Q1. Which company has recently launched the Krishi-Udan Scheme to facilitate the marketing of agricultural and farm products of the northeastern states outside the region?
Airports Authority of India or (AAI)
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
Infosys
Wipro
A. Airports Authority of India or (AAI)
The Airports Authority of India or AAI is a statutory body founded in 1995. The organisation is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India. It provides Communication Navigation Surveillance / Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) services over Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas.
Q2. Which city has been conferred the Swachh Survekshan 2020 award for the cleanest city in the Northeast region under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan?
Lakhimpur
Tezpur
Jorhat
Sivsagar
B. Jorhat
Apart from Jorhat, four more Assam cities—Tezpur, Diphu, Sivasagar, and Karimganj—have secured positions on the list of cleanest cities this year.
Under the 25, 000 to 50,000 population category, Mokukchung in Nagaland won cleanest city in the Northeast Zone award. On the other hand, Jiribam in Manipur bagged cleanest city ian the northeast zone in below 25,000 population category.
Q3. Who has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids, by the American Chemical Society (ACS)?
Professor Biman Bagchi
Abraham Verghese
Arvind Panagariya
Avinash Dixit
A. Professor Biman Bagchi
The American Chemic Society (ACS) national awards programme is designed to encourage the advancement of chemistry in all its branches and to support research in chemical science and industry.
Q4. Recently, Endangered Madagascan moon moth spotted in which state?
Assam
Manipur
Mizoram
Nagaland
D. Nagaland
Madagascan moon moth is native to the rain forests of Madagascar– was spotted in Noklak district.
The male moon moth has a wingspan of 20 cm and a tail span of 15 cm, making it one of the world’s largest silk moths. Madagascan moon moth is one of the beautiful lepidopterans. It is nocturnal and does not fly in day time.
Q5. Recently who among the following has written a new collection of short stories ‘Grandparents’ Bag of Stories’?
Chetan Bhagat
Khushwant Singh
Sudha Murthy
Amrita Pritam
C. Sudha Murthy
The book, scheduled to be released in November, is a sequel to Murty’s last release Grandma’s Bag of Stories and will feature 20 stories.
Q6. Recently, which among the following company has collaborated with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to offer ‘Open P-TECH’, a free digital education platform?
Google
Microscope
IBM
Infosys
C. IBM
IBM will curate online courses from Open P-Tech platform and offer it to users via NSDC’s eSkill India portal to empower Indian youth on various skills to succeed in future careers. It will provide online courses in emerging technologies like cybersecurity, blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cloud and Internet of Things along with professional skills like design thinking to learners between 18 to 22 years for free.
Q7. Who has become the youngest author to win the 2020 International Booker Prize?
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Paul Beatty
Hilary Mantal
Marlon James
A. Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Dutch author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld has won the 2020 International Booker Prize together with their translator Michele Hutchison for their debut novel The Discomfort in the Evening, the story of childhood grief.
Q8. Which bank has recently launched an Aadhaar authentication based digital savings account called Jan Bachat Khata (JBK) to consumers?
Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank
Airtel Payments Bank
India Post Payments Bank
FINO Payments Bank
D. FINO Payments Bank
Fino Payments Bank has launched Jan Bachat Khata, an Aadhaar Authentication based digital savings account that brings neo-banking experience to consumers. The primary segment would be low income household families and beneficiaries of government’s direct benefit transfer (DBT).
Q9. Which company has announced a new initiative called The Anywhere School, to boost online education?
Microsoft
Facebook
Google
IBM
C. Google
The new initiative will be rolling out over 50 new features across Meet, Classroom, G Suite and other products to hundreds of thousands of viewers in more than 250 countries around the world.
Q10. ‘India Tomorrow: Conversations with the Next Generation of Political Leaders’ is authored by
Jhumpa Lahiri and Khushwant Singh
Pradeep Chhibber and Harsh Shah
Vikram Seth and Chetan Bhagat
Kiran Desai and Preeti Shenoy
B. Pradeep Chhibber and Harsh Shah
It is written by academicians Pradeep Chhibber and Harsh Shah. According to publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), the book attempts to unravel the personalities, aspirations, ideologies, interests, passions and motivations of the leaders featured. This book will give readers a snapshot of contemporary Indian politics through interviews of 20 of the country”s most prominent next-generation politicians.
