashtra (D) Jharkhand
67. Which sports person recently honoured with UK’s knightwood award?
(A) Vishwanathan Anand (B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Lewis Hamilton (D) Valantino
68. Corringa wild life sanctuary is located in __________.

(A) Tamilnadu (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Kerala (D) Karnataka
69. K-9 Journal is associated with which field?

(A) Medicine (B) Political (C) Robotics (D) Policing
70. Which of the following Ministry associated with Bala Purashkar award?
(A) Ministry of Home (B) Ministry Sports and Youth Wellfare
(C) Ministry of Finance
(D) Ministry of Women and Child Development
71. School Bag Policy is recently seen in News Associated with ____________.
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) New Delhi (D) Tamilnadu
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72. Which institution launched Digital Payments Index?

(A) RBI (B) SBI (C) IMF (D) WTO
73. Which type of Ethanol produced from sugarcane?

(A) 1G (B) 2G (C) 3G (D) Clean Ethanol
74. Indra Awas Yojana was launched in ___________.

(A) 1984 (B) 1985 (C) 2004 (D) 2014
75. Leaf Nosed Bat is found in ___________.

(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Uttarkhand (C) Bihar (D) Karnataka
76. What is the rate fixed for serum institute’s Covidshield vaccine?
(A) Free of cost (B) 210 Rs (C) 310 Rs (D) 410 Rs
77. C-Vigil is a ____________.

(A) Army Exercise (B) Naval Exercise
(C) Air Force Exercise (D) Coastal Guard Exercise
78. Geological survey of Indian has found vanadium in ____________region.

(A) Assam (B) Nagaland (C) Megalaya (D) Arunachal Pradesh
79. The first National Youth Parliament was held in _________.

(A) 2014 (B) 2015 (C) 2018 (D) 2019
80. Mars probe named “Mole” is belongs to ___________.

(A) Israel (B) Japan (C) UAE (D) USA
81. Nord stream 2 pipeline recently seen in News it passes through __________sea.
(A) Caspian (B) Red (C) Baltic (D) East China
82. Headquarters of the National AIDS control Organisation (NACA) is located in __________.
(A) Chennai (B) Chandigar (C) New Delhi (D) Kolkata
83. Who is the present Chief Economic Advisor of India?

(A) Aravind Subramaniyan (B) Krishnamoorthy Subramaniyan
(C) Raguram Rajan (D) Sakthi Kantha Das
84. How many ministries have participating the Toycathon initiative?

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 12
85. Avian Influenza has found in crows in which state?

(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Rajasthan (C) Tamilnadu (D) Kerala
86. Which of the following Bank Provide Finance Scheme to MSME in rooftop solar Programme?
(A) SBI (B) Indian Bank (C) SIDBI (D) ICICI
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87. India’s first pollinator park has been established in _______..
(A) Sikkim (B) Kerala (C) Uttarkhand (D) Haryana
88. Indian Navy’s mission SAGAR-III is for_______________.

(A) Madagascar (B) Phillipines (C) Combodia (D) Laos
89. Indian Government recently approved the export of ____________missile.

(A) Agni-IV (B) Agni-III (C) Akash (D) Nag
90. Which country recently approved two sun-exploration heliophysics Mission?

(A) China (B) France (C) India (D) USA
91. India’s first hot air balloon wild life safari has been launched in __________.
(A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nad (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Gujarat
92. PRADAN Portal is associated with ___________.

(A) NITI Aayog (B) ISRO (C) BSNL (D) UPSC
93. Highways Ministry recently extended the validity of vehicle Documents up to_______.
(A) March 1, 2021 (B) March 31, 2021 (C) April 1, 2021 (D) April 30, 2021
94. What is the name of the application launched by Ministry of earth science for Ocean Data
Management?
(A) Digital Ocean (B) Ocean Digital (C) Ocean Data (D) Data Ocean
95. Dulango coal mine, recently seen in news which is located in _________.
(A) West Bengal (B) Jharkhand (C) Odisha (D) Telangana
96. The Indian Railways Operated Mission Sheeghra in ____________.

(A) Rajasthan (B) Haryana (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh
97. “Freight Business Development Portal’ was launched by the Ministry of _________.
(A) Finance (B) Home (C) Railways (D) MSME
98. According to recent “States of Leopard in India-2018” which state has the highest number of
leopards??
(A) Kerala (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamilnadu (D) Madhya Pradesh
99. India’s First Driver less metro train operated in _________.

(A) Mumbai (B) Bengaluru (C) Kolkata (D) New Delhi
100. Asian Waterbird census-2021 is to be conducted in which state?

(A) Kerala (B) Tamilnadu (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Gujarat
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PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Which state’s Forest Department conducted (A) Jharkhand (B) Karnataka
a water birds census for the first time in (C) Odisha (D) Rajasthan
January-February 2021?
10. The National Horticulture Fair 2021 has
(A) West Bengal (B) Maharashtra
been organised in which city?
(C) Assam (D) Tripura
(A) Mumbai (B) Bengaluru
2. Which city is hosting the Aero India (C) Chennai (D) New Delhi
International air show?
11. Who is the author of the book titled
(A) Pune (B) Bengaluru
(C) Delhi (D) Hyderabad ”Parliamentary Messenger in Rajasthan”?
(A) K N Bhandari (B) M V Naidu
3. Which state has unveiled as system of (C) Chinmay Tumbe (D) Suman Dubey
issuing a unique 16-digit Unicode to mark
all kinds of landholdings in the state? 12. Where is the World’s tallest swing ride
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Kerala Bollywood Skyflyer located?
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Haryana (A) Mumbai (B) London
(C) Paris (D) Dubai
4. Which state was launched Kudi Maramathu
Scheme? 13. What is India’s rank in the Innovation Index
(A) Kerala (B) Andhra Pradesh 2021 released by Bloomberg?
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Goa (A) 40 (B) 48
5. When was C-DAC (Centre for Development (C) 50 (D) 60
of Advanced Computing) created? 14. Who is the author of the book titled
(A) 1988 (B) 1977 ‘BY MANY A HAPPY ACCIDENT:
(C) 1989 (D) 1978 Recollections of a Life’?
6. Which state has the third highest number of (A) M Hamid Ansari
cybercrimes? (B) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(A) Karnataka (B) Tamil Nadu (C) M Venkaiah Naidu
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Maharashtra (D) Krishan Kant
7. Which app had won the Aatma Nirbhar 15. Who has won the prestigious “Wildlife
App Challenge? Photographer of the Year People’s Choice
(A) Koo App (B) CoWIN App Award” for 2021?
(C) Your Quote (D) Chingari (A) Sergey Gorshkov (B) Brent Stirton
(C) Tim Laman (D) Robert Irwin
8. When was the Kudi Maramathu project
launched in Tamil Nadu? 16. Name the author of the book “Platform
(A) 2016 (B) 2017 Scale: For a Post-Pandemic World”?
(C) 2018 (D) 2019 (A) Nandan Nilekani
9. Which state government has resolved to move (B) Sangeet Paul Choudary
Centre for implementation of Swaminathan (C) N. S. Raghavan
Committee recommendations? (D) Romesh Wadhwani
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17. Who sang the song ‘Kavidi Sindhu’? 27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the
(A) Maraimalaiyadigal (B) Ayodhidasar foundation stone of the Grand Anicut Canal
(C) Annamalai Kavirayar System in which state?
(D) Bhavanar (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Kerala
(C) Rajasthan (D) Tamil Nadu
18. The standard ‘Tab’ next to the computer is
provided to Tamil Nadu students. It is to be 28. Who is the recipient of Jeevan Raksha Padak
given to students belonging to which class? Award?
(A) 6th to 10th std (B) 6th to 12th std (A) Abdul Asi (B) Bagathur
(C) 6 to 9 std
th th
(D) 6th to 8th std (C) Nihal Singh (D) Suler
19. Who won the Miss India 2020 award? 29. What is Arjun Mark 1?
(A) Abarshakthi Kurana (B) Manasa (A) Cannon (B) Warship
(C) Manish Bowl (D) Ritish Desh (C) Warplane (D) Gun
Mukh 30. Who is the author of the novel ‘The Terrible,
Horrible, Very Bad Good News’?
20. Vijayanagara has become which state’s 31st
district? (A) Nikita Singh (B) Samhita Arni
(C) Meghna Pant (D) Anita Desai
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Telangana
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Karnataka 31. Mario Draghi was recently sworn-in as
Prime Minister of which country?
21. When is the second unmanned flight of
(A) Vietnam (B) Italy
Gaganyaan is expected to be launched as
announced by the government? (C) France (D) Indonesia
(A) 2024-25 (B) 2021-22 32. India to start the trials of which air-to-air
(C) 2022-23 (D) 2023-24 missile this year?
(A) Astra Missile (B) Trishul Missile
22. Who is the author of the novel “ kotti”
(C) Nag Missile (D) Agni Missile
(A) Aadhavan (B) Pa. Raghavan
(C) Kazhaniyuran (D) Karuthudaiyaan 33. Where is going to be set up the crude oil
refinery located?
23. Who won gold in discus throw at World (A) Mayiladudurai (B) Nagapatna
Para Athletics Championships?
(C) Sivaganga (D) Tutukorin
(A) Devender Kumar (B) Neeraj Yadav
(C) Praveen Kumar (D) Pradeep 34. When was the CM’s Girl child protection
scheme launched?
24. Where is the headquarters of the World (A) 1992 (B) 1994
Trade Organization located? (C) 1996 (D) 1999
(A) Paris (B) Geneva
35. Which state recently become India’s first
(C) Norway (D) Basel
e-state status?
25. Which airport has won the ‘Voice of the (A) Uttarkhand (B) Uttar Pradesh
Customer’ award? (C) Haryana
(A) Chennai (B) Mumbai (D) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Kanpur (D) Bangalore
36. Who has been elected as the new Director-
26. The memoir titled ‘Unfinished’ is written by General of the International Solar Alliance?
which Indian celebrity? (A) Dr. Ajay Mathur
(A) Anuskha Sharma (B) Priyanka Chopra (B) Upendra Tripathy (C) Arun Kumar
(C) Kareena Kapoor (D) Shilpa Shetty (D) Madhur Dipankar
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37. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation 46. Which state has got 100% drinking water
of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial in which pipe connection?
state? (A) Karnataka (B) Goa
(A) Maharashtra (B) Madhya Pradesh (C) Kerala (D) Tamil Nadu
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Bihar 47. Which year did Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act come into force?
38. Which corporation has won the Clean City
(A) 2016 (B) 2017
Award for 5 times?
(C) 2018 (D) 2019
(A) Trichy (B) Chennai
(C) Madurai (D) Coimbatore 48. The sustainable electric two-wheeler,
named ‘PiMo’ has been developed by which
39. When was the SIPCOT launched? institution?
(A) 1969 (B) 1971 (A) IIT Madras (B) IIT Delhi
(C) 1982 (D) 1991 (C) IIT Kanpur (D) IIT Kharagpur
40. The Government of Tamil Nadu has 49. Which country is not a part of Quad?
received 143 awards from the Central (A) USA (B) China
Government in the last 10 years. Which of (C) India (D) Australia
the following awards has been received 50. Who is also known as the Thinker Specialist
only by the Home Department? (Sinthanai Sirpi)?
(A) 136 (B) 115 (A) Maraimalai aadigal (B) Bhavanar
(C) 122 (D) 106 (C) M. Singaravelar (D) Periyaar
41. Who is the Vice Chancellor of Universities? 51. What is Sandes?
(A) President (B) Vice President (A) Software (B) Portal
(C) Prime Minister (D) Governor (C) Vaccine (D) Currency
52. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson
42. Name the online portal launched by the
of the Advisory Committee of the United
Government to provide online civic services Nations Human Rights Council?
to residents of 62 Cantonment Boards
(A) K. Raghunath
(A) e-Basti (B) e-Chhawani (B) Shivshankar Menon
(C) e-Samuh (D) e-Padaav (C) Brajesh Mishra
(D) Ajai Malhotra
43. Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary is in which
state? 53. Which Indian ship is participating in the
(A) Odisha (B) West Bengal Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX 21)
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Kerala and International Defence Exhibition (IDEX
21) in Abu Dhabi?
44. The Galathea National Park is in which of (A) INS Vibhuti (B) INS Veer
the following State/UT? (C) INS Nirghat (D) INS Pralaya
(A) Nagaland 54. In which year was the Soil Health Card
(B) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (SHC) Scheme launched?
(C) Lakshadweep (A) 2014 (B) 2017
(D) Goa (C) 2015 (D) 2016
45. Who has been won the Mitra Shaurya 55. Himalayan Pink salt is extracted from
award? which region?
(A) Kalpana Vasudevan (A) Southern states
(B) Chinny Krishnan (B) Northern states
(C) Sangeerthan (C) North-east states
(D) Giriraj Singh (D) Western states
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56. Who wrote the book titles “Amaippaai 66. In which year did ISRO announce the
Thiralvom”? launch of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft?
(A) Thirumavalavan (B) Natarajan (A) 2022 (B) 2023
(C) Srinivasan (D) Arun (C) 2024 (D) 2025
57. When is the international mother language 67. The foundation stone of the first ever ‘Skill
day observed? University of the Eastern India’ has been
(A) February 20 (B) February 21 laid in which state?
(C) February 23 (D) February 24 (A) Assam (B) West Bengal
58. Where is the largest zoo is going to set up? (C) Jharkhand (D) Sikkim
(A) Maharashtra (B) West Bengal 68. Who won Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2021 in
(C) Gujarat (D) Odisha the ‘Critic’s Best Actor’ category?
59. Which country hosted a workshop on (A) Sushant Singh Rajput
COVID-19 Management: Experience, Good (B) Akshay Kumar
Practices and Way Forward’? (C) Ajay Devgun
(A) India (B) SriLanka (D) Kay Kay Menon
(C) Nepal (D) China 69. Which state has become the first one to table
Which campaign was launched by central a paperless budget?
government to ensure energy security in the (A) Kerala (B) Delhi
country? (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Uttar Pradesh
(A) In Electric (B) Save Energy
70. Where is the Indian Maritime Summit to be
(C) Go Energy (D) Go Electric
held?
60. Which country successfully test fired (A) Bengaluru (B) Chennai
antitank guided missile “Helena” and (C) Kochi (D) Hyderabad
“Dhruvastra” recently?
(A) India (B) Pakistan 71. Who is the recipient of the Best Female
(C) Nepal (D) Japan Athlete Award in Youth Tournament?
61. Where is the Head Quarters of United (A) Priyansi (B) Preeti
Nation Human Rights Council? (C) Sahia (D) Vinka
(A) Vienna (B) Geneva 72. Which state is celebrated the cultural
(C) Rome (D) Paris Kambala festival?
62. The Chitaura Lake is in which of the (A) Telangana (B) Karnataka
following State/UT? (C) Odisha (D) Tamil Nadu
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Odisha
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand 73. The central government aims to eliminate
which disease by 2025?
63. Giant Leatherback turtle nests is located in
(A) Hepatitis (B) Dengue
which state of India?
(C) Malaria (D) Tuberculosis
(A) Goa (B) Odisha
(C) Andaman & Nicobar (D) Gujarat 74. Who becomes youngest woman to row solo
64. Who wrote the book titled “Remaining across Atlantic Ocean?
Stories “? (A) Jasmine Harrison (B) Avani Saturvedi
(A) Ki. Ra (B) Srinivasan (C) Arunima Sinha (D) Juliana Helan
(C) Natarajan (D) Arun
75. When was the Food Security Act launched?
65. When was the Prime Minister’s Agricultural (A) 2004 (B) 2005
Financial Assistance Scheme launched?
(C) 2000 (D) 2013
(A) 2017 (B) 2018
(C) 2019 (D) 2020
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76. On which day is Vijay Divas celebrating (A) Mahendra Nath Pandey
India’s victory in the war? (B) Ram Shankar Katheria
(A) December 10 (B) December 16 (C) Dharmendra Pradhan
(C) January 10 (D) January 16 (D) Vijay Sampla
77. Where will be the 800 MW Thermal Power 86. Which film won ‘Best Film’ at the Dadasaheb
Station to has opened recently? Phalke International Film Festival Awards
(A) Mettur (B) Thuthukudi 2021?
(C) Athipattu (D) Karakudi (A) Chhapaak (B) Laxmii
(C) Dil Bechara (D) Tanhaji
78. Who won the 8th National Senior Table
Tennis Championship in Haryana? 87. The first undersea tunnel of India will be
(A) Sathyan (B) Sarathkamal built in which city?
(C) Pankaj kumar (D) Raveendran (A) Bengaluru (B) Mumbai
(C) Kochi (D) Hyderabad
79. Union Environment Minister Prakash
Javadekar used which language for the first 88. National Schedule caste commission has
time at UNSC debate on climate change? been set up under which Article?
(A) Sanskrit (B) Urdu (A) 333% (B) 338A
(C) Hindi (D) Bhojpuri (C) 335 (D) 334A
80. The world’s first human case of H5N8 virus 89. Where will be the Food park opened in
has been reported by which nation? Tamil Nadu?
(A) France (B) Ireland (A) Udumalapet (B) Thalaivasal
(C) Russia (D) Germany (C) Karumamdurai (D) Gangaikondan
81. Who has written the book titled “Agriculture 90. Indian social activist Anjali Bhardwaj was
Acts 2020”? honoured with an anti-corruption award by
(A) A.K. Rajan (B) T.S. Sarthi which nation?
(C) Umesh Rai (D) Vipin Awasthi (A) USA (B) UK
(C) France (D) Canada
82. Where the Third World Thirukkural
Conference to be held? 91. The book titled ‘Stories I Must Tell: The
(A) Tanjore (B) Tiruvarur Emotional Journey of an Actor’ is a memoir
(C) Madurai (D) Kumbakonam of which actor?
(A) Kabir Bedi (B) Shatrughan
83. Who has recently been appointed as
Sinha (C) Amitabh
the Chairman of Export Development
Bachchan (D) Dilip Kumar
Authority of India?
(A) Dr. A. Sakthivel (B) K. Gunasekaran 92. Who presided over the first convention of
(C) Sunil Agarwal (D) Suresh the Communist Party of India?
Chandran (A) S. Singaravelan (B) Thiru.Vi.Ka
(C) Pandiyan (D) Jeevanandham
84. Which country was the largest trading
partner of India in the year 2020? 93. Where did the Southern Regional Branch of
(A) Japan (B) UAE the Trade Competition Authority of India
(C) United States (D) China start?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Chennai
85. Who has been appointed as the new
(C) Kochin (D) Bengaluru
Chairman of National Commission for
Scheduled Castes (NCSC)?
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94. Where is Dr. J. Jayalalithaa University (A) Mars (B) Venus

started? (C) Jupiter (D) Saturn
(A) Viluppuram (B) Karur 98. Which bank in India has recently tied
(C) Thoothukudi (D) Kanyakumari with JPMorgan to go live on the blockchain
95. Which is one of the oldest dams in India? technology “Liink” of the US-based bank?
(A) Kallanai Dam (B) Azhiyar Dam (A) ICICI Bank
(C) Manimuthar Dam (D) Mettur Dam (B) State Bank of India
(C) Punjab National Bank
96. Who receive global energy and environment
(D) HDFC Bank
leadership award?
(A) Prime Minister Modi 99. Which day is observed as the National
(B) Lakshmi Agarwal Science Day in India?
(C) Kailash Sathyarthi (A) 28 February (B) 25 February
(D) Metha Patcha (C) 26 February (D) 27 February
97. Which planet may have lost its atmosphere

due to solar wind?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A B C C A B A B C B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A D C A D B C D B D
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C D A B D B D C A C
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
B A B A D A C A B C
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
D B A B A B A A B C
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
B D D C B A B C A D
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
A B A C A C A A A D
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
B D B D A D B C A A
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
C A A A D D D B B D
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
A A A B A D A A B A
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PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Who is the author of the book titled “The 8. Which state is planning to set up a flower
Lost Soul”? processing center?
(A) Olga Tokarczuk (A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Louise Glück (B) Kerala
(C) Peter Handke (C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Czesław Miłosz (D) Karnataka
2. In which language did Ayush Kumar 9. The Saras Aajeevika Mela 2021 has been
write the children’s Ramayana titled ‘Plaka organised in which city?
Ramayana’? (A) Pune (B) Hyderabad
(A) Bengali (B) Tamil (C) Noida (D) Chennai
(C) Gujarati (D) Odia
10. Which state government has enacted a law
3. When is the International Day of Forests giving life imprisonment to food addicts?
celebrated? (A) Karnataka (B) Odisha
(A) March 20 (B) March 21 (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Madhya Pradesh
(C) March 18 (D) March 19
11. When is World Hearing Day observed?
4. The portrait of Prime Minister Modi has (A) 03 March (B) 02 March
been engraved as ISRO recently launched (C) 04 March (D) 05 March
satellites with the PSLV C-51 rocket. The
image is engraved on which satellite? 12. Which state was planning to build a road
with plastic waste?
(A) Sindh Netra
(B) Sathish Dawan Sat (A) Manipur (B) Tripura
(C) Unity Sat (C) Assam (D) Bihar
(D) Amazonia- 1 13. Desert Flag VI Airforce Exercise 2021 is
5. Which country is the partner country for the organised by which country?
Maritime India Summit-2021? (A) UAE (B) Qatar
(A) Switzerland (B) Portugal (C) America (D) Israel
(C) Namibia (D) Denmark 14. Similipal Biosphere Reserve located in lies
6. Which was the first country to vaccinate in which state
under the COVAX scheme? (A) Chattisgarh (B) Odisha
(A) Sudan (B) Ethiopia (C) Jharkhand (D) Bihar
(C) Ghana (D) Egypt 15. Who won the men’s singles title at the
7. Which country pays for the satellite Australian Open 2021?
Arktika-M? (A) Daniel Medvadev
(A) China (B) Russia (B) Novak Jokovich
(C) Japan (D) France (C) Roger Federer
(D) Rafel Nadal
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16. How many seats were there in the 25. When was the judgment of Indira Swahani
state assembly before the Delimitation in the case of reservation come into force?
Commission of Jammu and Kashmir? (A) 1990 (B) 1991
(A) 80 (B) 85 (C) 1992 (D) 1993
(C) 87 (D) 90
26. Which Indian wrestler has become world
17. Tianwen- 1 Satelite belongs to which no.1 in 65 kg category?
country? (A) Sakshi Malik (B) Bajrang Punia
(A) Japan (B) South Korea (C) Vinesh Phogat (D) Sushil Kumar
(C) France (D) China
27. Which state’s governor has approved a bill
18. When was the Confederation of Indian to reserve 75% of private-sector jobs for
Industry formed? locals?
(A) 1895 (B) 1905 (A) Gujarat (B) Punjab
(C) 1915 (D) 1925 (C) Rajasthan (D) Haryana
19. Which country enacted the world’s first 28. When was the Pradhan Mantri Bhartya Jan
Miscarriages Bereavement Leave Law? Aushadi Pari Yojana Scheme launched?
(A) India (B) New Zealand (A) 2008 (B) 2010
(C) Sweden (D) Australia (C) 2012 (D) 2015
20. Electoral bonds are sold by which of the 29. GISAT satellite is launched by which of the
following organization? following rocket?
(A) RBI (A) GSLV-F10 (B) GSLV-F51
(B) SBI (C) PSLV-F10 (D) PSLV-C51
(C) Election Commission 30. Brahmaputra river originates from which
(D) Union Home ministry mountain range?
21. When was The Protection of Children from (A) Kailash (B) Karakoram
Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act enacted? (C) Kanjanjunga (D) Nanda parbat
(A) 2006 (B) 2009 31. According to Moody’s, what percentage of
(C) 2012 (D) 2014 India’s economy will grow in 2021?
22. In which area is the India-US Joint Naval (A) 8% (B) 7%
Exercise Passex held? (C) 12% (D) 13%
(A) Pacific Ocean (B) Indian Ocean 32. When is the International Happiness day
(C) Atlantic Ocean (D) Mediterranean observed?
23. Where is pang dam lake wildlife sanctuary (A) March 19 (B) March 20
located? (C) March 21 (D) March 22
(A) Uttar Pradesh 33. Which state was declared as a model state
(B) Assam for Van Dhan Vikas Yojana?
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(A) Assam (B) Gujarat
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Manipur
24. The ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built on which of
34. When was India’s first interstate tiger
the following river?
migration project launched?
(A) Sankosh River (B) Feni River
(A) 2020 (B) 2019
(C) Manas River (D) Kameng River
(C) 2018 (D) 2017
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35. Where is the Kalathea Marine Bioshpere 44. Which country is launching first project to
Reserve located? map genomes in Indian Ocean?
(A) West Bengal (A) India (B) China
(B) Gulf of Mannar (C) Indonesia (D) Sri Lanka
(C) Andaman & Nocobar 45. When is the World Tuberculosis day
(D) Lakshadweep observed?
36. When was the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima (A) March 22 (B) March 23
Yojana (PMFBY) launched? (C) March 24 (D) March 25
(A) 2016 (B) 2017 46. Which city ranks first in the list of most
(C) 2018 (D) 2019 polluted cities in the world in IQ air index?
37. When was the legal recognition of SEBI (A) Xinjiang (B) New Delhi
granted by Parliament? (C) Mumbai (D) Pune
(A) 1988 (B) 1990 47. In which state was the first Integrated
(C) 1992 (D) 1993 Government Ambulance Service for
38. When was World Wildlife Fund for Nature livestock launched?
established? (A) Maharashtra
(A) 1960 (B) 1961 (B) Rajasthan
(C) 1962 (D) 1963 (C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Andhra Pradesh
39. The 3rd passenger train between India
and Bangladesh is scheduled to start from 48. In March 2021, under Operation Sankalp,
Dhaka to where? Indian Navy undertook Passage Exercise
(A) Kolkata (B) Darjiling (PASSEX) with which country’s navy?
(C) Duragpur (D) New Jalpaiguri (A) Bahrain (B) Norway
(C) Palau (D) Oslo
40. The Shigmo Festival is celebrated in which
of the following State? 49. When was signed the water treaty
(A) Goa (B) Kerala agreement between India - Pakistan?
(C) Odisha (D) Haryana (A) 1954 (B) 1960
(C) 1962 (D) 1964
41. Where is the headquarters of the United
Nations Commission on Human Rights 50. Which team has won the champion at the
located? Vijay Hazare Trophy?
(A) Rome (B) Vienna (A) Mumbai (B) Chennai
(C) Geneva (D) France (C) Delhi (D) Uttar Pradesh
42. In the recent news, The Karon groups 51. Which of the following beneficiaries is
belongs to which country? targeted by the Saral pension scheme?
(A) Myanmar (B) Thailand (A) Private company employees
(C) Bangladesh (D) India (B) Unorganized workers
43. Which state has launched ‘Kalanamak Rice (C) The elderly and widows
Festival’? (D) For the unsupported
(A) Madhya Pradesh 52. Which country is the largest crude oil
(B) Uttar Pradesh supplier to India?
(C) Andhra Pradesh (A) United States (B) UAE
(D) Uttarakhand (C) Iraq (D) Nigeria
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53. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on 61. How many are the permanent and non-
which day of the year? permanent member states of the United
(A) March 14 (B) March 15 Nations Security Council?
(C) March 13 (D) March 12 (A) 13 (B) 15
(C) 18 (D) 20
54. The world’s tallest railway bridge is being
built over which of the following rivers? 62. What is the name of the world’s most
(A) Ravi (B) Chenab powerful supercomputer, which has been
(C) Satlaj (D) Bias developed by Japan and made operational
recently?
55. Which is the largest freshwater lake in
(A) Akane (B) Volcano
India?
(C) Fugaku (D) Pangea
(A) Whular Lake
(B) Dal lake 63. Manpreet Vohra has been given the role of
(C) Vembanadu lake India’s Ambassador to which country?
(D) Pulikat lake (A) New Zealand (B) Australia
(C) Japan (D) Finland
56. Where is the Kaziranga national park
located? 64. The world’s first mobile water from air
(A) Tripura (B) Assam kiosk and water knowledge centre has
recently been unveiled in which city?
(C) Meghalaya (D) Nagaland
(A) Bengaluru
57. Which is the first state in India to adopt (B) Hyderabad
Ethanol Production Promotion Policy, 2021?
(C) Visakhapatnam
(A) Delhi (B) Bihar (D) Chennai
(C) Maharashtra (D) Rajasthan
65. Which country will host the Asian Boxing
58. Who has been appointed as the India’s 4th Championships 2021?
new Chief Statistician of India?
(A) India (B) Thailand
(A) G.P. Samanta (C) South Korea (D) Indonesia
(B) Rathina Kumar
(C) Anurah Kasyap 66. Which day of the year is celebrated as the
International Day of Mathematics (IDM)
(D) Vinod kumar Sinha
globally?
59. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (A) March 11 (B) March 12
won the King Bhumibol World Soil Day (C) March 13 (D) March 14
Award, it is conferred by which of the
following institution? 67. International Women’s Day was recognized
(A) Food and Agriculture Organization by the United Nations in which of the
following year?
(B) World Food Programme
(C) International Union of Soil Sciences (A) 1972 (B) 1975
(D) International Union of Geological (C) 1945 (D) 1950
Sciences 68. Who has been appointed as the CEO of the
60. India’s first centralised air-conditioned Unique Identification Authority of India?
(AC) railway terminal ‘Sir M Visvesvaraya (A) Saurbah Garg
Terminal’ has been setup in which city? (B) S.P. Saravanan
(A) Bengaluru (B) Mumbai (C) Madanlal Rathore
(C) Chennai (D) Kolkata (D) Faiz Ahmed Kidwai
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69. How many institutes across India are 78. In which part of the country was the warship
currently accorded the status of National named L-58 dedicated?
Importance Institute? (A) Vishakhapatnam
(A) 120 (B) 130 (B) Kochi
(C) 145 (D) 150 (C) Andaman
70. Where is the headquarters of the (D) Kolkata
International Renewable Energy Agency 79. When was the Nirbhaya Fund scheme
located? launched?
(A) Abu Dhabi (B) Vienna (A) 2012 (B) 2013
(C) Switzerland (D) USA (C) 2014 (D) 2015
71. What is the theme of the Earth Hour 2021? 80. Who has been inaugurated the 4th
(A) Climate change to save earth International Ayurveda Festival?
(B) Climate Change (A) Prime Minister
(C) Save Earth (B) President
(D) Save Climate Change (C) External Minister
72. What is the Integrated Emergency Number (D) Vice President
for Women? 81. Which municipality has topped the
(A) 108 (B) 112 Municipal Performance Index (MPI) 2020 in
(C) 182 (D) 190 Million plus population category?
73. Who’s name is going to be named to the (A) Ahmedabad (B) Indore
bacteria found in the International Space (C) Surat (D) Pune
Station? 82. The Reikijan Peninsula, which has been in
(A) Abdul Kalam (B) K.Sivan the news recently, is in which country?
(C) K.N.Namboodri (D) Syed Ajmal Khan (A) Finland (B) England
74. The recently launched “Vajra“ ship belongs (C) Iceland (D) Greenland
to which of the following types? 83. Who won the women’s singles titles in
(A) Submarine Badminton at the 2021 Uganda International
(B) Aircraft Carrier in Kampala?
(C) Coast Patrol Vessel (A) Ashmita Chaliha (B) Malvika Bansod
(D) Nuclear Submarine (C) Rituparna Das (D) Mugdha Agrey
75. When was the National Fisheries 84. Which of the following countries is not
Development Board formed? a member of the Organization of the
(A) 2005 (B) 2006 Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
(C) 2008 (D) 2010 1. Iran 2. Iraq
3. Saudi Arabia 4. India
76. The World’s first exclusive Ship Tunnel is
slated to be constructed in which country? (A) 1 only (B) 1, 4 only
(C) 4 only (D) 1, 2 only
(A) Germany (B) Singapore
(C) Finland (D) Norway 85. Which of the following countries was
recently joined with QUAD Countries
77. Where is the headquarters of the Food Organizations?
Corporation of India located?
(A) Japan (B) Australia
(A) Chennai (B) New Delhi
(C) America (D) India
(C) Hyderabad (D) Kolkata
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86. Which company has given the International 93. Where was held the 17th National level
Energy Environment Leadership Award to Silambam Championship?
Prime Minister Modi? (A)Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
(A) UN (C) Karnataka (D) Assam
(B) Cambridge Energy Research Associates
94. How many primary health centers in India
(C) International Solar Alliance were about to bring under the AYUSHMAN
(D) Oxford University BHARAT scheme with in 2022?
87. When is the national Ordnance Factory Day (A) 10000 (B) 1,25,000
observed? (C) 1,50,000 (D) 200000
(A) March 17 (B) March 18 95. Who has become the first Indian woman
(C) March 19 (D) March 20 cricketer to score 10,000 international runs
88. Where was the first ever White-Water across all formats?
Rafting Festival being organized? (A) Mithali Raj
(A) Bihar (B) Harmanpreet Kaur
(B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Smriti Mandhana
(C) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Veda Krishnamurthy
(D) Uttarakhand 96. Which state government has planned to
89. Which state has launched the SAAMAR launch Arjuna Sahayak Irrigation Project?
Campaign to tackle malnutrition in the (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Gujarat
state? (C) Rajasthan (D) Uttar Pradesh
(A) Rajasthan 97. Which of the following app was launched
(B) Kerala to implement One Nation and One Ration
(C) Jharkhand card scheme?
(D) West Bengal (A) Mera Ration (B) Peoples Ration
90. The Toda tribe belongs to which of the (C) Ration Oxes (D) Ration on door
following State/UT?
98. What is the new Railway Helpline Number?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(A) 110 (B) 123
(B) Ladakh
(C) 139 (D) 140
(C) Odisha
(D) Arunachal Pradesh 99. Which nation has launched its military
exercise in space?
91. Which of the following organization has
(A) US (B) France
published the Food Waste Index 2021?
(C) Russia (D) China
(A) World Food Programme
(B) World Health Organization 100. India’s largest solar floating park has
(C) United Nations Environment been launched in Telangana. What is the
production capacity?
Programme
(D) Food & Agriculture Organization (A) 100 MW (B) 200 MW
(C) 217 MW (D) 447 MW
92. Which of the following Related to Amrut
Mahotsav?
(A) Tourism Development festival
(B) Cultural Festival
(C) 75th Independence Day
(D) Tribes Festival
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A D B D D C B D C D
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A B A B B C D A A B
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C B C B C B D A A A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
C B D A C A C A D A
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
C A B A C A D A B A
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
A C B B A B B A A A
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
B C B C A D B A B A
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
A B D C B D B C B A
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
B C B C B B B C C A
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
C C A C A D A C B A
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Act.
Competitive Exams.
Director,
PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. What was the profession of Anil Dharker 9. Utkala Dibasa is celebrated as the state
who has passed away recently? formation day of which state?
(A) Economist (B) Filmmaker (A) Maharashtra (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Journalist (D) Sportsperson (C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Odisha
2. The ‘Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii 10. Noted Marathi writer Dr Sharankumar
Sadasivan’ has been in news recently, it is a Limbale will receive Saraswati Samman,
species of which of the following? 2020 for his which book?
(A) Butterfly (B) Snake (A) Sanatan (B) Bahujan
(C) Tree spider crab (D) Shrub frog (C) The outcaste (D) Akkarmashi
3. India has conducted Vajra Praha is the best 11. The International Theatre Institute (ITI),
military exercise with which country? the world’s largest performing arts
(A) Russia (B) USA organization, is headquartered in which
(C) Israel (D) Singapore city?
(A) Rome (B) Paris
4. Which writer has been selected for the
(C) Geneva (D) Moscow
Saraswati samman 2020?
(A) Dr. Saran Kumar Lambale 12. Rabha tribes recently seen in news they are
(B) Sasi tharur belongs to which state?
(C) Indira Nooyi (A) Nagaland (B) Tripura
(D) Kabil Sibal (C) Meghalaya (D) Assam
5. Who has been honoured with the 51st 13. Who has been honoured with 2021 Sportstar
Dadasaheb Phalke Award? Aces Lifetime Achievement Award?
(A) Irfan Khan (B) Rishi Kapoor (A) Ganguli (B) Tendulkar
(C) Rajnikanth (D) Salman Khan (C) Shewag (D) Harbajan Singh
6. Which nation has registered the world’s 14. South Central Railway Commissioned
first COVID-19 vaccine for animals? Electrification of how much kms of track in
(A) US (B) Russia 2020-2021?
(C) China (D) UK (A) 680 kms (B) 860 kms
(C) 750 kms (D) 800 kms
7. What is the Rank of India in the WEF’s
Gender Gap Index 2021? 15. The 2023 Men’s Boxing World
(A) 131 (B) 137 Championship to be held in which city?
(C) 140 (D) 145 (A) Beijing (B) Kathmandu
(C) Tashkent (D) NewDelhi
8. Which country is hosting the 5th Conference
of the Federation of BIMSTEC Countries? 16. Who is the author of the book ‘Manohar
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Bangladesh Parrikar: Brilliant Mind, Simple Life’?
(C) Nepal (D) India (A) Nitin Gokhale (B) Shiv Aroor
(C) Shailendra Joshi (D) R.N. Kao
II | Current Affairs, April - 2021
17. Nobel Laureate Isamu Akasaki of Japan has 26. C-vigil has been introduced to report
passed away recently. He won the Nobel complaints of which sector?
Prize in which field? (A) Income tax
(A) Medicine (B) Economics (B) Election Commission
(C) Chemistry (D) Physics (C) Bond registration
18. A 25-year “strategic cooperation agreement” (D) Department of Transportation
has been signed between China and which 27. The world’s tallest railway bridge is being
country? built over which river in Jammu and
(A) India (B) Australia Kashmir?
(C) America (D) Iran (A) Chenab (B) Ravi
19. Indian Air Force has received how many (C) Bias (D) Satlaj
Rafales from France so far? 28. What is the Theme of the World Health day
(A) 12 (B) 13 2021?
(C) 14 (D) 15 (A) away from COVID-19
20. The central government has decided to (B) Building a fairer, healthier world for
retain what percent of inflation target for everyone
2021-2026? (C) Vaccine for all
(A) 2.5% (B) 3% (D) Immediate concern on world
(C) 2% (D) 4% population
21. Who is the current India Chief Election 29. N.V Ramana is appointed as _______th
Commissioner? chief justice of India?
(A) Sathya Prabha Sahoo (A) 40 (B) 42
(B) Sunil Arora (C) 44 (D) 48
(C) Sakthikatha Das (D) Naresh Gupta 30. Recently Bhagwati Singh passed away. She
22. Which state has become the first one to give was related to the which field?
health insurance scheme to all its residents? (A) Politics (B) Author
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Telangana (C) Sports (D) Actress
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Rajasthan 31. Who was appointed as new director general
23. Which nation has registered the world’s of National Council of Applied Economic
first-ever COVID-19 vaccine for animals? Research?
(A) US (B) China (A) Anish Khare (B) Poonam Gupta
(C) Russia (D) India (C) Malvika Bansod
(D) Pratyush Shukla
24. Which railway zone has become India’s first
electrified railway zone in the country? 32. Who is the Vice Chancellor of Gandhigram
Rural University?
(A) Northern Zone
(B) West Central Zone (A) S. Madheeswaran
(C) South Central Zone (B) Narayana Guru
(D) East Central Zone (C) Karna Kumar singh
(D) Chandra Rajan
25. India’s biggest floating solar plant with
100MW power generation capacity will be 33. Where was the first session of the National
set up in which state? Green Tribunal held?
(A) Telangana (B) Uttar Pradesh (A) Chennai (B) New Delhi
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Karnataka (C) Kolkata (D) Bhopal
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS | III
34. Who is the author of book My Mother My 43. Lost Golden City has been discovered in
Hero? which nation?
(A) Achyuta Sananta (A) Greece (B) Rome
(B) Biswa Bhushan (C) Spain (D) Egypt
(C) PN Murthy 44. In which year was the target set for the
(D) R Gopalakrishnan implementation of the Indias Gaganyaan
35. When was World Bank founded? Mission?
(A) 1940 (B) 1942 (A) 2022 (B) 2024
(C) 1944 (D) 1946 (C) 2025 (D) 2026
36. Which of these Sikh gurus compiled the 45. How many Election Commissioners work
holy book Adikrantha of Sikhism? with a Chief Election Commissioner in the
(A) Hak Kovind (B) Arjun Election Commission of India?
(C) Ramdas (A) 2 (B) 3
(D) Guru Govind Singh (C) 4 (D) 5
37. In which category is the ‘Double Mutant’ 46. Which country has topped the Inclusive
corona classified? Internet Index 2021?
(A) B.1.617 (B) B.2.617 (A) Australia (B) Sweden
(C) B.3.617 (C) Norway (D) China
(D) B.1.618 47. India has signed an agreement with which
38. Who among the following has been selected country for cooperation in India’s first
for the Chhattisgarh Veerni Award? human space mission, Gaganyaan?
(A) Hima Das (B) Dutee Chand (A) Russia (B) Israel
(C) Saina Nehwal (D) Mary Kom (C) United States (D) France
39. Who is the longest serving royal consort in 48. What is the name of 40th Antarctic Scientists
the English royal family? Research Committee?
(A) Philip (B) Edward (A) Viveganandar (B) Bharathi
(C) Johnson (D) John Louy (C) V.O.C Chitharambaram
(D) Rabin Hit
40. Who wrote the book titled “Odisha Itihas”?
49. Recently the central government cleared
(A) Utkal Kesari
`110 cr ROPAX Jetty Project on Dhamra
(B) Dharmendra Pradhan
river in which state?
(C) Barthru Hari
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Mahadap
(B) TamilNadu
41. When is the world homeopathy day (C) Odisha
observed? (D) Assam
(A) April 9 (B) April 10
50. When was the National Fire and Rescue
(C) April 11 (D) April 12
Force day observed?
42. Which of the following institution has (A) April 16 (B) April 17
published the Global Wind Report, 2021? (C) April 18 (D) April 19
(A) International Energy Agency
51. What is the name of the India satellite for
(B) Global Wind Energy Council
studying the Sun?
(C) International Renewable Energy Agency
(A) Aditya (B) Aditya L1
(D) International Energy Forum
(C) Verdamis (D) Aditya C1
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52. Which Indian state has attracted the most

investments during the period 2020- 21
61. Which is the second largest land animal in
during the curfew? the world?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Tamil Nadu (A) Horse (B) Elephant
(C) Gujarat (D) Uttar Pradesh (C) Hippopotamus
53. Where is the Thwaites Glacier located? (D) None of the above
(A) Antarctica (B) Greenland 62. Which Country has ranked first in Henley
(C) Norway (D) Finland Passport Index?
54. Which of the following renewable energy (A) Australia (B) Japan
sources is targeted to generate Giga watts of (C) Japan (D) Singapore
electricity within 2030 India? 63. When is the National Civil Services Day
(A) 175 GW (B) 250 GW observed?
(C) 400 GW (D) 450GW (A) April 20 (B) April 21
(C) April 22 (D) April 23
55. In which state has hoop plate bats been
found recently? 64. Which space agency has made history with
(A) Nagaland (B) Meghalaya successful flight on Planet Mars?
(C) Sikkim (D) Assam (A) NASA (B) ISRO
(C) JAXA (D) ESA
56. What is the long period average of monsoon
rainfall in India as per IMD? 65. Recently which former RBI governor passed
(A) 88 cm (B) 96 cm away in Hyderabad due to Covid 19?
(C) 102 cm (D) 86 cm (A) Rakesh Sharma
(B) C Rangarajan
57. Hot Springs and Gogra post have been in (C) Viral Achrya
news recently, where are they located? (D) M Narasimhan
(A) Ladakh (B) Jammu Kashmir
66. According to the report of Care Ratings 2021,
(C) Sikkim
what will be the Percentage of Economic
(D) Arunachal Pradesh Growth in India in 2022?
58. Who has been appointed as the Cuba’s new (A) 10.5% (B) 10.2%
leader? (C) 11.5% (D) 11.2%
(A) Miguel Diaz Canel 67. Who became the country’s 68th
(B) Raul castro Grandmaster?
(C) Fidel Constantin (A) Arjun Kalyan (B) Ranveer Karan
(D) Robert Castro (C) Kumar Sen
59. Who has been appointed as the SIDBI (D) Soundhar Kumar
chairman and Managing director? 68. When is Earth day observed?
(A) Rajan sen (B) Navneeth kumar (A) April 21st (B) April 22nd
(C) Siva subramaniyam (C) April 23rd
(D) April 25th
(D) Raman singh
69. Who has been appointed as the chairperson
60. Ravi Kumar Dahiya has won gold for India of the Nasscom?
in which sports event? (A) Navdeep singh (B) Rogan sen
(A) Boxing (B) Weightlifting (C) Rekha M.Menon
(C) Shooting (D) Wrestling (D) Anysiya Menon
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70. Which of the following Articles provided 79. Tennager Arjun Kalyan became India’s
the Comptroller and Auditor mentioned in 68thChess Grandmaster. He hails from
the Constitution of India? which state?
(A) 148 (B) 147 (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
(C) 146 (D) 145 (C) Karnataka (D) Telangana
71. Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary is situated 80. Which state released the first instalment of
in which state? fee reimbursement under Jagananna Vidya
(A) Uttar Pradesh Deevena scheme?
(B) Uttarakhand (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Telangana
(C) Meghalaya (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Haryana
(D) Madhya Pradesh 81. When was Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana
72. Which private company has recently sent launched?
humans to the International Space Station? (A) 2010 (B) 2015
(A) Space x (B) Sputnik (C) 2013 (D) 2017
(C) JAXA (D) ISRO 82. Annapurna Mountain is located in which
73. According to the State Bank of India, What country?
is India’s economic growth forecast for the (A) India (B) Nepal
fiscal year 2022? (C) Bangladesh (D) China
(A) 11% (B) 11.5% 83. In which country is the Chernobyl nuclear
(C) 10% (D) 10.4% reactor currently located?
74. 7th Phase Keezhadi excavations are being (A) USA (B) England
carried out in which of the following (C) Germany (D) Ukraine
districts ?
84. When is the World Intellectual Property
(A) Madurai (B) Theni Day observed?
(C) Sivagangai (D) Dindigul
(A) April 25 (B) April 26
75. Who is the author of the e-book ‘Climate (C) April 27 (D) April 28
Change Explained – for one and all’?
85. What is the Purpose of the SWAMITVA
(A) Sumaira Abdulali Scheme?
(B) Aakash Ranison
(A) India’s Mountains Map
(C) Disha Ravi
(B) India’s Forest Map
(D) Kailash Satyarthi
(C) India’s Villages Map
76. In which country,the World Youth Boxing (D) India’s Rivers Map
Championship 2021 was held?
86. Who is known as the reformer of Indian
(A) Thailand (B) Poland banks?
(C) Vietnam (D) India
(A) Rangarajan (B) M. Narasimman
77. From which planet has NASA recently (C) Raguram Rajan
separated O2 from CO2? (D) Manmohan Singh
(A) Mars (B) Moon
87. What is the name of China’s first Mars
(C) Mercury (D) Jupiter Rover?
78. How many members are in the Reserve (A) Shiang (B) Zhurong
Bank of India in Monetary policy council? (C) Zhing (D) Huo Xing
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 7
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88. Project DANTAK was established between 95. Who has been appointed as the first women
India and which of the following countries? officer commanding in Border Roads
(A) Bangladesh (B) Bhutan Organisation?
(C) Denmark (D) Afghanistan (A) Vaishali S Hiwase
(B) Sayanthani Siwali
89. Recently which famous nuclear scientist
passed away who played noteworthy role (C) Neha Gorpade
in 1998 nuclear tests at Pokhran? (D) Sakshi Singh
(A) LV Prabhakar 96. Which state government has won the
(B) VN Narayana “E-Panchayat Puraskar 2021?
(C) R Krishnamurthy (A) Assam (B) Bihar
(D) K Santhanam (C) Haryana (D) Uttar Pradesh
90. Which country has the Largest spending 97. Tianhe Space Station belongs to which
military base in the world? counties?
(A) India (B) USA (A) Russia (B) France
(C) China (D) Russia (C) China (D) Japan
91. Which country hoped to launch its own 98. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award for
orbital station in 2025? his play Pisiranthaiyarr in 1970?
(A) UK (B) Russia (A) Jayakanthan (B) Bharathidasan
(C) France (D) China (C) Kannadasan
92. Name the author of the novel “Where (D) Pattukottai Kalyanasudaranaar
abouts”? 99. Which country has launched a robot
(A) Jhumpa Lahiri (B) Ruskin Bond prototype named as ‘NEO-01’ to clear space
(C) Salman Rushdie (D) Amitav Ghosh debris?
(A) Russia (B) China
93. When was the moon Apollo 11 mission
launched into space by NASA? (C) United States (D) Israel
(A) 1959 (B) 1969 100. Kri nangala ship recently seen in news
(C) 1979 (D) 1989 which is belongs to which of the following
country?
94. Famous writer Monoj Das hails from which
(A) Thailand (B) Myanmar
state?
(C) Indonesia (D) Laos
(A) Assam (B) Odisha
(C) Jharkhand (D) Uttar Pradesh
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C A B A C B C A D A
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B D B C C A D D C D
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B D C B A B A B D A
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B A B A C BA A A A A
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B B D A A B D B C B
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B A A D B A A A C D
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C B B A D B A B C A
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C A D C B B A C A A
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Competitive Exams.
Director,
PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. India has permitted which state to fly drones (C) T. Ravishankar
for experimental delivery of COVID-19 (D) V. Narayana Moorthy
vaccines?
9. GST Council established through 101st
(A) Telangana (B) Andhra Pradesh
amendment act was enacted in ___________.
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Gujarat
(A) 2016 (B) 2017
2. Michael Collins, who has passed away (C) 2018 (D) 2019
recently, was a well known to the which of
the following field? 10. Which nation is hosting G7 Foreign
Minister’s Meeting?
(A) Astronaut (B) Politician
(C) Cricket Player (D) Filmmaker (A) India (B) France
(C) UK (D) Canada
3. In which of the following excavations has a
gold ear ornament has been found? 11. When is the World Press Freedom Day
(A) Keeladi (B) Agaram observed?
(C) Manalur (D) Thiruppuvanam (A) May 1 (B) May 2
(C) May 3 (D) May 4
4. Which space agency has recently launched
a new batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites 12. Who is not on the committee nominating
into orbit? the Chairman of the National Human
(A) NASA (B) JAXA Rights Commission?
(C) SpaceX (D) Blue Origin (A) Prime Minister
(B) External Minister
5. Which institute has demonstrated the
conversion of Nitrogen Generator into (C) Chief Justice of India
Oxygen Generator? (D) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(A) IISC Bangalore (B) IIT Bombay 13. In which state does the Rushikulya River,
(C) IIT Madras (D) IIT Guwahati which has been in the news recently, flow?
6. Which country has proposed to introduce (A) Karnataka (B) Odisha
self-driving cars by the end of 2021? (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Bihar
(A) India (B) USA 14. What was the profession of Manas Bihari
(C) UK (D) Japan Verma, who has passed away recently?
7. Which Indian State Government is to launch (A) Geologist
a Cleanliness Drive named ‘CLAP’? (B) Economist
(A) Kerala (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Agricultural scientist
(C) Karnataka (D) Chhattisgarh (D) Aeronautical Scientist
8. Who among the following was appointed as 15. Where is the first green solar power plant
Deputy Governor of RBI records? installed by Indian Army?
(A) B.P. Kannungo (A) Rajasthan (B) Sikkim
(B) N. Vishwanathan (C) Punjab (D) Gujarat
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16. What is the name of the world’s first 25. Who has been appointed as the Chief
Artificial Intelligence ship? Secretary of Tamil Nadu?
(A) Sunflower 40 (B) Earth 2030 (A) Sailendra Babu (B) Iraiyanbu
(C) Mayflower 400 (D) Seafarer 66 (C) Udaya Chandran (D) Sagayam
17. In which of the following states is Kamlang 26. Which state government has launched
Tiger Reserve situated? Ayurvedic telemedicine facility for Corona
(A) Arunachal Pradesh patients?
(B) Manipur (A) Bihar (B) Haryana
(C) Meghalaya (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Odisha
(D) Sikkim 27. Name the newly appointed Chief Minister
18. Kaveri, Vaigai and which river connection of Union Territory of Puducherry
project is the most important river (A) V. Vaithilingam
connection project in Tamil Nadu? (B) V. Narayanasamy
(A) Pennaiyar (B) Gundar (C) N. Rangasamy
(C) Thamirabarani (D) Periyaar (D) Y.S. Bharati
19. In which country does the Padma, the most 28. Mucormycosis is caused by which of the
important tributary of the Ganges, flow? following?
(A) Nepal (B) Bangladesh (A) Bacteria
(C) China (D) Myanmar (B) Fungi
20. The Nation’s first ‘Drive in Vaccination (C) Virus
Center’ was inaugurated in which city? (D) None of the above
(A) Lucknow (B) Mumbai 29. The Simopharm vaccine, which has been
(C) New Delhi (D) Chennai in the news recently, belongs to which
21. Which country has recently approved the country?
one-time vaccine Sputnik Lite? (A) China (B) Russia
(A) France (B) England (C) France (D) USA
(C) Russia (D) Japan 30. Which bank has been selected as a
22. Who has been appointed as the Chairman digital payments partner by the National
of Rice Research Institute of India? Agriculture Market (eNAM)?
(A) R M. Sundaram (B) K.M. Raman (A) ICICI Bank
(C) C.V. Kaamath (D) Raman Singh (B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(C) HDFC Bank
23. Arouca Bridge is the world’s longest
(D) SBI
pedestrian suspension bridge. It has recently
been inaugurated in which country? 31. Hakki Pakki Tribes, as recently reported,
(A) France (B) Switzerland belongs to which state?
(C) Spain (D) Portugal (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Odisha
24. Who is the Permanent Representative of
India to the United Nations? 32. What is anti-dumping duty?
(A) Varalakshmi (A) Tax on Imported goods
(B) Devyani Gebragade (B) Tax on gold
(C) T.S. Tirumurti (C) Tax on Drugs
(D) Krishna Menan (D) Tax on Medicines
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33. Seema Bisla, a recent Olympic qualifier, is 42. Which among the following COVID-19
from which sports? variants was first detected in India?
(A) Boxing (B) Javelin Throwing (A) B.1.1.7 (B) B.1.351
(C) Wrestling (D) Shooting (C) B.1.1.28.1 (D) B.1.617
34. Which country has launched a new remote 43. What was the name of the world’s first
sensing satellite, Yaogan-34, into space? unmanned ship?
(A) USA (B) Japan (A) May flower 400 (B) Manless ship
(C) Norway (D) China (C) Manless 400 (D) Ind Swiss USA
35. What type of drinking water belongs to the 44. Which nation will become the most
Kabasura kudineer recently included in the populated country by 2027, as per a UN
AYUSH Ministry campaign? report?
(A) Ayurveda (B) Siddha (A) India (B) US
(C) Homeopathy (D) Unani (C) Japan (D) Pakistan
36. Who is the Chairperson of the SEBI-initiated 45. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has
Community Role Transformation Industry recently discovered which of these galaxies?
committee?
(A) Abell 3827 (B) 3827
(A) Harsh Banwala (B) S. Janakiraman
(C) B.1.167 (D) Cbell 3827
(C) Usha tharut (D) Srinivas
46. Which Indian company has recently
37. Which Indian state has launched a digital
acquired UK based Norton company ?
flood reporting system?
(A) Tata Steel (B) TVS
(A) Meghalaya (B) Assam
(C) Reliance (D) Adani Group
(C) Manipur (D) Odisha
47. Which species of frog is the officially largest
38. Which state’s police has launched ‘Mission
frog in the world?
Hausla’ to help COVID-19 patients get
oxygen, beds and plasma? (A) Goliath Frog
(A) Delhi (B) UP (B) African Bull Frog
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Punjab (C) American Bull Frog
(D) Cane Toad
39. 10-degree channel lies between which of the
following areas? 48. When was the e-Sanjeevini project start
(A) North Andaman & Little Andaman communicating with people through mobile
(B) Little Andaman & Middle Andaman phones?
(C) Little Andaman & Car Nicobar (A) 2010 (B) 2018
(D) Car Nicobar & Little Nicobar (C) 2020 (D) 2021
40. Who is the author of the book titled “Arabic 49. Which country has given the name of the
Oration Art and Function”? Cyclone that formed in the Arabian Sea?
(A) Ali baba (A) Tauktae, Myanmar
(B) Gudbudin aibak (B) Tauktae, Indonesia
(C) Thahira Gudpudin (C) Tauktae, Mauritius
(D) Thaslima Nasrin (D) Tauktae, Laos
41. Who among the following has been sworn 50. Who tops the list of Fortune’s World’s Best
in as the new administrator of NASA? 50 Leaders’?
(A) Rick Scott (B) Charles Bolden (A) Trump (B) Narendra Modi
(C) Bill Nelson (D) Marco Rubio (C) Adar Poonawala (D) Jacinda Ardern
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51. What is the name of the rover that landed on 61. Who won the Italy Open Men’s title?
Mars in China? (A) Roger Federer (B) Rafel Nadal
(A) Tainwen-1 (B) Senshu-5 (C) Nova Jokovich (D) Anty Mure
(C) Zhurong (D) Senshu-9
62. Which state has launched the mobile
52. Which company is leading in 4G speed app ‘MOMA Market’ for home delivery of
according to TRAI system data? fresh vegetables?
(A) Airtel (B) Vodafone (A) Manipur (B) Maharashtra
(C) Jio (D) BSNL (C) Meghalaya (D) Madhya Pradesh
53. Who is the recipient of Best Gastroenterology 63. Who is the Prime Minister of Ukraine?
Surgeon of India Award? (A) Maxim Stebonav (B) Robert Martin
(A) Rajkumar (B) Chandra shetty (C) Danish Smihale
(C) Praveen raj (D) Umesh Yadav (D) Mathew Simanzing
54. Who is the author of book “All time favourite 64. Which company has been ordered by the
of Children”? Central Government to abandon the new
(A) Amitav Ghosh (B) Ruskin Bond Privacy Policy?
(C) Shilpa Kumar (A) Twitter (B) Whatsapp
(D) Amitabh Chaudhary (C) Facebook (D) Koo
55. Yaogan Satellites belongs to which of the 65. The largest international submarine cable
following countries? system centred on India, is being set up
(A) Australia (B) The USA which which company?
(C) Russia (D) China (A) Amazon (B) BSNL
(C) Reliance Jio (D) Airtel
56. Falcon-9 Rocket belongs to which of the
following companies? 66. What is the capital of Mali?
(A) Space X (B) NASA (A) Yamoussoukro (B) Accra
(C) ISRO (D) JAXA (C) Bamako (D) Kampala
57. Who has been crowned Miss Universe for 67. From which country is India getting the
the year 2020? S-400 missile which was recently reported
(A) Adline Castelino (B) Andrea Meza in the news?
(C) Julia Gama (D) Janick Maceta (A) Japan (B) Russia
(C) France (D) Israel
58. Which state became the first to establish
cashless system for distribution of food 68. How much is the annual installment of
grain? Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bhima Jana
(A) Kerala (B) MP yojana?
(C) Sikkim (D) Gujarat (A) 330 (B) 1500
(C) 3000 (D) 5000
59. Who is known as the father of Karisal
literature? 69. Who is the only Indian boxer to officiate the
(A) Jayamohan (B) Sujatha Tokyo Olympics?
(C) Ki. Ra. Rajnarayanan (A) Ashok kumar (B) Yashwant Wala
(D) Bharathi Dasan (C) Naren Singh (D) Narayan
60. Where is Humbantota Port belongs to which 70. Amphotericin-B is a drug for which of the
country? following diseases?
(A) Bangladesh (B) Sri Lanka (A) Black Fungus (B) Malaria
(C) Maldives (D) Myanmar (C) Covid- 19 (D) Chicken Gunya
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71. Who is the Chairman of the International 80. By what Article of the Constitution of India
Monetary Fund? is the State Legislative Assembly speaker
(A) Antonia Kuttras mentioned?
(B) Christalina Georgia (A) 172 (B) 174
(C) Geeta Gopinath (C) 176 (D) 178
(D) Tony Grues
81. The ‘Clyde’s Spot’ in the recent news is
72. In which state is the Satpura Tiger Reserve, associated with which planet?
a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located?
(A) Mercury (B) Mars
(A) Maharashtra (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Odisha (D) West Bengal (C) Earth (D) Jupiter
73. Which state leads in sweet potato production 82. Which state was the top recipient of FDI in
across India? India during the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21)?
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Tamil Nadu (A) Maharashtra (B) Karnataka
(C) Odisha (D) Karnataka (C) Gujarat (D) Kerala
74. Which country has mandated international 83. Where is the headquarters of the Atomic
companies to pay 15% of corporate tax? Energy Commission of India located? Who
(A) USA (B) Russia was its first leader?
(C) China (D) India (A) Mumbai, Abdul Kalam
75. Who is the Foreign Minister of the United (B) Chennai Home baba
Kingdom? (C) Kochin, Abdul Kalam
(A) Narendra Kumar (D) Mumbai Home baba
(B) Preeti Patel
84. The Kabini river is a tributary of which of
(C) Boris Johnson
the following river?
(D) Navneeth Singh
(A) Vaigai (B) Cauvery
76. Which animal will be re-introduced in India
(C) Godavari (D) Krishna
after being declared extinct in 1952?
(A) Sumatran rhinoceros 85. Govind Pashu Vihar National Park is
(B) Pink-headed Duck located in which of the following state?
(C) Indian Aurochs (A) Gujarat
(D) Cheetah (B) Himachal Pradesh
77. Which port has recently set a new record in (C) Arunachal Pradesh
cargo handling? (D) Uttarakhand
(A) Tuticorin (B) Chennai
86. With whom is the history of development
(C) Vizag (D) Kochin
and human resource development related?
78. Which country will host Global G-20 Health (A) Abdul Kalam
Summit?
(B) M.S. Swaminathan
(A) South Africa (B) Israel
(C) Amartya Sen
(C) India (D) Italy
(D) Sasi tharur
79. Which nation has provisionally approved
Breatheliser test to detect COVID-19 in one 87. TK Vishvanathan committee seen in news is
minute? related to which of the following?
(A) South Korea (B) China (A) Right to privacy (B) Hate speech
(C) Singapore (D) UK (C) Prison reforms (D) Tele medicine
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88. Which state has passed Prevention of Anti- 94. M. Ananth Krishnan is associated with
social activities act? Which institution?
(A) Jammu &Kashmir (B) Maharashtra (A) Anna University (B) IIT Madras
(C) ISRO (D) DRDO
(C) Gujarat (D) Lakshadweep
95. Meerkat Radio Telescope is located in which
89. Find the correct explanation of SEBI. country?
(A) Securities Enacting Board of India (A) USA (B) Brazil
(B) Service Exchange Board of India (C) Australia (D) South Africa
(C) Securities Exchange Board of India 96. Where is the Head Quarters of World
(D) Securities Exchange Bill of India Meterological Organisation?
(A) Geneva (B) Madrid
90. Name the female IAF officer who has
(C) Rome (D) NewYork
become the first woman flight test engineer
of India? 97. Which molecule is the genetic material of
the SARS-COV-2 virus?
(A) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
(A) DNA (B) RNA
(B) Mitali Madhumita (C) Both the above
(C) Aashritha V Olety (D) None of the above
(D) Sophia Qureshi
98. Tsang Yin-Hung has became the world’s
91. According to Nomura Revices, what will be fastest ascent of Everest woman climb. She
India’s GDP at 2021-22? belongs to which of the following countries?
(A) China (B) Hong Kong
(A) 10% (B) 10.8%
(C) Vietnam (D) Japan
(C) 11% (D) 11.5%
99. Sajag ship has been launched it belongs to
92. International Everest Day is marked on which of the following types?
which day? (A) Submarine
(A) 27 May (B) 29 May (B) Nuclear Submarine
(C) 28 May (D) 26 May (C) Coast Guard Vessel
(D) Aircraft Carrier
93. Name the new Prime Minister’s scheme
100. Who is the Secretary for Economic Affairs
launched by the government for mentoring
of India?
Young Authors’?
(A) Trivendra Singh (B) Ajay Seth
(A) YUVA (B) LAKSHYA (C) Prakash Yadav
(C) GURU (D) UNNATI (D) Narendra Thomas
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C C B D B C A B B B
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C A D C B B C B A B
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B A A D B A B C C C
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
C D A A A B A C A D
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C C C B D A B D C B
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Act.
Competitive Exams.
Director,
PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Which ministry launched YUVA- Prime 8. Sinovac belongs to which country which
Minister’s Scheme for Mentoring Young has approved the emergency use of the
Authors? World Health Organization?
(A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (A) Russia (B) Japan
(B) Ministry of Education (C) China (D) USA
(C) Ministry of Finance 9. Which country has launched world’s first
(D) Ministry of Rural Development Nano Urea, for the welfare of the farmers
across the globe?
2. Kabasura Kudineer is used for which of the
(A) Japan (B) Malaysia
following?
(C) China (D) India
(A) Folk ritual of Nagas
(B) A Siddha medicine for fevers 10. “Tianzhou-2” is a spacecraft of which country?
(C) Forest deity of Niyamgiri (A) Japan (B) Russia
(D) Species of water buffalo Species of (C) China (D) South Korea
water buffalo 11. Kharg ship us belongs to which of the
following countries?
3. When was the National Human Rights
(A) USA (B) Russia
Commission Formed?
(C) Iran (D) Iraq
(A) 1990 (B) 1991
(C) 1992 (D) 1993 12. Who is appointed as the President of Israel?
(A) Benjamin Netanyahu
4. Who is the only Indian to play in the World (B) Issac Herzog
Cup Chess Tournament in Russia? (C) Reuven Rivling (D) Margret
(A) Viswanathan (B) Iniyan
13. NASA has announced plans to launch two
(C) Ranjinu Rai (D) Ilavenil new missions to which planet between 2028
5. The world’s first human case of H10N3 has and 2030?
been reported in which nation? (A) Jupiter (B) Saturn
(A) China (B) Singapore (C) Venus (D) Mercury
(C) Japan (D) Malaysia 14. ‘Red Tourism’, which was seen in the news,
is associated with which country?
6. When is the World Milk Day observed?
(A) Indonesia (B) India
(A) June 2 (B) June 1
(C) China (D) Sri Lanka
(C) June 3 (D) June 4
15. In which state is the Indus Mega Food Park
7. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of set up?
the National Human Rights Commission? (A) Jharkhand (B) Chhattisgarh
(A) A.K Misra (B) S.A Bobde (C) Odisha
(C) B.Sathasivam (D) TarunGogai (D) Jammu and Kashmir
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16. What is the name of the film award given 26. GST Council is mentioned in _____________
to writers on behalf of the Government of Article of the Constitution of India.
Tamil Nadu? (A) 279 (B) 279A
(A) Ilakkkiya Sudar (C) 271 (D) 271A
(B) Ilakkiya Mani
(C) lakkiyaMaamani (D) Ilakkiya Peroli 27. When is the World Food Safety Day
observed?
17. Which bank has pledged to become carbon (A) June 5 (B) June 6
neutral by 2031-32? (C) June 7 (D) June 8
(A) SBI (B) HDFC
(C) Axis (D) ICICI 28. Performance Grading Index is released by
which of the following organizations?
18. Which country hosted the fifth BRICS (A) NITI Aayog
working group meeting 2021? (B) Ministry of Education
(A) Brazil (B) South Africa (C) Finance Ministry
(C) India (D) China (D) Ministry of Commerce & Industry
19. Which company is to launch the first public 29. When was Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger
sector Cyber security system in the Asia- Reserve established?
Pacific region?
(A) February 1998 (B) February 2021
(A) google (B) Twitter a (C) February 2000 (D) February 2020
(C) Microsoft (D) Apple
30. Where is headquarters of World Bank
20. When is the World Environment Day located?
observed?
(A) Washington DC (B) Paris
(A) June 5 (B) June 6
(C) Switzerland (D) Geneva
(C) June 7 (D) June 4
31. Who has recently been appointed as the
21. Devika River project was seen in the news
new Commissioner of Election Commission
recently. In which of the following state/UT
of India?
the project is getting implemented?
(A) Suhil Chandra (B) Sunil Arora
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Assam
(C) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Navaneeth Krishnan
(D) Punjab (D) Anub Chandra Pande
22. Which of the following countries is not a 32. Who has set a new world record in the
member of SAARC? 10,000 meters athelitcs?
(A) Afghanistan (B) Pakistan (A) Sifan Hassan (B) Almaz Ayana
(C) Thailand (D) Sri Lanka (C) Clara Scott (D) Teran Husk
23. EAGLE Act belongs to which of following 33. When is World Accreditation Day
countries? (WAD) observed?
(A) New Zealand (B) USA (A) 9th June (B) 10th June
(C) Australia (D) Brazil (C) 7th June (D) 8th June
24. AmB, is the nano-fibre based tablets, 34. Who has become topped at ‘The Times 50
developed by IIT-H, for curing which Most Desirable Women 2020’?
disease? (A) Aruna Chandramurthy
(A) Kala Azar (B) Malaria (B) Rhea Chakraborty
(C) Dengue (C) Manuja Raguram
(D) Japanese Encephalitis (D) Srusti Ramalingam
25. Which of the following countries navy 35. Which country hosts the 8th Global Nitrogen
conducted the Operation Sagar Aaraksha II? Conference?
(A) Indian Navy (B) Australian Navy (A) USA (B) India
(C) Chinese Navy (D) Japanese Navy (C) Germany (D) Canada
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36. Maitree is a military exercise between India 46. When was World Bank founded?
and which other country? (A) July 1944 (B) June 1944
(A) Myanmar (B) Thailand (C) July 1945 (D) June 1945
(C) Malaysia (D) Indonesia 47. Where is the headquarters of the United
37. Which of the following country has recently Nations Conference on Trade and
made Bitcoin as their official legal currency? Development located?
(A) El Salvador (B) China (A) Geneva (B) Rome
(C) Argentina (C) New York (D) Paris
(D) The United Kingdom 48. Which country will become the world’s first
38. Which is the third highest Padma award in mask-free country?
India? (A) Russia (B) Italy
(A) Bharat Ratna (C) Israel (D) UAE
(B) Padma Vibhushan 49. Sero survey is used to determine the
(C) Padma Bhushan prevalence of which of the following
(D) Padma Shree community?
39. When was World Day against Child Labour (A) Antigen (B) Antibody
observed? (C) Virus Strain
(A) Jun 10 (B) Jun 11 (D) None of the above
(C) Jun 12 (D) Jun 13 50. What is the Rank of India in Global Skills
Report of Coursera?
40. Which of the following country topped the
Global Liveability Index 2021? (A) 37 (B) 27
(C) 6 (D) 67
(A) Auckland (B) Osaka
(C) Tokoyo (D) Perth 51. Jal Jeevan mission has assured full
assistance to the State for making provision
41. Which bank has topped the 2021 World’s
of tap water supply in every rural home by
Best Banks in India list, by Forbes?
which year?
(A) ICICI Bank (B) DBS
(A) 2022 (B) 2023
(C) SBI (D) HDFC Bank (C) 2024 (D) 2025
42. The Mission ‘EnVision’, to study the planet 52. Europian space agency is going to launch
Venus, has been launched by which space the worlds first wooden satellite from which
agency? of the following country?
(A) NASA (A) Australia (B) New Zealand
(B) European Space Agency (ESA) (C) Iran (D) Russia
(C) ISRO (D) Roscosmos
53. Which cricketer has released his
43. Which state proposed amendments for autobiography ‘Believe’ recently?
protection of ‘heritage’ trees? (A) Rohit Sharma (B) Suresh Raina
(A) Odisha (B) Punjab (C) Shikhar Dhawan (D) None of these
(C) Haryana (D) Maharashtra
54. In which country Mahatma Gandhi Library
44. Who has been elected to the International has been inaugurated recently?
Association of Ultrarunners Council as an (A) Iran (B) Kenya
Asian representative? (C) Italy (D) None of these
(A) Nagraj Adiga (B) Aswin Saha
55. Ghar Ghar Ration Scheme is launched by
(C) Rahmel Dass (D) Kumar Rao
which bank?
45. Where is Nameri National Park located? (A) IDBI Bank
(A) Assam (B) Mizoram (B) IDFC FIRST Bank
(C) Nagaland (D) Manipur (C) ICICI Bank (D) None
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56. Within which year is the target set to provide 67. Ghodazari Wildlife Sanctuary recently in
330 million 5G connections in India? news is in which state?
(A) 2024 (B) 2025 (A) Gujarat (B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) 2026 (D) 2027 (C) Maharashtra (D) Haryana
57. Which is the lead institution of India for the 68. For the first time, when is the International
BRICS Network University? Yoga Day observed?
(A) IISC Bangalore (B) IIT Bombay (A) 2013 (B) 2015
(C) IIT Delhi (D) IIT Madras (C) 2017 (D) 2019
58. Who clinched gold in the 53kg category at 69. India’s mineral production rose by which
the Poland Open? per cent in April 2021?
(A) Vinesh Phogat (A) 25% (B) 37%
(B) Khrystyna Bereza (C) 42% (D) 100%
(C) Sariona Hilips (D) Rupa Verma
70. India has launched a trilateral with which
59. Which institute has developed India’s First
two countries, for Indo-Pacific stability?
Power-Free CPAP Device ‘Jivan Vayu’?
(A) Italy – Japan
(A) IIT Ropar (B) IIT Jammu
(B) France – Australia
(C) IISC BENGALURU (D) IIM Lucknow
(C) UAE – New Zealand
60. What is the amendment to establish (D) Germany – South Korea
Panchayat Raj?
71. World Refugee Day is observed on which
(A) 69 (B) 71
(C) 72 (D) 73 day?
(A) 18 June (B) 20 June
61. Which nation is planning to set up an (C) 19 June (D) 17 June
International Vaccine Institute?
(A) Sri Lanka (B) India 72. Governor’s Special Speech in the Legislative
(C) Bangladesh (D) Pakistan Assembly Which articles of the Indian
constitution?
62. Which nation has topped the World (A) 176 (B) 177
Competitiveness Index 2021?
(C) 178 (D) 179
(A) Sweden (B) Singapore
(C) Denmark (D) Switzerland 73. Who is the current Indian Chief Economic
Advisor?
63. Where is National Maritime Heritage Complex?
(A) K.V. Ramanan (B) PTR. Palanivel
(A) Goa (B) Haryana
(C) K.V. Subramaniyan
(C) Gujarat (D) West Bengal
(D) Aravindh Krishna Murthy
64. Which of the following countries ranked first
74. Which nation is the fifth-largest recipient of
in share of central bank surplus transfers?
FDI flows in the world?
(A) Italy (B) Turkey
(C) India (D) Russia (A) India (B) Bangladesh
(C) China (D) Japan
65. Recently GI Certified Jalgaon Banana was
exported to which country? 75. India has launched a hydrogen task force
(A) USA (B) UAE with which nation?
(C) France (D) UKA (A) US (B) Japan
(C) Russia (D) France
66. Recently which magazine has recognised
the ‘Southern Ocean’ as the world’s fifth 76. Who has becomes first woman fighter pilot
ocean? in IAF from J-K’s Rajouri
(A) National Geographic (A) Ramila Thapar (B) Mavya Sudan
(B) Discovery (C) Kaliba Hasan
(C) Planet M (D) Lancet (D) Nazareth Meeran
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77. Ramgarh Vishdhari wildlife sanctuary 87. Which municipality has won the 5 Awards
was seen in news recently. In which of the in the smart cities mission?
following state the sanctuary is located in? (A) Coimbatore (B) Vellore
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Jharkhand (C) Thirupathi (D) Vizag
(C) Rajasthan (D) Kerala
88. Which country has issued Golden Visa to
78. When is the United Nations Public Service India’s Ayurvedic doctors?
Day observed? (A) Israel (B) Palestine
(A) 22 June (B) 23 June (C) UAE (D) USA
(C) 21 June (D) 20 June
89. What is next generation of Windows
79. Prime Minister additional food grain launched by Microsoft?
scheme has been extended to which month?
(A) Windows 11 (B) Windows 12
(A) August (B) September
(C) Windows 10 (D) None of these
(C) October (D) November
90. When was the Central Vigilance
80. What is the name of India-US joint naval
exercise? Commission formed?
(A) Passex (B) Mitra Sakthi (A) 1963 (B) 1964
(C) Samudra Sethu (D) Malabar (C) 1965 (D) 1966
81. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has become the 91. Which state has become first rabies-free
second-fastest woman in history. Which state in country?
nation does she belong to? (A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Goa
(A) South Africa (B) France (C) Uttarkhand (D) Chhattisgarh
(C) Italy (D) Jamaica 92. Who is appointed as the Tamil Nadu State
82. Which country has launched the world’s Minorities Panel chief?
first exclusive ‘Green rating system for (A) Mukdhar Abbas (B) Peter Alphonso
High Speed Rail’? (C) Robert
(A) USA (B) India (D) Muhammad Ibrahim
(C) Israel (D) Japan
93. Who won gold in National Athletics
83. Ingenuity, the NASA’s robotic helicopter, Championship rye jump?
operating on which astronomical body? (A) Pranit Chopra (B) Raghuvaran
(A) Moon (B) Mars (C) Paranika Elangovan (D) Dhamodharan
(C) Venus (D) Jupiter
94. PM Modi inaugurated a Zen Garden in
84. Which article mentioned about the Chief which state?
Auditor General in the Constitution of
(A) Gujarat (B) Madhya Pradesh
India?
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Bihar
(A) 102 (B) 112
(C) 109 (D) 148 95. Which former Indian Prime Minister’s 100th birth
85. Which country will host the 9th Asian anniversary was observed on June 28, 2021?
Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER9) in (A) Lal Bahadur Shastri(B) Morarji Desai
2022? (C) PV Narasimha Rao
(A) Russia (B) UAE (D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(C) India (D) Japan 96. Sunil Mehta committee sometimes seen in
86. Nagarhole Tiger Reserve recently seen in news is related to?
news is located in which of the following (A) Resolution of stressed assets
state? (B) NBFC sector reforms
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) Rural microfinance Institutions
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Telangana (D) Long-term food policy
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97. In which country is the world’s second 99. Who is appointed as the Director General of
largest hydropower plant opened? Police in Tamil Nadu?
(A) USA (B) China (A) Sailendra Babu (B) Angit Agarwal
(C) Russia (D) Sweden (C) Prem Kumar (D) Neeraj Chopra
98. When is the National Statistics Day observed? 100. Seema Punia is associated with which sports?
(A) June 29 (B) June 30 (A) Shooting (B) Boxing
(C) June 28 (D) June 27 (C) Javelin Throwing (D) Disc Throw
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B B D B A B A C D C
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
C B C C B C B C C A
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C C B A A B C C B A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
D A A B C B A D C A
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
B B D A A A A C B D
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
C B B B B C B A A D
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
C D C B B A C B B A
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
B A C A A B C B D A
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
D B B D C B C C A B
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
B B C A C A B A A D
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Act.
Competitive Exams.
Director,
9. PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Which vaccine effectively neutralises both 9. Who has been appointed as the new Vice
Alpha and Delta variant of COVID-19, as Chief of Indian Air Force?
per US’ National Institute of Health? (A) Shirish Baban Deo
(A) Covishield (B) Covaxin (B) Vivek Ram Chaudhari
(C) J & J (D) Sputnik (C) Raghunath Nambiar
(D) Norman Anil Kumar Browne
2. Which state government implements Chief
Minister Dalit Empowerment Programme? 10. In which of the following railway station
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Telangana first movable freshwater tunnel aquarium
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Bihar has been opened?
(A) Chennai (B) Delhi
3. What is the aim of Atmanirbhar Rojghar (C) Allahabad (D) Bengaluru
Yojana?
11. Where was 7th Indian Ocean Naval
(A) Food (B) House
Symposium Concludes held?
(C) Employment (D) Pension
(A) India (B) France
4. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is (C) Sri Lanka (D) Maldives
given to active participants in which of the
12. Which state/UT government launched
following fields?
‘SUKOON’, a mental health helpline
(A) Sports (B) Science
initiative?
(C) Press (D) Politics
(A) Jharkhand (B) Madhya Pradesh
5. Who has become the youngest-ever Chess (C) Delhi (D) Jammu and
Grandmaster in history? Kashmir
(A) Pratyush Chaudhary 13. Where did the 2300 old step well found by
(B) Abhimanyu Mishra archeology department?
(C) Stanley Jacob (A) Keeladi (B) Konthagai
Vetrii IAS Study Circle
(D) Abhyudey Pandey (C) Kodumanal (D) Sivagangai

6. When was the Digital India scheme 14. Which ministry is associated with NIPUN
launched? Bharat scheme?
(A) 2005 (B) 2014 (A) Health (B) Homel
(C) 2015 (D) 2016 (C) Education (D) External
7. Which country looks to set up centre for 15. Where is the world’s third largest cricket
offshore wind in Tamil Nadu? stadium to be constructed?
(A) Israel (B) Russia (A) Kanpur (B) Jodhpur
(C) Spain (D) Denmark (C) Jaipur (D) Kharagpur
8. Who has become the first Indian female 16. What is the name of new space station built
swimmer to qualify for Tokyo Olympics? by China?
(A) Shikha Tandon (B) Shivani Kataria (A) Seyanho (B) Tiwanho
(C) Bhakti Sharma (D) Maana Patel (C) Tianhong (D) Rianho
84 | Current Affairs (July 2021)
17. Where is the Army Chief General Naravane 26. Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve was
Has launched Army Memorial centre? recently seen in the news. In which of the
(A) England (B) France following State the tiger reserve is located?
(C) Italy (D) Norway (A) Bihar (B) Maharashtra
(C) Uttar Pradesh
18. Who is set to become the second Indian-
(D) Madhya Pradesh
born woman to fly to space after Kalpana
Chawla? 27. Who is Appointed as the new Chairman of
(A) Sirisha Bandla (B) Sunita Williams the Tamil Nadu Textbook Institute and the
(C) Shawna Pandya Institute of Educational Services?
(D) None of the above (A) Ananth Krishnan
(B) Valarmathy
19. The Project BOLD (Bamboo Oasis on Lands (C) I. Leoni (D) Nattarasan
in Drought) was recently launched from
which state in India recently? 28. Baisipalli wildlife sanctuary sometimes in
news is located in which state?
(A) Gujarat (B) Rajasthan
(C) Haryana (A) Telangana (B) Jharkhand
(D) Madhya Pradesh (C) Odisha (D) Andhra Pradesh
20. Where is Panchmuli lake located? 29. World’s tallest sandcastle built in which of
the following Countries?
(A) Sweden (B) Canada
(C) Rajasthan (D) West Bengal
(C) India (D) Denmark
21. Natural Godse’s biography book has been
30. Which metro has launched India’s first UPI
written by whom?
based cashless parking facility?
(A) Mohan Bhagavat
(A) Chennai (B) Delhi
(B) Jamshet Chatterjee
(C) Kolkata (D) Cochin
(C) Thawal Kulkarni
(D) Naresh Singh 31. When is the National Fish Farmer’s Day
observed?
22. Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary has been
(A) July 8
named as the fourth Tiger Reserve in which
(B) July 9 (C) July 10
among the following states?
(D) July 11
(C) Maharashtra (D) Rajasthan 32. Which is the First Bank has launched a
unique Employee-funded program called
23. 52nd IFFI to be held in November 2021 in ‘Ghar Ghar Ration’?
which cities? (A) SBI (B) ICICI
(A) Kolkata (B) Chennai (C) IDFC (D) HDFC
(C) Goa (D) Mumbai
33. Which Indian grandmaster won cherbia
24. The Tamil Nadu State Minorities open chess championship?
Commission was set up by which year? (A) Adhiban Baskaran (B) Vidit gujarati
(A) 1972 (C) Nihal sarin
(B) 1976 (C) 1982 (D) Viswanathan Anand
(D) 1989
34. Who is the author of the book “The Light of
25. Which mobile app has been launched to Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha”?
educate fish farmers? (A) Kapil Sibal (B) S. Jaishankar
(A) Triveni (B) Manu (C) Jairam Ramesh
(C) Saptarishi (D) Matsya (D) Salman Khurshid
35. Durand Line sometimes seen in news is a 43. Which country has won the Euro Football
border between? Cup (2021)?
(A) India and China (A) England (B) Italy
(B) Afghanistan and India (C) Germany (D) Argentina
(C) India and Bhutan 44. Lemru Elephant reserve is proposed to be
(D) Afghanistan and Pakistan set up in which of the following statesg?
36. Baisipalli wildlife sanctuary sometimes in (A) Chhattisgarh (B) Bihar
news is located in which state? (C) Odisha (D) West Bengal
(A) Telangana (B) Jharkhand 45. Who has become the first Indian to be
(C) Odisha (D) Andhra Pradesh selected for judging the gymnastics
37. What is the aim of the “Ek Bharat Shreshta competition of the Olympic Games?
Bharat” scheme? (A) Kaushik Pediwala
(A) Career Development (B) Deepak Kapra
(B) Increasing domestic production (C) Rabin deeraj (D) Manoj Kumar
(C) To promote national unity 46. Indian Navy receives 10th Anti-Submarine
(D) Empowering voters Warfare Aircraft ‘P-8I’ from which country ?
38. Who organized the National hackathon (A) Russia (B) Israel
called ‘SAMVEDAN 2021 - Sensing (C) USA (D) France
Solutions for Bharat’? 47. Which country is building LingLong One,
(A) IIT Delhi & Sony India the world’s 1st commercial small modular
(B) IIT Guwahati & Sony India reactor?
(C) IIT Madras & Sony India (A) China (B) Japan
(D) IIT Bombay & Sony India (C) Russia (D) South Korea
39. Who is newly appointed Prime Minister of 48. Pilibhit Tiger reserve is located in which
Vietnam? state?
(A) Pham Minh Chinh (A) Gujarat (B) Karnataka
(B) Ransin (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Wung thing hi 49. PM Modi to inaugurate international
(D) Kaein swang batch convention centre ‘Rudraksh’ in which city?
40. Who is the third Indian woman to go into (A) Varanasi (B) Lucknow
space? (C) Alahabad (D) Kanpur
(A) Shreesha Bantla (B) Anitha Williams 50. Who is the President of Maldives?
(C) Kalpana chawla (D) Lakshmi (A) Ibrahim Muhammad Koli
41. Buxwaha forest is located in which state? (B) Asaduthin
(A) Arunachal Pradesh (C) Muhammad Basil (D) Abdulla Yameen
(B) Jharkhand 51. India’s largest solar park will be built in
(C) Uttarakhand which state?
(D) Madhya Pradesh (A) Telangana (B) Gujarat
42. Where is the first Vistadom train in South (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Karnataka
India operated? 52. IPC Section 124A is related to which of the
(A) Chennai-Mumbai following?
(B) Mangalore-Bangalore (A) Sedition cases
(C) Chennai-Madurai (B) Sexual Harassment (C) Cruelty
(D) Varanasi – New Delhi (D) Traffic Rule Violation
53. India, Sri Lanka and which of the following 62. Which digital platform has been launched
countries Conduct Trilateral Table Top by the government to facilitate farmers to
Exercise on Maritime Security? get the right information at the right time in
(A) Bangladesh (B) Mauritius their desired language?
(C) Sri Lanka (D) Myanmar (A) Kisan Ekta (B) Kisan Nidhi
(C) Kisan Sarathi (D) Kisan Vigyan
54. Which state government has issued
fresh orders for the implementation of 63. Which country’s navy delivered the first
10 per cent reservation for economically two of its MH-60R Multi Role Helicopters
weaker sections (EWS) in education and (MRH) to Indian Navy?
employment? (A) Italy (B) France
(A) Telangana (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Russia (D) USA
(C) Kerala (D) New Delhi 64. Doppler radar is used to which of the
following?
55. Which country launches world’s first
commercial onshore small reactor project? (A) Determine the military Location
(B) Determine the air objects
(A) Singapore (B) India
(C) Determine the structure of storms
(C) Canada (D) China
(D) Determine the submarines
56. When was the recently featured 65. Which of the following is the biggest
photographer Danish Siddiq win the rainforest in the world?
Pulitzer Prize?
(A) Congo (B) Amazon
(A) 2016 (B) 2017 (C) Daintree (D) Tongass
(C) 2018 (D) 2019
66. The first human infection case of Monkey B
57. How many members are there in the Virus (BV) was reported in which nation?
Cauvery Management Board? (A) South Korea (B) India
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) China (D) Malaysia
(C) 12 (D) 11
67. Which state has started a mobile ambulance
58. Where is the railway station with five star for patients to treat at home ?
hotel to be set up? (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
(A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat (C) Telangana (D) Bihar
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Haryana 68. In which year did the Indian hockey team
59. Senari massacre of 1999, which was in the win gold at the Olympics?
news recently, happened in which state? (A) 1980 (B) 1990
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Bihar (C) 2000 (D) 2008
(C) Gujarat (D) Odisha 69. What is the name of the operation launched
60. When is Nelson Mandela International Day by the Indian Navy to protect Indian vessels
is observed? in the Gulf region?
(A) 16 July (B) 17 July (A) Operation Vanilla
(C) 18 July (D) 19 July (B) Operation Sankalp
(C) Operation Purple
61. Gugamal National Park is located in which (D) Operation Crude
state?
70. Who is the author of the book titled ‘The
(A) Nagaland (B) West Bengal
India Story’?
(C) Maharashtra (D) Uttarakhand
(A) C. Rangarajan (B) Bimal Jalan
(C) Urjit Patel (D) Raghuram Rajan
71. How many trillion Tamil Nadu Chief 80. Which nation has launched world’s largest
Minister has set a target to make Tamil carbon market?
Nadu an economic state? (A) Russia (B) Japan
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) China (D) US
(C) 3 (D) 4 81. How many gigawatts of electricity to get
72. From which country does India procureP-8 from renewable energy sources within
Poseidon surveillance aircraft? 2030?
(A) USA (B) Russia (A) 175 (B) 450
(C) France (D) Israel (C) 500 (D) 525
82. “Nuclear football”, which was making news
73. India’s first ‘green hydrogen’ plant
recently, is associated with which country?
is planned to be set up by Indian Oil
(A) Russia (B) China
Corporation (IOC) in which city?
(C) USA (D) Australia
(A) Jaisalmer (B) Pune
(C) Surat (D) Mathura 83. Justice Mulla Committee sometimes in news
is related to which of the following cases?
74. India, Maldives and the navies of which
(A) Prison reforms
country have conducted ‘Shield Exercise’ in (B) Welfare of senior citizens
the Indian Ocean? (C) NPA resolution
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Bangladesh (D) Ease of doing business
(C) Malaysia (D) Pakistan
84. For which disease is pneumococcal vaccine
75. Liverpool city located in which country? recently reported?
(A) Russia (B) Germany (A) AIDS (B) Brain fever
(C) France (D) England (C) Dengu fever (D) Swine Flu
76. Which of the following state in India has a 85. Who won the India’s first medal at Tokyo
“floating” Constituency? Olympics being a silver medal?
(A) Assam (B) Manipur (A) Mirabai Chanu
(C) Karnataka (D) Sikkim (B) Pravin Jadhav
(C) Saurabh Chaudhary
77. Which ministry has launched a SMILE (D) Deepika Kumari
Scheme?
86. In which year did Sir James Wilson release
(A) Social justice and empowerment
India’s first budget?
(B) Women and Child Development
(A) 1857 (B) 1860
(C) Internal ministry
(C) 1905 (D) 1924
(D) Defense Ministry
87. In which state is the Ramappa Temple
78. “Checkmate” stealth fighter, which was
located, which is recently listed as a World
making news recently, is associated with Heritage Site?
which country?
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Telangana
(A) USA (B) Japan (C) Karnataka (D) Tamil Nadu
(C) Russia (D) Israel
88. Professor John Abraham, who made
79. World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge has biodiesel from chicken meat waste, hails
opened up in which city? from which state?
(A) Amsterdam (B) Beijing (A) Haryana (B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Tokyo (D) Sydney (C) Kerala (D) Tamil Nadu
89. World’s largest floating solar farm is being 95. Dholavira is the newest Indian site to be
planned to be built in which nation? inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage
(A) Malaysia (B) The Philippines list.Where is Dholavira located?
(C) Indonesia (D) Australia (A) Ladakh (B) Mizoram
(C) Telangana (D) Gujarat
90. Who has become the “first space tourist of
India” to travel to space recently? 96. Swati Mohan, a scientist of Indian descent,
(A) Giri Sarabhai (B) Vijay Bahadur works at the space station of which country?
(C) Santosh George Kulangara (A) USA (B) Japan
(D) none of these (C) France (D) Russia
91. Which country reports cases of ‘Norovirus’ 97. In which year is the Chandrayaan-3 project
infection? to be launched?
(A) Russia (B) South Korea (A) 2022 (B) 2023
(C) Japan (D) England (C) 2024 (D) 2025
92. “Azad Ki Shaurya Gatha” exhibition, which 98. World’s largest star sapphire cluster has
was inaugurated recently, is based on the been found in which nation?
life of which freedom fighter? (A) Sri Lanka (B) Maldives
(A) Chandrasekhar Azad (C) Indonesia (D) Mauritius
(B) Bhagat Singh
99. What is the name of India’s newest airline
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
startup?
(D) Rani of Jhansi
(A) Akash (B) Akaisha
93. Which state has planned to piped gas supply (C) Akaasa (D) Aksa
can be made to over 33 lakh residences?
100. Who has the more number of followers in
(A) Kerala (B) Andhra Pradesh
twitter in active politics?
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Odisha
(A) Barak Obama (B) Donald Trump
94. 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya becomes one of (C) Joe Biden (D) Narendra Modi
the youngest Olympic gold medal winner.
She belongs to which country?
(A) South Korea (B) Japan
(C) China (D) Phillipines
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B B C A B C D D B D
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B D C C C C C A B A
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C D C D D B C C D A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
C C C C D C C C A A
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
D B B A B C A D A A
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
B A C B D C A B B C
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
C B D C B C A A B B
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
1 A D A D D A C A C
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
B C A B A B B C C C
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
D A C B D A A A C D
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Act.
Competitive Exams.
Director,
9. PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Who won the Maharashtra Bhushan Award 8. The first Muslim Women’s Rights Day was
2021? celebrated in which year?
(A) Sachin Tendulkar (A) 2018 (B) 2019
(B) Lata Mangeshkar (C) 2020 (D) 2010
(C) Asha Bhosle 9. Kailadevi Wildlife sanctuary recently in
(D) Ratan Tata news is located in which of the following
2. Who has become “Miss India USA 2021” state?
recently? (A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat
(A) Meera Kasari (B) Vaidehi Dongre (C) Haryana (D) Odisha
(C) A & B (D) None of these 10. Who recently appointed himself as Prime
3. In which Indian state is saffron produced in Minister of Myanmar?
large quantities? (A) Kyaw Htin (B) Saw Maung
(A) Ladakh (C) Min Aung Hlaing (D) Than Shwe
(B) Jammu and Kashmir 11. Recently President Quoted a poem
(C) Himachal Pradesh “Manthiram Karppom“ has been written by
(D) Sikkim whom ?
4. Which is the fourth country to join the quad (A) Bharathiyar
structure? (B) Bharathidasan
(A) Sri Lanka (B) New Zealand (C) Kalyana Sundaranaar
(C) Australia (D) South Korea (D) Thamizharasu
5. Who has won the Hungarian Grand Prix 12. Which city has become the first one to
2021? achieve 100 percent COVID-19 vaccination
coverage?
(A) Lewis Hamilton (B) Max Verstappen
(C) Esteban Ocon (D) Sebastian Vettel (A) Bhopal (B) Indore
(C) Puri (D) Bhubaneswar
6. P.V. Sindhu defeated which country to win
13. Nubra river is a tributary of which of the
bronze medal in Olympics?
following river?
(A) Japan (B) Australia
(A) Lidder (B) Shyok
(C) China (D) South Korea
(C) Jhelum (D) Chena
7. What is the following type of payment for
14. From which country is India planning to
a new type of currency transaction called
purchase Harpoon missiles?
e-RUPI?
(A) Israel (B) Brazil
(A) Money Transaction through Bitcoin
(C) USA (D) Russia
(B) Money Transaction through e-receipt
(C) Money Transaction through Adhaar 15. What is Minervarya Pentali?
Number (A) Frog species (B) Type of plant
(D) Payment by Fingerprint (C) Butterfly species (D) Tribal artform
16. Indian Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria is 25. Which country has agreed to create non veto
on a three-day official visit during to which powered members in UN Security Council?
of the following countries (A) China (B) USA
(A) Russia (B) England (C) Russia (D) England
(C) Italy (D) Israel
26. India’s nuclear power generation capacity is
17. Which was the first aircraft carrier to be built expected to touch 22,480 MW by which year
domestically? from the present 6,780 MW with 22 reactors?
(A) Vikram (B) Vikrant (A) 2039 (B) 2035
(C) Vikramathitya (D) Viroshith (C) 2031 (D) 2030
18. BRO has built the world’s highest road in 27. Within which year has the Railway Board
Ladakh at a height of how many feet? set a target to run a train on hydrogen gas?
(A) 19600 feet (B) 19500 feet (A) 2025 (B) 2030
(C) 19400 feet (D) 19300 feet (C) 2032 (D) 2034
19. National Handloom Day is observed on 28. India has given emergency approval for
which day? single-dose corona virus vaccine of which
(A) August 5th (B) August 6th organization?
(C) August 7th (D) August 8th (A) Johnson and Johnson
(B) Bharath Biotecg
20. Who is the captain of Olympic medal
(C) Serum Institute
winning Indian hockey team?
(D) Pharma India
(A) Harman Preet Singh
(B) Jijesh 29. Mangdechhu Hydroelectric Project in
(C) Narendea Singh Bhutan has been assisted by which country?
(D) Kanvir Singh (A) India (B) USA
(C) Nepal (D) China
21. “Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam” has been
started by CM of Tamil Nadu in which 30. India’s first indigenous Aircraft carried
district? INS Vikrant has been designed and built at
(A) Dharmapuri (B) Krishnagiri which city?
(C) Thiruvallur (D) Nagapatnam (A) Kaattupakkam (B) Mumbai
(C) Kochi (D) Kolkata
22. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been
rechristened to honour which Indian 31. What is the meaning of Arikadou Tokyo?
sporting legend? (A) Thanks to Tokyo
(A) Milkha Singh (B) Dhyan Chand (B) Again Tokyo
(C) Kapil Dev (D) PT Usha (C) Best Tokyo
(D) Successful Tokyo
23. Samudra Shakti is a joint naval exercise
between India and which other country? 32. When is World Tribal Day observed?
(A) Indonesia (B) Thailand (A) August 8th (B) August 9th
(C) Brunei (D) Philippines (C) August 10 th
(D) August 11th
24. Who is the Chairman of the Monetary Policy 33. The Carbon Border Tax is sometime seen
Committee for Announcing Interest Rates? in news is associated with which of the
(A) Finance Minister following organization?
(B) Reserve Bank Governor (A) European Union (B) G20
(C) NITI Aayog Vice President (C) G7 (D) ASEAN
(D) Finance Secretary
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34. When was the Financial Liabilities and 44. Which date is declared as National Javelin
Budget Management Act introduced? Day?
(A) 2002 (B) 2003 (A) August 4th (B) August 5th
(C) 2012 (D) 2013 (C) August 6th (D) August 7th
35. Where will the first Bio-Bank of the world in 45. Which Indian airport has been ranked as the
Ayurveda be established? best airport of the country as per the 2021
(A) Pune (B) New Delhi Skytrax World Airport Awards list?
(C) Mumbai (D) Hyderabad (A) Mumbai Airport
(B) Hyderabad Airport
36. Which app is to be used to solicit voter
(C) Delhi Airport
opinion in five states?
(D) Bengaluru Airport
(A) c-Vigil (B) Namo
(C) e-voters (D) s-voters 46. Durand Cup is associated with which sports?
(A) Hockey (B) Football
37. Who is newly appointed Vice Chancellor for
(C) Badminton (D) Tennis
Anna University?
(A) Rangaswamy 47. The statue of Rana Punja Bhil is located in
(B) Kaariyappa which state?
(C) Velraj (A) Gujarat (B) Karnataka
(D) Sanmuga Sundaram (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Rajasthan
38. Which of the following is the second-largest 48. Bhindawas has been recognized as a Ramsar
Greek island in area and population? site. In which state is it located?
(A) Crete (B) Evia (A) Gujarat (B) Rajasthan
(C) Santorini (D) Icaria (C) Odisha (D) Haryana
39. EOS-03 is a satellite launched by which of 49. Name the Indian national park which
the following rockets? has become the first in the country to get
(A) GSLV F10 (B) PSLV F10 equipped with satellite phones?
(C) GSLV F11 (D) PSLV F11 (A) Manas National Park
(B) Jim Corbett National Park
40. Which city ranks first among the best
(C) Kaziranga National Park
municipalities in the Urban Local Awards?
(D) Gir National Park
(A) Udhaga Mandaalam
(B) Thiruchenkode 50. Agriculture museum to be built in which
(C) Chinnamanur city?
(D) Kalladikulam (A) Chennai (B) Coimbatore
(C) Thanjavore (D) Madurai
41. When is International Youth Day 2021?
(A) August 11th (B) August 12th 51. Who designed India’s national flag?
(C) August 13 th
(D) August 14th (A) Pingali Venkayya
(B) Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
42. Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in
(C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
which of the following states?
(D) Dr. BR Ambedkar
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Haryana
(C) Gujarat (D) Rajasthan 52. What is the purpose of the utvegam
announced by the Prime Minister?
43. Jezero crater sometimes in news is located
(A) Infrastructure Development
on which of the following?
(B) Health plan
(A) Moon (B) Jupiter (C) Drinking water facilities
(C) Mars (D) Saturn (D) Irrigation project
53. Who is bestowed with Kalpana Chawla 63. The Godfather of Sudoku, Maki Kaji, passed
award 2021? away recently. He hailed from which
(A) Dr. P Shanmugapriya country?
(B) Sangeetha priya (A) Japan (B) China
(C) Nagaraja Manogari (C) Singapore (D) Bhutan
(D) Sivasankari
64. When is Sadbhavna Day celebrated?
54. Resolution reintroduced in which country (A) 16 August (B) 20 August
to posthumously award Congressional Gold (C) 18 August (D) 19 August
Medal to Mahatma Gandhi?
65. ‘A day in the life of a prisoner’ has been
(A) Russia (B) France
started by which of the following states?
(C) USA (D) England
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka
55. Chinmoy Chatterjee, who has passed away (C) Tamil Nadu (D) New Delhi
recently was an Indian player of which
sports? 66. Mt Manirang is one of the highest peaks of
which of the following state?
(A) Cricket (B) Football
(C) Hockey (D) Wrestling (A) Sikkim
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
56. What is the capital of Afghanistan? (C) Himachal Pradesh
(A) Kandagar (B) Kabul (D) None of these
(C) Gajni (D) Gundus
67. India’s largest Floating Solar PV Project
57. Where is the Project to convert used cooking commissioned in which state?
oil into Bio-diesel launched? (A) Telangana (B) Andhra Pradesh
(A) Chennai (B) Coimbatore (C) Odisha (D) Chhattisgarh
(C) Erode (D) Cuddalore
68. Which of the following country is looking at
58. What is the reading of RBI’s first financial a three-child policy?
inclusion index 2021? (A) China (B) India
(A) 53.9 (B) 50.7 (C) Japan (D) Russia
(C) 40.8 (D) 43.6
69. Who has been awarded the Best Actor
59. Which state high court has announced that Award at the recently released Indian Film
Women’s freedom to decide on pregnancy? Festival of Melbourne Awards 2021?
(A) Kerala (B) Madras (A) Irrfan khan
(C) Amaravathy (D) Hyderabad (B) Sushant Singh Rajput
(C) Akshay Kumar
60. 75 refugees from which country was India’s
(D) Manoj Bajpayee
citizenship granted on the 75th Independence
Day? 70. Who has become the country’s first highway
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Bangladesh with “electric vehicle” recently?
(C) Afghanistan (D) Pakistan (A) Delhi Chandigarh
(B) Agra Mumbai Express
61. Which state has become the third one to
(C) Banaras Delhi Highway
present a separate agricultural budget?
(D) none of these
(A) Kerala (B) Telangana
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Tamil Nadu 71. Who is appointed as the new Governor of
Manipur?
62. How many items are listed in concurrent list
(A) Pon Radhakrishnan
of Indian constitution?
(B) Ganesan
(A) 47 (B) 52 (C) Vaanathi Srinivasan
(C) 57 (D) 62 (D) Narayanan
72. When is the World Sanskrit Day observed? 81. Who among the following is named for
(A) August 21 (B) August 22 urban development projects?
(C) August 23 (D) August 24 (A) Anna (B) Periyar
(C) Kalaingar (D) Narasimman
73. India’s first smog tower has been inaugurated
in which state/ UT? 82. Who is the Ambassador of the United
(A) Delhi (B) Uttar Pradesh Nations to India?
(C) Haryana (D) Punjab (A) N.S.Krishnan
(B) Naren Goyenka
74. Konkan exercise, in news, held between
(C) T.S. Thirumurthy
India & which of the following countries?
(D) Narayana Murthy
(A) USA (B) Japan
(C) UK (D) Australia 83. Kathy Hochul has become the first female
Governor of which US state?
75. The Cybersecurity Multi-Donor Trust Fund
(A) New York (B) California
has been launched by which organisation?
(C) Pennsylvania (D) Washington
(A) IMF (B) WEF
(C) World Bank (D) UNDP 84. World’s largest and tallest observation
wheel is set to open in which city?
76. Which of these ministers recently launched a
(A) Dubai (B) Riyadh
scheme to monetize the federal government’s
(C) Beijing (D) Tokyo
structural assets to the tune of Rs 6 lakh
Crore? 85. Chenab river plan project is located in which
(A) Finance (B) Defense state ?
(C) Home (D) Trade (A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Jamnu and Kashmir
77. Which state becomes First State to Launch
(C) Sikkim
National Education Policy 2020?
(D) Punjab
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Rajasthan 86. O. Chandrasekharan, who passed away
recently, represented India in the Olympics
78. Recently, former chief minister Kalyan Singh in which sport?
has passed away. He was the chief minister
(A) Hockey (B) Wrestling
of which state?
(C) Long Jump (D) Football
(A) Haryana
(B) Rajasthan 87. India’s first green hydrogen electrolyzer
(C) Uttar Pradesh manufacturing unit has been unveiled in
(D) Madhya Pradesh which city?
(A) Visakhapatnam (B) Chennai
79. NeoBolt is India’s first indigenous motorized
(C) Hyderabad (D) Bengaluru
wheelchair vehicle. The vehicle has been
developed by which institution? 88. Women’s Equality Day was conducted on
(A) IIT Hyderabad (B) IIT Delhi which day?
(C) IIT Kanpur (D) IIT Madras (A) August 24 (B) August 25
(C) August 26 (D) August 27
80. Operation Devi Shakthi is associated with
which of the following countries 89. What is the total number of judges in the
(A) Iran (B) Iraq Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice?
(C) Afghanistan (D) Oman (A) 31 (B) 33
(C) 32 (D) 34
90. Where was Ivory Dice found? 96. Who has been selected for 2021 Ki-Ra
(A) Agaram (B) Keeladi Award?
(C) Keezh kondhagai (D) Manalur (A) Kanmani (B) Gunasekaran
(C) Konangi (D) Natesan
91. Which of the following cities ranked third
among world’s most surveilled cities? 97. When is National Sports Day observed?
(A) New Delhi (B) London (A) August 28 (B) August 29
(C) Chennai (D) Mumbai (C) August 30 (D) August 31
92. When was the Electoral Bonds introduced? 98. World’s Highest Altitude Movie Theatre
(A) 2015 (B) 2016 opened in which city?
(C) 2017 (D) 2018 (A) Goa (B) Chennai
(C) New Delhi (D) Ladakh
93. National Food Security Act (NFSA) was
passed in which year? 99. Buddhadev Guha is a famous writer of
(A) 2010 (B) 2013 which language?
(C) 2015 (D) 2018 (A) Odia (B) Maratha
(C) Malayalam (D) Bengali
94. What is the maximum age for joining the
National Pension Scheme (NPS)? 100. Which organization is to develop online
(A) 55 years (B) 60 years platform called e-source for e-waste
(C) 65 years (D) 70 years management?
(A) IIT Madras (B) IIT Hyderabad
95. Where did Asian Junior Boxing
(C) DRDO (D) IIT Mumbai
Championships 2021 held?
(A) Dubai (B) New Delhi
(C) London (D) Sidney
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
C B B C C C B C A C A D B C A
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
D A D C A B B A B B C B A A C
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
A B A B B B C B A A B B C D C
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
B D D C A A A A C B B A A A D
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
D B A B B C B A D A B B A C C
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
A B C D C C C A A B D D C D B
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
C D B C A C B D D A
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Act.
Competitive Exams.
Director,
PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Who has become the first Indian woman to 8. Which state has ranked top in Atal Pension
win gold at Paralympics? yojana?
(A) Bhavina Patel (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Avani Lekhara (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Gujarat
(C) Rubina Francis
9. Dr. Firdausi Qadri was named as one of the
(D) Sonalben Manubhai Patel
five winners of the 63rd Ramon Magsaysay
2. Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana (RGKNY) Awards. She belongs to which nation?
is the initiative of which Indian state/UT? (A) Pakistan (B) Bangladesh
(A) Punjab (B) Kerala (C) Indonesia (D) Sri Lanka
(C) Chhattisgarh (D) Andhra Pradesh
10. Y-Break app has been Associated with which
3. Where is the Head Quarters of SAARC ministry?
countries located? (A) Internal Ministry
(A) Nepal (B) Bangladesh (B) Defence Ministry
(C) Bhutan (D) India (C) Ayush Ministry
(D) Finance Ministry
4. What is the name of new cement brand that
is introduced by Tamil Nadu? 11. When was the National Green Tribunal Act
(A) Valimai (B) Kalaignar established?
(C) Tamil Nadu (A) 2004 (B) 2006
(D) Our City Cement (C) 2008 (D) 2010
5. Which state has become the first one in the 12. Which railway station has been awarded
country to give free water to people? 5-Star ‘Eat Right Station’ certification by
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Goa FSSAI?
(C) Karnataka (D) Tamil Nadu (A) New Delhi (B) Chandigarh
(C) Mumbai Central
6. Which bank has recently launched the first-
(D) Chennai Central
ever floating ATM on a Houseboat in Dal
Lake of Srinagar? 13. Who is the current Prime Minister of Japan?
(A) Punjab National Bank (A) Benjamin Netanyahu
(B) State Bank of India (B) Yoshikuda Suga
(C) Bank of Baroda (C) Yosiko Noda
(D) Union Bank of India (D) Shinche Abe
7. Which animal announced as a Ladakh Union 14. From which of the following dates Tamil
Territory’s Animal? Nadu hovt has planned to ban Plastic Bags?
(A) Snow bear (B) Snow Leopard (A) August 31 (B) September 30
(C) Snow Ass (D) Camel (C) September 30 (D) October 30
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15. When was Iyothee Thass launched a weekly 24. India’s first bio-brick based building
magazine called “Oru Paisa Thamizhan? inaugurated in which of the following
(A) 1904 (B) 1905 Organizations?
(C) 1906 (D) 1907 (A) IIT- Madras (B) IIT- Kanpur
(C) IIT- Hyderabad (D) IIT- Delhi
16. Exercise Bright Star is a multinational
military exercise, held in which country? 25. When was the Right to Information Act
(A) India (B) Japan enacted?
(C) USA (D) Egypt (A) 2004 (B) 2006
(C) 2005 (D) 2009
17. Where was the World Stamp Exhibition
‘Philanippon 2021’ held? 26. What is the name of Rover that has send
(A) China (B) Malaysia with Chandraayan-2?
(C) Taiwan (D) Japan (A) Vikram (B) Pragyan
(C) Saarabai (D) APJ
18. Which of the following is the first Tamil
essay of VOC? 27. What is the name of the 1000th near-earth
(A) India asteroid that passed the planet recently?
(B) Suthanthira Kaatru (A) 2021 PJ1 (B) 2021 AJ193
(C) Kappal Vaanibam (C) 2021 AFK (D) 2021 TJY
(D) Sudesa Abimaanam
28. Which country will chairs the G20 summit
19. How many medals have been won by India in 2023?
at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020? (A) USA (B) England
(A) 15 (B) 17 (C) India (D) Russia
(C) 19 (D) 21
29. Mahmood Mamatani, who has been in the
20. Which company has launched India’s first news recently, belongs to which department?
digital payment interactive geospatial (A) Politics (B) Sports
platform named Pulse? (C) Writer (D) Scientist
(A) Paytm (B) Google
30. Which institution has topped the overall
(C) PhonePe (D) Facebook
category ranking of the NIRF India Rankings
21. What is the capital of Denmark? 2021?
(A) Geneva (B) Rotterdam (A) IIT Madras (B) IISc Bengaluru
(C) Copenhagen (D) Stockholm (C) AIIMS Delhi (D) IIT Delhi
22. Under which of the following themes, 31. With which country, Tamil Nadu has
Singara Chennai schemes second phase to partnered to create an energy island in the
be implemented? Gulf of Mannar?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (A) Germany (B) Denmark
(C) 15 (D) 20 (C) Japan (D) South Korea
23. Asian Development Bank has cleared a loan 32. With which country has India decided
worth USD 150 million for a housing project to network to increase cooperation in the
for the urban poor in which Indian state? energy sector?
(A) Meghalaya (B) Maharashtra (A) USA (B) Turkey
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh (C) Israel (D) Japan
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33. Which of the following Application used for 41. Which state Launches ‘Millet Mission’ To
checking the COVID-19 Vaccination status? Become Millet Hub of India
(A) Co-WIN (B) Aarogya Setu (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) COVIRAP (D) cVIGIL (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Gujarat
34. Global Data Centre is set up at the cost of 42. Who becomes first golfer in world to be
2500 crore at which city of Tamil Nadu? granted Dubai Golden Visa?
(A) Thiruvallur (B) Ambattur (A) Tiger Woods (B) Karry Player
(C) Avadi (D) Sholinganallur (C) Aditi Ashok (D) Jeev Milka Singh
35. Mount. Elbrus is located in which country? 43. Who has been selected for the Performance
(A) France (B) Russia Scholar Award at Thanjavur Tamil
(C) Germany (D) Kazakhstan University?
(A) S. Ramakrishnan (B) Jayamohan
36. Who has been appointed as the Governor of
(C) Panjangam (D) Rajan
Punjab?
(A) R.N. Ravi 44. Which state’s assembly has passed a bill
(B) Banwarilal Purohit seeking a permanent exemption to the state
(C) Gurmit Singh from NEET?
(D) Jagdeep Dhankar (A) Gujarat (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Kerala
37. Who is appointed as the new CM of Gujarat?
(A) Vijay Rupani 45. Which country has commenced the world’s
(B) Bhupendra Patel biggest trial of a blood test where they will
(C) Ananthiben patel detect more than 50 types of cancer?
(D) Nitin Patel (A) China (B) Russia
(C) France
38. India’s largest open-air fernery inaugurated
(D) United Kingdom
in which city?
(A) Uttar Pradesh 46. When is ‘National Engineers’ Day observed?
(B) Uttarakhand (A) September - 12 (B) September – 13
(C) Himachal Pradesh (C) September – 14 (D) September – 15
(D) Nagaland
47. India provided Dornier aircraft to the Coast
39. ‘Medicine from the Sky’ vaccine via drone Guard of which country
has launched in which state? (A) Malaysia (B) Phillipines
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Telangana (C) Mauritius (D) Singapore
(C) Kerala (D) New Delhi
48. India’s first CO2 capture plant, which
40. Who is the author of the book ‘Human extracts CO2 directly from the blast furnace
Rights and Terrorism in India?’ gas has been launched by which company?
(A) Ajit Doval (A) Tata Steel (B) ONGC
(B) Subramanian Swamy (C) Larsen and Toubro
(C) Bipin Rawat (D) BHEL
(D) Shashi Tharoor
49. Which state has registered the highest
number of Sedition cases in 2020?
(A) Assam (B) Karnataka
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Manipur
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50. What is the name of the newly launched 58. Who is the new Governor of Tamil Nadu?
television channel by Prime Minister Modi (A) R. N. Ravi
in association with Lok Sabha and Rajya (B) Satik Ali
Sabha televisions? (C) P.C. Alexander
(A) Sansad TV (B) Parliament TV (D) Surjith Singh Barnala
(C) Azad TV (D) Ajdak TV 59. In which country the Mammoth Cave
51. Who is the retired IFS officer to be declared a National Park is situated?
Special Officer of the Government of Kerala? (A) Germany (B) Australia
(A) Kumaravel (B) Venu Rajamani (C) USA (D) Canada
(C) Arpida Gosh (D) Thiagarajan 60. Which Tamil Nadu sport is included in the
52. When is World Ozone Day 2021 observed? Central Government’s Khelo scheme?
(A) Kabadi (B) Silambam
(A) September 14th (B) September 15th
(C) Shuttlecock (D) None of these
(C) September 16 th
(D) September 17th
61. Which Tamil Nadu athlete won gold in the
53. Recently, which organization has launched
triple jump at the National Open Athletics
four amateurs on its first ever Earth-circling
Championships?
trip?
(A) Praveen Chitravel (B) Raghul
(A) Blue Origin (B) Virgin Galactic (C) Tamilarasan (D) Natarajan
(C) SpaceX
(D) Lockheed Martin 62. What is the name of the portal created by
the Central Government for registration of
54. Which of the following Indians is not unorganized workers?
included in the list of the 100 Most Influential (A) e-shram.gov.in (B) dot.gov.in
People of the Times? (C) techgov.innitiprit.in (D) nvsp.in
(A) Adar Poonawalla
63. What is the deadline to link PAN and
(B) Narendra Modi
Aadhaar?
(C) Savitri Jindal
(A) January 31, 2022
(D) Mamata Banerjee
(B) December 31, 2021
55. What is the direct appointment age for Tamil (C) March 31, 2022
Nadu government jobs? (D) October 31, 2021
(A) 34 (B) 33 64. Which is the first district in Tamil Nadu to be
(C) 32 (D) 35 vaccinated against Covid-19?
56. Where was Swachhata Pakhwada 2021 (A) Chennai (B) Madurai
launched? (C) Tiruchy (D) Coimbatore
(A) Mormugao Port Trust 65. India’s 61st Software Technology Park Centre
(B) Cochin Port Trust opened in which state?
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (A) Manipur (B) Nagaland
(D) Ennore Port (C) Assam (D) Meghalya
57. The Surya Kiran -XV is a Joint Military 66. Who won gold in women’s triple jump at
Training Exercise of Indian Army with National Open Athletics Championships?
which country? (A) P. Ishwarya
(A) Sri Lanka (B) Nepal (B) Hermilan Pheins
(C) Maldives (D) Bangladesh (C) Vidhya (D) Swetha
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67. Who has been named as the 70th and latest 74. Which state has inaugurated South Asia’s
Chess Grandmaster of India? largest Product development centre ‘Digital
(A) S.P. Sethuraman Hub’, to support start-ups?
(B) Krishnan Sasikiran (A) Kerala (B) Karnataka
(C) Uttarakhand (D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) R. Raja Rithvik
(D) Srinath Narayanan 75. Which nation insisted on the Taliban’s
participation in the SAARC Foreign
68. Government of Tamil Nadu in association Ministers meeting?
with which Institute offers Diploma Training (A) Pakistan (B) China
for the benefit of Police? (C) Bangladesh (D) Nepal
(A) AIMS (B) IIMS 76. According to International Data Corporation,
(C) JIPMER (D) NIMHANS what is the percentage of Semiconductor
market Growth will accelerate in 2021?
69. In which area was the largest flora found in (A) 25% (B) 37.3%
the Botanical Survey of India 2020? (C) 17.3% (D) 21%
(A) Western Ghats 77. Where is India’s first Mosque Cheraman
(B) Western Himalayas Juma Masjid located?
(C) Eastern Mount. Range (A) Telangana (B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala (D) Andhra
(D) East Coast
78. Which COVID-19 variant is the world’s most
70. Which state has declared that the government dominant variant currently, as per WHO?
will accept tuition and accommodation fees (A) Alpha (B) Beta
for engineering courses under 7.5 internal (C) Gamma (D) Delta
reservation? 79. Who is the Chairperson of the recently set up
(A) Kerala (B) Tamilnadu 12-member committee for change in CBSE /
(C) Telangana (D) Andhra NCERT curriculum?
(A) Amit Shah (B) Kasturirangan
71. Who broke the national record in women’s (C) Bimal Jalan (D) Injetti Srinivas
1500 m race?
80. Which of these area is heavily occupied by
(A) B. Aishwarya the Chinese army on the border of India and
(B) Parul Chaudhary China?
(C) Harmilan Kaur Bains (A) Gogra (B) Shimla
(D) Sushila Chanu (C) Nainital (D) South Ladakh
81. Recently ministry of defence signed a
72. The World Economic Forum’s (2022) Annual
contract with Avadi heavy vehicle factory to
Meeting going to happen in which city? built which of the following modern artillery
(A) New Delhi (B) Davos system?
(C) Jakarta (D) Beijing (A) Arjun MK 2 (B) Arjun M-3
(C) Arjun MK-1A (D) Arjun M (10)
73. India’s 61st Software Technology Park
82. Where is World’s Highest EV Charging
opened in which state?
Station Inaugurated?
(A) Assam (B) Nagaland (A) Jharkhand (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala (D) Uttar Pradesh (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Hyderabad
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83. Archaeological excavations have discovered 92. Kamla river originates in which of the
brick buildings belongs to Chola Period in following countries?
which place? (A) India (B) Nepal
(A) Kodumanal (B) Boompugar (C) Bangladesh (D) Bhutan
(C) Keeladi (D) Maaligai Medu
93. Who is the first female chancellor of
84. What is the percentage increase in net Anti- Germany?
dumping duty collection in the current (A) Helle Thorning-Schmidt
financial year? (B) Angela Merkel (C) Theresa May
(A) 65% (B) 60% (D) Michelle Bachelet
(C) 54% (D) 74%
94. Tamil Nadu state’s second Police Museum
85. The first-ever, bronze statue of Bitcoin’s has inaugurated in which city?
anonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto has
(A) Chennai (B) Trichy
been unveiled in which city?
(C) Coimbatore (D) Madurai
(A) San Salvador (B) Dubai
(C) Budapest (D) Madrid 95. What is the Rank of India in UN World
Happiness Report of 2021?
86. Chang’e-5 lunar mission, belongs to which
one of the following? (A) 139 (B) 144
(A) India (B) Japan (C) 149 (D) 142
(C) USA (D) China 96. Across which pass Asia’s Longest bi-
87. Which state has planned to Set Up Digital directional Tunnel is being Constructed?
De-Addiction Centres for Kids Hooked to (A) Shipki La (B) Zoji La
Gaming? (C) Jelep La (D) Nathu La
(A) Tamilnadu (B) Andhra 97. For which trade SEBI clears the norms
(C) Telangana (D) Kerala recently?
88. When is the world rivers day observed? (A) Silver (B) Gold
(A) September - 25 (B) September – 26 (C) Cryptocurrency (D) Diamond
(C) September - 27 (D) September – 28
98. “Terms of Reference” for the Conduct of
89. Which Railway Station in Tamilnadu attains the Navy-to-Navy talks has been signed
100 Percentage Solar Energy? between which countries?
(A) Chennai Central Railway Station (A) Indian - Japan (B) India – U.S
(B) Chennai Egmore Railway Station (C) U.S. - Australia (D) India – Australia
(C) Tiruchirapalli Railway Station
(D) Madurai Railway Station 99. India’s Foreign Debt has been increased by
how many Percentage compared to 2020?
90. Which country in Europe has the largest (A) 5.1% (B) 4.2%
number of female parliamentarians?
(C) 2.1% (D) 3.2%
(A) Italy (B) Spain
(C) Iceland (D) Sweden 100. Which of the following Institute’s
Alumni Association has initiated the
91. Who wins silver medal at World Archery
“Mission 5000 Ignited Minds”?
Championship?
(A) IIT – Mumbai (B) IIT – Delhi
(A) Jyothi Surekha Vennam
(C) IIT – Chennai (D) IIT – Kolkata
(B) Deepika kumari
(C) Ankitha Pagath
(D) Dola Banerjee
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B C A A B B B A B C
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
D B B C C C D D C C
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C B C C C B A C C A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
B A A B B B B B B B
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
C D C B D D C A D A
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
B C C C C B B A C B
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
A A C D B A C D A B
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
C B B A A C C D B A
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
C C D C C D D B A C
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
A B B A A B B D C C
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9. PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Which state Government had opted for door- 9. Who authored the book “The Story of India’s
to-door delivery of Ration called “Mukhy Partition”?
Mantri Ghar Ration Yojana”? (A) R.N. Ravi
(A) Delhi (B) Uttar Pradesh (B) Raghuvendra Tanwar
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Maharashtra (C) J.N. Uppal
2. Which of the following is China’s First Mars (D) S.S. Sudha
rover? 10. Who is the Chairman of 76th United Nations
(A) Preservance (B) Sojourner General Assembly at Present?
(C) Spirit (D) Zhurong (A) Abdullah Shahid (B) Rajnath Singh
3. India’s Rank in World Agro Chemicals (C) Antonio Guterres (D) N.V. Ramana
Production? 11. Which of the following Villages in
(A) 17 (B) 15 Thiruvanamalai District in Which all the
(C) 4 (D) 13 houses have Tap Water Connections under
4. Muthamizh Aringar Dr. Kalaignar Porkizhi “Jal Jeevan Mission”?
Award Which Famous writer awarded for (A) Vellery (B) Adaiyur
his Prose? (C) Agaram (D) Keelapennathur
(A) S. Ramakrishnan (B) Jeyamohan 12. Whom did PM Appreciate for Using
(C) Tamizh Prabha (D) Jeyakaandhan Nanotechnology in Herbal Products?
5. Which Medal has been won by India in (A) Subhashree Vijay (B) Keerthana
Asian Table Tennis Championship 2021? (C) Suganya D) Sasikala
(A) Gold (B) Silver 13. Which Indian Visited Amercia’s Defence
(C) Bronze (D) None Head Quarters Called “Pentagon” recently?
6. Who won the National Award for Senior (A) Narendra Modi (B) Rajnath Singh
Citizens (Vayo Shreshtha Samman) for 2020? (C) Amitshah (D) Bipin Rawat
(A) S. Ragothaman (B) V.S. Natrajan 14. Which of the following Sangam Literary
(C) V. Ramaiah (D) John Jeyakumar Work Refers to the King who created the
7. Under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana Lake “Thiraiyan Eri”?
Scheme, how many farmers have been (A) Sirupanatru Padai
targeted as Beneficiaries by Tamil Nadu (B) Silapathigaram
Govt.? (C) Manimegalai
(A) 40 Lakhs (B) 25 Lakhs (D) Perumpanatru Padai
(C) 30 Lakhs (D) 45 Lakhs 15. Which country first Successfully test Fired
8. Which of the following river is called “River a Hypersonic missile from a submarine
of Death”? recently?
(A) Nubra (B) Zanskar (A) India (B) Japan
(C) Galwan D) Shyok (C) China (D) Russia
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16. At which place the Commemorative arch 24. Which of the following state is the largest
Recognizing the role of Indian Soldiers in emitter of PM2.5 according to the Council on
the Victory of the Alked Powers in World Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)?
War – I is Located? (A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat
(A) Srirangam (B) Lalgudi (C) Odisha (D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Pudhur (D) Madurai
25. Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature for
17. Which country in South Asia First Delivered 2021?
Covid Vaccines using Drones? (A) Salman Rushdie
(A) Singapore (B) Srilanka (B) Abdul Razzaq Gurnah
(C) Malayasia (D) India (C) J.K. Rowling
(D) Yuval Noah Harari
18. Whose Birthday is announced as Thani
Perungarunai (Boundless Benevolence) Day 26. Which District’s Clove in Tamil Nadu were
by the Tamil Nadu Government? issued GI Tag?
(A) Ramalinga Adigalar (A) Nilgiris (B) Namakkal
(B) Vaikunda Swamigal (C) Pollachi (D) Kanniyakumari
(C) Thiruppur Kumaran
27. Who has been elected as the President of
(D) None
Tamilnadu Olympic Association for the
19. What is the position of India in Terms of period 2020-25?
World’s Largest Producer of Sugar? (A) Ishari Ganesh
(A) 1 (B) 3 (B) B. Sivanthi Aditanar
(C) 2 (D) 4 (C) Aadhav Arjuna
(D) T.V. Seeta Rama Rao
20. Which of the following Disease’s Treatment
has been included in Ayushman Bharat 28. Which of the following Central Armed
Scheme recently? Police Force secures the Nepal and Bhutan
(A) Black Fungus Borders?
(B) Pro-state Cancer (A) Sashastra Seema Bal
(C) Stent Placement for the Heart (B) Assam Rifles
(D) Angio-plasty (C) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(D) Border Security Forces
21. According to UNICEF how many Percent of
those aged 15 to 24 in India Reported often 29. Which Zone of Indian Railways had added
Feeling Depressed? “Pasumai” an Environment Friendly Battery-
(A) 25% (B) 20% operated dual mode shunting Locomotive to
(C) 14% (D) 18% its fleet?
(A) North Eastern Railway
22. Who will be awarded the Sastra Ramanujan
(B) Southern Railway
Prize for 2021?
(C) South Western Railway
(A) Will Sawin (B) Mahesh (D) West Central Railway
(C) Muruganandan (D) Manisha
30. Who is the chairman of the committee for
23. Which of the following is World’s First Anti- Monitoring the Implementation of the Union
Malarial Vaccine approved by WHO? Government Schemes?
(A) Varicella (A) T.R. Balu
(B) Zycov – D (B) A. Raja
(C) Mosquirix (C) M.K. Stalin
(D) Covovax (D) Trichy Siva
31. Which Private Organisation has won in 39. When is World Mental Health Day
the bidding of Air India Air Transport Observed?
Services Limited which is a Public Sector (A) October 9 (B) October 10
Organisation? (C) October 11 (D) October 12
(A) Tata Group (B) Spice Jet
40. Where is the Vizhinjam Sea Port Located?
(C) Indigo (D) Jet Airways
(A) Tamilnadu
32. Five Committees have been set up to monitor (B) Karnataka
the Pollution in which of the following (C) Kerala
River? (D) Andhra Pradesh
(A) Cauvery (B) Godavari
41. When was the Tamilnadu Transgender
(C) Thamirabarani (D) Krishna
welfare board formed?
33. Who is the Chairman of the Advisory (A) 2007 (B) 2008
council for “Future IT, emerging and deep (C) 2009 (D) 2010
Technologies”?
42. Who has been appointed as Austria’s New
(A) Thennarasu
Prime Ministrer?
(B) Sekar Kumar Niraj
(C) Mano Thangaraj (A) Schellenberg (B) Tstsipas
(D) Satyamoorthy (C) Laila (D) Paris Johnson
34. With which country did India sign Ground 43. Under which category did U.S Based David
water Resources and Ground Water Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens
Mapping agreement? won Nobel Prize for 2021?
(A) Italy (B) German (A) Physics (B) Chemistry
(C) Denmark (D) Spain (C) Economics (D) Medicine
35. For the Companies with Annual Revenues of 44. Which vaccine has been recommended for
More than $ 864 billion how much percentage emergency use authorization for 2 to 18
has been fixed as “Corporate Tax” according years old by the Expert Committee?
to the decision of 136 Countries? (A) Covishield (B) Covaxin
(A) 18% (B) 20% (C) Sputnik (D) Moderna
(C) 15% (D) 17% 45. Who has been appointed as the advisor of
36. Where is the Second Phase of Joint Malabar PM Narendra Modi?
Exercise between India-US is scheduled to (A) Amit Khare
be held? (B) Sunil Paliwal
(A) Philippines (B) Bay of Bengal (C) AKS Vijayan
(C) Arabian Sea (D) Indian Ocean (D) Dheeraj Kumar
37. When is the International Day of Girl Child 46. How much percentage India’s Industrial
Observed? Output growth accelerated in the month of
August 2021?
(A) October - 15 (B) October – 20
(C) October - 17 (D) October – 11 (A) 13.5% (B) 14.2%
(C) 11.9% (D) 12.5%
38. Which Vaccine is permitted by the Union
Government to be Exported to Russia? 47. When was National Human Rights
Commission formed?
(A) Sputnik Light
(B) Covaxin (A) 12 October, 1990
(C) Covishield (B) 12 September, 1990
(D) Moderna Vaccine (C) 12 October, 1993
(D) 12 September, 1993
48. Which of the following committee 56. Which of the following is used to separate
recommended the Tamil Nadu government oxygen and Nitrogen in free air?
to implement Urban Employment Scheme? (A) Bentonite (B) Zeolite
(A) C. Rangarajan Committee (C) Magnesite (D) Dolomite
(B) Ajit Kumar Committee
57. Who was considered as the National Teacher
(C) Abhijit Sen Committee
of India?
(D) Athreya Committee
(A) Dr. Radha Krishnan
49. Who is the author of the book titled “An (B) Vinoba bhave
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the (C) Mahatma Gandhi
wealth of Nations”? (D) Jawaharlal Nehru
(A) Adam Smith (B) Rachel Carson
58. What is the name of the Joint Military
(C) Ayush Kumar (D) John Muir
Exercise that is being conducted between
50. What is the name of the Port that is being India-Srilanka?
built in Iran with the help of India? (A) Mitra Shakti
(A) Chabahar Port (B) Taheri Port (B) Surya Kiran
(C) Ansali Port (D) Khomeini Port (C) Samudra Shakti
(D) Ajeya Warrior
51. What is the name of the webpage that
contains the schemes and G.O.s of the 59. Who is the President of Taiwan?
Revenue Department launched by Tamil (A) Isai Ing-wen (B) Yulia Peresild
Nadu government? (C) Liz Truss (D) John Muir
(A) www.rera.tn.gov.in
60. In which ocean region, the Taiwan strait
(B) www.cra.tn.gov.in
which separates China and Taiwan is
(C) www.tnesevai.tn.gov.in
located?
(D) www.tnsta.gov.in
(A) South China sea (B) Philippine’s Sea
52. Who was appointed as the chairperson (C) West China sea (D) East China sea
of Tamil Nadu Adi-Dravidar and Tribal
Welfare Commission? 61. Which of the following is the first Hypersonic
missile produced indigenously in India?
(A) Justice Siva Kumar
(B) Justice Punidha Pandian (A) Brahmos (B) Brahmos II
(C) Justice Kumara Devan (C) Agni (D) Prithvi
(D) Justice Ezhil Illangovan 62. Which of the following district where
53. What is the position of India in Global the Poultry breeding complex has been
Hunger Index? inaugurated in Tamilnadu?
(A) 94 (B) 96 (A) Dindigul (B) Namakkal
(C) 98 (D) 101 (C) Karur (D) Krishnagiri
54. Who is the Current President of Israel? 63. When was Rashtriya Gokul Mission
Launched?
(A) Naftali Bennett (B) Isaac Herzog
(C) Yair Lapid (D) Alon Ushpiz (A) December 2014 (B) December 2015
(C) September 2014 (D) September 2015
55. Who Produced and sung the anthem on the
Country’s vaccination programme aginst 64. Who became the World No.1 in Under – 17
COVID-19? ranking in Table Tennis?
(A) Kailash Kher (A) Sharath Kamal
(B) Gaurav Bhatia (B) Payas Jain
(C) Prashant (C) Swadesh Mondal
(D) Sushil Kumar (D) Devaraj
65. Which place in Tamilnadu where 3200 years 73. Who was appointed as the Goodwill Envoy
old paddy seeds have been excavated? for culture and Diplomacy of the Republic
(A) Keezhadi (B) Sivagalai of Korea?
(C) Korkai (D) Madurai (A) Young-seup kwon
(B) Gauri Lankesh
66. What is the rank of India in Food Security
(C) Padmavati Raman
Index?
(D) Venu Srinivasan
(A) 75 (B) 74
(C) 71 (D) 76 74. When is the Vigilance Awareness week is
observed?
67. From which country did India Import
(A) November 1 – November 7
“Mirage 2000” Jet Fighters?
(B) October 26 – November 1
(A) America (B) Britain (C) August 8 – August 16
(C) France (D) Russia (D) November 7 – November 14
68. Who won Sakharov Prize which is a 75. What is the name of the portal launched
European Union’s top Human Rights Prize? by the TN Government for receiving the
(A) Nicholas Burns progress of major infrastructure projects?
(B) John Kennedy (A) e-infra
(C) Lloyd Austin (B) e-munnetram
(D) Alexi Navalny (C) e-admin
69. Union Defence Minister laid the foundation (D) e-service
stone of the Nechipu Tunnel is located in 76. Who is the Advocate General of TamilNadu?
which state?
(A) Soma Sundaram
(A) Uttarakhand (B) Vijaya Kumar
(B) Arunachal Pradesh (C) Abraham
(C) Sikkim (D) Shanmuga Sundaram
(D) Bihar
77. What is the name of the vehicle used as
70. Who of the following administers oath to the target during the test fire of aerial
a person appointed as the judge of a high missile target systems conducted by DRDO
court? recently?
(A) President (A) Abhyas
(B) Chief Justice of supreme court (B) Prithvi II
(C) Governor (C) Brahmos
(D) Chief Justice of the High court (D) Arjun
71. In which of the following countries more 78. From which country does India import MK-
number of deaths occurred due to higher 54 Torpedoes, an anti-submarine warfare
temperatures, according to the thesis “Code weapon?
red for a healthy future – 2021” published by
(A) Russia (B) France
Lancet?
(C) America (D) Britain
(A) India - Brazil
(B) Japan – Indonesia 79. Who is the chairman of the Social Justice
(C) America - China Surveillance Committee appointed by Tamil
(D) Kenya – Ghana Nadu government?
(A) K. Dhanavel
72. Where is the Conference of Parties (COP26)-
(B) Suba. Veerapandian
2021 is going to be held?
(C) R. Rajendran
(A) Glasgow (B) Madrid (D) A. Jaison
(C) Paris (D) Lima
80. Which of the following state launched 88. Which day is celebrated as Accession Day
“Prakritik Kheti Kusshal Yojana (PK3Y) in in India annually, the day on which Jammu
2018? & Kashmir was acceded to the Dominion of
(A) Himachal Pradesh (B) Uttarakhand India?
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Bihar (A) October 25
(B) October 26
81. Who fixes the issue price in the Sovereign
(C) October 27
Gold Bond Scheme by the Union
(D) October 28
Government?
(A) Finance Ministry 89. Which of the following amendment act
(B) Union Government included 10th Schedule Known as Anti-
(C) Reserve Bank of India defection Act to the Constitution of India?
(D) State Bank of India (A) 42nd Amendment Act
(B) 44th Amendment Act
82. When is the G-20 Summit for 2021 is
(C) 51st Amendment Act
scheduled to be held in Italy?
(D) 52nd Amendment Act
(A) October 30 (B) October 25
(C) October 24 (D) October 21 90. Who was appointed as the Chairman of
expert technical committee appointed by the
83. Who is the Winner of 51st Dadasaheb Phalke Supreme Court to investigate allegations of
Award? using Pegasus spyware?
(A) Kamal Hassan (A) Alok Joshi
(B) Rajinikanth (B) Raveendran
(C) Amitabh bhachan (C) Sundeep Oberoi
(D) Anurag Kashyap (D) Naveen Kumar
84. Which Organisation constructed the Vikrant 91. Which of the following is the India’s longest-
Warship? range Surface-to-Surface ballistic missile?
(A) Goa Shipyard Ltd. (A) Agni V (B) Prithvi IV
(B) Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (C) Brahmos (D) Sputnik
(C) Kolkatta Shipyard Ltd.
(D) Surat Shipyard Ltd. 92. Which of the following is the World’s first
satellite that was launched into space?
85. What is the name of rare Butterfly Species
(A) Pioneer - 5 (B) Sputnik
that is spotted in Srivilliputhur - Meghamalai
(C) Amazonia (D) Aryabhata
Tiger Reserve?
(A) Silver-Forget-me-NOT 93. Which neighboring country of India has
(B) Kaiser-i-hind passed a new law to strengthen land border
(C) Lobis blue protection?
(D) Miami Blue (A) China (B) Nepal
(C) Bangladesh (D) Pakistan
86. Who is the author of the book “The Fractured
Himalaya”? 94. Which of the following company changes its
(A) Deepa Sinha (B) Nirupama Rao parent company name to “Meta”?
(C) Meera Srinivasan (D) Anupama (A) LinkedIn (B) Facebook
(C) Twitter (D) Google
87. Who is the author of the book “Gandhi-
Vinobha, A Memoir”? 95. Which of the following city won the Award
(A) T.D. Tirumalai for the Best Public Transport System?
(B) Kulandaisamy (A) Surat (B) Kochi
(C) Navaneeth (C) Delhi (D) Kolkatta
(D) Sivakumar
96. The financial inclusion campaign Pradhan 99. Which of the following region is the native
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana comes under which to Joro Spider?
ministry? (A) East Asia (B) West Asia
(A) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (C) North America (D) Europe
(B) Ministry of Finance
100. What is the name of the 17th Joint Military
(C) Ministry of Home Affairs
Exercise between India & US that concluded
(D) Ministry of Labour and Employment
recently in Alaska?
97. Where is the Asia’s first open air “Floating (A) Yudh Abhyas 21 (B) Ajeya Warrior
Theatre” Located? (C) Surya Kiran (D) Indradhanush
(A) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
(B) Dal Lake
(C) Maldives
(D) Goa
98. What is the name of the Mobile Application
developed to alert fishermen to no-fishing
zones in the Bay of Bengal?
(A) Fish Brain
(B) Fish Track
(C) Fisher Friend Mobile Application
(D) Fish Master
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A D C A C B B D B A A A D D C
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
B D A C A C A C D B D A A B C
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
A A C C C B D A B C B A C B A
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
C C A A A B A D B A B B A A A
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
B D A B B C C D B C A A D B B
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
D A C B A A A B C A B A B D B
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
A B A B A B B C A A
9. PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is the world’s first 8. Who innovated solar powered ironing cart?
DNA based needle-free COVID-19 Vaccine? (A) Prince William
(A) Zycov-D (B) Janssen (B) Vinisha Umashankar
(C) Moderna (D) Convidecia (C) Prathiba
(D) Shyam
2. When was the Indus River Dolphin declared
as the state Aquatic animal of Punjab? 9. Who is the chairman of the committee
appointed by RBI to streamline the
(A) 2016 (B) 2017
functioning of asset reconstruction
(C) 2018 (D) 2019
companies (ARCs)?
3. Who is the author of the book “Annal Gandhi (A) Sudharshan sen
Sila Ninaivugal”? (B) Rajeev Chandrasekar
(A) Varadharajan (B) Nanchunthan (C) Emmanuel
(C) Rajesh Kumar (D) Janaki Raman (D) Krishnamoorthi
4. Which of the following constitutional 10. Which state government has announced the
amendment act restored the power of the one-time incentive for government workers
states to identify and notify the backward acquiring higher qualification?
classes? (A) Karnataka (B) Kerala
(C) Telangana (D) Tamil Nadu
(A) 102nd Amendment Act
(B) 105th Amendment Act 11. Who among the following Paralympic athlete
(C) 97th Amendment Act was appointed as the Deputy Manager in
(D) 100th Amendment Act Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited?
(A) Sharad Kumar (B) Varun Singh
5. Which state in India awarded the Border (C) Deepan
Martyrs alive now, who sacrificed (D) Mariappan Thangavelu
themselves in the border struggle?
12. Which of the following neighbour Country
(A) Delhi (B) Tamil Nadu
is allowed to trades its power in the Indian
(C) Kerala (D) Karnataka
Power Exchange Market recently?
6. Which country is set to start “Knock Every (A) Afghanistan (B) Bangladesh
Door” Campaign to boost vaccination? (C) Nepal (D) Bhutan
(A) China (B) USA 13. Who is the father of Indian Poultry Industry?
(C) India (D) Indonesia (A) B.V. Rao (B) Muthu
7. The Green Grids Initiative – “One Sun, One (C) Sivan Pandiyan (D) Narasaiah
World, One Grid” endorsed by more than 14. Who is the author of the book “Amazing
80 countries is an initiative of which of the Adyar, A Suburb to be proud of”?
following countries? (A) Rajesh (B) K.R.A. Narasiah
(A) India & Russia (B) India & USA (C) Alby John
(C) USA & U. K (D) India & U.K. (D) Gopalakrishna Gandhi
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15. What is the name of the anti-viral pill 24. Ahom tribes belongs to which of the
approved by the Britain to treat COVID-19? following state?
(A) Remdesivir (B) Molnupiravir (A) Manipur (B) Assam
(C) Lopinavir (D) Ritonavir (C) Meghalaya (D) Mizoram
16. Which country unveiled a new 5 Pound 25. Which is the only State in India that denied
coin commemorating the life and legacy of the Scheduled Tribes status to the Tea Tribes?
Mahatma Gandhi? (A) Assam (B) Uttar Pradesh
(A) USA (B) France (C) West Bengal (D) Bihar
(C) Britain (D) Russia
26. Which of the following organisations
17. Who is the author of the book “Kelvi Badhil deployed its engineering wing for the
Mudhiyor Maruthuvam”? construction of roads along the Line of
(A) V.S. Natarajan (B) Karunakaran Actual Control?
(C) Vandana (D) Kokila (A) Border Roads Organization
(B) Central Public Works Department
18. Who among the following is the only
(C) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Indian to receive the American Diabetes
(D) Central Road Research Institute
Association’s “Harold Rifkin Award”?
(A) Velraj (B) Mohan 27. Which of the following city is picked as
(C) Meenakshi (D) Keerthana “creative city” by UNESCO?
(A) Srinagar (B) Delhi
19. Which of the following institution has
(C) Mumbai (D) Kolkata
produced the design for New Pamban
bridge? 28. Who is the first gynecologist from Leh?
(A) IIT – Madras (B) IIT - Kanpur (A) Manoj Das (B) Tsering Landol
(C) IIT - Mumbai (D) IIT-Kharagpur (C) Jamir (D) Adnan Sami
20. Which of the following institution has 29. Who became the first Chinese woman to
launched an online portal for women to lodge perform a spacewalk?
complaints related to sexual harassment (A) Wang Yaping
within the precincts of its complex? (B) Zhai Zhigang
(A) IIT - Madras (B) Anna University (C) Hua Mulan
(C) Supreme Court (D) Wang Zhenyi
(D) Madras High Court
30. “Bestu Varas” is the day celebrated in which
21. Which of the following state in India notified state of India?
a law to provide 75% reservation for locals in (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra
private sector jobs? (C) Gujarat (D) Rajasthan
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala
31. Which of the following is going to be the
(C) Maharashtra (D) Haryana
headquarters of Tamil Nadu Forest and
22. Which of the following place in which the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau?
Indian Space Research Organization will set (A) Chennai
up a Space Museum and Space Centre? (B) Coimbatore
(A) Nagercoil (B) Kanyakumari (C) Madurai
(C) Tirunelveli (D) Sengottai (D) Ramanathapuram
23. In which river the Pitchuka Lanka island 32. What is the name of the Warship exported to
located? Pakistan by China recently?
(A) Godavari (B) Krishna (A) PNS Tughril (B) PNS Khalid
(C) Tungabhadra (D) Cauvery (C) PNS Saad (D) PNS Hamza
33. When was Uttarakhand formed as a state in 42. Where is the 2022 edition of Conference of
India? Parties (27th CoP) scheduled to held?
(A) November 9, 2000 (A) Egypt (B) UAE
(B) November 9, 2001 (C) Paris (D) London
(C) November 8, 2000 43. Who is called as the Holkar Queen of Indore?
(D) November 8, 2001
(A) Scindhia Holkar
34. Where was all India Monks Conference held (B) Meena Holkar
recently? (C) Ahalya Bai Holkar
(A) Chennai (B) Kanchipuram (D) Shushma Holkar
(C) Melmaruvathur (D) Madurai 44. In Which place, the revamped war memorial
35. Which Country formed a task force to dedicated to those who laid down their lives
prepare a draft act for the establishment of in 1962 war will be inaugurated?
‘One Country, One Law’ legislation? (A) Leh (B) Eastern Ladakh
(A) India (B) Sri Lanka (C) Varanasi (D) Shimla
(C) Afghanistan (D) China 45. Which is the only state / UT in the country
36. Who is the author of the book ‘ Mulli Kattu to have metro facilities in five districts?
Ithikasam’? (A) Delhi (B) Kolkatta
(A) Brawin Kumar (C) Uttar Pradesh (D Kerala
(B) Kannadasan 46. What is the age defined by Prevention of
(C) Salman Khurshid Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012
(D) Shashi Tharoor (POCSO) as children?
37. Where is Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) (A) 12 years (B) 14 Years
located? (C) 16 Years (D) 18 Years
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala 47. When is the World Diabetes Day Observed?
(C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Telengana (A) November 13 (B) November 14
38. When was World Wide Fund for Nature (C) November 15 (D) November 16
(WWF) is formed? 48. Which of the following Railway station has
(A) 1961 (B) 1921 been renamed after “Rani Kamlapati”?
(C) 1922 (D) 1965 (A) Jhansi (B) Habibganj
39. Who is the last white President of South (C) Gurgaon (D) Agra
Africa? 49. Who is the champion of ATP Next Gen 2021?
(A) Nelson Mandela (B) Lukashenko (A) Carlos Alcaraz (B) Sebastin Korda
(C) Susan (D) F.W. De. Klerk (C) Carlos Ferrero (D) Cerundolo
40. Which state in India won the International 50. What is the name of the drone used for the
Award for rural tourism Project? delivery of Vaccines for the first time in
(A) Assam (B) Goa Bangalore?
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Kerala (A) Grey Eagle (B) Global Hawk
41. Whose birth anniversary is celebrated as the (C) Octocopter (D) Shadow
National Education Day in India? 51. Which of the following Indian has
(A) Radhakrishnan been elected to UN’s International Law
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru Commission?
(C) Vishweshwara Iyer (A) Bimal Patel (B) Chauhan
(D) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (C) Tripathi (D) Siva Kumar
52. Who among the following is the longest 61. What is the Position of India in Bribery risk
serving Prime Minister of India? rankings?
(A) Indira Gandhi (A) 77 (B) 82
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) 84 (D) 86
(C) Manmohan Singh
62. Which of the following country has launched
(D) Narendra Modi
an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile recently?
53. Where was the Birsa Munda memorial cum (A) USA (B) China
freedom fighter museum inaugurated? (C) Japan (D) Russia
(A) Bhopal (B) Ranchi
(C) Lucknow (D) Kolkatta 63. Who is the chairman of the committee
appointed to examine the role of speaker
54. Where is the India’s first Food Museum in cases of disqualification on grounds of
inaugurated? defection under 10th Schedule?
(A) Pudukkottai (B) Thanjavur (A) Om Birla (B) C.P. Joshi
(C) Ariyalur (D) Karur (C) Anurag Thakur (D) Appavu
55. Which team won its maiden ICC Men’s T20 64. Where was the first Global Innovation
World Cup 2021 in its 7th Edition? summit of the Pharmaceuticals sector held
(A) New Zealand (B) Pakistan in India?
(C) England (D) Australia (A) Pune (B) Bangalore
56. What is the name of the new cement (C) Allahabad (D) New Delhi
brand launched by Tamil nadu Cements
65. Who won the Prestigious Lifetime
Corporation Limited (TANCEM)?
Achievement Award for 2021 from
(A) Valimai (B) Bhavya Badminton World Federation?
(C) Priya (D) Parasakthi
(A) Alaknanda Ashok
57. Which state has launched the Mission on (B) Devender Singh
Sustainable Green cover in farm lands (C) Prakash Padukone
recently? (D) S.A Shetty
(A) Kerala (B) Andhra Pradesh
66. In which state, a stone signage on Rani
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Telangana
Laxmibai unveiled recently?
58. In which country, the International Cricket (A) Uttarakhand (B) Bihar
Council Champions trophy is scheduled to (C) Jharkhand (D) Uttar Pradesh
be held in 2025?
(A) United Arab Emirates 67. Which article of the Constitution of India
(B) Australia deals with “Uniform Civil Code”?
(C) India (A) Article 42 (B) Article 44
(D) Pakistan (C) Article 50 (D) Article 51
59. When was Tamil Nadu Narikuravar 68. Which state has inaugurated a 3-D surgery
Welfare Board formed by the Tamil Nadu facility at its government eye hospital for the
Government? first time in the country?
(A) 2008-09 (B) 2007- 08 (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) 2006 - 07 (D) 2009 - 10 (C) Telengana (D) Andhra Pradesh
60. Who is called as Wordsmith of Tamil 69. What is the rank of Coimbatore in the list of
Literary World? India’s Cleanest City in 2021?
(A) Rama Krishnan (B) Radha Krishnan (A) 43 (B) 46
(C) Krishnamoorthy (D) Muthusamy (C) 47 (D) 48
70. Which state launched a Forensic DNA 80. Which state has announced a package of
profile search tool first in India? incentives to firms which have invested
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) West Bengal more than Rs.50 crore and provided direct
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Maharashtra employment for 300 people or more over a
period of less than 3 years?
71. Who is the First Woman President of USA?
(A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Karnataka
(A) Nancy Pelosi (C) Jharkhand (D) Tamil Nadu
(B) Kamala Harris
(C) Nikki Haley 81. What is the name of the Indo-France joint
(D) Gabrielle Giffords military exercise commenced in France
recently?
72. Which country launched World’s First
(A) Ex-Shakti (B) Mitra Shakti
Electric Autonomous Cargo Ship?
(C) Garuda Shakti (D) Vajra Prahar
(A) Finland (B) Netherland
(C) Sweden (D) Norway 82. Which state has been ranked first in the
Indian Police Foundation’s Smart Policing
73. Which country has set a new Guinness Index?
record for the World’s largest Orchestra? (A) Telangana (B) Tamil Nadu
(A) Brazil (B) Argentina (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Karnataka
(C) Russia (D) Venezuela
83. In which place, the Kalaignar Memorial
74. When was Adi Dravidars and Tribal Welfare Library is to be constructed?
department set up? (A) Madurai (B) Trichy
(A) 1988 (B) 1998 (C) Dindigul (D) Karur
(C) 2001 (D) 2003
84. Which state in India announced a six Point
75. When was World Heritage Week Observed? action plan to clean River Yamuna?
(A) November 1 to November 7 (A) Punjab (B) Haryana
(B) November 7 to November 14 (C) Delhi (D) Uttar Pradesh
(C) November 15 to November 21
(D) November 19 to November 25 85. What is the name of the military exercise
conducted in the Creek Sector of Kutch
76. Which of the following award was presented Peninsula?
to Abinandan Varthaman recently? (A) Ex-Shakti (B) Sagar Exercise
(A) Shaurya Chakra Award (C) Mitra Shakti (D) Garuda Shakti
(B) Kirti Chakra Award
(C) Param Vir Chakra 86. Where is the foundation stone for Asia’s
(D) Vir Chakra biggest Airport laid in India?
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Punjab
77. Who is the Champion of Syed Mushtaq Ali (C) Haryana (D) Gujarat
Trophy 2021?
87. Who is the chairperson of 12-Member panel
(A) Karnataka (B) Delhi
constituted by the Tamil Nadu government
(C) Gujarat (D) Tamil Nadu
for bringing in investments to the State?
78. Which State has launched “Mother on (A) Rangaswami
Campus” initiative recently? (B) Ganesh Radhakrishnan
(A) Tripura (B) Meghalaya (C) Saravanan
(C) Mizoram (D) Assam (D) Thangam Thennarasu
79. Where was the “Tamil Nadu investors first 88. What is the name of the 6th Submarine under
Port of Call” investment conclave held? Navy’s Project -75?
(A) Coimbatore (B) Erode (A) Karanj (B) Vagsheer
(C) Salem (D) Karur (C) Vagir (D) Khanderi
89. Which of the following award was not given 97. Zircon Cruise Hypersonic Missile belongs to
to Dr. Verghese Kurien? which country?
(A) World Food Prize (A) Japan (B) China
(B) Abdul Kalam Award (C) USA (D) Russia
(C) Ramon Magsaysay Award
98. The Tamil Nadu Government urged Union
(D) Padma Shri
Minister Piyush Goyal to direct the Ministries
90. Who is the chairperson of the 5-member concerned to remove the 11% import duty of
committee appointed to ensure timely which crop?
completion of various completion of various (A) Cotton (B) Jute
projects under the Central Vista Project? (C) Rubber (D) Sugarcane
(A) P.K. Tiwari (B) Shailendar Roy
99. Who is the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu
(C) Ratan. P. Watal (D) Mausam
Power Finance & Infrastructure Development
91. What is the name of the operation coordinated Corporation (Tufidco Powerfin)?
by the Interpol, Enforcement agencies to (A) Usha (B) Atulya Misra
crackdown cyber enabled financial crime? (C) Piyush (D) Manoj
(A) HAECHI - II (B) Trigger - VI
100. When was the Right of Children to Free and
(C) Kafo – II (D) Kafo - I
Compulsory Education Act (RTE) came into
92. What is the name of the New Docking force?
Module of Russia that successfully hooked (A) 1 April 2020 (B) 4 August 2010
with the International Space Station recently? (C) 4 August 2009 (D) 1 April 2010
(A) Soyuz (B) Prichal
(C) Pragati (D) Nauka
93. Which bank had set up a stall in the “Hunar
Haat” to provide easy loans to artisans
& Craftsmen for employment and self
-employment?
(A) Canara Bank
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Indian Bank
(D) Bank of India
94. Who is the current Chairman of National
Commission for Women?
(A) Jayanti Patnaik (B) Mohini Giri
(C) Rekha Sharma (D) Girija
95. Who is the Prime Minister of Czeh Republic
elected recently?
(A) Milos Zeman (B) Francisco Cabral
(C) Peter Fiala (D) Jana Fialova
96. Who has been elected as the new President
of Book Sellers and Publishers Association
of South India (BAPASI)?
(A) S. Vairavan (B) S.K. Murugan
(C) A. Kumaran (D) Mayilvelan
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A D B B B C D B A D D C A B B
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C A B C D D B A B A C A B A C
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
A A A B B A C A D C D A C B C
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
D B B A C A B B B D A C D A A
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
B D B D C D B B B A B D D A D
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
D D A A D A C A C B A D B B B
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
A B A C C A D A B D
PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. What is the theme that will be focused by 9. In which State, the Paika rebellion took
the Forum on Financial Technology that is place?
scheduled to be held on December 3, 2021? (A) Odisha (B) Jharkhand
(A) Future - Tech (B) Fin - Future (C) Bihar (D) Chhattisgarh
(C) Space Tech (D) Beyond
10. When was the “Smart Cities Mission” (SCM)
2. Which of the following Country has become announced in India?
Republic recently? (A) 2015 (B) 2016
(A) Barbados (B) Bahamas (C) 2017 (D) 2018
(C) Cuba (D) Grenada
11. Who won the “Woman of the Year” Award
3. When was Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
by World Athletics for 2021?
signed?
(A) Athing Mu
(A) February 2,1971 (B) February 2,1976
(B) Derartu Tulu
(C) May 1, 1971 (D) May 1, 1976
(C) Elaine Thompson Herah
4. When was Border Security Force formed? (D) Anju Bobby George
(A) 1962 (B) 1965
12. What is the name of the New Species of
(C) 1971 (D) 1972
Butterfly that was founded in North Sikkim?
5. When was the Chennai – Mumbai Express (A) Rhopalocera
had its Maiden Journey? (B) Monarch
(A) March 1,1930 (C) Chocolate Bordered Flitter
(B) December 1,1930 (D) Swallow tail
(C) March 1, 1921
(D) December 1, 1921 13. Which department of Nashik was given
award for its outstanding work in creation
6. Who are all the members of G20’s Troika at
of a Barrier free Environment?
present?
(A) Forest Department
(A) India (B) Indonesia
(B) Public Works Department
(C) Italy (D) All the above
(C) Revenue Department
7. Which state is the first state in the Northeast (D) Panchayat Raj Department
to be bifurcated from Assam as the 16th State
of Indian Union? 14. In which place of Assam, the Project RE-
(A) Meghalaya (B) Nagaland HAB has been implemented?
(C) Manipur (D) Tripura (A) Goalpara (B) Golaghat
(C) Chirang (D) Dhubri
8. Which state has been recognized as the “Best
State in Promoting empowerment of Persons 15. Who is the author of the novel “Neenda
with disabilities”? Payanam”?
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Kerala (A) Kumaran (B) M. Varadarajan
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Telangana (C) Ravi (D) Ganesalingan
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16. Who won the U.S. Maths prize “Ciprian 26. Which of the following is the first district in
Foias Prize” for 2021? the country to complete the e-office project
(A) Nikhil Srivastava in all revenue officer?
(B) Adam Marcus (A) Chennai (B) Wayanad
(C) Daniel Spiel Man (C) Coimbatore (D) Thrissur
(D) All the above 27. When was Tamil Nadu Small Industries
17. Which country became the Champion of Development Corporation Limited
Asian Team Squash championships 2021? (TANSIDCO) established?
(A) India (B) Malaysia (A) 1970 (B) 1973
(C) 1976 (D) 1979
(C) South Korea (D) Hong - Kong
28. Which of the following is the first Industrial
18. Who is the first woman Psychiatrist in India?
Estate established in India?
(A) Thara (B) Sarada Menon
(A) Ambattur Industrial Estate
(C) Fatima (D) Padmavathi (B) Guindy Industrial Estate
19. Which Country won the Davis Cup Finals (C) Rajkot Industrial Estate
2021? (D) Lodhika Industrial Estate
(A) India (B) Spain 29. When did General Bipin Rawat took over as
(C) Bronze (D) Russia the Chief of Defence Staff?
20. Who is the first Non- Congress Prime (A) 1 September 2016
Minister of India? (B) 1 January 2020
(C) 17 December 2016
(A) Narashima Rao (B) Morarji Desai
(D) 1 January 2019
(C) Charan Singh (D) Deve Gowda
30. Which of the following is the World’s
21. Where was the 56th Raising Day Parade of Fastest Anti-ship cruise missile currently in
the Border Secuirty Force (BSF) held? operation?
(A) Jaisalmer (B) Delhi (A) Roma (B) Savannah
(C) Raipur (D) Jaipur (C) Brahmos (D) Conveyor
22. What is the name of the First Indigenously 31. What is the rank of Union Finance Minister
built large survey vessel of India? Nirmala Sitharaman in Forbe’s Annual List
(A) Sandhayak (B) Sarvekshak of Powerful Women?
(C) Darshak (D) Nirupak (A) 37 (B) 41
(C) 34 (D) 39
23. Who received the Isai Perarignar Award of
the Tamil Isai Sangam for 2021? 32. Who is the chairman of the first law
(A) Muthukumaran (B) Sivalingam commission of Independent India?
(C) Dharmapuram (D) Theerthagiri (A) Lord Moutbatten
(B) M.C. Setalvad
24. Which of the following is declared as the 16th (C) B.S. Chauhan
Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu? (D) Kalelkar
(A) Kanjirankulam (B) Karaivetti
33. What is title of the Third Edition of Chennai
(C) Vaduvoor (D) Kazhuveli
Photo Biennale 2021?
25. When was the Armed Forces Special Powers (A) Maps & Disquiet
Act (AFSPA) enacted? (B) Great Trigonometrical Survey
(A) 1958 (B) 1962 (C) Fauna & Mirrors
(C) 1990 (D) 2002 (D) Photo Festival
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34. When was the World Human Rights Day 43. When did Armed Forces Special Powers Act
Celebrated Every Year? (AFSPA) come into force in India?
(A) December 8 (B) December 9 (A) 1951 (B) 1958
(C) December 10 (D) December 11 (C) 1962 (D) 1971
35. When is the India’s Maiden Human Space 44. Which day of the week on which the Private
Mission “Gaganyaan” scheduled to be Member’s bill will be taken up for discussion
launched? in the Parliament?
(A) 2022 (B) 2024 (A) Monday (B) Wednesday
(C) 2025 (D) 2023 (C) Thursday (D) Friday
36. Which Indian Bureaucrat was invited to 45. Who became the first Dutch to win Formula
join the board of advisers of International One tittle?
“IDEA”? (A) Verstappen (B) Daniel Riccardio
(A) Sunil Arora (B) P. Rawat (C) Sebastian vettel (D) Pierre Gasly
(C) Joti (D) Nasim Zaidi 46. What is the literacy rate of Scheduled Tribes
37. Where is INS Rajali Helicopter Training in India as per 2011 Census?
School located? (A) 27.9% (B) 27.9%
(A) Arcot (B) Arakkonam (C) 59% (D) 60%
(C) Walajapat (D) Nemili 47. Who won the ICC Men’s Player award for
38. Who is the last Governor-General of India? the month of November?
(A) Lord Moutbatten (A) Abid Ali (B) David Warner
(B) Sardar Vallabhai Patel (C) Tim Southee (D) Rohit Sharma
(C) C. Rajaji 48. How many states in India has State
(D) Kailash Nath Katju Legislative Council?
39. When did India took over the operations of (A) 6 (B) 7
the Chabahar Port? (C) 8 (D) 9
(A) December 2018 (B) January 2019 49. Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in Which
(C) December 2019 (D) January 2020 State?
40. Where is the 8th edition of World Tamils (A) Odisha (B) West Bengal
Economic Conference is scheduled to be (C) Jharkhand (D) Chhattisgarh
held? 50. Which Country holds the Presidency
(A) Kancheepuram (B) Coimbatore of United nations Security council for
(C) Erode (D) Chennai December Month?
41. What is the name of the Ancient Indian Idol (A) India (B) Niger
of a goddess missing from a temple in Uttar (C) Russia (D) China
Pradesh that has been discovered in England 51. Where is the headquarters of Asian
Recently? Development Bank located?
(A) Yamini (B) Rohini (A) Geneva (B) London
(C) Yogini (D) Rahini (C) Manila (D) Bali
42. Who is the first Jewish Prime Minister to 52. When was Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee
visit United Arab Emirates? Yojana (PMKSY) launched in India?
(A) Shimon Peres (B) Ariel Sharon (A) 2012 (B) 2013
(C) Ehud Barak (D) Naftali Bennett (C) 2015 (D) 2014
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53. Who is the only foreign head of state invited 62. Which of the following is the Bhutan’s top
to join the celebrations of Bangladesh Civilian Award?
Independence Day? (A) Zayed Award
(A) Vladimir Putin (B) Andrew Award
(B) Imrankhan (C) Druk Gyalpo
(C) Joe Biden (D) Abdul Aziz Al Saud
(D) Ramnath Kovind
63. When was Chennai’s First Water Treatment
54. With which country did India sign the Treaty
Plant “Kilpauk Water Works” Started?
on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal
matters? (A) 1915 (B) 1914
(A) Poland (B) Newzeland (C) 1921 (D) 1921
(C) Russia (D) USA 64. Where is Tamil Nadu a Coastal Heritage
55. Which of the following culture of India is Park is planned to set up?
recognized as Intangible cultural Heritage of (A) Poopuhar (B) Cuddalore
Humanity by UNESCO recently? (C) Tuticorin (D) Nagore
(A) Elephanta Festival
65. Where is the India’s First International
(B) Durga Puja
Arbitration and Mediation Inaugurated?
(C) Hornbill Festival
(D) Dussehra (A) Vijayawada (B) Bangalore
(C) Chennai (D) Hyderabad
56. What is the Name of the Super Cyclone that
hit Philippines recently? 66. How many years have been completed
(A) Rai (B) Dindo since the constitution of Public Accounts
(C) Ambo (D) Ferdie Committee of the Parliament of India?
57. Where is the All-India Mayor’s Conference (A) 50 (B) 75
is Scheduled to be held? (C) 100 (D) 25
(A) Varanasi (B) New Delhi 67. Who won “The Young Geospatial Scientist”
(C) Mumbai (D) Bangalore award presented in the Memory of
58. How many satellites of foreign countries has Rachapudi Kamakshi?
been successfully launched on India’s Polar (A) Ropesh Goyal (B) Radhakrishnan
Launch satellite vehicle (PSLV) since 1999? (C) Raman (D) Venkatesh
(A) 132 (B) 243
68. Which state in India has the highest installed
(C) 342 (D) 427
Wind Power Capacity?
59. In Which year the Vedanthangal bird (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Gujarat
Sanctuary was notified under wildlife (C) Rajasthan (D) Kerala
Protection act, 1972?
(A) 1936 (B) 1963 69. Who is the first Indian to win a Silver Medal
(C) 1972 (D) 1998 in BWF World Badminton Championship?
60. What is the duration in which Tamil Thai (A) Yash Dhull
Vaazhthu should be sung? (B) Lakshya Sen
(A) 51 Seconds (B) 52 Seconds (C) Srikanth Kidambi
(C) 55 Seconds (D) 1 Minute (D) Sai Praneeth
61. Who won the First Gold to India in Common 70. When is the National Energy Conservation
wealth weight lifting championship 2021? Day observed?
(A) Purnima (B) Lovepreet Singh (A) December 15 (B) December 14
(C) Anuradha (D) None (C) December 16 (D) December 17
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71. With which Country did India signed the 80. Who won the “Best Female Debut” honor at
Letter of Intent for enhanced co-operation in the 2021 Paralympic Awards?
the Postal Sector? (A) Avani Lekhra
(A) Malaysia (B) Singapore (B) Deepa Malik
(C) Vietnam (D) Indonesia (C) Rubina Francis
72. Who is appointed as the next Ambassador (D) Sheeja Rani
to China? 81. What is the rank of Indian Women’s hockey
(A) Amarnath team in the International Hockey Federation
(B) Pradeep Rawat rankings?
(C) Tewary
(A) 3 (B) 9
(D) Prema Chandran
(C) 10 (D) 12
73. Which Country accounts for 83% of Malaria
death Cases in the WHO South-East Asia 82. Which State has passed the Anti-Conversion
Region? bill recently?
(A) India (B) Bangladesh (A) Telangana (B) Andhra
(C) Pakistan (D) Myanmar (C) Karnataka (D) Kerala
74. Who appoints the Delimitation Commission 83. Who is the founder of Visva – Bharati
in India? University?
(A) Prime Minister (A) Periyar
(B) Election Commission (B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) President (C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Supreme Court (D) Rabindranath Tagore
75. Where is the first squadron of the S-400 Air 84. Which of the State in India has the highest
Defence Missile system deployed in India? number of airports at present?
(A) Delhi (B) Ladakh
(A) Rajasthan (B) Kerala
(C) Punjab (D) Kashmir
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Uttar Pradesh
76. Where was the Cherry Blossom festival 2021
85. When was the Good Governance Day first
celebrated recently?
celebrated in India?
(A) Manipur (B) Nagaland
(C) Meghalaya (D) Mizoram (A) 2012 (B) 2013
(C) 2014 (D) 2015
77. What is the rank of PM Narendra Modi on
the list of World’s top 20 Most Admired 86. To honour which leader, the Good
Men? Governance Day is celebrated on December
(A) 2 (B) 4 25?
(C) 6 (D) 8 (A) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) Indira Gandhi
78. What is the medal won by India in
Asian Champions Trophy Men’s Hockey (C) Vajpayee
Tournament? (D) Jawaharalal Nehru
(A) Gold (B) Silver 87. Who won the French Cinema’s Lifetime
(C) Bronze (D) No Medal Achievement award “Cesar d’ Honneur’ for
79. What is the rank of India in the list of 2021?
countries with Unicorn companies according (A) Leonadro di Caprio
to Hurun Report? (B) Kate Winslet
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) Cate Blanchett
(C) 3 (D) 4 (D) Ana de armes
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88. What is the name of the world’s most 95. Who is the author of the book “Plain
powerful space telescope launched into Speaking a Sudra’s Story”?
space recently by NASA? (A) Chitrai Nayakar
(A) Hubble (B) Euclid (B) Arumuga Nayakar
(C) James Webb (D) Sphere X (C) Mary Prema
(D) A.N. Sattanathan
89. Which state has topped the Composite
ranking in Good Governance Index 2021? 96. Where was the Country’s first unmanned
(A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat aerial vehicle mela conducted?
(C) Goa (D) Tamil Nadu (A) Jaipur (B) Bangalore
(C) Coimbatore (D) Gwalior
90. In the Index released by the Union
Government which state has secured first 97. Where is the 97th World Sangeet Tansen
place in Public Health? festival is being celebrated?
(A) Kerala (B) Goa (A) Pune
(C) Gujarat (D) Tamil Nadu (B) Kolkata
(C) Mumbai (D) Gwalior
91. When was Point Calimere in Tamil Nadu
declared as Ramsar Site? 98. When was Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman
(A)1967 (B) 1988 Nidhi (PM KISAN) launched?
(C) 2002 (D) 2006 (A) 2018 (B) 2017
(C) 2019 (D) 2020
92. Who is the author of the book “Kanneerum
Senneerum Valarthha Kazhagam”? 99. Which state secured the first place in the
(A) Kalaignar Karunanidhi Health Index released by NITI Aayog?
(B) Arignar Anna (A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Neduncheliyan (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Telangana
(D) Bharatidasan
100. Which antiviral drug is approved for
93. When was the Shelter Home for Transgender emergency use against Covid-19 in India?
People “Garima Greh” Scheme launched? (A) Paxlovid (B) Molnupiravir
(A) 2021 (B) 2019 (C) Dexamethasone (D) Nitazoxanide
(C) 2020 (D) 2018
94. Which team won the Ashes Cricket Series
2021?
(A) England (B) Australia
(C) India (D) None
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
D A A B D D B A A A D C B A D
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
D B B C B A A B B A B A B B C
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
A B A C D A B C A D C D B D A
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
C B A B B C C D A B A A C D C
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
A C B D D C A A C B C B A C C
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
C D C C A B C D D C C C C B B
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
C C C B D D D C A B
PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
1. Who is the Author of the Poem “Vaishnav 8. Which style of architecture has been used
Jana Tho”? to build Humayun Mahal?
(A) A- Pichai (B) Gandhi (A) Victorian architecture
(C) Jagjit Singh (D) Narsinh Mehta (B) Saracenic Style
2. Who won the title of U-19 Asia Cup 2021 (C) Gandhara Style of architecture
in Cricket? (D) Nagara style of architecture
(A) India (B) Sri Lanka 9. Where is the World’s largest metro Rail line
(C) World Bank (D) Bangladesh opened?
3. Who has been appointed as the 24th (A) New York (B) Shanghai
Director General (DG) of the Indian Coast (C) Tokyo (D) London
Guard? 10. Who won the “Journalist of the Year”
(A) V.S. Pathania (B) Randeep Award among the Red Ink Awards for
(C) V.D. Satheesan excellence in the field of Journalism?
(D) T. Chandra Singh (A) Danish Siddiqui (B) Prem Shankar
4. Which Indian state has vaccinated all (C) N. Ravi (D) Gnani
eligible populations with first dose of 11. Which of the following is the World’s
Covid-19 Vaccine? highest battlefield?
(A) Telangana (B) Kerala (A) Siachen Glacier (B) South Pole
(C) Andhra (D) Tamil Nadu (C) North Pole (D) Alps Mountain
5. Who is the only woman member of The 12. What is the name of the kit manufactured
Parlimentary Panel assigned to examine by Tata Medical & Diagnostics to detect
the bill which seeks to raise the legal age of Omicron?
marriage for women to 21? (A) Thermo Fisher (B) Omisure
(A) Sushmita Dev (B) Sumalatha (C) Omi Fisher (D) Thermosure
(C) Jaya (D) Rupa Devi
13. What is the name of the online platform
6. Which state has topped the “Index on that offers upskilling computer courses for
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy free to economically backward youth?
among the large states category? (A) Aptech (B) NIIT
(A) Tamil Nadu (B) Karnataka (C) GUVI (D) CSC
(C) Uttar Pradesh (D) West Bengal
14. Where is the Country’s first large scale
7. Where is the India’s First Water Taxi Furniture Park is to be set up in Tamil
Service is set to be hosted? Nadu?
(A) Bangalore (B) Trivandrum (A) Thoothukudi (B) Chennai
(C) Kochi (D) Mumbai (C) Tirunelveli (D) Madurai
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15. Where is the Major Dhyan Chand Sports 23. Who is the First Black actor to win Oscar
University will be established? Award?
(A) Meerut (B) Mumbai (A) Wil Smith
(C) Kolkata (D) Kochi (B) Tensil Washington
16. Where is the Digi zone of Life Insurance (C) Sidney Poitier
Corporation of India located? (D) Tom Hardy
(A) Chennai (B) Kolkata 24. Which state has won the SKOCH Award
(C) Mumbai (D) Rajasthan for Malnutrion?
17. Who won the BBC’s Sports Personality of (A) Tamil Nadu (B) Bihar
the Year for 2021? (C) Jharkhand (D) Assam
(A) Virat Kohli 25. Where is the Country’s First Mobile Honey
(B) Christiano Ronaldo Processing Van Launched by Khadi and
(C) Leonel Messi Village Industries Commission?
(D) Emma Raducanu (A) Ghaziabad (B) Panjokehra
(C) Kanpur (D) Lucknow
18. Who won the Lifetime Achievement award
at the 19th Chennai International Film 26. Which Country introduced the world’s
Festival? First Artificial intelligence equipped judge?
(A) Singeetham Srinivasa Rao (A) Russia (B) France
(B) Kamal Haasan (C) China (D) Israel
(C) Vasanth 27. Who has been appointed as the Managing
(D) Chandramouli Director of the Tamil Nadu Minerals
19. Which of the following article is amended Limited?
by the 103rd Constitutional Amendment (A) Arunraj (B) Prakash
act of India? (C) Sudeep Jain (D) Subbaiyan
(A) Article 15 (B) Article 16 28. Who has been appointed as the Next
(C) Both A & B (D) None Director of IIT-Mandi?
20. Which country took over the presidency (A) Kamakoti (B) Joshi
of the Council of European Union on a (C) Rangan Banerjee
rotational basis in 2022? (D) Laxmidhar Behera
(A) France (B) Italy 29. Which film has been awarded the best film
(C) Spain (D) Czech Republic under the category of Comedy and Music
21. Which state has won the “Best State” in 2022 Golden Globe Awards?
category in National Water Awards – 2020 (A) West Side Story
that was announced recently? (B) Power of the Dog
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Rajasthan (C) King Richard
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Kerala (D) Drive my car
22. Who won the Ramnath Goenka Award in 30. Which Railway Station in Gujarat is
the Photo Journalism Category for 2020? renamed as Ekta Nagar Railway Station?
(A) Zishaan A Latif (A) Kevadia Railway Station
(B) S.V. Kumarasamy (B) Jamnagar railway station
(C) Hector Garcia (C) Navsari railway station
(D) Francesc Miralles (D) valsad railway station
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31. What is the theme for National Youth Day 39. Where was the world’s largest National
2022? Flag made of “Khadi” was displayed?
(A) Code to Chaos (A) Jaipur (B) Gandhinagar
(B) It’s all in the mind (C) Porbander (D) Jaisalmer
(C) Compete and Conquer 40. In Which Country a New Variant of Covid
(D) Conquer Yuva – 19 “Deltacron” First detected?
32. Who won the first place in Badminton (A) Brazil (B) Cyprus
World Federation’s U-19 Junior Ranking (C) France (D) Estonia
List?
41. Where is the World’s First deaf T20
(A) Tasnim Mir (B) Christo Popor Championship is scheduled to be held?
(C) Yun Ze
(A) Tiruvananthapuram
(D) Yonathan Ramlie
(B) Mumbai
33. Which organisation compiles the consumer (C) Kolkata
price Index for Rural Labourer (CPI-RL)? (D) New Delhi
(A) Labour Bureau
42. Where is the Unique Cemetery that also
(B) National Statistical Office has a tennis court located in India?
(C) Monetary Policy Committee
(A) Kohima (B) Agartala
(D) Central Statistical Office
(C) Shillong (D) Dispur
34. Who is the Chairman of the Committee
43. Which Cricketer received Knighthood from
Appointed by the Supreme Court to Inquire
prince William recently?
into the Security breach of Prime Minister?
(A) Eoin Morgan (B) Clive Llyod
(A) N.V. Ramana (B) Indhu Malhotra
(C) Vivian Richards
(C) Kapil Sibal (D) Prasad
(D) Mohinder Amarnath
35. Where is the Qualification test of Cryogenic
44. Who won the Championship title in Men’s
Engine for Gaganyaan Mission of sending
Category in the Indian Open Badminton?
Human to Space was conducted?
(A) Lakshya sen (B) Loah Kean Yew
(A) Mahendragiri (B) Sri Harikota
(C) Mohammad Ashao (D) Chirag Shetty
(C) New Delhi (D) Kolkatta
45. Who won the Rapid Chess Championship
36. Which of the following state in India has
2021?
the Largest Forest Cover?
(A) Nodribek Abdussattorov
(A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Ian Nepomniachtchi
(C) Telangana (D) Odisha
(C) Magnus Carlsen
37. Who was awarded the Tamil Nadu (D) Vishwanath Anand
Government’s Ambedkar Award for 2021?
46. Which organisations won first prize for the
(A) K. Thirunavakkarasu
best recommendation for the development
(B) K. Chandru
work of Indian Railways in the year 2020-
(C) J. Radhakrishnan 21?
(D) K. Ponmudi
(A) Western Railway
38. Which state tops at the India Skills 2021? (B) Northern Railway
(A) Maharashtra (B) Odisha (C) Southern Railway
(C) Kerala (D) Tamil Nadu (D) Both A & C
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47. The Ganga Sagar Mela festival is celebrated 56. Which Team of the Border Security Force
in Which state of India? named “Seema Bhawani”?
(A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat (A) Camel Contingent
(C) West Bengal (D) Rajasthan (B) Creek Crocodile
(C) All Women Biker Team
48. Who won the Best National Costume at the
(D) All Women Creek Crocodile
Mrs. World 2022 Pageant?
(A) Navdeep Kaur (B) Shaylyn Ford 57. Which Union Ministry has set up 6 task
forces on 6G technology?
(C) Kate Schneider (D) Debanjali
(A) Ministry of Information &
49. Which Vaccine’s Image was added to the Broadcasting
Postal Stamp Released by the Government (B) Ministry of Skill Development &
of India to mark the First Anniversary of
Entrepreneurship
Immunization Programme against the
(C) Ministry of
Corona Virus?
Communication
(A) Covishield (B) Covaxin (D) Ministry of Commerce & Industry
(C) Zycov-D (D) Pfizer
58. Who among the following designed ‘India
50. Which Team won the FIFA Fair Play award Gate’?
for 2021? (A) Lord Irwin
(A) Brazil (B) England (B) Sir Edwin Lutyens
(C) Denmark (D) Spain (C) Ved Malik
51. Which state’s Arts and Crafts Village has (D) Jim O’ Neil
won the 2021 International Craft Award for 59. What is the name of the application
the best craft village of the year? introduced by Tamil Nadu Government
(A) Karnataka (B) Kerala for Greater Chennai Police Personnel to
(C) Tamilnadu (D) January 20 apply for leave?
(A) CLAPP (B) VOICE
52. Which of the following Freshwater species
(C) HELP DESK (D) POLICE APP
is termed as “Miss Kerala”?
(A) Tench (B) Denison Barb 60. Who will receive the Kottai Ameer
(C) Ritha (D) Indian Carp Communal Harmony award 2022 given by
Tamilnadu government on Republic Day?
53. Which state high court is set to become the (A) Riyaz Khan (B) Mohammad Rafi
first paperless court?
(C) Mohammad Imtiyas
(A) Kerala (B) Karnataka (D) Mohammed Rizwan
(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Telangana
61. Whose Birth Anniversary is celebrated as
54. Who won Miss Trans Global Crown for the “Parakram Diwas” on January 23 in India?
Year 2021? (A) Vallabhai Patel
(A) Nitasha Biswas (B) Naaz Joshi (B) Subash Chandra Bose
(C) Veena Sendre (D) Sruthi Sithara (C) Bagat Singh
55. In Which Island Nation, Prime Minister (D) Rani Laxmi Bai
Narendra Modi Inagurated a Social 62. Who coined the term “Engaged
Housing project recently? Buddhism”?
(A) Maldives (B) Srilanka (A) Vasudevachariar (B) Tyagaraja
(C) Madagascar (D) Mauritius (C) Thich Nhat Hanh (D) Amara Simha
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63. What is the Word of the year 2021 chosen 71. Who among the following is hailed as the
for children by Oxford University Press? clarinet Everest?
(A) Anxiety (B) Isolate (A) Natarajan
(C) Resilience (D) Well Being (B) Muthukanammal
64. Who won the International Association of (C) Damodaran
Working Women Award for 2021? (D) Balasubramanian
(A) Deepika Padukone (B) Sushmita Sen 72. Where is the Kachai Lemon Festival
(C) Arundati Roy Celebrated?
(D) Anushka Sharma (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Ladakh
65. Which Chief Electoral Officer won the (C) Manipur (D) Meghalaya
National Award for best Performance
73. With the help of which country, Nuclear
in the Conduct of Legislative assembly
Powered Arihant submarines are being
elections in 2021?
built?
(A) Satyabrata Sahoo
(B) Suryasen (A) Japan (B) Israel
(C) Sushil Kumar (C) Russia (D) America
(D) Bhagat Singh 74. Which IT Company is the world’s most
66. Who has been appointed as the Managing valuable and strongest IT Services brand?
Director of National Highways & (A) Tata Consultancy Services
Infrastructure Development Corporation (B) Infosys
Limited (NHIDCL)? (C) ISM
(A) George (B) Gaurav (D) Accenture
(C) Chanchal Kumar (D) Nagaswamy
75. Which Police Station is named as the best
67. Which of the following Institute have Police station in Tamil Nadu?
developed the block chain driven (A) Tirupur South
technology under the national Block Chain
(B) Tiruvannamalai station
Project?
(C) Chennai Anna Nagar
(A) IIT -Kharagpur (B) IIT - Madras
(D) Silaiman Station
(C) IIT - Bombay (D) IIT – Kanpur
76. Where is the 4th Asia Ministerial Conference
68. When did Nagaland attain statehood in
on Tiger Conservation Conducted?
India?
(A) Singapore (B) Malaysia
(A) 1962 (B) 1963
(C) 1964 (D) 1967 (C) Indonesia (D) Philippines
69. Who carried the baton of India in the 16th 77. Who won the gold Medal at the
Official Queen’s baton Relay? International folk Art Festival from India?
(A) Vinisha Umashankar (A) Sumit Bhale (B) Raja rathinam
(B) Sundar Pichai (C) Anurag Kashyap
(C) Aravind Subramaniam (D) Vaikkom Muhammad Bashir
(D) Raghuram Rajan 78. What is the name of the Omicron Testing
70. Where is the First Para Badminton Kit developed by CSIR – Central Drug
Academy of India Located? Research Institute?
(A) Lucknow (B) Bilaspur (A) Omisure (B) Om
(C) Ranchi (D) Jaipur (C) Om-Pcr (D) Omivax
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79. Who has been appointed as the advisor 86. In Which Country, the Winter Olympics
for Music schools under Tamil Nadu 2022 is scheduled to be held?
government? (A) Japan (B) Canada
(A) Zakir Hussian (B) Karthick (C) China (D) America
(C) Rehman (D) Samuels
87. Who is the Author of the Book “The
80. Under Which ministry the Magizh Authentic Yoga” released by Tamil Nadu
Kanidham Scheme is Functioning in Tamil Tamil Nadu Governor?
Nadu? (A) P.Y. Deshpande (B) Jaya Mohan
(A) Department of School Education (C) Meena Kandasamy
(B) Department of Higher Education (D) S. Ramakrishnan
(C) Department of Public Welfare
(D) Department of Medicine 88. Where is the India’s largest Electric Vehicle
(EV) charging station opened recently?
81. Where was the AFC Women Asian Cup
(A) Gurgram (B) Gurgaon
2022 held?
(C) Delhi (D) Jaipur
(A) India (B) Pakistan
(C) Sri Lanka (D) Bangladesh 89. Who became the first to win 21 Grand Slam
Titles in Tennis Men’s Category?
82. What is the other name of ‘National
(A) Djokovic (B) Rafael Nadal
Conference on Agriculture for Summer
Campaign’? (C) Roger Federer (D) Medvedev
(A) Rabi Conference (B) Zaid Conference 90. Who is the First Indian Woman Rafael
(C) Kharif Conference Pilot?
(D) Cash Crop Conference (A) Shivangi Singh (B) Vishal Singh
83. Which State in India tops the List (C) Swapna Singh (D) Anusha Singh
in the Number of Micro, Small and 91. Who won the Challengers section title of
Medium Enterprises (MSME) owned by the Tata Steel Chess 2022?
Entrepreneurs from Scheduled Castes?
(A) Magnus Carlsen (B) Vidit Gujarati
(A) Maharashtra (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Richard Rapport (D) Arjun Erigaisi
(C) Madhya Pradesh (D) Karnataka
92. What is the name of the kit manufactured
84. Who is the founder of Servants of People by Tata Medical & Diagnostics to detect
Society? Omicron?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (A) Thermo Fisher (B) Omisure
(B) Lala Lajpat Rai
(C) Omi Fisher (D) Thermosure
(C) Bipin Chandra Pal
(D) Dayanand Saraswati 93. Which country tops Sri Lanka’s Tourists
arrival list in 2021?
85. What is the name of the Railway station
(A) India (B) Bangladesh
to which the first Freight train of Manipur
(C) Nepal (D) China
Arrived?
(A) Rani Gaidinliu 94. In Which state the Orang National Park is
(B) Bongaichungpero Located?
(C) Silchar (A) Assam (B) Rajasthan
(D) Khong sang (C) Odisha (D) West Bengal
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95. Which organisation releases the “World 98. Who won the Perunthalaivar Kamarajar
Employment and Social Outlook” Report? Award for 2022 given by Tamil Nadu
(A) International Labour Government?
Organisation (A) Kumari Ananthan
(B) World Economic Forum
(B) Meenakshi Sundaram
(C) World Bank
(C) Jaisankar
(D) None
(D) M.N. Naravanae
96. In which Department, Tamil nadu ranked
first in Good Governance Index 2021? 99. Where is the Maritime Partnership Exercise
(A) Economic Governance between India and Japan conducted?
(B) Judicial and Public Security (A) Bay of Bengal (B) Arabian Sea
(C) Public Health (C) Sea of Japan (D) Yellow Sea
(D) Environment
100. Who has been appointed as the First
97. Which of the following Bank became the director of the Departments of Archaeology
most Preferred UPI Beneficiary bank in
in India?
India?
(A) State Bank of India (A) R. Nagaswamy
(B) Paytm Payments Bank Ltd. (B) Radhakrishnan
(C) Karur Vysya Bank (C) Thamini Nath
(D) Indian Bank (D) M. Kalyanaraman
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B A A A A D D B B A A B C A A
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C B A C A A A C D A C C D A A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
B A A B A A B B D B A A B A A
46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
D C A B C B B A D D C C B A B
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
B C A B A C D B A A A C C D A
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
B A B A A A B A B A C A A B A
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
D B A A A B B A A A
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Current Affairs, January - 2021 Practice Questions

1. India’s largest Hockey Stadium is planned to be setup in which state?

2. Pallavan Era’s Mootha Devi Statue recently unveiled in _______.

3. What percentage contraction excepted on GDP in 2020-21 by Government of India?

6. World Braille Day observed every year on ___________.

7. In which year consumer protection Act came into effect?

8. DRDO’s scientist of the year Award-2018” has been awarded to___________.

12. National film Development Corporation located in __________.

13. By Many A Happy Accident is a Biography of _____________.

14. Who is the Chief Economist of International Monitory Fund?

15. Fatah-1 Rocket system belongs to __________.

16. Project Elephant was launched in _______.

20. Which year companies act enacted?

22. India signed an MoU with ________regarding specified skilled worker.

25. Mc Mohan line is the boundary line between China?

27. Aakash missiles system were made by_______.

28. World Ease of Boing Business Report released by __________.

33. Pong Dam is recently seen in news is located in ____________.

37. India’s Highest meteorological centre located in____________.

40. Which year Ayushman Bharat Scheme was launched?

41. National Girl Child Day is being observed on __________.

44. Which ministry implementing PM-Awas Yojana?

45. Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Scheme was launched in ______.

47. Bharat Parve Programme is being organized by the ministry of ________.

48. Who is the current Asia’s richest person?

50. Who receives Padmashri award for innovation in puppetry recently?

51. The avian influenza also called ___________.

53. What will be the name of India’s New Parliament building?

54. Gussadi Tribal Dance mainly performed in __________.

59. National Voters Day observed on ___________.

61. Tamil Nadu Government announced Anna Award to _______.

62. Amazonia-1 Satellite recently seen in News which is belongs to _______

63. New Education Policy-2019 was recommended by ________.

65. India launched project Elephant in ____________.

68. Corringa wild life sanctuary is located in __________.

69. K-9 Journal is associated with which field?

72. Which institution launched Digital Payments Index?

73. Which type of Ethanol produced from sugarcane?

74. Indra Awas Yojana was launched in ___________.

75. Leaf Nosed Bat is found in ___________.

77. C-Vigil is a ____________.

78. Geological survey of Indian has found vanadium in ____________region.

79. The first National Youth Parliament was held in _________.

80. Mars probe named “Mole” is belongs to ___________.

83. Who is the present Chief Economic Advisor of India?

84. How many ministries have participating the Toycathon initiative?

85. Avian Influenza has found in crows in which state?

88. Indian Navy’s mission SAGAR-III is for_______________.

89. Indian Government recently approved the export of ____________missile.

90. Which country recently approved two sun-exploration heliophysics Mission?

92. PRADAN Portal is associated with ___________.

96. The Indian Railways Operated Mission Sheeghra in ____________.

99. India’s First Driver less metro train operated in _________.

100. Asian Waterbird census-2021 is to be conducted in which state?

94. Where is Dr. J. Jayalalithaa University (A) Mars (B) Venus

97. Which planet may have lost its atmosphere

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